28 FEB 2025: Headline Brief: Domestic News - Epstein, Fake News, DEI, Reverse Discrimination, Pocketbooks // Global News - UK/Chagos, Ukraine, Austria, Romania, Turkey, Israel, Panama
The Wright Report
Bryan Dean Wright
5 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he breaks down today’s biggest stories shaping America and the world in Friday’s Headline Brief—heavy on news, light on analysis, setting you up for the weekend.
The Epstein Files Released—But With Controversy – Trump’s DOJ declassifies the first batch of Epstein documents, but criticism mounts over selective access and a lack of new revelations.
FBI Turmoil Over Dan Bongino’s Appointment – Rank-and-file agents push back on Trump’s pick for Deputy Director, raising concerns about political influence in the Bureau.
CIA Purge Moves Forward – A federal judge rules in favor of mass firings at the intelligence agency, greenlighting a major shake-up under Director John Ratcliffe.
Supreme Court Signals Support for Reverse Discrimination Case – Justices from both sides of the aisle appear to back a woman’s claim that she was denied a promotion for being straight.
Trump’s DOJ Investigates Target and Verizon for DEI Hiring Practices – Corporate America’s diversity policies come under fire as the administration moves against race-based hiring quotas.
Food Prices on the Rise: Beef and Eggs Set for Major Increases – Record-high cattle prices and an avian flu outbreak are pushing grocery costs even higher.
Zelenskyy Heads to Washington to Sign U.S. Mineral Deal – Ukraine agrees to hand over 50% of mineral and infrastructure revenue to the U.S., but concerns over enforcement remain.
Trump Backs UK’s Deal to Hand Over Chagos Islands – The president signals support for a controversial plan to return the strategic Indian Ocean territory to Mauritius.
Green Energy Takes Another Hit – BP pivots back to oil and gas, HSBC urges banks to reinvest in fossil fuels, and Mercedes revives V8 engine production.
Israel Prepares for Final Gaza Offensive – Netanyahu greenlights a major military push set for late March, aiming to fully occupy and secure the territory.
Illegal Migrants Are Turning Back—Because of Trump – Reports from Panama confirm that word has spread: the U.S. border is closed under the new administration.
Get the facts, the analysis, and the truth—only on The Wright Report.
"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32
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| 0:00.0 | It's February 28th. I'm Brian Dean Wright, former CIA operations officer, and this is The Wright Report. |
| 0:12.3 | A good day to you, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Right Report, Your Daily News, podcast. |
| 0:22.2 | It's Friday's headline brief, heavy on news, light on analysis, launching us into the weekend |
| 0:27.1 | with events that, as ever, are shaping America and the world. We begin with domestic news this morning, |
| 0:34.0 | starting with the Epstein Files. As we'll recall, President Trump and his team, |
| 0:38.8 | like Attorney General Pam Bondi and Cash Fetzel at the FBI, they have long promised America |
| 0:43.9 | that they would release the government's files on the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, along with |
| 0:47.9 | the guys who were traveling to his homes to sexually abuse children. Miss Bondi said on Fox News |
| 0:54.0 | Wednesday night that she would follow through |
| 0:55.6 | on her commitment, and she did so yesterday. Well, sort of. Here is what we know in the sequence of |
| 1:02.6 | events. Yesterday morning, Ms. Bondi in the White House invited a whole bunch of social media |
| 1:07.3 | influencers to view what Ms. Bondi called the first phase of the declassified |
| 1:12.2 | Epstein documents. Now, those documents, though, were not initially released to the public, |
| 1:16.4 | rather just to those conservative influencers with names like Scott Pressler, Jack Posobic, |
| 1:22.8 | Liz Wheeler, and the creator of the account called Libs of TikTok. Those influencers then stepped outside of the White House to hold up the binders that Ms. |
| 1:31.3 | Bondi and her team had prepared for them. |
| 1:33.2 | The Epstein documents were inside. |
| 1:35.6 | The influencers took selfies and videos and celebrated their good fortune. |
| 1:40.1 | They then hopped onto their podcast and YouTube channels and began talking about what was inside of the binders, |
| 1:45.1 | but still no access at that point for the general public. |
| 1:49.7 | Shortly thereafter, however, the DOJ did post the files for everybody to see, and we learned, |
| 1:55.9 | well, not much of anything. Phase one of the documents were those largely, if not exclusively, |
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