Dave Karpf
@davekarpf.bsky.social
Political Communication Professor at GWU. I write a lot about the history and future of tech and politics. Best known for that one time I made fun of Bret Stephens.
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Do NOT make fun of this. Presidents only exhibit this behavior when they are in extreme distress.
Look, folks: President Trump shitting his pants live on camera is a DISTRACTION from the Epstein files, which are in turn a DISTRACTION from ICE’s gestapo tactics which are themselves a DISTRACTION from the affordability crisis…
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February 1, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Do NOT make fun of this. Presidents only exhibit this behavior when they are in extreme distress.
To be fair and balanced for a moment:
if President Barack Obama had been in the habit of routinely shitting himself in the Oval Office, then the whole uproar over him wearing that tan suit would’ve been justified.
if President Barack Obama had been in the habit of routinely shitting himself in the Oval Office, then the whole uproar over him wearing that tan suit would’ve been justified.
February 1, 2026 at 9:49 PM
To be fair and balanced for a moment:
if President Barack Obama had been in the habit of routinely shitting himself in the Oval Office, then the whole uproar over him wearing that tan suit would’ve been justified.
if President Barack Obama had been in the habit of routinely shitting himself in the Oval Office, then the whole uproar over him wearing that tan suit would’ve been justified.
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Release the Shitstain Files!
February 1, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Release the Shitstain Files!
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Just think about the amazing Epstein scoops the new CBS Evening News contributors will have just by interviewing each other.
February 1, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Just think about the amazing Epstein scoops the new CBS Evening News contributors will have just by interviewing each other.
Look, folks: President Trump shitting his pants live on camera is a DISTRACTION from the Epstein files, which are in turn a DISTRACTION from ICE’s gestapo tactics which are themselves a DISTRACTION from the affordability crisis…
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February 1, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Look, folks: President Trump shitting his pants live on camera is a DISTRACTION from the Epstein files, which are in turn a DISTRACTION from ICE’s gestapo tactics which are themselves a DISTRACTION from the affordability crisis…
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February 1, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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He’s been through so much. They shouldn’t have made him fly the plane too.
February 1, 2026 at 8:52 PM
He’s been through so much. They shouldn’t have made him fly the plane too.
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"tired of some of their admiration for [insert lefty or left-leaning political and cultural figure]" explains a solid three-quarters of the last decade of american politics
Larry Summers complaining to Epstein that his kids admire Bernie Sanders too much
February 1, 2026 at 7:40 PM
"tired of some of their admiration for [insert lefty or left-leaning political and cultural figure]" explains a solid three-quarters of the last decade of american politics
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the theater is screening DOS Boot
January 31, 2026 at 1:44 PM
the theater is screening DOS Boot
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Just an amazing thing to randomly tweet out.
February 1, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Just an amazing thing to randomly tweet out.
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Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Saturday.
Again, every time someone says "Trump can't do that" the only serious response is "Yes, he can, until Congress removes him"
Again, every time someone says "Trump can't do that" the only serious response is "Yes, he can, until Congress removes him"
January 31, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Saturday.
Again, every time someone says "Trump can't do that" the only serious response is "Yes, he can, until Congress removes him"
Again, every time someone says "Trump can't do that" the only serious response is "Yes, he can, until Congress removes him"
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social I need you to know that I was just listening to your podcast in the airport and I ended up muttering “no, it’s Christina miloti” repeatedly and loudly enough to draw stares.
So, y’know, thanks for that I guess?
So, y’know, thanks for that I guess?
January 31, 2026 at 7:24 PM
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social I need you to know that I was just listening to your podcast in the airport and I ended up muttering “no, it’s Christina miloti” repeatedly and loudly enough to draw stares.
So, y’know, thanks for that I guess?
So, y’know, thanks for that I guess?
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Again, when Bari Weiss said she wanted to do "the fucking news" she apparently meant something different than what we initially assumed
Looking at the list of 19 new CBS News commentators, the median number of times they appear in the searchable Epstein database is 2 and the mean is 100
January 31, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Again, when Bari Weiss said she wanted to do "the fucking news" she apparently meant something different than what we initially assumed
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Elon Musk publicly slandering that cave diver as a "pedo guy" after he begged Jeffrey Epstein for island party invites is just incredible
January 30, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Elon Musk publicly slandering that cave diver as a "pedo guy" after he begged Jeffrey Epstein for island party invites is just incredible
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Duke’s student newspaper is all over this. Neither Ariely nor the university are saying anything so far www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
Duke professor Dan Ariely had longstanding friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, newly released files show
Ariely is named in 636 of the some 3 million newly released files. He was a prominent professor at Duke over the course of his correspondence with Epstein.
www.dukechronicle.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Duke’s student newspaper is all over this. Neither Ariely nor the university are saying anything so far www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
If you had said to me two days ago “Bari Weiss is in the Epstein files,” I would’ve politely smiled before backing away.
If I have the right Nellie Bowles, the partner in question is Bari Weiss
January 31, 2026 at 5:19 PM
If you had said to me two days ago “Bari Weiss is in the Epstein files,” I would’ve politely smiled before backing away.
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love to see the literal DOJ doing business the way i used to when id ‘have a few chardonnays’ and start bleating on twitter for editors to give me assignments
DM me? We used to get hundreds of highly qualified applicants for a single job posting. Good prosecutors are increasingly hesitant to work for this DOJ.
January 31, 2026 at 4:57 PM
love to see the literal DOJ doing business the way i used to when id ‘have a few chardonnays’ and start bleating on twitter for editors to give me assignments
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If I have the right Nellie Bowles, the partner in question is Bari Weiss
January 31, 2026 at 3:27 PM
If I have the right Nellie Bowles, the partner in question is Bari Weiss
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Wake up, workers of the world, a new second-person plural pronoun dropped.
January 31, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Wake up, workers of the world, a new second-person plural pronoun dropped.
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January 31, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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All the media ever created is wrong. There’s no cabal of evil genius billionaires pulling strings to control the world.
The evil billionaires pulling strings to control the world are all tacky, pederast idiots who can’t string three coherent thoughts together.
The evil billionaires pulling strings to control the world are all tacky, pederast idiots who can’t string three coherent thoughts together.
January 31, 2026 at 11:38 AM
All the media ever created is wrong. There’s no cabal of evil genius billionaires pulling strings to control the world.
The evil billionaires pulling strings to control the world are all tacky, pederast idiots who can’t string three coherent thoughts together.
The evil billionaires pulling strings to control the world are all tacky, pederast idiots who can’t string three coherent thoughts together.
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So if I’m understanding this sequence correctly, from Thanksgiving to Christmas 2012, Elon Musk was essentially pestering registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to throw him a wild party on the island.
January 30, 2026 at 9:24 PM
So if I’m understanding this sequence correctly, from Thanksgiving to Christmas 2012, Elon Musk was essentially pestering registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to throw him a wild party on the island.