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Jessica Silver-Greenberg @jsgatnyt.bsky.social · Sep 8

The country’s most powerful bank became a critical cog in Epstein’s massive sex trafficking operation.

JPM processed more than $1 billion in transactions for the sex offender.

Here’s our investigation. @davidenrich.bsky.social @mattgoldstein26.bsky.social
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How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · Sep 8

NEW: JPMorgan, the largest US bank, enabled the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein.

The bank lent him money, created accounts for his victims, disregarded suspicious transactions and overruled employees who raised concerns.
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How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein

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Jessica Silver-Greenberg @jsgatnyt.bsky.social · Aug 27

Two rebukes in as many days www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...

Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Aug 23

🚨BREAKING: Hours after Texas passed its new map, my law firm has challenged it in federal court. In addition to violating the VRA, HB 4 violates the 14th Amendment because it unjustifiably considers race and partisanship as part of a voluntary, mid-cycle redistricting. @redistrictfdn.bsky.social

🚨 League of United Latin American Citizens v. Abbott

Learn more.

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Jessica Silver-Greenberg @jsgatnyt.bsky.social · Aug 10

Powerful and terrifying investigation. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/h...

Cannabis Poisonings Are Rising, Mostly Among Kids

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Jessica Silver-Greenberg @jsgatnyt.bsky.social · Aug 8

The company donated, and the rule was delayed. Powerful article by the greats.

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Trump Delayed a Medicare Change After Health Company Donations

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Jessica Silver-Greenberg @jsgatnyt.bsky.social · Aug 7

One of e stranger stories ive read in weeks.

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A Zoo in Denmark Wants to Feed Your Pets to Its Predators

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Jessica Silver-Greenberg @jsgatnyt.bsky.social · Aug 7

Truly chilling account of the Trump administration’s deportation apparatus in Louisiana.

ICE’s head, Todd Lyons, has said the agency must become: a logistics juggernaut, like Amazon or FedEx, “but with human beings.”

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How Louisiana Built Trump’s Busiest Deportation Hub (Gift Article)

ICE wants to make immigration enforcement as efficient as FedEx or Amazon. Louisiana was poised for this moment.

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · Aug 6

Damning exposé into how Uber prioritizes profits over women’s safety. @nytimes.com 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/b...

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · Aug 5

Here's a taste of Epstein's photo displays. These were on a credenza in his dining room. More in the story, which I wrote with @mattgoldstein26.bsky.social @jsgatnyt.bsky.social et al.

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Jessica Silver-Greenberg @jsgatnyt.bsky.social · Aug 5

A glimpse inside Epstein’s townhouse helps answer some of the mysteries surrounding the sex offender. He used the space as a stage to show off, and further amass, the rich and powerful.

As Ehud Barak glowingly wrote, he was a collector of people.
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A Look Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan Lair

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Pablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social · Jul 30

SOLID explainer by @pbsnewshour

What is legal during ICE raids?
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WATCH: What is legal during ICE raids?

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Jul 31

“Sesame Street” and its sequel, “The Electric Company,” were, “with lapses, the most intelligent and important programs in television,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.

The Invention of “Sesame Street”

Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.

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Jessica Silver-Greenberg @jsgatnyt.bsky.social · Jul 31

Brazil’s president said that if the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol had happened in Brazil, Mr. Trump would be facing prosecution just like Mr. Bolsonaro.

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No One Is Defying Trump Like Brazil’s President

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Jessica Silver-Greenberg @jsgatnyt.bsky.social · Jul 25

He profited from using undocumented workers. Now he’s profiting from Trump’s crackdown on undocumented workers. Powerful story. www.propublica.org/article/nath...

His Former Company Got Caught Employing Undocumented Workers. Now He’s Profiting Off an Immigrant Detention Camp.

Disaster Management Group is one contractor behind the nation’s largest detention camp, to be built at Fort Bliss. It’s run by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to a...

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · Jul 25

We also learned that Trump inscribed a book to Epstein back in 1997, saying "You are the greatest!" We're publishing that here, as well as a previously undisclosed photo of Trump with Epstein and James Brown. More in the article>> www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/u...

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · Jul 25

New: @nytimes.com has confirmed that Trump was listed as a contributor to Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday book. We are publishing a page from the book: a letter handwritten by Ghislaine Maxwell. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/u...

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Aaron Schwartz @aschwartz.bsky.social · Jul 18

Research on insurer coverage rules is in today’s NY Times.

Denials are rising. Good managed care or bad administrative burden? Hard to know.

Featuring research by @michaelannica.bsky.social @jacobwswallace.bsky.social @mikegeruso.bsky.social me and colleagues.

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Health Insurers Are Denying More Drug Claims, Data Shows

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Jul 17

“They don’t want anyone to see how they treat people. They want to be doing this”—their deportations—”with no witnesses.”

ICE agents are harassing the courthouse volunteers who assist besieged immigrants

"They want to be doing this with no witnesses."

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Jessica Silver-Greenberg @jsgatnyt.bsky.social · Jul 16

Wild story.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jul 16

A Texas woman is accused of plotting to murder her newly engaged ex-husband by injecting fentanyl into a box of chocolates and sending it to him as a congratulatory gift from a false third party, police say.

Woman accused of plot to kill ex-husband with fentanyl-laced chocolate

Texas police said the woman planned to disguise the box of poisoned confections as a gift from a travel agency and mail it to her recently engaged ex-husband.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Jul 16

DeSantis has removed local officials who he doesn’t like from office …. and courts have let him. But Orange County (FL) Dem officials are not complying here:

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Jul 14

Hotline callers were saying, “I do not want to be part of pointing a gun at US citizens and maybe shooting it.”

Is the US military poised to experience a new surge in conscientious objectors?

For troops experiencing ethical dilemmas, following one's conscience can be costly.

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Jessica Silver-Greenberg @jsgatnyt.bsky.social · Jul 14

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jul 13

More than two dozen state and federal lawmakers took a 2½ hour tour of Alligator Alcatraz on Saturday, arranged by the office of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). It came weeks after several Democratic state lawmakers were turned away at the gate.

Lawmakers tour Florida’s new detention center in the Everglades

Alligator Alcatraz was built into the Everglades just eight days and state officials said would cost $450 million to operate for one year.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 13

Padilla: "What if I was outside a Home Depot, because I like to do some work around the house, not dressed in a suit. Would I be a target of ICE enforcement under Tom Homan? Probably. And it is just wrong."

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