Amber Hunt
@reporteramber.bsky.social
Pulitzer-winning journalist. Host of podcasts Crimes of the Centuries & What If They’re Wrong: After the Accusation. Co-founder of podcast network Grab Bag Collab. Creator of Accused, and a kickass college ‘zine. www.patreon.com/grabbagcollab
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Yes. He PLEADED guilty to one select charge to avoid a full-on trial that he knew he was going to lose. Those other victims who were spared the ordeal of recounting their trauma on the stand were even younger than this victim — who was, mind you, still a child.
These apologists are disgusting.
These apologists are disgusting.
Dershowitz: The predecessor on your show described Epstein as a convicted pedophile. He pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. That’s not a pedophile.
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Yes. He PLEADED guilty to one select charge to avoid a full-on trial that he knew he was going to lose. Those other victims who were spared the ordeal of recounting their trauma on the stand were even younger than this victim — who was, mind you, still a child.
These apologists are disgusting.
These apologists are disgusting.
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It rocks that all 20 people who genuinely think the Olivia Nuzzi stuff is interesting have editorial discretion at major media outlets. Just publish your group chats
November 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It rocks that all 20 people who genuinely think the Olivia Nuzzi stuff is interesting have editorial discretion at major media outlets. Just publish your group chats
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We’re not even a full year in yet and America is unrecognizable.
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
We’re not even a full year in yet and America is unrecognizable.
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This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.
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Someday, someone will do a story about why the Pulitzer jurors never nominated, and the Pulitzer board never awarded, a prize to @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, the @miamiherald.com reporter who broke the bulk of the Epstein story.
www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...
www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...
Perversion of Justice: Jeffrey Epstein
In her year-long investigation of Palm Beach multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein, Miami Herald reporter Julie Brown tracked down more than 60 women who said they were victims of abuse and revealed the fu...
www.miamiherald.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Someday, someone will do a story about why the Pulitzer jurors never nominated, and the Pulitzer board never awarded, a prize to @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, the @miamiherald.com reporter who broke the bulk of the Epstein story.
www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...
www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...
Not once in my 30 years, either.
In my 44 years as a journalist, I'm pretty sure I never advised a "source" on how to blackmail the president of the United States
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Not once in my 30 years, either.
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Tonight at 6 PM I’ll be giving a talk on (and reading from) WITHOUT CONSENT at my beloved local bookstore Fountain Bookshop & Ice Cream & Gifts and they already have the sign up! Details/RSVP here: fountainbookshop.com/event/2025-1...
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Tonight at 6 PM I’ll be giving a talk on (and reading from) WITHOUT CONSENT at my beloved local bookstore Fountain Bookshop & Ice Cream & Gifts and they already have the sign up! Details/RSVP here: fountainbookshop.com/event/2025-1...
How these people still consider themselves journalists is beyond me. The whole job is to hold the powerful accountable. Period. Even if you’re friendly with them. Which, in fairness, happens because we are all but human.
That doesn’t change the job.
That doesn’t change the job.
I don't think legacy media is reading the room correctly on the Epstein Files. Many of us are asking why they have ignored this story for the last decade? Why did they dismiss all of us who were concerned that Trump might be compromised? And where is their fucking contrition and apology now?
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
How these people still consider themselves journalists is beyond me. The whole job is to hold the powerful accountable. Period. Even if you’re friendly with them. Which, in fairness, happens because we are all but human.
That doesn’t change the job.
That doesn’t change the job.
Sometimes objectivity does not produce the most honest reporting.
You think Nellie Bly was “objective” when she exposed the asylum she’d entered under cover?
You think Nellie Bly was “objective” when she exposed the asylum she’d entered under cover?
Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Sometimes objectivity does not produce the most honest reporting.
You think Nellie Bly was “objective” when she exposed the asylum she’d entered under cover?
You think Nellie Bly was “objective” when she exposed the asylum she’d entered under cover?
This is wild to me. The Home Depot stuff is based off something, though, right? Is Home Depot mimicking something higher end?
Whoever spray painted and glued this crap onto the walls probably did the letters too.
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is wild to me. The Home Depot stuff is based off something, though, right? Is Home Depot mimicking something higher end?
I’m coming to terms with the fact I lost a beloved pet last week. I did everything I could to save her but it wasn’t enough. Non-bird people might not understand, but Cheezy was the best, the most loving, the sweetest, and, now, the most missed. Our flock is incomplete.
November 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I’m coming to terms with the fact I lost a beloved pet last week. I did everything I could to save her but it wasn’t enough. Non-bird people might not understand, but Cheezy was the best, the most loving, the sweetest, and, now, the most missed. Our flock is incomplete.
These people need to stop fucking lying.
Aaaaaaaaauuuuuuggggh
HASSETT: We're comfortable that inflation has come way down
QUINTANILLA: Even though it's been increasing for 5 straight months?
HASSETT: Well I guess there's ups and downs and seasonals
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
These people need to stop fucking lying.
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Just a reminder.
Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain?
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Just a reminder.
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The 8 Dems who surrendered: @SenAngusKing @timkaine @SenCortezMasto @JohnFetterman @SenatorDurbin @SenatorHassan @SenatorShaheen @SenJackyRosen
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The 8 Dems who surrendered: @SenAngusKing @timkaine @SenCortezMasto @JohnFetterman @SenatorDurbin @SenatorHassan @SenatorShaheen @SenJackyRosen
Yep. Or their hard-working parents’ fault.
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Yep. Or their hard-working parents’ fault.
Hey, @elongreen.bsky.social! Spotted you in the wild in Asheville, NC! At Malaprop Books.
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Hey, @elongreen.bsky.social! Spotted you in the wild in Asheville, NC! At Malaprop Books.
I just … can’t get myself to give two shits about gender politics. Are you happy? Great. Lemme know what to call you. I might slip sometimes because I’m old but I’m gonna keep trying because I can grow.
Zeldin: "Conservatives say there are two genders. Democrats are saying there are a hundred genders and counting and growing."
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I just … can’t get myself to give two shits about gender politics. Are you happy? Great. Lemme know what to call you. I might slip sometimes because I’m old but I’m gonna keep trying because I can grow.
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Kevin Jackson was wrongfully convicted, and now his innocence certificate is being opposed by a prosecutor whose past includes prosecutorial misconduct: thetriibe.com/2025/11/kevi...
Kevin Jackson was falsely convicted, and now his innocence certificate is being opposed by a prosecutor whose past includes prosecutorial misconduct • The TRiiBE
A deeper look at Fabio Valentini, whose private practice has been tapped by Cook County for a number of post-conviction hearings.
thetriibe.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Kevin Jackson was wrongfully convicted, and now his innocence certificate is being opposed by a prosecutor whose past includes prosecutorial misconduct: thetriibe.com/2025/11/kevi...
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USA Photo of the year
November 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
USA Photo of the year
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A haunted house for people with cPTSD, but it's just a room full of people saying "Everything happens for a reason."
October 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A haunted house for people with cPTSD, but it's just a room full of people saying "Everything happens for a reason."
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
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FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
* obstacles = dismantling America
Simple as that.
Simple as that.
Donald Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of serving a third presidential term. Can he? We consider the legal arguments econ.st/4hJPcCM
Photo: Getty Images
Photo: Getty Images
October 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
* obstacles = dismantling America
Simple as that.
Simple as that.
As a member of the media, I can say with certainty this is not true for most. None of us reporting peons get job security with chaos, and most of us joined the Fourth Estate because we love the country and consider journalism crucial to democracy. Talk of a third term is anti-American.
The media would LOVE it if he ran again. They’d help him win just like they did in 24
October 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
As a member of the media, I can say with certainty this is not true for most. None of us reporting peons get job security with chaos, and most of us joined the Fourth Estate because we love the country and consider journalism crucial to democracy. Talk of a third term is anti-American.