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The word don't is censored. Don't, or Don T. If you're looking for just some fun proof they're doing control+f censoring

To:
Jeffrey Epstein[jeevacation@gmail.com]
From:
Sent:
Wed 7/15/2009 1:56:13 AM
Subject:
Re: florida visit?
good typing!
oh well, looks like it's a long flight anyhow... edmonton is so far away from EVERYTHING.
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com>
wrote:
i am tied up until aug
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:41 PM,
wrote:
You planted a seed with your invite today. I have next Wed thru Sunday off (July 22-26), my last vacation for months.
I was going to take polo lessons in Calgary but I (DON'T) think my body can handle it! I pull a muscle every time, and I'm starting to realize my budding polo career might have to take a back seat to my actual job.
think
What are you doing next week?

February 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM

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Snowden St.

@snowden.st

this is a good example of the ICE/DHS tactic I'm talking about, and how the system is operated with an eye to keeping a person in detention long enough that the detainee requests their own removal. both a labor saving tactic and ideologically aligned with ICE's anti-migrant culture.

Kathleen Clark @kathleenclark.bsky.social · 1d

There's been lots of attention on 1 particular inexperienced & untrained govt lawyer
But I want to give a shout-out to Kira Kelley,
climatedefenseproject.org/profile/kira...,
who focused on ICE's horrific treatment of an immigrant prisoner -- all occurring *after* the court had ordered him released

And I would point Your Honor to two declarations
in a recent filing, which if Your Honor would permit, I
could file in a supplement in this case. The first is a
petitioner -- is a affidavit written by my client Oscar.
And that was filed at Docket 67, The Advocates for Human
Rights, et al., v. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
et al., Case Number 26-cv-749.
And Oscar's declaration is important for a few
reasons. One, it articulates just his horrific experience
throughout this proceeding. And it's easy for us to see
court orders not being complied with and the e-mails back
and forth on the computer, but his affidavit really just
shows what it's like to experience that and in ways that
were personally for me just sickening to read as his
attorney.
That he was without food. He was without clean

clothes. He was subject to physical danger, both through
reckless driving of ICE agents transporting him from one
location to another, watching people screaming in pain with
medical neglect, being exposed to COVID. Just the
conditions of his confinement; eating food that he conflated
with dog food. That people are just being treated like less
than human. And all of this was happening while he had a
court order for his release.
And while all of this is happening, ICE agents are
telling him to self-deport because he's got no chance to get
out of there other than self-deport, so he's being deprived
of access, and this is all in his affidavit. Myself and his
immigration attorney, who's here in the courtroom today,
were not able to talk to him. His immigration attorney in
particular made diligent efforts to ensure compliance with
the court order, and these are e-mails that are in Oscar's
case. I think you've seen these. We're trying to get ahold
of him. We're trying to get access to him. We're trying to
bring him home. And, meanwhile, he is sleeping on the
floor, if he gets to sleep at all, and he's being lied to,
denied access to phone calls to call his loved ones or his
attorneys. I would encourage Your Honor to read this
declaration, and I would defer to the Court if you would
like me to submit it formally in Oscar's own case.
And the second declaration also in The Advocates

February 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM

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play by post

@playbypost.bsky.social

A night of broken glass if you will.

floating in lotus position @gallantdimwit.bsky.social · 11h

After 6am this morning in Whittier, Minneapolis—FOUR BLOCKS from where Pretti was murdered.

18 agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) markings smashed an apartment window, ran in, and came out with one man.

February 5, 2026 at 8:37 PM

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Nick (derogatory) ✨

@slothropsmap.bsky.social

I do not mind telling you I teared up watching this.

February 5, 2026 at 8:43 PM

Steven Lucy

@slucy.bsky.social

Broadcast is back, baby!

Joe Adalian @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 4h

MeTV is bringing THE WIZARD OF OZ back to broadcast TV. The movie has continued to be seen regularly on cable (via TNT, TCM and HBO), but its last telecast on over-the-air TV was in 1998 on CBS.

Now MeTV has licensed the classic to run this October as part of its Halloween "BOO-nanaza" stunt.

a poster of the wizard of oz with the words it 's beautiful isn 't it written on it

ALT: a poster of the wizard of oz with the words it 's beautiful isn 't it written on it

media.tenor.com

February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM

Steven Lucy

@slucy.bsky.social

Hey chat, what's it called when releasing your own words "sullies" your reputation?

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 6h

Marimar Martinez's attorneys also take on claims that it would "sully" Border Patrol agent Charles Exum to release his text messages.

Martinez's attorneys call it "a fully deserved self-imposed sullying."

February 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM

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Kathleen Clark

@kathleenclark.bsky.social

‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’

…
25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again.
The officers mocked
me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there.
26. Security
guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27.
No one said
anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th.
27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable.
…
30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release
…
32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE
… I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained

February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM

Steven Lucy

@slucy.bsky.social

This seems bad
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...

Trump Strips Job Protections From Thousands of Federal Workers

www.nytimes.com

February 5, 2026 at 5:43 PM

Steven Lucy

@slucy.bsky.social

Dear FOIA Officers,

I'm not going to make an account on your silly portal.

Love,

Me

February 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM

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Streetsblog Chicago

@chi.streetsblog.org

In November, an SUV driver fatally struck former Tribune VP Walter Mahoney, 74, in Western Springs. A FOIAed crash report shows Mahoney was walking the same route as a recently removed marked crosswalk with beacons.

Crash report shows former Tribune VP Walter Mahoney, 74, was walking the same route as a recently removed crosswalk when he was fatally struck - Streetsblog Chicago

On in the evening of Wednesday, November 19, 2025, a motorist fatally struck beloved former Tribune Media Services Senior Vice President Walter Mahoney, 74, while he was on one of his regular walks ne...

chi.streetsblog.org

February 5, 2026 at 5:24 PM

Steven Lucy

@slucy.bsky.social

Girl, I Guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ is out and they, like me, think you should vote for @robertpeters.bsky.social for Congress.

He led the charge that ended cash bail in Illinois!

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Which brings us to my guy in this race, inaugural Golden Shrugee and Friend of the Guide, State Senator Robert Peters. Longtime readers will know that in this house, we stan Robert. He’s been a progressive warrior in the State Senate since being appointed in 2019 to succeed Kwame Raoul, who was elected Attorney General. Since then, Robert has been front and center in some of the most impactful legislation coming out of Springfield. Robert led the passage of the Pretrial Fairness Act/SAFE-T Act, which ended cash bail in Illinois. He’s passed laws ending the criminalization of HIV+ status, curtailing abuses in private prisons, expanding resources available to families post-adoption, establishing a statewide public defender’s office, and so, so, so much more.

February 5, 2026 at 5:15 PM

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Gabi 雪

@gabimccauley.bsky.social

ICE shooting Pastor David Black with pepper balls in Chicago, Illinois, September 2025

February 5, 2026 at 3:15 PM

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Jeremy Glover

@jgrantglover.bsky.social

Incredibly awesome for India. Incredibly embarrassing for the US.

For reference, the federal government is spending about $28 billion on ICE this year.

Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 11h

Indian government allocated $32 b for capital expenditures on its railways in 2026. This includes initial funds for 7 additional high-speed lines on 2,500 mi, adding to the 316 mi Mumbai–Ahmedabad Line, now under construction (the US Northeast Corridor is 450 mi). www.railjournal.com/passenger/hi...

February 5, 2026 at 3:07 PM

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George Pearkes

@peark.es

People are going to be really mad that the ask here isn’t abolishing any deportation ever (which would be my choice if it was just up to me) but this is a very calculated list of reasonable asks that Republicans will lose their minds over, reinforcing revulsion in the American lizard brain.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 22h

Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders

February 5, 2026 at 2:46 AM

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Heather Cherone

@heathercherone.bsky.social

That's U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson, a Democrat, who represents Illinois' 1st Congressional District, which includes much of the South Side of Chicago

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

wow -- with Trump standing behind him, a man (not sure who he is) offers this prayer: "We pray that he would be mindful of the poor and that he would be invested in the alleviation of suffering happening in the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis."

February 5, 2026 at 3:32 PM

Steven Lucy

@slucy.bsky.social

There has never been a more honest cover about traffic safety.

Rachel Cole @rmartincole.bsky.social · 10h

Cover of "Death... or Life? 1963 report of the New York State Joint Legislative Committee on Motor Vehicles and Traffic Safety." Illustration of a man in a suit using a seat buckle in place of the "i" in the word "life."

February 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM

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McSweeney's

@mcsweeneys.net

"After a decade on dating apps, I’ve decided to enter a different market. This is why I’m listing myself on Zillow until I find a good match—which, to my understanding, will be about forty-eight hours."

Tinder Hasn’t Worked, So I’m Putting Myself on Zillow

After a decade on dating apps, I’ve decided to enter a different market. This is why I’m listing myself on Zillow until I find a good match—which, ...

buff.ly

January 31, 2026 at 2:40 AM

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Daniel Knowles

@dlknowles.bsky.social

My piece this week tying together the prosecution of Don Lemon and the ruination of the federal justice system:

www.economist.com/united-state...

Federal prosecutors in Minnesota are cracking down on dissent

But the pursuit of serious criminals has slackened off

www.economist.com

February 5, 2026 at 2:58 PM

Steven Lucy

@slucy.bsky.social

Holy shit, the opening ceremonies are TOMORROW?

February 5, 2026 at 3:02 PM

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Rodger Sherman

@rodger.bsky.social

the Swiss mixed doubles curling team is married and when their game ended the Peacock stream just showed them playing with their Curling Baby for like 5 minutes with the Olympics music playing

a little baby holding a big curling broom and pointing

a little baby with a curling broom wearing the same jersey as his mom

a curling dad holding a baby, who is holding onto the curling broom

February 4, 2026 at 8:04 PM

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Eric Erins

@ericerins.bsky.social

Was curious on the history of Harper Square, a housing cooperative down on the lake in Kenwood. Apparently it was developed by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America?? I didn't know non construction unions got involved in real estate development back in the day?

February 5, 2026 at 3:23 AM

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williamreed.bsky.social

@williamreed.bsky.social

😍 thank you @davidpowe.bsky.social, Divvy, and the crews that install & maintain the stations & fleet. a big deal for Pullman, Roseland, and the whole far south side. come down and see for yourself! the loop to old fashioned donuts at 113th/Michigan is now possible in 30 minutes via metra and divvy.

February 5, 2026 at 3:15 AM

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Jon Seidel

@jonseidel.bsky.social

NEW: The @chicago.suntimes.com and @wbez.org have published a 12-minute excerpt of our interview with Marimar Martinez, in which she describes being shot by Border Patrol in Chicago.

You can find it here: youtu.be/mCO4vI_KH1w?...