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Jeffrey Epstein did not stop raping children after his 2008 conviction. Jeffrey Epstein did not stop facilitating the rape of children after his 2008 conviction. He kept doing it.
That is the context of people treating him as a normal person after his conviction.
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www.cnn.com/2020/01/15/u...
That is the context of people treating him as a normal person after his conviction.
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www.cnn.com/2020/01/15/u...
Jeffrey Epstein allegedly sexually abused girls in the US Virgin Islands through 2018 | CNN
Jeffrey Epstein allegedly transported underage girls to his secluded homes in the US Virgin Islands and forced them into sex work from 2001 through 2018, according to a lawsuit filed by the Attorney G...
www.cnn.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Jeffrey Epstein did not stop raping children after his 2008 conviction. Jeffrey Epstein did not stop facilitating the rape of children after his 2008 conviction. He kept doing it.
That is the context of people treating him as a normal person after his conviction.
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www.cnn.com/2020/01/15/u...
That is the context of people treating him as a normal person after his conviction.
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www.cnn.com/2020/01/15/u...
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Among the batch of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein: Epstein telling Peter Thiel he would “gladly share…expenses for the Gawker suit.”
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
January 31, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Among the batch of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein: Epstein telling Peter Thiel he would “gladly share…expenses for the Gawker suit.”
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
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it's maddening that so many terrible things from the past decade stem from a secret cabal of elite pedophiles that pushed the narrative there was a different secret cabal of elite pedophiles posing the real danger
January 31, 2026 at 4:21 PM
it's maddening that so many terrible things from the past decade stem from a secret cabal of elite pedophiles that pushed the narrative there was a different secret cabal of elite pedophiles posing the real danger
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honestly one of the most insane things i’ve ever seen. i cannot believe this. i feel insane seeing this and it being real. everything is unreal
January 31, 2026 at 6:42 PM
honestly one of the most insane things i’ve ever seen. i cannot believe this. i feel insane seeing this and it being real. everything is unreal
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Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.
October 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.
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perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.
David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press
October 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.
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Release the files
September 19, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Release the files
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Well, well, well. FCC chairman Brendan Carr—who wrote a Project 2025 chapter—attended the “Reboot 2024” Conference with two VIPs from Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund (Trae Stephens and Mike Solana) and Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts (who spearheaded Project 2025).
h/t @sf_mills on X. 1/
h/t @sf_mills on X. 1/
September 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Well, well, well. FCC chairman Brendan Carr—who wrote a Project 2025 chapter—attended the “Reboot 2024” Conference with two VIPs from Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund (Trae Stephens and Mike Solana) and Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts (who spearheaded Project 2025).
h/t @sf_mills on X. 1/
h/t @sf_mills on X. 1/
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In other words: there's growing evidence not only that precipitation extremes will increase (in general) due to climate change--but also that the most intense, rarest, & most dangerous rain events will increase faster than more "moderate" extremes. That's...not great!
July 7, 2025 at 2:34 AM
In other words: there's growing evidence not only that precipitation extremes will increase (in general) due to climate change--but also that the most intense, rarest, & most dangerous rain events will increase faster than more "moderate" extremes. That's...not great!
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There have been claims that NOAA/NWS did not foresee catastrophic TX floods--but that's simply not true. This was undoubtedly an extreme event, but messaging rapidly escalated beginning ~12 hrs prior. Flood Watch mid PM, "heads up" outlook late PM, flash flood warnings ~1am.
WPC issued as many as six MPDs for the deadly flash flooding in the TX Hill Country starting yesterday evening and lasting through much of today. The first MPD generally set the stage for what was to come, while the next three shown were as the event unfolded.
July 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
There have been claims that NOAA/NWS did not foresee catastrophic TX floods--but that's simply not true. This was undoubtedly an extreme event, but messaging rapidly escalated beginning ~12 hrs prior. Flood Watch mid PM, "heads up" outlook late PM, flash flood warnings ~1am.
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Top government officials sharing highly classified war plans in a group chat with unauthorized participants is possibly the biggest intelligence breach in U.S. history.
Democrats need to treat it more like that and less like a funny thing that happened.
Democrats need to treat it more like that and less like a funny thing that happened.
March 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Top government officials sharing highly classified war plans in a group chat with unauthorized participants is possibly the biggest intelligence breach in U.S. history.
Democrats need to treat it more like that and less like a funny thing that happened.
Democrats need to treat it more like that and less like a funny thing that happened.
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This story is INSANE (and unfortunately indicative of how broken our norms and institutions are)
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This story is INSANE (and unfortunately indicative of how broken our norms and institutions are)
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This is, quite literally, how democracies die www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
March 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is, quite literally, how democracies die www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
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Honestly if you aren't following what's happening with crypto (and the ideological origins of it) then you won't really understand what's happening in politics. Follow the fake air money.
Josh Vlasto, formerly a top aide to Schumer, is now a lead strategist for "Fairshake" -- the crypto-funded PAC that took out Sen. Sherrod Brown and Rep. Katie Porter.
Vlasto's wife is Schumer's director of scheduling.
The bread has been buttered, folks.
Vlasto's wife is Schumer's director of scheduling.
The bread has been buttered, folks.
Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader, said he would vote for a Republican-written bill to keep federal funding flowing past a midnight Friday deadline, making a forceful case for why Democrats could not allow a shutdown that many of them have demanded. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
March 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Honestly if you aren't following what's happening with crypto (and the ideological origins of it) then you won't really understand what's happening in politics. Follow the fake air money.
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The More You Have, the Less You Fight
Who will and will not save us.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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hi dan
January 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
hi dan
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I'd like to note the outrage of overediting a Nobel laureate in his area of expertise, and that a lot of writers (including me) have had horrible experiences of overediting in the legacy media: not just changing language but meaning and often values. Making your voice and views into theirs.
Krugman says the editors at the Times editorial page were increasingly trying to water down his columns and arguments www.cjr.org/analysis/pau...
Paul Krugman on Leaving the New York Times
The paper wanted to take away his newsletter or make him write less frequently, he says.
www.cjr.org
January 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I'd like to note the outrage of overediting a Nobel laureate in his area of expertise, and that a lot of writers (including me) have had horrible experiences of overediting in the legacy media: not just changing language but meaning and often values. Making your voice and views into theirs.
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Jeffrey Skoll, the chairman of Participant Media, the (now defunct) studio that brought you AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH.
January 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Jeffrey Skoll, the chairman of Participant Media, the (now defunct) studio that brought you AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH.
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Do not react.
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January 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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January 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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"This is the truth. This is what's happening, and this is what we have to stand against."
I spoke with PoliticsGirl about the dangers America faces, how 45 years of an increasingly rigged economy brought us to this moment, and where we go from here.
I spoke with PoliticsGirl about the dangers America faces, how 45 years of an increasingly rigged economy brought us to this moment, and where we go from here.
Do Not Become Hopeless: A Conversation with Robert Reich
As today’s guest, Robert Reich reminds us, wishful thinking won’t save us from what’s coming, but neither should we bury ourselves in cynicism. The truth is,...
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November 21, 2024 at 1:00 AM
"This is the truth. This is what's happening, and this is what we have to stand against."
I spoke with PoliticsGirl about the dangers America faces, how 45 years of an increasingly rigged economy brought us to this moment, and where we go from here.
I spoke with PoliticsGirl about the dangers America faces, how 45 years of an increasingly rigged economy brought us to this moment, and where we go from here.
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HR 9495 provides no due process or oversight, creating a tool for political retaliation under the guise of "fighting terrorism."
Trump would abuse this power to retaliate against any org that challenges his agenda.
The 52 Dems who initially supported it must reverse course.
Trump would abuse this power to retaliate against any org that challenges his agenda.
The 52 Dems who initially supported it must reverse course.
Full list of Democrats who voted for bill that gives Trump admin more power
Dozens of Democrats voted in favor of a bill that would give the Treasury secretary power to designate nonprofits "terrorist supporting organizations."
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:50 PM
HR 9495 provides no due process or oversight, creating a tool for political retaliation under the guise of "fighting terrorism."
Trump would abuse this power to retaliate against any org that challenges his agenda.
The 52 Dems who initially supported it must reverse course.
Trump would abuse this power to retaliate against any org that challenges his agenda.
The 52 Dems who initially supported it must reverse course.
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The GOP loves blaming the deficit on Social Security and Medicare. But the real culprit is giveaways to corporations and the rich.
If not for the regressive tax cuts under Bush and Trump, we would have a stable debt-to-GDP ratio.
That's one thing the GOP will never tell you.
If not for the regressive tax cuts under Bush and Trump, we would have a stable debt-to-GDP ratio.
That's one thing the GOP will never tell you.
November 5, 2024 at 4:54 AM
The GOP loves blaming the deficit on Social Security and Medicare. But the real culprit is giveaways to corporations and the rich.
If not for the regressive tax cuts under Bush and Trump, we would have a stable debt-to-GDP ratio.
That's one thing the GOP will never tell you.
If not for the regressive tax cuts under Bush and Trump, we would have a stable debt-to-GDP ratio.
That's one thing the GOP will never tell you.
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