Tom Epstein
@epsteintom.bsky.social
Recovering political junkie
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"Perhaps the most obvious improvement since the 1970s has been in air quality around the U.S." It all started in L.A. thanks to @cleanairca.bsky.social. Year-end thank you donations welcomed at ccair.org/donate. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Photos of the dirty 1970s will make you appreciate the EPA
The public and politicians in both parties saw the urgency 50 years ago and enacted the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act. They're working and paying off.
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December 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"Perhaps the most obvious improvement since the 1970s has been in air quality around the U.S." It all started in L.A. thanks to @cleanairca.bsky.social. Year-end thank you donations welcomed at ccair.org/donate. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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“Content creation” is the pink slime of culture open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
The "Content" Slaughterhouse: How We're Turning Culture Into Pink Slime
Why the word "content" may now be the most dangerous word in our vocabulary
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December 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
“Content creation” is the pink slime of culture open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
Bad take. The article is fine. I'm tired of seeing misleading critiques of @nytimes.com on BlueSky. We have much bigger fish to fry. @ryanlcooper.com
The leadership of the @nytimes.com broadly agrees with Chris Rufo that the existence of "woke" students, professors, and institutions is an affront to society which needs to be dismantled by state coercion.
This is, ironically, very obvious, but also politically incorrect to talk about in public.
This is, ironically, very obvious, but also politically incorrect to talk about in public.
The article accepts the idea that New College was a liberal enclave, and what is happening now is a rebalancing. I think this view is fundamentally wrong, embracing the assumptions of those who see their job as to save campuses from liberalism by any means necessary.
December 29, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Bad take. The article is fine. I'm tired of seeing misleading critiques of @nytimes.com on BlueSky. We have much bigger fish to fry. @ryanlcooper.com
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Commentary: Am I Ugly? https://theonion.com/am-i-ugly/
December 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Commentary: Am I Ugly? https://theonion.com/am-i-ugly/
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Not sure I understand why the Trump administration cares about Christians in Nigeria and not Christians in Ukraine
December 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Not sure I understand why the Trump administration cares about Christians in Nigeria and not Christians in Ukraine
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CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal
For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, the...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
@kenmartin.bsky.social
RELEASE THE REPORT!
RELEASE THE REPORT!
December 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
@kenmartin.bsky.social
RELEASE THE REPORT!
RELEASE THE REPORT!
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December 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Senate News: Republicans are trying to sneak a provision into their latest government funding bill that would make it easier to sell off public lands and national parks, and may have the votes to do it. If you care about protecting your public lands, now’s the time to make it known.
December 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Senate News: Republicans are trying to sneak a provision into their latest government funding bill that would make it easier to sell off public lands and national parks, and may have the votes to do it. If you care about protecting your public lands, now’s the time to make it known.
As usual, Stan Greenberg has the most astute analysis of what Democrats need to win elections. Read this exceptionally insightful article and act on it.
If Democrats want to win, they need to focus on the economy. Stanley Greenberg analyzes what the data says about the party’s path forward: trib.al/X92bz3Z
Not Left vs. Center, but the People vs. the Powerful - The American Prospect
The flawed study ‘Deciding to Win’ may help Democrats get back to fighting for the forgotten middle class again.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
As usual, Stan Greenberg has the most astute analysis of what Democrats need to win elections. Read this exceptionally insightful article and act on it.
@amartinezla.bsky.social I enjoy Morning Edition but wonder why you didn't ask Kevin Kiley today why he voted for a bill eliminating ACA subsidies and is now trying to reverse it. Can't let hypocrisy go unchallenged.
December 16, 2025 at 5:02 AM
@amartinezla.bsky.social I enjoy Morning Edition but wonder why you didn't ask Kevin Kiley today why he voted for a bill eliminating ACA subsidies and is now trying to reverse it. Can't let hypocrisy go unchallenged.
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NEW: Elizabeth Holmes stole hundreds of millions in a phony medical device scheme.
Now, without remorse, she's angling for a Trump pardon.
She seems like a perfect candidate. After all, he's turned self-dealing and victimization into an art form.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Now, without remorse, she's angling for a Trump pardon.
She seems like a perfect candidate. After all, he's turned self-dealing and victimization into an art form.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Commentary: She's a liar, swindler and cheat. So why wouldn't Trump pardon her?
Elizabeth Holmes stole hundreds of millions of dollars in a phony medical device scheme. Now she's apparently angling for release from prison by flattering the president and extolling his MAGA movemen...
www.latimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
NEW: Elizabeth Holmes stole hundreds of millions in a phony medical device scheme.
Now, without remorse, she's angling for a Trump pardon.
She seems like a perfect candidate. After all, he's turned self-dealing and victimization into an art form.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Now, without remorse, she's angling for a Trump pardon.
She seems like a perfect candidate. After all, he's turned self-dealing and victimization into an art form.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
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Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
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Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
paulwaldman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
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According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information.
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information.
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
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decent chance we might lose the republic because one (1) elderly woman refused to retire 5 years after being diagnosed with terminal cancer
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
decent chance we might lose the republic because one (1) elderly woman refused to retire 5 years after being diagnosed with terminal cancer
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Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
BOSTON—Stressing that the move would help keep digital currencies liquid through the coming year, crypto leaders called for an infusion of 20 million dopes Thursday to stabilize the market. “We’re cal...
theonion.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
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Gupta: It’s clear that there’s age-related cognitive decline.
He’s confused a lot. He sometimes mumbles sort of incoherent nonsense when he’s asked a question in the Oval Office.
Clearly they’re not getting MRIs just because, because that’s the moment that we live in. There’s a reason
He’s confused a lot. He sometimes mumbles sort of incoherent nonsense when he’s asked a question in the Oval Office.
Clearly they’re not getting MRIs just because, because that’s the moment that we live in. There’s a reason
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Gupta: It’s clear that there’s age-related cognitive decline.
He’s confused a lot. He sometimes mumbles sort of incoherent nonsense when he’s asked a question in the Oval Office.
Clearly they’re not getting MRIs just because, because that’s the moment that we live in. There’s a reason
He’s confused a lot. He sometimes mumbles sort of incoherent nonsense when he’s asked a question in the Oval Office.
Clearly they’re not getting MRIs just because, because that’s the moment that we live in. There’s a reason
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Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
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Next time Trump claims to be fighting for Jews — spoiler alert: he doesn’t give a damn about Jews — remember that he keeps hiring Jew haters in his administration. The latest: Paul Ingrassia, the guy rejected by the Senate because he said he likes Nazism & racism.
Paul "Nazi streak" Ingrassia is getting a promotion, because...Donald Trump thinks he deserves it. @timmiller.bsky.social:
November 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Next time Trump claims to be fighting for Jews — spoiler alert: he doesn’t give a damn about Jews — remember that he keeps hiring Jew haters in his administration. The latest: Paul Ingrassia, the guy rejected by the Senate because he said he likes Nazism & racism.
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Trump Solemnly Lays Wreath At Site Where He Would Have Died During Vietnam War If He Weren’t Rich https://theonion.com/trump-solemnly-lays-wreath-at-site-where-he-would-have-1832907992/
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Trump Solemnly Lays Wreath At Site Where He Would Have Died During Vietnam War If He Weren’t Rich https://theonion.com/trump-solemnly-lays-wreath-at-site-where-he-would-have-1832907992/