Kevin Tilden
@frederick-bailey.bsky.social
I’m a lawyer in DC, writing here in my spare time.
Pinned
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
And 1 million Epstein files appeared from thin air
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
And 1 million Epstein files appeared from thin air
No one explained
Why they hadn’t been found
By anyone at DOJ
Until now
And all of us wondered
What we would find
When we cut and pasted
There many black lines.
Why they hadn’t been found
By anyone at DOJ
Until now
And all of us wondered
What we would find
When we cut and pasted
There many black lines.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Along similar lines, the US has been trying to negotiate a transfer of power that would persuade US oil companies to invest in Venezuela. That effort failed, so they bombed the country and kidnapped Maduro.
Along similar lines, the US has been trying to negotiate a transfer of power that would persuade US oil companies to invest in Venezuela. That effort failed, so they bombed the country and kidnapped Maduro.
Exclusive: Venezuelan leaders offered U.S. a path to stay in power without Maduro
Delcy and Jorge Rodríguez used Doha backchannels to offer Washington a 'Cartel Light' plan for a managed Venezuela transition that keeps chavismo in power.
www.miamiherald.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:35 PM
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Along similar lines, the US has been trying to negotiate a transfer of power that would persuade US oil companies to invest in Venezuela. That effort failed, so they bombed the country and kidnapped Maduro.
Along similar lines, the US has been trying to negotiate a transfer of power that would persuade US oil companies to invest in Venezuela. That effort failed, so they bombed the country and kidnapped Maduro.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
This may explain the long run-up to the attacks. They were trying to get the oil companies on board, and eventually gave up, hoping the momentum of an invasion would change things. Of course it won’t. This is going to be an unmitigated disaster.
This may explain the long run-up to the attacks. They were trying to get the oil companies on board, and eventually gave up, hoping the momentum of an invasion would change things. Of course it won’t. This is going to be an unmitigated disaster.
Trump admin sends tough private message to oil companies on Venezuela
The White House has told companies they must rebuild Venezuela's crude-pumping infrastructure if they want compensation for assets seized by Caracas.
www.politico.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:19 PM
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
This may explain the long run-up to the attacks. They were trying to get the oil companies on board, and eventually gave up, hoping the momentum of an invasion would change things. Of course it won’t. This is going to be an unmitigated disaster.
This may explain the long run-up to the attacks. They were trying to get the oil companies on board, and eventually gave up, hoping the momentum of an invasion would change things. Of course it won’t. This is going to be an unmitigated disaster.
This was the only line in a brilliant speech that (I thought) didn’t quite land. Why not: “For too long, our leaders have lectured us about civility, masking their cruel agendas in the politics of decorum. Propriety over justice. No more.”
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 2, 2026 at 3:06 AM
This was the only line in a brilliant speech that (I thought) didn’t quite land. Why not: “For too long, our leaders have lectured us about civility, masking their cruel agendas in the politics of decorum. Propriety over justice. No more.”
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I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning
April 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning
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Please read
December 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Please read
No one explained
Why they hadn’t been found
By anyone at DOJ
Until now
And all of us wondered
What we would find
When we cut and pasted
There many black lines.
Why they hadn’t been found
By anyone at DOJ
Until now
And all of us wondered
What we would find
When we cut and pasted
There many black lines.
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
And 1 million Epstein files appeared from thin air
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
And 1 million Epstein files appeared from thin air
December 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
No one explained
Why they hadn’t been found
By anyone at DOJ
Until now
And all of us wondered
What we would find
When we cut and pasted
There many black lines.
Why they hadn’t been found
By anyone at DOJ
Until now
And all of us wondered
What we would find
When we cut and pasted
There many black lines.
Reposted by Kevin Tilden
ABC News and MS NOW reports that a Virginia grand jury has refused to re-indict Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges
December 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
ABC News and MS NOW reports that a Virginia grand jury has refused to re-indict Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges
Not only is Pete Hegseth a murderer, he desecrates the images of beloved children’s book characters. Honestly, the man fits the profile of a psychopath.
December 2, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Not only is Pete Hegseth a murderer, he desecrates the images of beloved children’s book characters. Honestly, the man fits the profile of a psychopath.
This is hilarious.
December 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This is hilarious.
Olivia Nuzzi / Ryan Lizza is the perfect celebrity flameout because at no point does anyone think, “There but for the grace of God go I.”
November 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Olivia Nuzzi / Ryan Lizza is the perfect celebrity flameout because at no point does anyone think, “There but for the grace of God go I.”
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
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One of their best episodes, and it's only a shame that it'll be the last one because recording it killed @notalawyer.bsky.social
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
podcasts.apple.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
One of their best episodes, and it's only a shame that it'll be the last one because recording it killed @notalawyer.bsky.social
And, in fact, she did.
The remarkable thing is that this is exactly the kind of corner an inexperienced attorney in over her head would try to cut. It makes perfect sense Halligan would do this.
November 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
And, in fact, she did.
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ok the punchline was good enough to justify spending 7 minutes caring about these people
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
ok the punchline was good enough to justify spending 7 minutes caring about these people
Reframing child sexual abuse as nostalgia.
Epstein Emails Reveal a Lost New York www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/s...
Epstein Emails Reveal a Lost New York www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/s...
Epstein Emails Reveal a Lost New York
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reframing child sexual abuse as nostalgia.
Epstein Emails Reveal a Lost New York www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/s...
Epstein Emails Reveal a Lost New York www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/s...
You do this so you can describe the national security risks of releasing the information.
My god (sorry I’m late on a bunch of this stuff. But wow!)
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
You do this so you can describe the national security risks of releasing the information.
So maybe the Democrats were thinking ahead: End the shutdown, start releasing Epstein emails, see where we are in January . . .
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
So maybe the Democrats were thinking ahead: End the shutdown, start releasing Epstein emails, see where we are in January . . .
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Well, well, well. As I predicted. It made no sense for Trump to be so enraged that a club member hired away a staff member, unless Trump knew what Epstein was up to.
This cannot be the whole story. What grown-up with multiple business interests throws a member (and “close friend”) out of one for hiring away a teenage spa attendant?
The scale of Trump’s reaction suggests something more was going on.
The scale of Trump’s reaction suggests something more was going on.
Trump’s Shocked Reaction to Epstein’s Suicide Revealed
The former attorney general’s testimony was released as part of the latest tranche of Epstein documents.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Well, well, well. As I predicted. It made no sense for Trump to be so enraged that a club member hired away a staff member, unless Trump knew what Epstein was up to.
Good analysis of the compromise by David Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
Open Wide
Senate Democrats agree to shut down the shutdown.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Good analysis of the compromise by David Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
Possibly the R’s came to the dems with an ACA funding method the Dems felt was serious enough to merit discussion. The leaks are meant to create pressure, both for and against. Doesn’t necessarily mean the Dems are taking a bad deal. They are holding the cards. Hope they don’t blow it.
I’ve pinged around a bit today to plugged in sources in and off the Hill (both parties), and the initial read I’m getting (in some cases unexpectedly) is the movement is real
Now, that a diff than a done deal or that it’s irreversible esp if there’s suddenly a surge of pressure, but I think it’s a…
Now, that a diff than a done deal or that it’s irreversible esp if there’s suddenly a surge of pressure, but I think it’s a…
Yeah, despite the rumblings from other reporters this still feels like another bit of Axios wishcasting.
What's for certain is that any Democrat who votes to cave now and betray the base in exchange for nothing at all will live to regret it.
What's for certain is that any Democrat who votes to cave now and betray the base in exchange for nothing at all will live to regret it.
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Possibly the R’s came to the dems with an ACA funding method the Dems felt was serious enough to merit discussion. The leaks are meant to create pressure, both for and against. Doesn’t necessarily mean the Dems are taking a bad deal. They are holding the cards. Hope they don’t blow it.
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How can anyone believe this man has any understanding of economics? High beef prices are good for ranchers and bad for consumers/restaurants. And, the prices are being inflated due to his tariffs creating demand for domestic cattle.
November 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
How can anyone believe this man has any understanding of economics? High beef prices are good for ranchers and bad for consumers/restaurants. And, the prices are being inflated due to his tariffs creating demand for domestic cattle.
When you compare the clear composition and orderly sentence structure of this tweet with his incoherent public statements, it becomes clear someone else is writing these.
November 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
When you compare the clear composition and orderly sentence structure of this tweet with his incoherent public statements, it becomes clear someone else is writing these.
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Jury finds sandwich guy was actually a hero.
We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Jury finds sandwich guy was actually a hero.
Yeahhhhh!!!!
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Yeahhhhh!!!!
The word for this is “claptrap.” It’s the slop you get when you tell a reporter, “write a Mamdani take down but make it sound like a political think piece.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/n...
New York, Long a City of Contradictions, Is Still Turning Up New Ones
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The word for this is “claptrap.” It’s the slop you get when you tell a reporter, “write a Mamdani take down but make it sound like a political think piece.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/n...