Kate Briquelet
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Journalist. Formerly
@thedailybeast.bsky.social
& NY Post.
âIâm feeling elated,â Epstein survivor Maria Farmer said. â... I think itâs going to make all the difference for everyone. It proves that power can be toppled.â New piece w/
@justinrohrlich.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/epst...
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Epstein accusers say Andrew Mountbatten-Windsorâs arrest shows âpower can be toppledâ
Exclusive: âIâm really in shock that anything this magnificent could occur,â Epstein accuser Maria Farmer told The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/epstein-accusers-reaction-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-arrested-b2924455.html
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
As the WSJ noted... Ruemmler's "Epstein ties began to show. She gave a heads up to several Goldman executives before the Daily Beast published an article in November 2020 revealing she was in the courtroom at Epsteinâs 2019 arraignment."
www.wsj.com/finance/gold...
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Goldman Sachs Grapples With Top Lawyerâs Epstein Problem
A key executive told others he was formulating a contingency plan for Kathryn Ruemmler to leave after revelations about her Epstein ties.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/goldman-sachs-ruemmler-epstein-8c8255fd
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Noah Shachtman
about 1 month ago
5+ years after The Daily Beast started asking questions about her relationship with Epstein.
www.thedailybeast.com/what-was-cli...
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Grace Panetta
about 2 months ago
If thereâs any group of people that comes out looking better from the Epstein files, itâs woman journalists.
@jkbjournalist.bsky.social
and
@tinabrownlm.bsky.social
of course, but also
@kbriquelet.bsky.social
and ex-Page Six editor Emily Smith who wrote articles in 2018 that got under Epsteinâs skin
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Governor Tim Walz
2 months ago
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
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Lizzie O'Leary
2 months ago
genuinely stunning image
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Will Stancil
2 months ago
Initial report is that two observers got into a shoving match with eight agents, one observer was wrestled to the ground, and then an ICE agent pulled out a sidearm and shot the man on the ground five times.
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Will Stancil
2 months ago
Sounds like another extremely bad situation in Minneapolis this morning.
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Noah Shachtman
4 months ago
@kbriquelet.bsky.social
broke the story for The Beast of the secret Epstein charity funneling money to Harvard in *2019*.
archive.ph/urSDo/again?...
Better late than never, I guess.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
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Harvard Will Open a New Inquiry Into Faculty Ties to Epstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/us/harvard-summers-epstein-investigation.html
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To absolutely no one's surprise... Ghislaine Maxwell told DOJ Trump never did anything concerning around her: Sources - ABC News
abcnews.go.com/US/trump-adm...
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Ghislaine Maxwell told DOJ Trump never did anything concerning around her: Sources
During her interview with the DOJ last month, former Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell said nothing that would be harmful to President Trump, sources say.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-administration-considers-releasing-transcripts-doj-interview-ghislaine/story?id=124383957
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I'm so sorry to Virginia, her family, and other survivors of predator Jeffrey Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
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Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41
She accused Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, of recruiting her to join their sex-trafficking ring and sued Prince Andrew for sexual assault.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/virginia-giuffre-dead.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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I've lost count of how many times I've had to verify "This is not the Onion."
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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AI Video of Trump Kissing Elon's Bare Feet Plays Throughout HUD Office
An AI-generated video of Donald Trump kissing Elon Muskâs bare feet played on monitors the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ai-video-trump-kissing-elon-musk-feet-plays-hud-office-1235278135/
about 1 year ago
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Asawin Suebsaeng
about 1 year ago
If you wanna read a thing that just published that might make your piss boil, this new
@rollingstone.com
item from
@andrewperez.bsky.social
with an assist from me, might do the trick sadly:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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FAA Employees Say Trump and Musk's Purge Is a 'Threat' to Air Safety
Donald Trump and Elon Musk fired hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees. The administration argues it wonât affect air safety.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-musk-faa-firings-purge-air-safety-1235271233/
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Anna Merlan
about 1 year ago
Apparently weâre going to have an âexplosive disclosure eventâ in four weeks where we meet literal extraterrestrials, according to a UFO lobbyist quoted secondhand at the new age conference. Everyone set your calendars for aliens
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Noah Shachtman
about 1 year ago
The ironic thing is, the charges against Eric Adams were only meant to be preliminary -- the first of many. And the stronger case, many believed, concerned the illegal donations coming from China-connected organizations.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Eric Adams Has a Foreign Corruption Problem. New York's Is Way Bigger
New York City mayor's indictment on bribery, fraud charges is just the latest federal investigation into foreign influence there
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/eric-adams-foreign-corruption-agent-bribery-spies-1235113661/
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Carl Quintanilla
about 1 year ago
Same day.
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Peter Sterne
about 1 year ago
How it started: How itâs going:
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Seamus Hughes
about 1 year ago
Updated just now with a new lawsuit just filed focused on CFPB disbandment.
www.courtwatch.news/p/lawsuits-r...
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Lawsuits Related to Trump Admin Executive Orders
We put them all in one place.
https://www.courtwatch.news/p/lawsuits-related-to-trump-admin-executive-orders
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Tim Onion
about 1 year ago
Free speech baby
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NY Times Pitchbot
about 1 year ago
I voted for Trump. But when he said he was going to wreck the economy, I didnât know that he really meant that he was going to wreck the economy.
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Judd Legum
about 1 year ago
Email sent to all CFPB staff this morning: "Please do not perform any work tasks."
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Judd Legum
about 1 year ago
1. EXCLUSIVE Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information. The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work
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The NSA's "Big Delete"
Today, the National Security Agency (NSA) is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion." The "...
https://popular.info/p/the-nsas-big-delete
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eve6
about 1 year ago
I just want to go back to the time when every single song on the radio was by the goo goo dolls
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Thor Benson
about 1 year ago
I don't think people realize how complicated the federal government is and how much institutional knowledge matters and how it's currently being run by people who are just like "Fuck it, that sounds fun"
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Russell Voughtâan architect of Project 2025 & new OMB directorâis now also the acting leader of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.
www.npr.org/2025/02/08/n...
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Russell Vought takes the helm at CFPB as Musk's DOGE accesses key systems
Vought was an architect of Project 2025. He takes over at the consumer finance watchdog as Elon Musk's representatives gained access to the bureau's systems and accounts, including sensitive data.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/08/nx-s1-5290914/russell-vought-cfpb-doge-access-musk
about 1 year ago
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Better Things Are Possible
about 1 year ago
The takeover of Twitter was a preview of what we're all living with now and a stark example of why you can't let any one person have too much money: they go insane and make themselves everybody's problem
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Mike Elk
about 1 year ago
With immigrants and labor under attack, I created this starter pack of labor & immigration reporters. Give them all a follow
go.bsky.app/4JJcYdi
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Justin Baragona
about 1 year ago
She has been saying this for a while now in defense of RFK, and it never stops getting more ridiculous -- that you can just scarf down pounds of magical European pasta and never gain weight because they don't use the same pesticides we do.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Oliver Willis
about 1 year ago
Bernie Sanders grilling RFK Jr for selling anti-vaccination onesies is the energy I needed today.
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Olivia Messer
about 1 year ago
Elonâs attempt to flex his gamer skills ended in a fiery crash of credibility. Gamers are calling it âtruly patheticâ and âembarrassing.â Who was all this for?
thebarbedwire.com/2025/01/28/e...
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Elon Musk Admitted to Cheating at Video Games. Gamers Are âAghast.â Why Did He Do It? - The Barbed Wire
Elon Musk, the worldâs richest man, has the president on speed dial. He could buy and sell you and me like action figures at a yard sale. Heâs also obsessed with trying to impress gamers â and it just backfired spectacularly. This drama has been simmering for a while but hit full steam earlier this [âŠ]
https://thebarbedwire.com/2025/01/28/elon-musk-admitted-to-cheating-at-video-games-gamers-are-aghast-why-did-he-do-it/
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Ken Klippenstein
about 1 year ago
Trumpâs plan bears a striking resemblance to one sent by Elon Musk sent to Twitter (X) employees in 2023, before laying off around 80 percent of the companyâs workforce. The two memos even have the same title â âFork in the Road.â
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-buyo...
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Trump Buyouts Mirror Elon Musk's Twitter Purge
Trump's sweeping orders reek of Musk's management philosophy
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-buyouts-mirror-elon-musks-twitter
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These people would love to do away with child labor laws.
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Republican congressman suggests some children receiving free school lunches should work at McDonaldâs instead
Rep. Rich McCormick of Georgia said the freeze on federal aid would allow the government to review all programs, including ones that provide free school lunches to low-income children.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna189614
about 1 year ago
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NY Times Pitchbot
about 1 year ago
As a seasoned DC journalist, I only plan to capitulate to Trump until he provides quotes for my next book, due in Spring of 2027.
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Jose Pagliery
about 1 year ago
Anyone feeling whiplash? This is the second time â in six days â that a Trump policy hits a brick wall with a federal judge.
www.notus.org/courts/judge...
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Judge Temporarily Halts Trump Adminâs Federal Aid Freeze
The Office of Management and Budgetâs directive on federal grants and loans is on hold until Feb. 3, a Washington, D.C., federal judge orders.
https://www.notus.org/courts/judge-temporarily-halts-trump-admin-federal-aid-freeze
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Molly White
about 1 year ago
The people now in charge of the Office of Personnel Management apparently donât know how to scrub PDF metadata, and have exposed the original authors of the guidance theyâre publishing. Two, Noah Peters and James Sherk, have links to the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025.
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talia jane â€ïžâđ„
about 1 year ago
itâs almost like journalism has long since been overtaken by a media industry centering the perspectives of the establishment as the default for âneutralityâ & any deviation from that ruse gets you fired & shunned. even if you do speak up you can only go so far within their âdecorumâ boundaries.
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Pilar Melendez
about 1 year ago
New, heartbreaking story by me for
@thecut.com
Will My Baby Still Get Birthright Citizenship Under Trump?
x.com/pbmelendez/s...
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https://x.com/pbmelendez/status/1884339358821671217?s=46&t=0eyzs16IUW3uBLTgstirhA
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Adiel Kaplan
about 1 year ago
NBC News laid me off Thursday, as part of a move away from investigative projects to more breaking news. Thatâs an unfortunate shift, at a time when investigative reporting is so vital. Iâm now looking for new opportunities to do that work and will be at NICAR to connect in person.
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"They want to end worker rights and return us to the Gilded Age." Trump moves to fire members of EEOC, NLRB boards, breaking with precedent.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Trump moves to fire members of EEOC, NLRB boards, breaking with precedent
The dismissals target two independent agencies that oversee swaths of U.S. workers, employers and labor unions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/28/trump-fire-eeoc-nlrb-board-members/
about 1 year ago
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Drew Magary
about 1 year ago
âHe enjoyed showing off how he put baby chickens and mice in the blender to feed his hawks.â
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Caroline Kennedy warns senators of âpredatorâ RFK Jr. in searing letter
In a letter to lawmakers, the former U.S. ambassador to Australia and cousin of Trumpâs HHS nominee, questions Robert F. Kennedyâs ethics and views on vaccines.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/28/kennedy-lettor-rfk/
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talia jane â€ïžâđ„
about 1 year ago
Puppy killer Kristi Noem is in NYC and participated in an ICE raid in the Bronx for 1 person early this morning
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posts video of NYC immigration raid
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is in NYC and announced the arrest of an undocumented immigrant facing several charges.
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/nyc-ice-immigration-raid-kristi-noem-bronx
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Some people didn't listen to Bad Religion in their youth and it shows.
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Joseph Cox
about 1 year ago
New from 404 Media: hundreds of subreddits, including some of the most popular, are considering banning all links/content/screenshots from X/Twitter. r/NFL, r/hockey, r/baseball, r/nba, r/formula1, r/ComicBookMovies, r/MadeMeSmile, so many more. Some already have.
www.404media.co/hundreds-of-...
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Hundreds of Subreddits Are Considering Banning All Links to X
Dozens of big subreddits have already banned all Twitter links, and posts about potential bans are some of the most popular on the site.
https://www.404media.co/hundreds-of-subreddits-are-considering-banning-all-links-to-x/
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eve6
about 1 year ago
It is vital that we give big ai trillions of dollars and let them burn through billions of cubic feet of natural gas per day so that students are able to get a passing grade without having to learn anything
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Marisa Kabas
about 1 year ago
the bratz tribute to david lynch is so moving
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"Instead we trawl the dopamine deserts of the same social media apps, looking for loud noises and bright colors to puncture the malaise. We have near-unlimited access to information and somehow fail to be curious about any of it." -
@helennnholmes.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/m...
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âThe Rizzlerâ and the Creeping Childishness of Pop Culture
Some corners of American entertainment are becoming worrisomely infantile.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/magazine/the-rizzler-costco-guys.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
about 1 year ago
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Kelsey Atherton
about 1 year ago
Sure is a bad time to be a person who cares about things.
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Jeff Stein
about 1 year ago
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon: If tariffs are a little inflationary, "so be it. Get over it."
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Thor Benson
about 1 year ago
Just made a donation to Wikipedia. I encourage you to do the same if you can
donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php
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Bailey Poletti
about 1 year ago
One thing before tomorrow: Use your local libraries. Get your card. Borrow books, manga, films, audios, ebooks. Recommend titles for purchase (usually online). Attend promoted activities. Fill out those "How are we doing?" questionnaires. Tell your kids that libraries are good. They are. đ
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