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Sources tell me (as per @hzeffman.bsky.social) that John Pond who was copied into the emails forwarded to Epstein was in fact Gordon Brown - a code name for aides stored in their contacts. Emails intended for the prime minister went directly to the disgraced financier.

and no I haven't put the Mandelson-Epstein-Reinaldo scoop on twitter we journalists *can* make Bluesky the place to break news

They're protecting the names of the pedophiles while revealing the names of their victims

“Our zebra crossings are far from machine-readable; they are designed for micro-conversations between drivers and pedestrians.” And this is just one reason why self driving cars should not be given the time of day. TfL what’s the plan? If it’s taking out zebra crossings - that’s the wrong answer.

“Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.” People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence. Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

FYI, Kristi Noem’s full initials are K.L.A.N.

Amazing coda here.

🚨BREAKING - Gordon Brown says he has asked the Cabinet Secretary "to investigate the disclosure of confidential and market sensitive information" allegedly from Mandelson Says he asked the cabinet office to investigate this in September and department found no record.

On a completely different subject, here's Peter Mandelson (a few months later) leaking an unrelated policy discussion to Jeffrey Epstein.

Who leaked this Number 10 discussion to Jeffrey Epstein? And are there consequences for the leaker? It’s an internal discussion re. getting markets moving in the aftermath of the financial crisis. No doubt of great interest to Epstein and his financial market clients.

MP Dan Norris arrested on suspicion of rape, sexual assault and upskirting

I really can’t keep up with this. It’s like every vague suspicion of oligarch, finance and tech power come together - with Russian influence. Yes, you’re not imagining. Only Mandelson, Lebedev, Milner and Epstein and L’Affaire Russe

Matt Goodwin must be hoping no one in Gorton and Denton reads his Substack, with its obsession about too many Muslims and civilisational collapse. If only he hadn't picked a constituency which is 30% Muslim. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pop...

On the ground in Minneapolis, residents and local officials say they see no de-escalation — and in some cases, an increased federal presence — as protests continue. https://cnn.it/4qVfCFn

It was never actually about guns, or liberatarianism, or abortions, or state's rights, or balancing the budget, or protecting kids, or defending Christianity, or securing the border, or the price of eggs. They just want their dad to beat up your dad, and to feel like he deserved it.

Mandelson leaked sensitive UK government tax plans to Epstein ft.trib.al/UgTxZVm

"Four seconds after receiving Mr Heywood’s email, somebody forwarded it to Jeffrey Epstein." Instantly forwarding it to Epstein, without even having had time to read it, must surely suggest a long-term pattern of sharing sensitive government information (with someone who regularly gave him money.)

BREAKING on ft website: Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans www.ft.com/content/fdf7...

‘Marketplace for predators’: Meta faces jury trial over child exploitation claims

So Trump came up when I was debating with Andrea Jenkyns of Reform… And unbelievably she almost walked off the show.

Here’s Steve Bannon meeting Orban in May 2018 during his European ‘Movement manoeuvres’, backed by Epstein. Oh, and who is that Brit joining him?

OTD in 1920 Soviet Russia signed the Treaty of Tartu with Estonia. We promised that Russia “unreservedly recognizes the independence and sovereignty of the State of Estonia forever”. Further proof you can trust a treaty we would sign with Ukraine…

Fascinating that there’s damaging stories on so many casual acquaintances of Jeffrey Epstein from this tranche of documents released by the DoJ, but almost nothing on his best friend for years, Donald Trump. Feels like one hell of a coincidence, doesn’t it?

{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...

The Peter Thiel connections to Epstein, Ehud Barak, Palantir and...of course....JD Vance should get more scrutiny. Thiel created Vance and essentially hand delivered him to the White House. Thiel is a white nationalist billionaire, part of the "Pay Pal" mafia. Buddy David Sacks is Trump's AI Czar

I guess we can say now that he may have been checking for his own name in there.

Russian propagandist Vladimir Solovyov said a nuclear bomb should be detonated in space to destroy Starlink satellites if Elon Musk does not allow Russia to use the technology. He claimed Musk helps Ukraine kill over 50,000 Russians monthly and said losing satellites would not be critical. #Ukraine

Keir Starmer and his team repeatedly ignored and stonewalled questions about Peter Mandelson's relationship with Epstein, pushing ahead with making him ambassador anyway. Here's my report on it from last year bylinetimes.com/2024/01/04/k...

Kaja Kallas: In the last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries, some as many as three or four times. None of those countries has ever attacked Russia.

Look at this toned-down rhetoric.

Why isn't this a major news story?

A reminder that Reform's candidate for Gorton and Denton, Matt Goodwin, has still not explained what he meant by this claim that developments in genetic science will make younger generations more right wing as they understand the "inherent differences" between different groups

If asked to describe the major features of the Epstein archipelago looming out of its offshore dark money and billionaire kompromat - I’d say Putin, Trump, Musk, Bannon and Thiel And with that you have a map of our current political era

‘F*ck ICE!’ Parade of Music Stars Slam Trump’s Raids at Grammy Pre-Show

I’m told by those who should know that the most dangerous nexus of all these Epstein revelations is the Russian-Israeli connection, and could have been lethal to Epstein himself

It is true that those things are MAGA kryptonite.

So I guess we are supposed to believe that Trump isn’t shutting down the Kennedy Center because pretty much every show and performer canceled on them and the facility would’ve been completely empty for the remainder of his term.

Michele Tafoya pledges that if elected to the US Senate she will investigate who is paying the protesters in Minnesota

Look up Bannon and Epstein's conversations with various Gulf Leaders - HBJ (Qatar), MBZ (UAE), and MBS (Saudi Arabia) And yet Bannon has the Islamophobic gall to describe Europe as 'Eurabia' DP World boss discussed masseuse with Epstein, emails show www.ft.com/content/03e9...

Trump: "I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease Entertainment Operations for an approximately two year period of time, with a scheduled Grand Reopening that will rival and surpass anything."

Not sure if Witkoff is really such a gullible idiot, or if he's actually a corrupt and treasonous tool working for Trump and the Kremlin.

BREAKING: Peter Mandelson resigns from Labour to avoid causing "further embarrassment" to party as result of Epstein links.

Keir Starmer has said Nigel Farage was wrong about Brexit and said the "botched deal" created by the previous government "has caused damage to our economy" www.itv.com/news/2026-02...

my last Epstein scoop for the weekend: Jeffrey Epstein wired $150,000 to Sarah Ferguson, the former Duchess of York, in 2001, according to newly released financial records, after helping her to cash in share options earned from her work for Weight Watchers. www.ft.com/content/8623...

Russia has tripled Iskander missile production, with China becoming a key factor in restoring Russian military manufacturing after sanctions, analysts said. Trade between China and Russia reached nearly 250 billion dollars in 2024, with China’s share of Russia’s trade at 33.8 percent. #Russia

What do you call a full-scale invasion where the invader controls less land after 4 years than it did just 4 weeks in? A massive and pathetic failure

"This review is over" -- Todd Blanche says DOJ is done with the Epstein files