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Data and visual journalist, New York Times climate team
https://www.nytimes.com/by/mira-rojanasakul
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Costa Samaras
5 days ago
Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them.
www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
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The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end-of-does-grid-work-in-puerto-rico/
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Oliver Darcy
7 days ago
Before The Washington Post layoffs came down, a group of wealthy D.C. locals approached CEO Will Lewis with a proposal.
@passantino.bsky.social
has the details in his Saturday
@status.news
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www.status.news/p/washington...
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Tim Meko
9 days ago
News: I was cut yesterday in a newsroom-wide layoff affecting 300+ staff at The Washington Post. I spent the last decade leading and building the award-winning Graphics team. I'll miss them. I'm now exploring senior graphics, cartography, or leadership roles. Intros welcome.
timmeko.com
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Tim Meko - Visual Journalist & Graphics Editor - Tim Meko
https://timmeko.com
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Simon Willison
9 days ago
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions! This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub
simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
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Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/the-world-factbook/
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Shannon Osaka
9 days ago
I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
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Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
https://www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington-post-climate-bezos?utm_source=substack&publication_id=2864955&post_id=186887322&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=26mpf&triedRedirect=true
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Maria Popova
10 days ago
We all have an "antilibrary." You know, the stack of yet-unread books we might never read. Here is Umberto Eco's wonderful and counterintuitive take on why that unread stack might be as essential for our inner lives as the read
www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/24/u...
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Umberto Eco’s Antilibrary: Why Unread Books Are More Valuable to Our Lives than Read Ones
How to become an “antischolar” in a culture that treats knowledge as “an ornament that allows us to rise in the pecking order.”
https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/24/umberto-eco-antilibrary/
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Peter Baker
11 days ago
Trump calls on Republicans to "take over the voting" in 15 states, presumably those run by Democrats, an escalation in his effort to assert control over American elections.
@reidepstein.bsky.social
@nytnickc.bsky.social
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Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for Republicans to ‘Nationalize’ Elections
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/trump-nationalize-elections.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Isaac Chotiner
12 days ago
New Interview:
www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
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Elise Cutts
17 days ago
New planet just dropped and it 1) is almost exactly Earth-sized 2) has a year that's almost exactly 1 Earth year. 3) orbits a star that is not a 💢temperamental little shit M-dwarf 💢but is instead a 🧡 good orange boi 🧡 Me for
@science.org
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Earth-size planet spotted with yearlong orbit
Long-overlooked Kepler signal discovered by citizen scientists reveals promising world worth a closer look
https://www.science.org/content/article/earth-size-planet-spotted-yearlong-orbit
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A $17 billion backlog in FEMA aid. Delays stem from a directive issued by Noem in June that said any expenditure of $100,000 or more must be approved by her office:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/c...
@byscottdance.com
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Extra Scrutiny of FEMA Aid to States Has Created a $17 Billion Bottleneck
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/climate/fema-aid-kristi-noem.html
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New York Blood Center
19 days ago
After yesterday's winter storm caused widespread cancellations and the loss of nearly 2,000 donations, NYBC has reissued a blood emergency. If it’s safe for you to travel and you’re eligible, please donate in the days ahead.
https://bit.ly/4t7xrCH
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A $17 billion backlog in FEMA aid. Delays stem from a directive issued by Noem in June that said any expenditure of $100,000 or more must be approved by her office:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/c...
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Extra Scrutiny of FEMA Aid to States Has Created a $17 Billion Bottleneck
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/climate/fema-aid-kristi-noem.html
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Keyah 🦬
20 days ago
ICE has kidnapped another Indigenous person in Minneapolis. This is the fifth member of the Očhéthi Šakówinnto be taken this month. Statement from Standing Rock:
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The New York Times
20 days ago
Videos verified by The New York Times show Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the man federal agents shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday, was holding a phone, not a gun, when the agents took him to the ground and shot him. In total, at least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds.
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Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
Federal authorities said the slain man, Alex Pretti, had approached agents with a gun. But videos show Mr. Pretti was holding his phone, not a weapon, when they pulled him to the ground.
https://nyti.ms/4sZEOMm
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Eliot Higgins
22 days ago
As I've written before, people don’t trust institutions because institutions aren't doing the job. Democracy rests on three pillars: Verification, Deliberation, Accountability, which can be understood as being substantial, performative, and simulated.
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Verification, Deliberation, Accountability: A new framework for tackling epistemic collapse and renewing democracy
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
https://demos.co.uk/research/verification-deliberation-accountability-a-new-framework-for-tackling-epistemic-collapse-and-renewing-democracy/
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
24 days ago
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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David Dayen
26 days ago
The labor share of GDP is lower today than it has been at any time since records began being kept in 1947. The share of the nation’s income going to workers has fallen 16 points in that 78-year stretch. The share going to capital has risen by the same amount.
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A New Low for American Workers
The share of American income going to labor is at its lowest level since measurements began.
https://prospect.org/2026/01/19/american-workers-labor-bureau-labor-statistics-gdp-redistribution-wealth/
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Maxine Joselow
about 1 month ago
Scoop: The EPA will no longer estimate the lives saved by reducing air pollution when writing clean-air regulations, according to documents reviewed by
@nytimes.com
. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
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E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/climate/trump-epa-air-pollution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.D1A._oBq.f7lv_siyuiie&smid=url-share
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No time like a holiday deadline to learn MapLibre and how to run a cron job for the first time 🙃 (with a big assist from
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) Follow along our “slow blog” as Ray and Chang join a team of scientists traveling to Antarctica: 🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/cl...
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Linda Holmes
about 2 months ago
Imagine if just by refusing to comment, you could stop any story from running. You would literally never find out anything unflattering about anybody. It amounts to asking people for their blessing to publish your reporting about them.
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John Schwartz
2 months ago
He’s like, ‘I think I did see your house. It was the blue one, right? Yeah, it’s floating down Route 35. It’s on fire.’” A brilliant
@scrawford.bsky.social
story on New Jersey's endless cycle of rebuilding the shore. And yes, there is a climate angle.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Floods and Storms Are Ravaging the Jersey Shore. Why Do We Keep Building It Back?
Floods, storms and rising seas at the Jersey Shore prompt continual beach replenishment and rebuilding. Experts say more dramatic change is needed.
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/floods-storms-jersey-shore-beach-rebuilding-1235477927/
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Ingrid Burrington
2 months ago
Are you an AmeriCAN or an AmeriCANTO
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Ian James
2 months ago
Acting on an order from President Trump, the federal government has adopted a plan to pump more water to Central Valley farmlands from the Delta. The Newsom administration objects, saying Trump is “catering to big donors instead of doing what’s right for Californians”
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Trump administration adopts plan to pump more water in California over state objections
The federal government plans to pump more water to Central Valley farmlands from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, possibly reducing available water for millions of people.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-12-04/trump-california-water-pumping-plan
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Related reading: Bloomberg did an excellent deep dive into private sector risk modeling last year:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Aatish Bhatia
2 months ago
While the administration has said it is cutting “woke programs” that “poison the minds of Americans", it actually funded fewer grants in every area of science and medicine. “They brought everything to a stop,” said Sarah Kobrin, a branch chief at the N.I.H.’s National Cancer Institute
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The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/02/upshot/trump-science-funding-cuts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5k8.LHMw.KXiHgMec73l1&smid=url-share
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Marco Hernández
2 months ago
Extreme weather transformed rivers into lakes in Sri Lanka this weekend. Deaths Surpass 350 now. One of the most challenging natural disaster in the island nation’s history.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/w...
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Zillow stopped showing First Street risk scores after complaints from the California MLS. “Displaying the probability of a specific home flooding this year or within the next five years can have a significant impact on the perceived desirability of that property”
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Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/climate/zillow-climate-risk-scores-homes.html
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Carl Quintanilla
3 months ago
NYT: “.. high insurance costs are cascading into the broader real estate market, suppressing home values by an average of $44,000 in the top 10 percent of U.S. ZIP codes most vulnerable to hurricanes and wildfires ..”
@nytimes.com
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whet moser
3 months ago
man this 2014-2024 map is pretty striking 🎁
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Rising Home Insurance Premiums Are Eating Into Home Values in Disaster-Prone Areas (Gift Article)
Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/19/climate/home-insurance-costs-real-estate-market.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2U8.6HSF.g0mq2uaolYn1&smid=url-share
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Jesse M. Keenan
3 months ago
See my commentary in
@nytimes.com
in re climatic & non-climatic factors pushing down home prices (always excellent work of
@benkeys.bsky.social
& P. Mulder) Amazing to see how far prices have tanked in Nola. Good News: homes w/ Fortified Roofs are holding their value.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Rising Home Insurance Premiums Are Eating Into Home Values in Disaster-Prone Areas (Gift Article)
Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/19/climate/home-insurance-costs-real-estate-market.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2U8.nJN5.PMOqInshuXsk&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Brian Merchant
3 months ago
How is AI *really* impacting jobs? Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an: -8% drop in all jobs postings -~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs -22% drop in journalism jobs
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What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/what-the-hell-is-going-on-with-ai
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Katharine Hayhoe
3 months ago
For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate. Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
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Been obsessed with local flood hotspots since my ground floor apartment flooded during Hurricane Sandy. Seems like a good day to share this beautiful look at NYC's flood risk and some solutions the city is exploring (feat. lovely
@nunderwood6.bsky.social
maps!):
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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New York Is Going to Flood. Here’s What the City Can Do to Survive.
Adaptation is a matter of survival, and the city may have to throw every solution available at a worsening situation.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/15/nyregion/new-york-climate-flooding-solutions.html
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Bora Erden
4 months ago
The variety of federal forces deployed to support President Trump’s deportation campaign and anticrime efforts continues to expand. It can be hard to tell them apart or to understand what powers each agency has. Here is a guide to how these forces are operating.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Who Are the Federal Forces Behind Trump’s Mass Deportations and Crime Crackdown? (Gift Article)
As President Trump deploys ICE, Border Patrol, the National Guard and other forces to U.S. cities, here’s how to tell them apart — and what their powers are.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/24/us/us-federal-agents-national-guard-ice-fbi.html?unlocked_article_code=1.v08.EE2J.5leU5nV8yDBg&smid=url-share
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Prisonculture
4 months ago
This is very good.
documentedny.com/2025/10/22/c...
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'Nothing to Go Back to': How Climate Change Is Driving Migrants From Their Homes to NYC - Documented
New data shows how climate disasters correspond with migration to the United States.
https://documentedny.com/2025/10/22/climate-migration-new-york-city/
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Chris Geidner
4 months ago
NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.
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Allen Tan
4 months ago
“Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer. That includes four who were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened.”
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg
4 months ago
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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Minnesota Star Tribune
4 months ago
The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.
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Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show
A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.
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In Coal-Powered West Virginia, Sky-High Energy Costs Strain Residents
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/business/west-virginia-electricity-prices-coal.html
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Conrad Hackett
5 months ago
NEW: In 2025, 43% of young American adults regularly get their news from TikTok.
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Hannah Waters
5 months ago
Hi! Today
@quantamagazine.bsky.social
published a special issue on climate science, featuring stories about how Earth's climate fundamentally works that I needed to read after covering climate impacts for so many years. I hope you'll check it out! <3
www.quantamagazine.org/how-we-came-...
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How We Came To Know Earth | Quanta Magazine
Climate science is the most significant scientific collaboration in history. This series from Quanta Magazine guides you through basic climate science — from quantum effects to ancient hothouses, from...
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-we-came-to-know-earth-20250915/
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Ben Mullin
5 months ago
This is the first NPR/PBS station I've seen that's going out of business as a result of the federal rescission:
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Penn State plans to 'wind down' WPSU after board committee rejects plan to transfer it to WHYY
WPSU, which recently celebrated its 60th anniversary of bringing public media to Pennsylvania, is slated to close soon, after a Penn State board of trustees committee voted Thursday against a proposal...
https://radio.wpsu.org/2025-09-11/penn-state-plans-close-wpsu-board-committee-rejects-transfer-whyy
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Dhruv Mehrotra
5 months ago
NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails. It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
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Jeffrey Epstein Email Trove Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s Secrets
A cache of 18,000 messages obtained by Bloomberg News reveals Maxwell’s deep ties and involvement with the disgraced financier and sex offender.
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-jeffrey-epstein-emails-ghislaine-maxwell/?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1NzU4MTg1MywiZXhwIjoxNzU4MTg2NjUzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUMkYyQ0tHUEZIUUUwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJGOEM4RUQ0NDZENzU0QjY2QUUwMzY4QzkzQjE4OEFEQiJ9.-WI92AWhRNCK_GFn6Fk_Su-tzVa2RIU9pSwno562y_4
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◥◤Kriston Capps
5 months ago
Just last month the FBI forced out its top agent in Salt Lake City, a Pakistani American woman whom a former FBI agent describes as a “legendary case agent who was involved in some of the most significant national security cases of the last two decades.”
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