Every Epstein release makes me think we need a better class of elites in this country. Not just people in political office, but the Larry Summers equivalents, who (for whatever reason) get roped into just about everything of consequence. We need to invest in our pipeline to create that better class.

Adam Smith on Donald Trump: "that absurd self-love, by which he seems to imagine, that other people may be sacrificed at any time, to his conveniency or his humour."

DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar: "Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."

I just wrote an article about this and decided not to publish it yet. It is in the DOJ files (file got renamed after originally published and taken down. It’s online now). But too many unknowns about whether the letter itself is real or not. Some additional info though:

The FBI sent it to handwriting analysis. Outcome of that is unclear, as in, I haven’t found it in the files yet if it is indeed there.

Holy shit, was googling around to find out if this could possibly be real and came across this Rolling Stone June 2023 story about the EXISTENCE of this letter, but the content wasn’t known — until now www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was. You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...

COKE? No no. Pepsi maybe. Pepsi is a funny word. Pep SEEE. I SEEE THE PEP. PEP SEEEEE wait what was the question

when they say "take the country back," they're not talking about winning elections

Trump's in the Epstein files over 600 times.

My representative to the US Senate. I can always count on him being a huge disappointment every Sunday.

ah yes that is what this administration is known for, respecting judges’ orders

This studio awards-season email is really matching the current mood in a way I’m not sure they intended.

Shame he wasn’t a short order cook from Guatemala.

He wrote a book called "the road to character"

"The use of unidentified sources is reserved for situations in which the newspaper could not otherwise print information it considers newsworthy and reliable." NYT Guidelines on Integrity

Sarah Rogers, the State Department official who hectored Europeans about free speech, is seen here with a far-right German AfD deputy, Markus Frohnmaier, whom two Kremlin documents obtained by @spiegel.de described as "a parliamentarian under our absolute control." spiegel.de/politik/ausl...

Posted these thoughts about a year ago on what to look for in 2025: 1) Youngkin likely to keep kissing up to Trump/NOT work with Dems (bingo!); 2) if Trump's approval rating was at 39% or so by fall, Virginia Rs were pretty much screwed (also bingo!) bluevirginia.us/2024/12/25-f...

NEW: 9 ex-DOJ lawyers who resigned from antisemitism investigations into UCLA and other UC campuses say they were pressured to find UC guilty of violations in a rushed and politically motivated process. One called it a "fraudulent and sham investigation." www.latimes.com/california/s...

Hello friends, I recently lost my health insurance + benefits & am currently looking at a bill of over $16,000 for which I cannot pay. This would not necessarily be an issue if I were not visually impaired and currently out of full time work, but I am humbly asking for assistance now. Any bit helps.

The great McCoy Tyner, born today in 1938. “I play what I live,” he said. “My music is a reflection of the life I’ve lived so far, and of the people I’ve been blessed to be around. Everything that happens to you, everything you see, it all goes into the music somehow.” “Impressions” #RIP 🙏🏼

Why Did Trump Pardon the Former Honduran President? Follow the Tech Bros. “Próspera is an example of the tech-right concept of the network state, a phrase coined by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan.” by @kieraevebutler.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Losing my election for HOA President at the monastery because Brother Thaddeus said I hate Gregorian Chant

I’m out with Tank trying to make it rain for the Ulster Cty SPCA. Black Friday used to be big for us but now it’s a bit slow. #dogsofbluesky

Caturday can’t come soon enough.

Blue Sky people sleeping now will have a lot of catch-up to do the morning.

Also if you’re unwilling to be confrontational with powerful people you just should not be a journalist. You aren’t cut out for it.

I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other

They didn’t even try to name it something less obvious lmao

Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡 @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...

why is he moving like Uncle Fester?

Reminder: SDNY "was running an active investigation into Jeffrey Epstein[’s] ... coconspirators. In January [2025], SDNY prosecutors were ordered to transfer the Epstein case files to DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C. ... the investigation into co-conspirators has inexplicably ceased."

Megyn Kelly Anxiously Waits For Everyone Else To Start Condoning Pedophilia Too

So Nigel Farage was a nasty, hate-filled, little racist as a teenager. Well, knock me down with a feather. 🤮 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A few weeks ago Tracy K. Smith was here and read aloud her erasure poem from the Declaration of Independence www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147468...

people are reading "catch-and-kill" in the journalistic sense but she was probably just finding raccoons for him to eat

Brazilian police arrest Bolsonaro amid suspicions he was about to flee www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Trump is literally a Trump/Mamdani voter.

Having a Chicago Pope really paying off right now.

LOL, inside the White House today. Dude REALLY got red pilled this time!

“Iowa farmers filed the second-largest number of bankruptcies nationally in the first half of the year, already twice as many as last year and the most since 2021,” the report said.

A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF

Once again, remember the rules: they can say whatever they please, the rest of us better “Sir Mr. President Sir” or off to a Salvadoran mega-prison we go.

READ THE ROOM, YOU FUCKING MORONS.

The idea that Trump built a durable, multiracial working-class coalition was always overstated. trib.al/hxDajMO Exit polls from New Jersey and Virginia show the GOP lost overwhelmingly among all three voting blocs: voters under age 30, Black voters, and Latinos.

When the bubble bursts it’s going to be extremely painful but as we hunt squirrels for the pot at least we’ll be able to take some small comfort in all these AI douchebros finally shutting the fuck up.

I feel like Person of the Year should go to college student journalists

Reporter to MBS: "U.S. intelligence concluded that you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journalist..." Trump: "Fake news...He's done a phenomenal job. You're mentioning someone who was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about…things happen."