New York Times front pages L: Epstein emails re Trump R: Hillary Clinton emails

The DJT Overton Window: “I didn’t do it.” “The evidence that I did it is fake.” “I did it, but it wasn’t so bad. Many people are saying this.” “Why are people still talking about this?”

At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump. The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.

Harvard grads can call the Harvard Alumni Association and politely let them know they won't donate to the school as long as Summers is working there. Their number is 617-496-0559.

Mike Johnson is really committed to covering up for Trump and Epstein

I wonder if @jaketapper.bsky.social has seen this news about Epstein and Trump. I wonder if it has risen to the level of Joe Biden being forgetful about people's names and birthdays yet. We are getting close to there.

This headline is journalistic malpractice. This isn't Epstein "alleging" that Trump knew. This is Epstein and Maxwell discussing - in 2011, long before Trump had political salience - how the FACT that Trump knew might play out Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email

kudos to the Dems who, after running a 40 day shutdown ruse that they all knew all along would fail (even though the "Schumer must resign!" ruse necessarily continues), got the Epstein files back online in a day or so

NO MORE KENNEDYS, LEAVE US TF ALONE GET YOUR UNCLE OR WHATEVER HE IS TO RESIGN FIRST. THEN MAYBE WE CAN TALK. CAPISH ?

Extremists depend on your outrage to spread their memes far and wide. Whether it's Musk or Musk's chatbot, the same lesson applies. Stop posting grok conversation screenshots unless you have the depth and you plan to take time to place it in a context beyond "omg look what the nazi chatbot said"

I wrote a piece a few weeks ago claiming antisemitism was on the verge of going mainstream. It was clear to me that most people had trouble buying it. That's understandable. But it's happening. Example: Conservatives themselves are now saying that 30 to 40% of Zoomers in Washington are Groypers.

Finally driving my first EV and can’t be the only middle aged dad now *obsessed* with regenerative braking and getting as many miles as humanly possible.

Trump: I will personally send you a check for $2000! Idiots: 🎉 Insurance premiums: go up $4000

how dare this fat blob of waste material talk about "able-bodied people who can do a job" it's just such an abhorrent way to refer to people. "oh you're able bodied, get a job" this guy has never in his life had a "job"

Decide that bugs are delicious and anyone can Eat Like a King for life. sure will

I’m already seeing people insist that even with this capitulation the Democrats will still sweep 2026 because Trump is that bad. It was precisely that attitude that gave us 2024.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard. We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions. We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.

Durbin is trash. Yes, lots of great stuff in the past. Sure he’s a decent guy. But he’s pure trash now. Important to see that the bulk of Team Cave is made up of people who are retiring.

Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences

No health care, no deal.

Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.

The Cave Caucus? @rosen.senate.gov - NV @baldwin.senate.gov -WI @fetterman.senate.gov - PA @hassan.senate.gov - NH @ossoff.senate.gov - GA @senangusking.bsky.social -ME @peters.senate.gov - MI @durbin.senate.gov - IL @shaheen.senate.gov - NH

I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable. We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina. A vote for this bill is a mistake.

Democrats have to stop bailing out Republicans from facing the consequences of their own policies. And yeah, that means they have to stop sparing voters from experiencing what GOP government truly means. Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.

i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.

Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

the harris campaign said the “they/them” ad didn’t sway the election. one of the trump campaign’s top strategists this week said trans rights isn’t in the top five issues for swing voters. when will the press stop talking about us like we’re a liability and start looking itself in the mirror

You see that? How “far right” views are routinely re-packaged as “populist”?

Jeremy, I have followed your science advocacy on this platform with respect, but I find this thread deeply hurtful and sad and I am going to tell you why. While my wife did her postdoc at CSHL, she and our many dear friends had to endure the racist rhetoric of this man, which did constant harm

Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling? Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it: www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf

What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation. To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil

The Epstein Ballroom

The key factor that everyone seems to always forget is that Trump was the host of what was once the highest rated show on network TV - a purportedly non-fiction show that portrayed him as a hyper-savvy and hyper-successful businessman.

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

i try not to be hyperbolic but this NY daily news editorial board piece saying mayor-elect mamdani better support israel OR ELSE is one of the most appalling things i’ve ever read

I dream of a world with consequences for pundits. A hilarious failure like this should always be a career-ender. Nothing dire or violent, mind you. Just… never paid for an opinion again.

lol

I know they pretend not to care about elections, but getting the hammer in the face last night has to have hurt. Gotta save Trump from himself.

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

HELL TO THE YES, California’s PROP 50 which was designed to counter illegal election rigging by fascist MAGA republicans in Texas has officially PASSED!!! All blue states should be prepared to do this same exact thing when these crooks try more of their schemes. 💙🙏

This is going to get spun as a "thermostatic shift" chart, but it should be properly interpreted as a "information environment is broken" chart. In 2024, voters didn't know what Trump would do, and so they shifted towards him based on vibes. Now they are finding out, and they hate it.

the age of woke is over, the age of dark woke begins

in keeping with Andrew Cuomo's vow to leave New York upon losing, Andrew you have until the end of the month to turn your keys in and have the place cleared out. Enjoy Florida and irrelevance

I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.

thank you new york times for actually reporting WTF that is actually happening, none of this "thousands show up for no kings" bullshit I mean WTF

👀 REP. @aoc.bsky.social : “Here’s some tea for you — Trump shut down Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal ambitions to run for senate in Georgia, and she has been on a revenge tour ever since.”

i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist

holy shit, MattY just gave up the whole bag in that thread sure Democrats need to just abandon "identity politics", there's no such thing as "identity politics"! While the right insists anyone not white with a job is "DEI", oh but that's not identity politics