Wannabe Utopian

Epstein Emails Reveal a Lost New York The disgraced financier’s recently released documents are steeped in a clubby world that is all but gone.

Hitler Diary Reveals a Lost Berlin

Love thy brother

@americanprogress.bsky.social - absolutely shameful that Larry Summers has a leadership role (or any role whatsoever) in your organization.

Democrats inject "Epstein files" into special election that's scaring GOP "The Epstein files are locked away. Matt Van Epps will keep them that way," a new ad says.

Republicans are getting worried about the upcoming special election in #TN07, where @aftynbehn.bsky.social has all of the momentum.

Early voting is underway, and you can help send this progressive champion (and former Indivisible organizer) to Congress: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

Jimmy Carter’s peanut farm says hi.

“Think I’m dodging a bullet,” Summers says, while his student is clearly trying to escape the clutches of her creepy economics professor.

“Suspect she will miss it.”
Oh yes no doubt

Nothing to worry about, just the chief regulator of the media pressuring a television network to fire a critic of the president.

NBC is of course in the midst of a bid to buy Warner Bros. for which they need Carr's approval at the FCC. Interesting to see whether, and how subtly, they obey his wishes here.

Jeffrey Epstein E-mails Reveal Depth of Ties to High-Profile Scientists A trove of e-mails from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released by a congressional committee on Wednesday

SciAm did a story

www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeff...

Acton: I’m running against a guy, Vivek Ramaswamy, who has said that people are struggling in Ohio because they’re lazy, they’re mediocre, they’re not working hard enough. And I can absolutely tell you that is not the Ohioans I know or see. I think he’s completely out of touch.

Anthony Fauci says Marjorie Taylor Greene drove death threats against him Ex-leader of US Covid response said congresswoman and Fox News sparked ‘credible death threats’ against him and his family

Before anyone gets too carried away here.

Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

Hey Megyn Kelly,

14-year-old Eloise would like a word:

“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”

Sound up! 🔥🔊

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For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.

“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”

--Megyn R. Kelly

“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”

--Also Megyn R. Kelly

What does ‘pro-life’ mean? There’s no one answer – even for advocacy groups that oppose abortion The term ‘pro-life’ can seem simple – but how Americans and advocacy groups interpret it varies widely.

“Someone who says I’m against abortion but is in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life. And someone who says I’m against abortion but I’m in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don’t know if that’s pro-life.”
- Pope Leo XIV buff.ly/xDH8Ib2

How is that different from Jan 6 rioters? Just let him go. We don’t mind people using weapons to breach official buildings, right?

Border Patrol operations start in Charlotte as officials urge calm DHS says the surge is meant to target public-safety threats, but Charlotte leaders warn the federal operation is heightening fear.

BREAKING: Federal agents have started making immigration arrests in Charlotte, North Carolina, as Border Patrol deployments begin in the city.

Epstein’s Emails Reveal Book Purchases About Trump, Sex, Money and Power The disgraced financier purchased books about making money, treating narcissism, negotiating with anyone, achieving ecstasy and understanding life

Exclusive: Jeffrey Epstein’s emails reveal the unusual collection of books he bought prior to his arrest on sex-trafficking charges in 2019. From Trump to power and sex, the titles offer an unusual insight into his interests and mindset

Former Fed official Adriana Kugler's stock trades trigger ethics referral to inspector general Adriana Kugler, who stepped down from the federal reserve board in August, made repeated stock trades in companies like Apple and Cava.

Adriana Kugler, who stepped down from the federal reserve board in August, made repeated stock trades in companies like Apple and Cava.

Miss Universe Meltdown: Men, Money and the Battle for a Beauty Empire The contest is caught between two men’s clashing visions — one rooted in tradition, the other in TikTok commerce — revealing an industry at war with itself.

There’s a brawl at Miss Universe this year. Not between contestants, but between the two men who run it.

In danger of becoming? Are we not already? We’re being led by someone I wouldn’t trust to take care of a cockroach.

Prosecutors Drop Only Criminal Cases from Hays County Airbnb Raid Pending drug charges have been abandoned from the multi-agency April operation that supposedly targeted Tren de Aragua and led to multiple deportations.

“We were just immigrants trying to get ahead and celebrating a friend’s birthday.”

New from @francescadnunz.bsky.social: Experts interviewed by the Observer say there's still no concrete evidence the dramatic multi-agency raid on a rented AirBnB had anything to do with preventing gang activity.

Under Ron DeSantis’ leadership, Florida leads the nation in executions in 2025 Florida leads the nation in executions in a year that has seen an increase in the number of inmates put to death nationwide.

Under Ron DeSantis’ leadership, Florida leads the nation in executions in 2025 buff.ly/VgGkkGX

The NYPD’s Watchdog Whitewashed More Than 10,000 Misconduct Allegations in Public Data, New Evidence Shows Allegations of lying, sexual misconduct, bigoted statements, and racist policing were among those quietly reclassified by the Civilian Complaint Review Board.

New data shows that the CCRB retroactively doctored public data for more than 10,000 misconduct allegations against NYPD officers.

The One Move That Tells Us How Crazy-Panicked Trump Is About Epstein LBJ used to have a bourbon with stubborn members of Congress. Trump locks them in the Situation Room.

He’s not defending anything that could remotely be called a principle, and he’s not slaying any America-hating dragons. He’s just covering up his own potential monstrous crimes.

Some percentage of Trump’s hard-shell base will surely see the difference. trib.al/mzgfHOr

How Italy’s mafia uses social media to recruit new blood TikTok is struggling to contain it

Mobsters in Italy are exploiting social media to normalise their image, mythologise their culture and even to launder money, a study of 6,200 TikTok posts found