Leah McGrath Goodman

GOLDMAN: Does Donald Trump appear in the Epstein files?

PATEL: I'm sorry. Could you say that again?

GOLDMAN: It's not a complication question. Does Donald Trump appear in the Epstein files?

If you think this is coarse or uncouth, kindly consider the alternative

Says a lot

'No one should be killed if they are not in the act of harming someone else.'

That's from a Kirk fan.

Then he reconsiders his statement and amends it (below).

Interesting.

Never forget that 75 million voters did not vote for Trump (vs the 77.3 million who did). It is a deathly narrow, entirely surmountable margin. There are more than 340 million people in the U.S. and, as of the 2024 presidential election, 173.85 million were registered to vote.

A good time to remember that fear, hate, money can be fought with hope, love and generosity.

If those with more can succeed in getting enough of their fellow Americans to believe the real problem is 'out there' or across the border, or somewhere else -- instead of, right here, on our own highly un-level playing field, this will finish off the American dream.

Exclusive | Americans Lose Faith That Hard Work Leads to Economic Gains, WSJ-NORC Poll Finds Trump is contending with a disconnect between the nation’s sour outlook and traditional measures showing a robust economy.

This has been THE American story since the global economic crisis: www.wsj.com/economy/wsj-...

Writer thoughts: I am not a morning person, but I am a morning writer. This has mostly to do with the fact I am closer to the dream state and my mind is in a unique state of flexibility and virtuosity (only very temporary) which is gone gone gone by 3 pm.

Putin Calls Zelensky the West’s Illegitimate Puppet. Can He Talk Peace With Him? President Trump seeks to broker a meeting of the two leaders to end Europe’s most destructive war in generations.

Putin is so jelly...https://www.wsj.com/world/putin-zelensky-meeting-challenges-ed44eb54?mod=world_lead_pos5

How Wary Asset Managers Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace Crypto Hedge fund manager James Koutoulas remembers when U.S. President Donald J. Trump first awakened to crypto — and it had nothing to do with making a mint.“Trump got into cryptocurrency back in 2022,” he...

Trump was a crypto skeptic for years. The story of how he converted is also here (and it's not what you think): www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/how-...

Trump’s determined efforts to prop up crypto -- in ways that allow him to personally profit -- has enriched him to the tune of an estimated $3.3 billion of his reported $5.5 billion fortune. That means crypto, not real estate, now likely makes up the lion’s share of Trump’s riches.

LONG READ: Trump returned to the Oval Office on a groundswell of financial support from crypto investors, ushering in the most dramatic policy shifts since the dawn of crypto. A comprehensive look at Trump's new role as self-anointed "Crypto President." www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/how-...

How Wary Asset Managers Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace Crypto Hedge fund manager James Koutoulas remembers when U.S. President Donald J. Trump first awakened to crypto — and it had nothing to do with making a mint.“Trump got into cryptocurrency back in 2022,” he...

Since Trump’s return to Washington, barely a week has gone by without a barrage of crypto-friendly headlines. But how did Trump get into crypto in the first place? In my latest feature, I stumble onto his crypto origin story--and it's not what you think: www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/how-...

Really you cannot ask for more from today. To the gods and humanity entire, thank you.

Right...?

I know everyone is still circulating the details of that 'Original Sin' book by Jake Tapper et al, but is it wrong that what really stayed with me from the New Yorker piece is that George Clooney has a house in Lake Como AND the south of France? I mean, come ON... www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...

What is corruption? (Since this topic keeps coming up...)

Loved watching this...!

Journalists celebrate 'Journalism' win ! Great metaphor for us right now. And possibly...sign of the times / things to come?

Full decision here, dated April 17, 2025, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, with circuit judges King and Thacker joining in: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT. Astounding words from the judge about ripping U.S. residents off the streets and locking them up without due process. Pls RT. People need to know this. It's not going to stop with just a few scapegoats and everybody knows it.

Well then I guess we're both tight-ass New Englanders ... !

I guess in California, being seen as a 'lifestyle guru' is still supposed to be...desirable? If I recall correctly, Ferriss said 'The Four-Hour Workweek" was originally titled 'Lifestyle Hustler.' Def more honest, and explains a lot.

Can Wikipedia Be Trusted? Crowdsourced Wikipedia entries are more biased than Encyclopaedia Britannica articles.

Should add: Whether people self-promote on Wikipedia or the entry is crowdsourced, researchers say that overall a Wikipedia entry is still more biased than a standard encyclopedia entry, which is more balanced and neutral: insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/can-...

Yes, Wikipedia entries sometimes make mistakes & it is ok to fix them. But done right, it is a true reflection of the public opinion, even global opinion...and if you're a seeker, a lover of the truth, then letting Wikipedia write about you is a good way to come to terms with how you are being seen.

I think the lesson is, online readers don't want promos...they don't want to hear you're a guru (according to you). They want the truth & they want it to have some integrity. They want to see what the highlights are, not according to you, but according to everyone else. And you should want that too.

After hearing this, I asked a close 'very online' friend (and supporter of my work) what he thought. And he said this, which I think was so wise: 'You should let your audience decide when you deserve a Wikipedia entry -- and you should trust them to write it.'

I actually attended a conference where Ferriss strongly advised the audience of authors/writers/journalists to write their own Wikipedia entries. (To this day, you can actually see in the 'Talk' section of his entry that Ferriss's staffer is still asking for tiny things to be updated and added...)

A note to you all about authors and journalists -- and their Wikipedia entries. If you read an entry about anyone or anything and it is just filled with brags, it is VERY likely the person it applies to wrote a great deal of it and is treating their entry as a self-promotion (example):