Monica Lewinsky writing in Vanity Fair on the Epstein files and grooming, discusses betrayal trauma theory, betrayal blindness, and why it can take a long time for a betrayed person to perceive the betrayal.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...
@monicalewinsky.bsky.social
@apdeprince.bsky.social
This feels big. News about seemingly important missing Epstein files is gaining traction. From a dogged reporter on Substack (thank you @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social) to NPR to the NYT and MS NOW. Congressional hearings next?
Chris Hayes explains it clearly:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL4d...
This specific apparent document cover up has been reported over days in multiple posts by independent reporter Sollenberger (sollenbergerrc.substack.com). What is very important NOW is that it broke into the mainstream in a top story by NPR.
@sollenbergerrc.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...
In demanding that Netflix fire Susan Rice, Trump has "given Netflix an opportunity to demonstrate exactly the kind of institutional courage Rice was calling for."
- @marcelias.bsky.social
Institutional courage: www.institutionalcourage.org
"So if you’ve spent the week doomscrolling it’s time for you to take a break to bask in the fact that good things are also happening. It matters."
@jesscraven101.bsky.social has another long list of wins:
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
PS Thank you for your work, @chrischirp.bsky.social
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An important and sweeping ruling from Judge Sunshine Sykes in a class action lawsuit that covers migrants nationwide.
Courageous judges are bolstered by courageous citizens who refuse to remain silent.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Steps to promote institutional courage here:
www.institutionalcourage.org/resources-fo...
A key step of institutional courage is transparency.
"“New Mexico is acting where the federal government is failing to do so,”"
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"The investigation, Romero added, will be a “survivor-centered inquiry,” and will respect survivors’ requests for anonymity."
www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legisla...
Courageous resistance can come in so many different forms. Each person has something to offer the collective effort.
Here we see quiet and steady work with an understanding that knowledge (www.trumpactiontracker.info) is power:
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
"The judge said the government’s claim to have the power to erase and alter historical accounts at the country’s monuments echoed George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984.”"
Gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
This is a fabulous list of good things this week! Pro-democracy movement has so much momentum. We must not be complacent but we definitely should honor the successes.
Thank you @jesscraven101.bsky.social
Resistance persistence.
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
Thank you @byjacobward.bsky.social for this short video about DARVO and its relevance to current events.
Research summaries and more analyses here: www.jjfreyd.com/darvo
youtube.com/shorts/gW-ze...
PS Visit us www.institutionalcourage.org
13.02.2026 13:52 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Pam Bondi's use of DARVO was called out in social media.
Good because research indicates education about DARVO reduces its power:
www.jjfreyd.com/darvo
The press? So far I am aware of a mention on Feb 10 NYT's "The Daily" and in HuffPo (www.huffpost.com/entry/pam-bo...).
Knowledge is power.
"The Antidote: Institutional Courage"
www.damemagazine.com/2026/02/12/i...
"DARVO: The Favorite Weapon of Institutional Self-Protection"
www.damemagazine.com/2026/02/12/i...
"How could Jeffrey Epstein’s vicious crimes, his elite network, and . . . watching [ICE] tear families apart, detain children, and cause preventable deaths—all while government officials deny, deflect, and attack critics—not break something in us?"
@sorayachemaly.bsky.social
If you truly want to understand Bondi’s testimony strategy before congress, look no further than DARVO!
12.02.2026 15:09 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
We know something about the impact of DARVO - and who is likely to use it:
www.jjfreyd.com/darvo
So much DARVO www.jjfreyd.com/darvo
12.02.2026 11:39 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
@mjcasper.bsky.social and I published this in The Hill in September before the Epstein Files Transparency Act and it is still true, still pressing?
"To date, the government’s response to the Epstein survivors has been one of massive institutional betrayal."
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
