Gady Epstein
@gadyepstein.bsky.social
A longform editor at The Economist. Views expressed may be the opposite of my employer’s
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Lincoln was re-elected on a party platform saying "That foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development of resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy."
They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Lincoln was re-elected on a party platform saying "That foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development of resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy."
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Wow, $3.2 million is an eye-popping number. Tucker Carlson is really invested in getting his fascist propaganda into the feeds of gullible seniors.
www.theredoubt.net/meta-has-bee...
www.theredoubt.net/meta-has-bee...
Meta accepts $3.2 million to promote Tucker Carlson
The parent company of Facebook is helping a right-wing influencer promote conspiracy theories about 9/11.
www.theredoubt.net
November 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Wow, $3.2 million is an eye-popping number. Tucker Carlson is really invested in getting his fascist propaganda into the feeds of gullible seniors.
www.theredoubt.net/meta-has-bee...
www.theredoubt.net/meta-has-bee...
“Follow the money” remains undefeated
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“Follow the money” remains undefeated
“Heretofore, the policy of our government has been governed by race pride, rather than by wisdom”—Frederick Douglass, just after the Civil War
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
November 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“Heretofore, the policy of our government has been governed by race pride, rather than by wisdom”—Frederick Douglass, just after the Civil War
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Van Hollen is being personally credited as the chief pressure point that made Israel release a Palestinian teenager with American citizenship from their dungeons, where he was held for 9 months without even a criminal charge.
⭕️ Sen. Chris Van Hollen (@vanhollen.senate.gov) credited for key role in release of US teen from Israeli detention
Palestinian-American child Mohammed Ibrahim, 16, was freed today after 9 months of Israeli imprisonment w/o charge. Journalist Jasper Nathaniel, who has been a major advocate for...
Palestinian-American child Mohammed Ibrahim, 16, was freed today after 9 months of Israeli imprisonment w/o charge. Journalist Jasper Nathaniel, who has been a major advocate for...
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Van Hollen is being personally credited as the chief pressure point that made Israel release a Palestinian teenager with American citizenship from their dungeons, where he was held for 9 months without even a criminal charge.
Your dystopian novels weren’t dystopian enough: “YOU CAN GET ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem”
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Your dystopian novels weren’t dystopian enough: “YOU CAN GET ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem”
By going left on the economy and veering to the right on culture, “Labour is chasing a voter who barely exists,” writes @duncanrobinson.bsky.social. Just so
Britain’s left-wing government is left-wing
An obvious fact. But still an overlooked one
www.economist.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
By going left on the economy and veering to the right on culture, “Labour is chasing a voter who barely exists,” writes @duncanrobinson.bsky.social. Just so
So movie depictions of journalists were somehow not unrealistic enough
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
So movie depictions of journalists were somehow not unrealistic enough
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The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
what goes thru a lawyer’s mind when they’re typing this line into the terms of use — or into this legal filing
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
what goes thru a lawyer’s mind when they’re typing this line into the terms of use — or into this legal filing
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Ah, but have you considered that events have their own mysterious inner logic? Checkmate, liberal.
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Ah, but have you considered that events have their own mysterious inner logic? Checkmate, liberal.
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
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Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
People have let fear and shame rule them for too long which is why they won’t rank Return of the Jedi as the best Star Wars
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
People have let fear and shame rule them for too long which is why they won’t rank Return of the Jedi as the best Star Wars
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“The voices that matter most – trans young people, their families, the clinicians who work with them and trans health experts in Aotearoa – have been clear: access to puberty blockers is crucial.”
Young trans people need access to transition healthcare. We must listen to them, not to transphobes.
Young trans people need access to transition healthcare. We must listen to them, not to transphobes.
Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent
The government’s ban on puberty blockers undermines clinical expertise and targets trans youth with a policy that lacks evidence, consistency and fairness.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
“The voices that matter most – trans young people, their families, the clinicians who work with them and trans health experts in Aotearoa – have been clear: access to puberty blockers is crucial.”
Young trans people need access to transition healthcare. We must listen to them, not to transphobes.
Young trans people need access to transition healthcare. We must listen to them, not to transphobes.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Liberalism with real liberal principles, a rarer thing to see than you might think!
My hot take is that people can be very wrong about movies while still having other valuable opinions to offer. Many such cases
November 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
My hot take is that people can be very wrong about movies while still having other valuable opinions to offer. Many such cases
They’ve learned a few things about accounting since Enron
"It seems like a marvel of financial engineering: Meta is building a $27 billion data center in Louisiana, financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet."
AI Meets Aggressive Accounting at Meta’s Gigantic New Data Center
Favorable treatment off the balance sheet hinges on some convenient assumptions.
www.wsj.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
They’ve learned a few things about accounting since Enron
“… they will lose the majority before this term is out” is certainly a “huge if true” sort of statement
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
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November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
“… they will lose the majority before this term is out” is certainly a “huge if true” sort of statement
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answer is great but also it's telling that the guy who's been saying this since day 1 has to answer about whether he's an antisemite for 5 min every interview while the same people grin vacantly at the jewish space lasers lady and call her a brave warrior
WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
answer is great but also it's telling that the guy who's been saying this since day 1 has to answer about whether he's an antisemite for 5 min every interview while the same people grin vacantly at the jewish space lasers lady and call her a brave warrior
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If someone handed me a column draft this week about how Jeffrey Epstein was not symptomatic or representative of a broader elite class, and that column did not contain the name "Summers" (or "Harvard") I would hand back the draft and ask for some revisions
November 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
If someone handed me a column draft this week about how Jeffrey Epstein was not symptomatic or representative of a broader elite class, and that column did not contain the name "Summers" (or "Harvard") I would hand back the draft and ask for some revisions
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Imagine being Andrew Cuomo watching this lmao
Trump is now defending Mamdani in response to loaded questions from Fox News. incredible scenes
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Imagine being Andrew Cuomo watching this lmao
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Wow. Trump was asked about Mamdani arresting Netanyahu. He simply said they didn't discuss.
He was asked about sending agents to NY & Mamdani disagreeing. He simply said they both want NY safe.
Mamdani had Trump doing something he rarely does: emphasizing agreement, over and over
He was asked about sending agents to NY & Mamdani disagreeing. He simply said they both want NY safe.
Mamdani had Trump doing something he rarely does: emphasizing agreement, over and over
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Wow. Trump was asked about Mamdani arresting Netanyahu. He simply said they didn't discuss.
He was asked about sending agents to NY & Mamdani disagreeing. He simply said they both want NY safe.
Mamdani had Trump doing something he rarely does: emphasizing agreement, over and over
He was asked about sending agents to NY & Mamdani disagreeing. He simply said they both want NY safe.
Mamdani had Trump doing something he rarely does: emphasizing agreement, over and over