@mattstern.bsky.social
Advaita, democracy, decency. *Two books every American should read: I.F. Stone's, The Trial of Socrates and James Douglass's, JFK and the Unspeakable.
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If releasing the Epstein files would end your presidency, then your presidency must end. It’s that simple.
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If releasing the Epstein files would end your presidency, then your presidency must end. It’s that simple.
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NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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When you tell the ringleader of the pedophile conspiracy that, fine, you’ll see him but you don’t want to run into Donald Trump …
November 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
When you tell the ringleader of the pedophile conspiracy that, fine, you’ll see him but you don’t want to run into Donald Trump …
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"I don't want to come early to find Trump in your house."
Brave survivors are going to sink more than this depraved pedophile-protecting POTUS.
(It's why Maxwell must testify at a hearing bc she's already been caught lying. Last living *convicted* witness.)
🦋 bsky.app/profile/jonc...
Brave survivors are going to sink more than this depraved pedophile-protecting POTUS.
(It's why Maxwell must testify at a hearing bc she's already been caught lying. Last living *convicted* witness.)
🦋 bsky.app/profile/jonc...
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"I don't want to come early to find Trump in your house."
Brave survivors are going to sink more than this depraved pedophile-protecting POTUS.
(It's why Maxwell must testify at a hearing bc she's already been caught lying. Last living *convicted* witness.)
🦋 bsky.app/profile/jonc...
Brave survivors are going to sink more than this depraved pedophile-protecting POTUS.
(It's why Maxwell must testify at a hearing bc she's already been caught lying. Last living *convicted* witness.)
🦋 bsky.app/profile/jonc...
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For The Redoubt (@theredoubt.bsky.social), I wrote about Trump's killings in the Caribbean — his "kinetic strikes" — and the euphemisms we use to describe murder. www.theredoubt.net/how-we-talk-...
How we talk about murder
Interrogating the euphemisms used to legitimize state killings.
www.theredoubt.net
November 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
For The Redoubt (@theredoubt.bsky.social), I wrote about Trump's killings in the Caribbean — his "kinetic strikes" — and the euphemisms we use to describe murder. www.theredoubt.net/how-we-talk-...
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can't overemphasize how cynical this is. he could have switched his vote anytime over the past months and made an actual difference; instead he waited till the exact moment he became irrelevant.
Don Bacon says he's going to vote yes on the Epstein files discharge petition
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
can't overemphasize how cynical this is. he could have switched his vote anytime over the past months and made an actual difference; instead he waited till the exact moment he became irrelevant.
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“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
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IOW, the US government has stopped making cents.
The US Mint has ended production of the penny after 230 years.
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
IOW, the US government has stopped making cents.
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Worth remembering that Donald Trump has known all along what he did in regards to his good friend Jeffrey Epstein and has probably spent thousands of hours worrying about what would happen to him when the world learned about it.
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Worth remembering that Donald Trump has known all along what he did in regards to his good friend Jeffrey Epstein and has probably spent thousands of hours worrying about what would happen to him when the world learned about it.
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Grijalva: It has been 50 days since the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district elected me to represent them. 50 days that over 800,000 arizonans have been left without access to the basic services that every constituent deserves.
November 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Grijalva: It has been 50 days since the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district elected me to represent them. 50 days that over 800,000 arizonans have been left without access to the basic services that every constituent deserves.
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the newly released Epstein emails are getting coverage on Fox News 👀
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
the newly released Epstein emails are getting coverage on Fox News 👀
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BIDEN'S DOJ HAD ALL OF THIS INFORMATION, REMEMBER, AND IT NEVER LEAKED
Which says a lot of things about Garland, for one, and also puts the lie to all this "weaponization of the DOJ" bullshit that MAGA keeps spewing
Which says a lot of things about Garland, for one, and also puts the lie to all this "weaponization of the DOJ" bullshit that MAGA keeps spewing
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
BIDEN'S DOJ HAD ALL OF THIS INFORMATION, REMEMBER, AND IT NEVER LEAKED
Which says a lot of things about Garland, for one, and also puts the lie to all this "weaponization of the DOJ" bullshit that MAGA keeps spewing
Which says a lot of things about Garland, for one, and also puts the lie to all this "weaponization of the DOJ" bullshit that MAGA keeps spewing
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This means that people with preexisting conditions won't be able to afford health insurance. That's what this means.
Tom Emmer: "You're gonna have to create high risk pools again. Just go back where Minnesota was before the ACA."
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This means that people with preexisting conditions won't be able to afford health insurance. That's what this means.
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If the Republic is saved by Lauren Boebert and MTG bringing down Trump, well, that would make for a heck of a movie
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is reportedly "convinced" that there is a conspiracy to cover up files on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Lauren Boebert 'convinced' Epstein conspiracy afoot as Trump pressure backfires
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is reportedly "convinced" that there is a conspiracy to cover up files on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The lawmaker is one of a handful of Republicans supporting a discharge petition that would force a vote on releasing files related to Epstein.On Wednesday, House Democrat...
bit.ly
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If the Republic is saved by Lauren Boebert and MTG bringing down Trump, well, that would make for a heck of a movie
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Obvious but worth saying. We really think the White House/DOJ which disappears documents and people pretty regularly is gonna go, "Welp, House voted so I guess we have to turn over the stag films of Trump with a 15 yr old. The rules are the rules." I'm not saying the exercise is pointless at all.
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Obvious but worth saying. We really think the White House/DOJ which disappears documents and people pretty regularly is gonna go, "Welp, House voted so I guess we have to turn over the stag films of Trump with a 15 yr old. The rules are the rules." I'm not saying the exercise is pointless at all.
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Trump "came to my house many times."
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Trump "came to my house many times."
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Grijalva: That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files. Justice cannot wait another day.
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Grijalva: That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files. Justice cannot wait another day.
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There is literally no universe where Epstein and Maxwell did not affirmatively believe what they were writing in 2011; they had no motive at all to be playing an elaborate game at that point, in a way that they might have had the email been dated in, say, 2015 or later
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
There is literally no universe where Epstein and Maxwell did not affirmatively believe what they were writing in 2011; they had no motive at all to be playing an elaborate game at that point, in a way that they might have had the email been dated in, say, 2015 or later
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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
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
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Projection much, Donald?
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Projection much, Donald?
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"As a survivor, Rep. Mace will continue to stand with victims demanding justice and full transparency", until she stops.
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"As a survivor, Rep. Mace will continue to stand with victims demanding justice and full transparency", until she stops.
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I maintain my position that white collar crime remains the most underprosecuted, and more vigilance on this would have saved us from at least two Trump presidencies before they happened. These guys are sloppy, they're just also stupidly intimidatingly rich. But not richer than the State.
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I maintain my position that white collar crime remains the most underprosecuted, and more vigilance on this would have saved us from at least two Trump presidencies before they happened. These guys are sloppy, they're just also stupidly intimidatingly rich. But not richer than the State.
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Not a clear term, but I've always liked the phrase "if you stand for nothing, then you'll fall for anything."
We gotta have a clear term for people so cynical they become gullible.
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Not a clear term, but I've always liked the phrase "if you stand for nothing, then you'll fall for anything."
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Hard to imagine how we poor tons of cash into our military but yet don't have enough to house, feed, provide healthcare for our vets. Shame on US.
November 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hard to imagine how we poor tons of cash into our military but yet don't have enough to house, feed, provide healthcare for our vets. Shame on US.