Nick Confessore
nickconfessore.bsky.social
Nick Confessore
@nickconfessore.bsky.social
Reporter for @NYTimes, staff writer at @NYTmag, @MS.NOW political analyst.
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Our deep dive into the recesses of Epstein's inbox found repeated instances of him seeking to exploit his Trump relationship. "I am the one able to take him down," Epstein wrote in December 2018. 🎁🔗 @jsgatnyt.bsky.social @nickconfessore.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
After Trump Split, Epstein Said He Could ‘Take Him Down’
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November 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
January 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A really thought-provoking package from the Monthly, examining new approaches to racial justice in higher ed in a post-affirmative action world -- >
The decades-long effort to push elite colleges to be more diverse has failed. Here’s a better strategy: demand more support for the underfunded colleges that already graduate most Black and Hispanic students, and plenty of white students as well...🧵 (1/5)
Open a New Front for Racial Justice | Washington Monthly
The effort to push elite colleges to be more diverse has failed. Here’s a better strategy: demand support for regional publics universities.
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January 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
“The reversal of the years-old policy is a stark sign of how the company is repositioning itself for the Trump presidency in the weeks before it begins.”
@nytimes reports on Facebook dropping fact checking as Trump prepares to enter office. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
Meta to End Fact-Checking Program on Facebook Ahead of Trump Term: Live Updates
The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact checkers on Facebook, Threads and Instagram and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. It is likely to please President-elect Trump a...
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January 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Three decades ago, Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet” disappeared from public view.
@pekingmikenyt.bsky.social & co. follow the lost masterpiece from Manhattan to a lakeside villa in Switzerland -- and ponder whether great art deserves to be seen. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/a...
The Search for van Gogh’s Lost Masterpiece
Cast off by the Nazis, but heralded by curators, the artist’s painting of his doctor, made just before van Gogh’s suicide, has not been seen in 34 years.
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December 17, 2024 at 9:30 PM