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always asking “who benefits?”
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Midwestern as hell. Working class.
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Highly recommend @sarahkendzior.bsky.social’s “They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent”. She wrote it in 2022.
Reading Sarah’s work has prepared me for this moment, and I credit her with making me painfully in touch with reality.
Surprised her books haven’t been banned, tbh.
Photo of a page from a book with red highlights. “I anticipate that what people learn about Epstein in the years to come will have significant geopolitical implications if the full extent of his illicit activity is revealed and accomplices brought to trial."ss There was, of course, no justice. To the extent that there were significant geopolitical implications, they can be measured by the endurance of elite criminal impunity. With the exception of Ghislaine Maxwell, who went on trial for sex trafficking in late November 2021, none of the accused participants in the Epstein ring have been indicted. The flicker of accountability that emerged when Maxwell was found guilty for trafficking in December was snuffed out by the possibility of a retrial or mistrial, as Maxwell's legal team alleged juror impropriety. Official details of the Epstein operation and what role members of the US and foreign governments played in it remain under wraps. Given the successful attempts to bury the litany of crimes that the Trump administration committed in plain sight, which includes memory-holing an attack on the Capitol that transpired on live television and was plotted on social media, there is little reason to believe that revealing the truth about the Epstein plot—a shadowy and sprawling operation encompassing some of the world's most powerful men—will be a priority of the Biden administration or of any administration that follows. Suppressing information about the Epstein and Maxwell operation was, and remains, a bipartisan endeavor. It is common for pundits and politicians to claim thai were are "two Americas" —red and blue, liberal and conservative, coastal and heartland. This is not only fallacious in and of itself-there are dozens of Americas in a five-mile radals ious in house, a diverse array of backgrounds and beliefs that defies the cheap categorizations of pundits and polls-but it ignores what does unite Americans, which is rage at elite criminal impunity.”
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
whobenefits.bsky.social
We have multiple copies in this house and have gifted several to friends/family for that reason.
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
whobenefits.bsky.social
Highly recommend @sarahkendzior.bsky.social’s “They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent”. She wrote it in 2022.
Reading Sarah’s work has prepared me for this moment, and I credit her with making me painfully in touch with reality.
Surprised her books haven’t been banned, tbh.
Photo of a page from a book with red highlights. “I anticipate that what people learn about Epstein in the years to come will have significant geopolitical implications if the full extent of his illicit activity is revealed and accomplices brought to trial."ss There was, of course, no justice. To the extent that there were significant geopolitical implications, they can be measured by the endurance of elite criminal impunity. With the exception of Ghislaine Maxwell, who went on trial for sex trafficking in late November 2021, none of the accused participants in the Epstein ring have been indicted. The flicker of accountability that emerged when Maxwell was found guilty for trafficking in December was snuffed out by the possibility of a retrial or mistrial, as Maxwell's legal team alleged juror impropriety. Official details of the Epstein operation and what role members of the US and foreign governments played in it remain under wraps. Given the successful attempts to bury the litany of crimes that the Trump administration committed in plain sight, which includes memory-holing an attack on the Capitol that transpired on live television and was plotted on social media, there is little reason to believe that revealing the truth about the Epstein plot—a shadowy and sprawling operation encompassing some of the world's most powerful men—will be a priority of the Biden administration or of any administration that follows. Suppressing information about the Epstein and Maxwell operation was, and remains, a bipartisan endeavor. It is common for pundits and politicians to claim thai were are "two Americas" —red and blue, liberal and conservative, coastal and heartland. This is not only fallacious in and of itself-there are dozens of Americas in a five-mile radals ious in house, a diverse array of backgrounds and beliefs that defies the cheap categorizations of pundits and polls-but it ignores what does unite Americans, which is rage at elite criminal impunity.”
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
whobenefits.bsky.social
It’s starting to feel like electoral politics are just a modern racket to swindle money from working class folks.
November 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
whobenefits.bsky.social
genuinely thought to myself “she’s so real for this one”
i second this.
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
whobenefits.bsky.social
Blow up your TV 🎶 throw away your paper 🎶
November 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
whobenefits.bsky.social
Tara impressed the hell out of me on Caleb Hearon’s podcast. Excited for this episode!
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
whobenefits.bsky.social
Interesting timing on suspending an expert on Epstein’s crimes and his connections with the most powerful people in the world.
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM