bethstack11.bsky.social
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Here’s what was NOT released today:

- the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ

- the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed

- communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison

- the Epstein files
August 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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My reporting has come to the attention of Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorney. Here’s the response I provided to the @thedailybeast.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Someone forgot to take down this webpage:

www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...
August 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Americans will pay on average 37% more for clothes due to Trump's tariffs, and 7% more for fresh produce.

Tariffs will add on average, $6,000 to the price of a new car
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Cars, coffee and clothing are poised to get pricier with new tariffs
The Trump administration’s latest tariffs are expected to drive up prices for U.S. consumers, with costs rising for everyday items such as groceries.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
When Todd Blanche met with Ghislaine Maxwell, I think it was a toss up whether the endgame was to go on the offensive (i.e., have her point the finger at Dems) or defensive (have her "exonerate" Trump). She may still do the former, but the fact that the *first* thing that has come out from that 1/
August 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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If Joe Biden had told a cable show that non-whites were made for farm labor and insisted his approval rating was in the 70s and then climbed onto the roof of the fucking White House …
August 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Ghislaine Maxwell, who helped Jeffrey Epstein procure and sexually abuse young women, was transferred to a cushy minimum-security prison in Texas in the midst of Trump needing her support with the Epstein files.

We all know what's happening but shouldn't lose focus. www.jezebel.com/since-no-one...
Since No One Else Seems to Care, Let’s Remember Epstein’s Survivors
They've already told us everything we need to know...
www.jezebel.com
August 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Coming tomorrow at 9 PM ET with @senateinsession.bsky.social: a full breakdown of my follow the money investigation on Epstein so far. How we got a look at the Treasury’s Epstein files, how it all ties back to Donald Trump, and where we go from here.
FOLLOW THE MONEY: Epstein’s Crimes, Sleazy Banks, and the Trump Conspiracy to Cover It Up
YouTube video by Ron Wyden
youtu.be
July 31, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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NEW: Ford says Trump’s tariffs will cost the company $2 billion this year.

I thought the tariffs were designed to help American car companies🤔

www.cnbc.com/2025/07/30/f...
Ford reinstates full-year outlook, including $2 billion tariff hit
Ford Motor reported second-quarter revenue that beat expectations, and reinstated its full-year guidance, which it had withdrawn in May due to tariffs.
www.cnbc.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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‘1984’ is upon us
July 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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BREAKING: A FOURTH whistleblower has come forward with information about Emil Bove, a Trump judicial nominee who Senate Republicans rubberstamped yesterday.

Bove helped orchestrate the blanket pardons of violent January 6 rioters.
July 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "He's caught red handed. He's in the files. We know it. Period. He's part of this cover up... You reap what you sow. He created this. He weaponized it. He's done it from the birth certificate on down... Too cute by half, and now he's caught."
July 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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"Japanese officials said there was no written agreement with Washington — and no legally binding one would be drawn up", and surprise surprise, they deny giving Trump $550b to arbitrarily spend however he wants. www.ft.com/content/c118...
July 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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According to the WSJ, he knew he was in the files. The Attorney General helped him hide the files. He likely has already destroyed the files that implicate him.

Now we need an investigation that makes Watergate look small.
July 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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The American auto manufacturer’s net income fell by 35%, the company said in its second quarter earnings call.
GM: Tariffs Cost Automaker $1.1 Billion Last Quarter
The American auto manufacturer’s net income fell by 35%, the company said in its second quarter earnings call.
www.forbes.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Is everyone really going to shrug at Trump explicitly saying a sitting US Senator should go to prison based on claims that were brought into existence by what appears to be a highly dubious process? Seems like media orgs should be trying to answer the Qs that this raises about Trump's role.
Trump just said Schiff merits "prison" for the "fraud" an IG supposedly found.

Again, I talked to experts/former IG who described the process used here as deeply troubling.

This is becoming his model for manipulating bureaucracy to hatch pretexts to target foes:

newrepublic.com/article/1980...
July 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Reposting this and a few other things for no particular reason today. Maybe I’ll do it tomorrow and the next day, too.
July 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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July 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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I wrote a 2,500-word post of the kind of fact-checking people who claim to be journalists should do if they want to disseminate Trump's tweets. Here's just a fraction of what it looks like.

www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/16/a...
July 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Trump's Russia announcement is being portrayed as toughening his stance, but in fact what he did was give Putin a 50-day free pass to do anything he likes in Ukraine without further US punishment as the Senate sanctions bill is now put on hold.
July 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Numbers don’t lie: Trump’s haphazard tariffs are bad for the economy and bad for your wallet.
July 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Okay, I am not generally a conspiracist, but c’mon DOJ, you are making it really hard to believe that you’re releasing the real full evidence on Epstein….
July 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
NEW: Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows that around 3 minutes were removed from one of two stitched-together clips.

The cut starts right at the notorious “missing minute" that Pam Bondi has attributed to a system reset.

www.wired.com/story/the-fb...
The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out
Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
www.wired.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Sen. Jon Ossoff: "Trump promised to release the Epstein Files. Did anyone really think the sexual predator president who used to party with Jeffrey Epstein was gonna release the Epstein Files?"
July 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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This has always been the GOP's strategy:

1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.

2) Explode deficits

3) Use the debt as an excuse to demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.

4) Repeat.
July 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM