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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Wow: Per Hamdi's legal team, his only charge was a visa overstay — after Trump revoked his visa.
Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality.
In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.
Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality.
In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.
NEW: British journalist Sami Hamdi is being released from US detention.
Trump administration agents detained him two weeks ago at the San Francisco airport — hours after he addressed an event, where he urged US leaders to take an “America First” approach rather than “Israel First.”
Trump administration agents detained him two weeks ago at the San Francisco airport — hours after he addressed an event, where he urged US leaders to take an “America First” approach rather than “Israel First.”
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wow: Per Hamdi's legal team, his only charge was a visa overstay — after Trump revoked his visa.
Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality.
In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.
Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality.
In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.
NEW COLUMN: My priors have been confirmed yet again
Damn, I hate it when things that happen mean nothing :-(
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
NEW COLUMN: My priors have been confirmed yet again
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For @forward.com, I wrote about the right’s bad bet on antisemitism and why acting as though mainstream right wing antisemitism started last week is deeply misguided forward.com/opinion/7820...
The fundamental miscalculation behind the GOP's antisemitism crisis
Tucker Carlson hosted Nick Fuentes, a white supremacist and Holocaust denier, on his show; now Republicans are in chaos over antisemitism.
forward.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
For @forward.com, I wrote about the right’s bad bet on antisemitism and why acting as though mainstream right wing antisemitism started last week is deeply misguided forward.com/opinion/7820...
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“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
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@reuters.com #Chicago
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November 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
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@reuters.com #Chicago
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this morning, ICE went into a Spanish language immersion daycare and took a teacher from the building in front of screaming and crying kids and parents at dropoff and the daycare had to shut down for the day (near Lane Tech, where they were yesterday). Really hoping today's "theme" is not "daycare."
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
this morning, ICE went into a Spanish language immersion daycare and took a teacher from the building in front of screaming and crying kids and parents at dropoff and the daycare had to shut down for the day (near Lane Tech, where they were yesterday). Really hoping today's "theme" is not "daycare."
No lies detected
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
No lies detected
Saw @ositanwanevu.com post this on the other place, what an inspired way to start a campaign right after Trump’s win last year. Dems will learn from this www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Fc...
Why did so many New Yorkers vote for Donald Trump?
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Saw @ositanwanevu.com post this on the other place, what an inspired way to start a campaign right after Trump’s win last year. Dems will learn from this www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Fc...
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score one for "the pundits are projecting their own preoccupations onto the electorate"
Earle-Sears ran what felt like 12 billion ads about how much she hated trans kids and I didn’t hear a single pundit say she should stick to real issues that affect real people.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor’s race.
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
score one for "the pundits are projecting their own preoccupations onto the electorate"
Wouldn’t be shocked if electoral results start having an effect on a couple justices’ thinking. Shouldn’t be that way ofc… but might happen
Last night's elections are over. This morning's Supreme Court arguments in the tariffs case are about to begin at 10 a.m. IT NEVER ENDS!
There is simply no principled way for the Republican-appointed justices to uphold Trump's tariffs ... and yet, they still might! slate.com/news-and-pol...
There is simply no principled way for the Republican-appointed justices to uphold Trump's tariffs ... and yet, they still might! slate.com/news-and-pol...
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Wouldn’t be shocked if electoral results start having an effect on a couple justices’ thinking. Shouldn’t be that way ofc… but might happen
Also can report a happy local bodega owner
One week ago the owner of my local bodega told me he didn’t do politics. Tonight he was wearing a NYC “I voted” sticker, saw me and smiled.
“I changed my mind,” he said.
“I changed my mind,” he said.
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Also can report a happy local bodega owner
Oh Van Jones did not like Mamdani’s speech? Van “Trump became president tonight” Jones? That Van Jones?
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Oh Van Jones did not like Mamdani’s speech? Van “Trump became president tonight” Jones? That Van Jones?
What is this feeling that isn’t cynicism and despair?
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
What is this feeling that isn’t cynicism and despair?
That was a banger of a speech
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
That was a banger of a speech
Key point here. Gerrymandering will backfire if your party can’t hold onto the narrower margins it creates
really important element of this basically total victory is that it puts the fear of god in republican incumbents and may bring the redistricting push to a total halt
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Key point here. Gerrymandering will backfire if your party can’t hold onto the narrower margins it creates
I don’t recall ever seeing a concession speech as ungracious as Cuomo’s just now
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I don’t recall ever seeing a concession speech as ungracious as Cuomo’s just now
Worth the click, I assure you
Omg I’m dying 😂😂😂…so…So Emily Austin, a right wing 'influencer' who works for Bibi and the GOP, launched 'Hot Girls for Cuomo'.
Guess who didn't bother to register the URL when she did that? What do you think Hot Girls for Cuomo dot com leads to now?... 😄 Enjoy.
[ HotGirlsforCuomo.com ]
Guess who didn't bother to register the URL when she did that? What do you think Hot Girls for Cuomo dot com leads to now?... 😄 Enjoy.
[ HotGirlsforCuomo.com ]
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Worth the click, I assure you
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The race to credit a few transphobic ads for Trump winning narrowly in an extremely incumbent-hostile environment was an absolutely classic pundit’s fallacy
whatever you think of Spanberger, the fact that her opponent ran a campaign based almost entirely on transphobia and is on track to eat shit in the biggest blowout the state has seen since 2009 is unambiguously a huge win
Earle-Sears ran what felt like 12 billion ads about how much she hated trans kids and I didn’t hear a single pundit say she should stick to real issues that affect real people.
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The race to credit a few transphobic ads for Trump winning narrowly in an extremely incumbent-hostile environment was an absolutely classic pundit’s fallacy
Co-sign this, Elliott is putting out the best material on polling and elections
lmao i love @gelliottmorris.com and am so glad he’s here on bluesky. go support his work!
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Co-sign this, Elliott is putting out the best material on polling and elections
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SCOOP :
I got hold of the death threats, doxes and attacks teachers in Arizona are facing after a TPUSA spokesperson inaccurately claimed they mocked Charlie Kirk during Halloween.
"We’re coming for you. Literally driving to Tucson as we speak You fucking wait.”
www.wired.com/story/arizon...
I got hold of the death threats, doxes and attacks teachers in Arizona are facing after a TPUSA spokesperson inaccurately claimed they mocked Charlie Kirk during Halloween.
"We’re coming for you. Literally driving to Tucson as we speak You fucking wait.”
www.wired.com/story/arizon...
Teachers Get Death Threats After MAGA Claims Their Halloween Costumes Mocked Charlie Kirk
A Turning Point USA official inaccurately claimed a high school's math department wore Halloween costumes that mocked Charlie Kirk. Those teachers are now facing a flood of online attacks and death th...
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
SCOOP :
I got hold of the death threats, doxes and attacks teachers in Arizona are facing after a TPUSA spokesperson inaccurately claimed they mocked Charlie Kirk during Halloween.
"We’re coming for you. Literally driving to Tucson as we speak You fucking wait.”
www.wired.com/story/arizon...
I got hold of the death threats, doxes and attacks teachers in Arizona are facing after a TPUSA spokesperson inaccurately claimed they mocked Charlie Kirk during Halloween.
"We’re coming for you. Literally driving to Tucson as we speak You fucking wait.”
www.wired.com/story/arizon...
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I don't know why people are mad at the pull-quote here, it's descriptive not prescriptive and is accurate: nobody ever asks Democratic leadership to condemn anti-Muslim sentiment publicly. A Democratic senator of NY called Mamdani a jihadist and wasn't condemned by any of her peers publicly.
New York City is home to about a million Muslims—nearly a quarter of the country’s entire Muslim population. Yet epithets such as “extremist” and “jihadist” are used to describe Zohran Mamdani with such regularity that they’re hardly notable anymore.
What Zohran Mamdani’s Bid for Mayor Reveals About Being Muslim in America
The Islamophobic attacks on the candidate carry the weight of history and the urgency of the present.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I don't know why people are mad at the pull-quote here, it's descriptive not prescriptive and is accurate: nobody ever asks Democratic leadership to condemn anti-Muslim sentiment publicly. A Democratic senator of NY called Mamdani a jihadist and wasn't condemned by any of her peers publicly.
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can't believe outlets are running moral-panic headlines again based on flimsy anecdata from the *same* trade group (the national retailer federation) and sponsored by the *same* anti-theft company (sensormatic) that had to retract this *same* "study" just two years ago for being bogus.
Retailers Dealing With Increasing Levels of Theft and Violence
Report emphasizes importance of preventive measures, coordination with law enforcement
progressivegrocer.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
can't believe outlets are running moral-panic headlines again based on flimsy anecdata from the *same* trade group (the national retailer federation) and sponsored by the *same* anti-theft company (sensormatic) that had to retract this *same* "study" just two years ago for being bogus.
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They don’t even know who they’re killing. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
October 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
They don’t even know who they’re killing. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
Imagine having the phrase “over-feminated progressives” rattling around inside your skull. What a way to go through life
October 31, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Imagine having the phrase “over-feminated progressives” rattling around inside your skull. What a way to go through life
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I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.
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I can’t stress this enough: you cannot understand politics without reading this paragraph about why there’s no such thing as a 1/3rd pound hamburger
October 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I can’t stress this enough: you cannot understand politics without reading this paragraph about why there’s no such thing as a 1/3rd pound hamburger