Jesse Eisinger
@jeisinger.bsky.social
ProPublica Editor & Reporter. At work on “Unfair Share: The 250-year Fight to Tax the Rich” (Avid Reader). @sarahellison's husband. “Succession” S3 consultant. Green Bay Packers.
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Jesse Eisinger
@jeisinger.bsky.social
· Jan 3
Some personal news 👇
(Which I forgot to post for over a year.)
(Which I forgot to post for over a year.)
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MAGA lobbyists are demanding that Trump's antitrust division settle the monopolization case against Live Nation/Ticketmaster. The top lawyers in the department don't want to do it. So now the #2 at DOJ Antitrust just quit.
February 10, 2026 at 12:01 AM
MAGA lobbyists are demanding that Trump's antitrust division settle the monopolization case against Live Nation/Ticketmaster. The top lawyers in the department don't want to do it. So now the #2 at DOJ Antitrust just quit.
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"Trump voters urge him to tone down the rhetoric and focus more on domestic issues, especially clearer pathways to legal status for law-abiding immigrants", proving they unaccountably had no clue who they were voting for.
As Trump presidency enters second year, his voters share hopes – and concerns reut.rs/3Mc4h4H
As Trump presidency enters second year, his voters share hopes – and concerns
Trump voters urge him to tone down the rhetoric and focus more on domestic issues, especially clearer pathways to legal status for law-abiding immigrants, healthcare reform, curbing waste and fraud, and lowering US debt.
reut.rs
February 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
"Trump voters urge him to tone down the rhetoric and focus more on domestic issues, especially clearer pathways to legal status for law-abiding immigrants", proving they unaccountably had no clue who they were voting for.
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My colleague got into Trump's sprawling family detention camp, which is full of toddlers, kids, & teens.
- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide
-There's worms & mold in food
-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows
www.propublica.org/article/life...
- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide
-There's worms & mold in food
-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows
www.propublica.org/article/life...
February 9, 2026 at 3:35 PM
My colleague got into Trump's sprawling family detention camp, which is full of toddlers, kids, & teens.
- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide
-There's worms & mold in food
-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows
www.propublica.org/article/life...
- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide
-There's worms & mold in food
-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows
www.propublica.org/article/life...
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In Boston ICE randomly pulled over this huge white Irish guy with a Mass drivers license, 20 years in the states, legal status, pending green card and have held him for 5 months, his citizen wife paid a $4k bond that was ignored(!) ICE forged his signature on deportation agreement, no appeal
Kerryman who is married, living and working legally in the United States for >20 years has been incarcerated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) since September 2025.
Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irish man with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
In Boston ICE randomly pulled over this huge white Irish guy with a Mass drivers license, 20 years in the states, legal status, pending green card and have held him for 5 months, his citizen wife paid a $4k bond that was ignored(!) ICE forged his signature on deportation agreement, no appeal
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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1/ @motherjones.com reported extensively on this group, Freedom 250—and the larger effort to whitewash our history and get corporations to fund that destruction—in our cover story that went up last week: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
by @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
by @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 4:40 PM
1/ @motherjones.com reported extensively on this group, Freedom 250—and the larger effort to whitewash our history and get corporations to fund that destruction—in our cover story that went up last week: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
by @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
by @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
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Leon Black
Joe Gibbs
Former Washington Redskins coach
Dan Snyder
Former Washington Redskins owner
Larry Summers
George Mitchell
Ted Leonsis & Steve Case: AOL
Bob Goodlatte & Charles J. Colgan
Joseph & Jill Robert: Noted financiers
Prince Andrew
📸 ellieleonard.substack.com/p/decoding-a...
Joe Gibbs
Former Washington Redskins coach
Dan Snyder
Former Washington Redskins owner
Larry Summers
George Mitchell
Ted Leonsis & Steve Case: AOL
Bob Goodlatte & Charles J. Colgan
Joseph & Jill Robert: Noted financiers
Prince Andrew
📸 ellieleonard.substack.com/p/decoding-a...
February 8, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Leon Black
Joe Gibbs
Former Washington Redskins coach
Dan Snyder
Former Washington Redskins owner
Larry Summers
George Mitchell
Ted Leonsis & Steve Case: AOL
Bob Goodlatte & Charles J. Colgan
Joseph & Jill Robert: Noted financiers
Prince Andrew
📸 ellieleonard.substack.com/p/decoding-a...
Joe Gibbs
Former Washington Redskins coach
Dan Snyder
Former Washington Redskins owner
Larry Summers
George Mitchell
Ted Leonsis & Steve Case: AOL
Bob Goodlatte & Charles J. Colgan
Joseph & Jill Robert: Noted financiers
Prince Andrew
📸 ellieleonard.substack.com/p/decoding-a...
Yes of course this couldn’t have happened to a nicer Wide Boy but we all know that there’s another guy, the one who okay’d all of Will’s decisions while gazing from the poop deck at his yacht’s yacht and clasping the hand of his plasticine second wife, who made all of the relevant decisions, right?
fired
The lack of a Lewis quote in statement is how we know:
The lack of a Lewis quote in statement is how we know:
February 7, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Yes of course this couldn’t have happened to a nicer Wide Boy but we all know that there’s another guy, the one who okay’d all of Will’s decisions while gazing from the poop deck at his yacht’s yacht and clasping the hand of his plasticine second wife, who made all of the relevant decisions, right?
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Ariane de Rothschild ousted her husband as CEO of his family’s storied bank, negotiated a big DOJ settlement and examined several mergers
Behind every move was none other than Jeffrey Epstein, who had found his backdoor into one of Europe’s most powerful banking dynasties
www.ft.com/content/0d70...
Behind every move was none other than Jeffrey Epstein, who had found his backdoor into one of Europe’s most powerful banking dynasties
www.ft.com/content/0d70...
How the house of Rothschild became entangled with Epstein
Swiss private bank Edmond de Rothschild was in trouble. Ariane de Rothschild turned to Jeffrey Epstein
www.ft.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Ariane de Rothschild ousted her husband as CEO of his family’s storied bank, negotiated a big DOJ settlement and examined several mergers
Behind every move was none other than Jeffrey Epstein, who had found his backdoor into one of Europe’s most powerful banking dynasties
www.ft.com/content/0d70...
Behind every move was none other than Jeffrey Epstein, who had found his backdoor into one of Europe’s most powerful banking dynasties
www.ft.com/content/0d70...
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$51 billion could buy a lot of child care slots.
February 7, 2026 at 12:14 PM
$51 billion could buy a lot of child care slots.
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Federal judge: "The presumption of regularity that has previously extended to [the United States Government] that it could be taken at its word—with little doubt about its intentions and stated purposes—no longer holds."
This is in a case where the Trump admin sued Oregon.
This is in a case where the Trump admin sued Oregon.
February 6, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Federal judge: "The presumption of regularity that has previously extended to [the United States Government] that it could be taken at its word—with little doubt about its intentions and stated purposes—no longer holds."
This is in a case where the Trump admin sued Oregon.
This is in a case where the Trump admin sued Oregon.
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Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.
February 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.
So what I don’t understand and haven’t seen: What is the impact of the bitcoin crash on Trump and his family’s businesses?
Were they leveraged?
Obviously his wealth is dropping as the values drop but I’m curious if there’s more.
Were they leveraged?
Obviously his wealth is dropping as the values drop but I’m curious if there’s more.
Just checking in on American Bitcoin, the Eric Trump venture that is a leveraged bet on Bitcoin.
February 6, 2026 at 12:48 PM
So what I don’t understand and haven’t seen: What is the impact of the bitcoin crash on Trump and his family’s businesses?
Were they leveraged?
Obviously his wealth is dropping as the values drop but I’m curious if there’s more.
Were they leveraged?
Obviously his wealth is dropping as the values drop but I’m curious if there’s more.
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The #SellAmerica trade: 🇺🇸
“.. The year-to-date underperformance of US equities relative to the rest of the world is the worst since at least 1995.”
- Auger
“.. The year-to-date underperformance of US equities relative to the rest of the world is the worst since at least 1995.”
- Auger
February 6, 2026 at 12:20 PM
The #SellAmerica trade: 🇺🇸
“.. The year-to-date underperformance of US equities relative to the rest of the world is the worst since at least 1995.”
- Auger
“.. The year-to-date underperformance of US equities relative to the rest of the world is the worst since at least 1995.”
- Auger
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I'm much more accustomed to writing about media layoffs than experiencing them. But yesterday I was among the 300 journalists let go from the @washingtonpost. I have been so lucky for so long in this industry. -1-
February 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
I'm much more accustomed to writing about media layoffs than experiencing them. But yesterday I was among the 300 journalists let go from the @washingtonpost. I have been so lucky for so long in this industry. -1-
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There are drawdowns. And then there’s Melania Coin.
February 5, 2026 at 11:53 PM
There are drawdowns. And then there’s Melania Coin.
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Senator Katie Britt would like us all to know that she really really really doesn't want to use children as bait or for DHS to go off the chain even though she authored the legislation that allowed them to do just that and has supported Trump 100% of the time: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
The G.O.P. Senator Who Can’t Stop Thinking About the Boy ICE Detained
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Senator Katie Britt would like us all to know that she really really really doesn't want to use children as bait or for DHS to go off the chain even though she authored the legislation that allowed them to do just that and has supported Trump 100% of the time: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
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There's been lots of attention on 1 particular inexperienced & untrained govt lawyer
But I want to give a shout-out to Kira Kelley,
climatedefenseproject.org/profile/kira...,
who focused on ICE's horrific treatment of an immigrant prisoner -- all occurring *after* the court had ordered him released
But I want to give a shout-out to Kira Kelley,
climatedefenseproject.org/profile/kira...,
who focused on ICE's horrific treatment of an immigrant prisoner -- all occurring *after* the court had ordered him released
February 5, 2026 at 12:03 AM
There's been lots of attention on 1 particular inexperienced & untrained govt lawyer
But I want to give a shout-out to Kira Kelley,
climatedefenseproject.org/profile/kira...,
who focused on ICE's horrific treatment of an immigrant prisoner -- all occurring *after* the court had ordered him released
But I want to give a shout-out to Kira Kelley,
climatedefenseproject.org/profile/kira...,
who focused on ICE's horrific treatment of an immigrant prisoner -- all occurring *after* the court had ordered him released
That a company whose business “model” is “We buy Bitcoin so buy our stock” was taken seriously in some quarters — & still is — might be more absurd than anything we saw in the dotcom bubble.
www.barrons.com/articles/str...
www.barrons.com/articles/str...
February 5, 2026 at 12:19 PM
That a company whose business “model” is “We buy Bitcoin so buy our stock” was taken seriously in some quarters — & still is — might be more absurd than anything we saw in the dotcom bubble.
www.barrons.com/articles/str...
www.barrons.com/articles/str...
Average humans can’t be expected to research the strengths and flaws of any new product offered and make each careful choice.
That’s why we need regulation.
And on top of that, basic adherence to moral and social norms by powerful actors.
Oh well
That’s why we need regulation.
And on top of that, basic adherence to moral and social norms by powerful actors.
Oh well
Absolutely fascinating (and rather concerning): just spoke to some classic educated German middle class boomers - the ones who still read the newspaper and listen to public broadcast radio - and they had NEVER HEARD THAT AI HALLUCINATES!!
Like, they didn’t even know the concept 🤯
Like, they didn’t even know the concept 🤯
February 5, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Average humans can’t be expected to research the strengths and flaws of any new product offered and make each careful choice.
That’s why we need regulation.
And on top of that, basic adherence to moral and social norms by powerful actors.
Oh well
That’s why we need regulation.
And on top of that, basic adherence to moral and social norms by powerful actors.
Oh well
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We’re doing the silver plunge again huh
February 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
We’re doing the silver plunge again huh
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Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations ft.trib.al/H1vYT7B
Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations
Files released by US Department of Justice detailed his relationship with the child sex offender
ft.trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations ft.trib.al/H1vYT7B
Today, the Washington Post laid off more than 300 people.
If you think this is abt Jeff Bezos's concern that the paper losing money, you're wrong.
So wrong that you should be disqualified from expressing opinions in public.
Billionaires *like* losses. They *need* losses.
If you think this is abt Jeff Bezos's concern that the paper losing money, you're wrong.
So wrong that you should be disqualified from expressing opinions in public.
Billionaires *like* losses. They *need* losses.
February 5, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Today, the Washington Post laid off more than 300 people.
If you think this is abt Jeff Bezos's concern that the paper losing money, you're wrong.
So wrong that you should be disqualified from expressing opinions in public.
Billionaires *like* losses. They *need* losses.
If you think this is abt Jeff Bezos's concern that the paper losing money, you're wrong.
So wrong that you should be disqualified from expressing opinions in public.
Billionaires *like* losses. They *need* losses.
This is correct. But it also misses the point.
Normal humans find this hard to fathom but billionaires *like* losses. They *need* losses.
Losses provide ownership/control/power/entertainment while offsetting income and reducing taxes.
This isn’t about the Washington Post losing money.
Normal humans find this hard to fathom but billionaires *like* losses. They *need* losses.
Losses provide ownership/control/power/entertainment while offsetting income and reducing taxes.
This isn’t about the Washington Post losing money.
The entire annual operating losses of the Washington Post amount to a single-digit percentage of the everyday noise in the signal of its owner's finances
For scale, Bloomberg lists the most recent daily market fluctuation in Jeff Bezos' net worth as -$3.71 billion
February 4, 2026 at 11:49 PM
This is correct. But it also misses the point.
Normal humans find this hard to fathom but billionaires *like* losses. They *need* losses.
Losses provide ownership/control/power/entertainment while offsetting income and reducing taxes.
This isn’t about the Washington Post losing money.
Normal humans find this hard to fathom but billionaires *like* losses. They *need* losses.
Losses provide ownership/control/power/entertainment while offsetting income and reducing taxes.
This isn’t about the Washington Post losing money.
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Here's who the Washington Post just laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Here's who the Washington Post just laid off.