Jen Taub
@jentaub.bsky.social
Law professor & author of BIG DIRTY MONEY and OTHER PEOPLE’S HOUSES
Host of LIVE morning news show https://www.youtube.com/@jentaub
Host of LIVE morning news show https://www.youtube.com/@jentaub
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Jen Taub
@jentaub.bsky.social
· Nov 12
📌 Kvelling here. A glowing review by @JamesStewartNYT of BIG DIRTY MONEY appears in print in the New York Times Book Review on page 10 today, Sunday, November 29, 2020.
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This story is wild. Worth every word. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/s...
She Tried to Kill a President. He Loved Her Anyway.
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:57 AM
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"I doubt Senator Kelly will see this blog, and if he does see it, I imagine he will not be pleased with it. He’ll probably find it embarrassing. His humility likely makes him bristle at stuff like this. Well, that’s just too damn bad, Senator."
The Extraordinary Military Career of Mark Kelly
Good lord, has this man done a lot.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:13 AM
"I doubt Senator Kelly will see this blog, and if he does see it, I imagine he will not be pleased with it. He’ll probably find it embarrassing. His humility likely makes him bristle at stuff like this. Well, that’s just too damn bad, Senator."
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JUST IN: DOJ says it has finished reviewing *less than 1%* of the Epstein Files for potential release.
Only 12,285 documents have been released while more than 2 million remain under review.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Only 12,285 documents have been released while more than 2 million remain under review.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 6, 2026 at 3:14 AM
JUST IN: DOJ says it has finished reviewing *less than 1%* of the Epstein Files for potential release.
Only 12,285 documents have been released while more than 2 million remain under review.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Only 12,285 documents have been released while more than 2 million remain under review.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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IMO the argument is that you can make things into big enough deals that it matters. Khanna found Massey and found survivors and made the Epstein Files the gigantic story it should be. Only then did establishment Dems come along. You can, in fact, make things into big hairy deals if you do it right.
if you want the Senate to do something, Senate Republicans must do something.
People are dunking on this but I'm not really sure what plays Schumer has other than to try to peel off Rs.
People are dunking on this but I'm not really sure what plays Schumer has other than to try to peel off Rs.
Schumer: "Republicans must -- if there was ever a time, they must step up to the plate. This is the time. And if they don't, they're gonna feel the heat from their constituents."
January 6, 2026 at 1:24 AM
IMO the argument is that you can make things into big enough deals that it matters. Khanna found Massey and found survivors and made the Epstein Files the gigantic story it should be. Only then did establishment Dems come along. You can, in fact, make things into big hairy deals if you do it right.
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If it's such a great treasure, why are both Miller and Rubio treating Venezuela like a steaming hot potato?
COLLINS: Stephen, you're part of the group the president has said is running Venezuela. What are your day to day responsibilities?
STEPHEN MILLER: ... heh heh. The president has asked Rubio to be the lead
C: But what are you specifically doing?
M: I don't want to talk too much about myself
STEPHEN MILLER: ... heh heh. The president has asked Rubio to be the lead
C: But what are you specifically doing?
M: I don't want to talk too much about myself
January 6, 2026 at 2:44 AM
If it's such a great treasure, why are both Miller and Rubio treating Venezuela like a steaming hot potato?
Oh
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
January 6, 2026 at 4:38 AM
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Here's an email from Dershowitz to someone in the US Attorney's Office about backing off the sheriff's treatment of Epstein. #doj #epstein files 👀⚖️
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
January 6, 2026 at 4:36 AM
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Miller & Rubio are great at talking & that’s about all they are good for…
They are terrified of actually leading Venezuela 😬
They are terrified of actually leading Venezuela 😬
January 6, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Miller & Rubio are great at talking & that’s about all they are good for…
They are terrified of actually leading Venezuela 😬
They are terrified of actually leading Venezuela 😬
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Oh my God.
President Miller
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 6, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Oh my God.
Perhaps someone should ask Bondi whether her understanding of the president's powers comports with SCOTUS in Fleming v. Page, 50 U.S. 603 (1850).
And yes, it's painful to quote Chief Justice Taney
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And yes, it's painful to quote Chief Justice Taney
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At some point, I would love to see an interviewer ask someone from the Trump administration which specific portion of Article II they are relying on.
Pam Bondi: "This was well within the president's Article 2 powers. It was a law enforcement function to arrest indicted individuals in Venezuela."
January 6, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Perhaps someone should ask Bondi whether her understanding of the president's powers comports with SCOTUS in Fleming v. Page, 50 U.S. 603 (1850).
And yes, it's painful to quote Chief Justice Taney
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And yes, it's painful to quote Chief Justice Taney
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Just a small note from the annals of parental loss, I beg y'all to put together a comprehensive document for your family of where your assets are and how things like that work in your head.
January 6, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Just a small note from the annals of parental loss, I beg y'all to put together a comprehensive document for your family of where your assets are and how things like that work in your head.
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Hannity: Did you at any point offered to give him the Nobel peace prize?
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
January 6, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Hannity: Did you at any point offered to give him the Nobel peace prize?
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
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Personally I'm counting on the Great Pumpkin to fix this
Schumer: "Republicans must -- if there was ever a time, they must step up to the plate. This is the time. And if they don't, they're gonna feel the heat from their constituents."
January 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Personally I'm counting on the Great Pumpkin to fix this
If it's such a great treasure, why are both Miller and Rubio treating Venezuela like a steaming hot potato?
COLLINS: Stephen, you're part of the group the president has said is running Venezuela. What are your day to day responsibilities?
STEPHEN MILLER: ... heh heh. The president has asked Rubio to be the lead
C: But what are you specifically doing?
M: I don't want to talk too much about myself
STEPHEN MILLER: ... heh heh. The president has asked Rubio to be the lead
C: But what are you specifically doing?
M: I don't want to talk too much about myself
January 6, 2026 at 2:44 AM
If it's such a great treasure, why are both Miller and Rubio treating Venezuela like a steaming hot potato?
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CNN put together a montage of Trump being vocally against regime change before he fell in love with it
January 6, 2026 at 2:09 AM
CNN put together a montage of Trump being vocally against regime change before he fell in love with it
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Venezuela isn't about fentanyl or national security. It's about oil and Epstein.
January 6, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Venezuela isn't about fentanyl or national security. It's about oil and Epstein.
Indeed
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Indeed
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My friend @charlotteclymer.bsky.social has written about Mark Kelly’s distinguished military career. This is not to be missed. open.substack.com/pub/charlott...
The Extraordinary Military Career of Mark Kelly
Good lord, has this man done a lot.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:25 AM
My friend @charlotteclymer.bsky.social has written about Mark Kelly’s distinguished military career. This is not to be missed. open.substack.com/pub/charlott...
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Pretending that this little man knows what to say beyond whatever Trump told him to say yesterday is a fool’s errand.
Speaker Johnson: "This is not a regime change. This is a demand for a change of behavior by a regime...We don't expect direct involvement in any other way beyond just coercing the new interim government to get that going."
January 6, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Pretending that this little man knows what to say beyond whatever Trump told him to say yesterday is a fool’s errand.
Charming
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 6, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Charming
President Miller
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 6, 2026 at 2:40 AM
President Miller
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The current flu out there is seriously brutal. Everybody needs to be vaccinated against flu and COVID-19 too—no matter what propaganda is being spread by RFK Jr. When the health secretary gives medical advice, get a second opinion.
Flu is rising rapidly, driven by a new variant. Here's what to know
Flu is rising rapidly across the U.S., driven by a new variant of the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday that after a slow start to flu season in early December, mu...
apnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM
The current flu out there is seriously brutal. Everybody needs to be vaccinated against flu and COVID-19 too—no matter what propaganda is being spread by RFK Jr. When the health secretary gives medical advice, get a second opinion.
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MacCALLUM: You have about 100,000 dying from drug overdoses, most of those drugs from from Venezuela and other places
CROW: That's actually not true. The majority of the deaths by drugs in America are the result of meth and fentanyl. Almost none of that comes from Venezuela
CROW: That's actually not true. The majority of the deaths by drugs in America are the result of meth and fentanyl. Almost none of that comes from Venezuela
January 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
MacCALLUM: You have about 100,000 dying from drug overdoses, most of those drugs from from Venezuela and other places
CROW: That's actually not true. The majority of the deaths by drugs in America are the result of meth and fentanyl. Almost none of that comes from Venezuela
CROW: That's actually not true. The majority of the deaths by drugs in America are the result of meth and fentanyl. Almost none of that comes from Venezuela
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We all know this was not about drugs.
Next.
Next.
MacCALLUM: You have about 100,000 dying from drug overdoses, most of those drugs from from Venezuela and other places
CROW: That's actually not true. The majority of the deaths by drugs in America are the result of meth and fentanyl. Almost none of that comes from Venezuela
CROW: That's actually not true. The majority of the deaths by drugs in America are the result of meth and fentanyl. Almost none of that comes from Venezuela
January 5, 2026 at 8:43 PM
We all know this was not about drugs.
Next.
Next.