Jodi Breckenridge Petit
@jodibp.bsky.social
Debate and discourse; Democrat; interested in education (on the school board), national security; and science; Jayhawk.
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"I did not think that the case could get worse than what I learned in 2009," Mitchell Epner, a former federal prosecutor who handed sex trafficking cases, told USA TODAY. "For the last 16 years, it has only gotten worse. ... They have exposed the victims and protected the perpetrators."
Officials say they want more Epstein accountability. What they can do
USA TODAY spoke to officials and victim lawyers about how Congress and the DOJ can bring transparency and accountability to the Jeffrey Epstein case.
www.usatoday.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
"I did not think that the case could get worse than what I learned in 2009," Mitchell Epner, a former federal prosecutor who handed sex trafficking cases, told USA TODAY. "For the last 16 years, it has only gotten worse. ... They have exposed the victims and protected the perpetrators."
‘They should not be anonymous. They should be identifiable. And they have to have rules of engagement that don’t allow them to terrorize and intimidate, harass and assault U.S. citizens and other people,”
We believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked agents fired 10 shots at Alex Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed.
Read our full story: https://propub.li/4qUNfXH
Read our full story: https://propub.li/4qUNfXH
February 5, 2026 at 4:43 AM
‘They should not be anonymous. They should be identifiable. And they have to have rules of engagement that don’t allow them to terrorize and intimidate, harass and assault U.S. citizens and other people,”
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Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
February 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
Yes! Tools for political leverage!
February 4, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Yes! Tools for political leverage!
“we chose mockery as a deliberate tactic,”
February 3, 2026 at 10:46 PM
“we chose mockery as a deliberate tactic,”
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"Secretary Noem complains of strains unlawful immigrants place on our immigration-enforcement system.
Her answer?
Turn 352,959 lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight."
- Bingo, Judge Reyes!
Her answer?
Turn 352,959 lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight."
- Bingo, Judge Reyes!
February 3, 2026 at 1:11 AM
"Secretary Noem complains of strains unlawful immigrants place on our immigration-enforcement system.
Her answer?
Turn 352,959 lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight."
- Bingo, Judge Reyes!
Her answer?
Turn 352,959 lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight."
- Bingo, Judge Reyes!
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When they say Me Too "went too far," they mean "got too close."
January 31, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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The Department of Justice has become Trump's personal legal counsel:
January 30, 2026 at 4:37 PM
The Department of Justice has become Trump's personal legal counsel:
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Barely a few hours after President Donald Trump named him as the next nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh was revealed to be in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case files.
Trump's Fed chair pick named in Epstein files just hours after his nomination
Barely a few hours after President Donald Trump named him as the next nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh was revealed to be in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case files.According to The New Republic, "Warsh’s name appears to be on an emailed list of guests to 'St. Barth’s Christm...
bit.ly
January 30, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Barely a few hours after President Donald Trump named him as the next nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh was revealed to be in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case files.
‘The ideology where the solution to insecurity is always control, never growth’
A man of quality isn't threatened by a woman's equality. Pls read, subscribe & share: johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...
January 29, 2026 at 5:45 PM
‘The ideology where the solution to insecurity is always control, never growth’
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"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
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Tim Walz did a WSJ op-ed yesterday that I missed.
It debunks key lies:
>ICE said it was too busy invading to pick up child predator in Cottonwood
>MN has 207 non-citizens in jails, not 1360
>"Worst of worst" arrested by MN and turned over before invasion
www.wsj.com/opinion/tim-...
It debunks key lies:
>ICE said it was too busy invading to pick up child predator in Cottonwood
>MN has 207 non-citizens in jails, not 1360
>"Worst of worst" arrested by MN and turned over before invasion
www.wsj.com/opinion/tim-...
Opinion | Tim Walz: The Un-American Assault on Minnesota
Federal officials are lying. My state’s Corrections Department honors all immigration detainers.
www.wsj.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Tim Walz did a WSJ op-ed yesterday that I missed.
It debunks key lies:
>ICE said it was too busy invading to pick up child predator in Cottonwood
>MN has 207 non-citizens in jails, not 1360
>"Worst of worst" arrested by MN and turned over before invasion
www.wsj.com/opinion/tim-...
It debunks key lies:
>ICE said it was too busy invading to pick up child predator in Cottonwood
>MN has 207 non-citizens in jails, not 1360
>"Worst of worst" arrested by MN and turned over before invasion
www.wsj.com/opinion/tim-...
‘You really can’t overstate how much the Founders worried about . . . exactly what we’re seeing in Minneapolis.’
New at The Watch:
I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution.
They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution.
They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
Two cities under siege
Remarkably similar scenes from Boston and Minneapolis, 260 years apart, show a federal government betraying its founding principles.
open.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:28 AM
‘You really can’t overstate how much the Founders worried about . . . exactly what we’re seeing in Minneapolis.’
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Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling on ICE: "They are an undisciplined militia and the leadership is awful...This is not policing and it's not military service. It's something dangerously undefined."
January 26, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling on ICE: "They are an undisciplined militia and the leadership is awful...This is not policing and it's not military service. It's something dangerously undefined."
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Great. Everything is so fucked that somehow I agree with Greenwald.
He nails it here, though.
He nails it here, though.
January 26, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Great. Everything is so fucked that somehow I agree with Greenwald.
He nails it here, though.
He nails it here, though.
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Bondi's letter—essentially offering to stop attacking and murdering citizens in Minnesota in exchange for the state's voter rolls—shows what Trump, Miller et al. are really after:
They want to fuck with the nation's elections so that they never have to cede power or answer for their crimes.
They want to fuck with the nation's elections so that they never have to cede power or answer for their crimes.
In the wake of another fatal shooting in Minneapolis.
AG Pam Bondi sends Gov. Walz a letter today making several asks including:
"Allow DOJ Civil Rights division access to state voter rolls"
AG Pam Bondi sends Gov. Walz a letter today making several asks including:
"Allow DOJ Civil Rights division access to state voter rolls"
January 25, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Bondi's letter—essentially offering to stop attacking and murdering citizens in Minnesota in exchange for the state's voter rolls—shows what Trump, Miller et al. are really after:
They want to fuck with the nation's elections so that they never have to cede power or answer for their crimes.
They want to fuck with the nation's elections so that they never have to cede power or answer for their crimes.
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Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
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I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
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Witkoff has had 8 or 9 meetings with Putin.
With Zelensky? 0
With Zelensky? 0
January 22, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Witkoff has had 8 or 9 meetings with Putin.
With Zelensky? 0
With Zelensky? 0
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Jack Smith: "We had so many witnesses. Some of the most powerful witnesses were fellow Republicans who had voted for Donald Trump, campaigned for him, and wanted him to win the election."
January 22, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Jack Smith: "We had so many witnesses. Some of the most powerful witnesses were fellow Republicans who had voted for Donald Trump, campaigned for him, and wanted him to win the election."
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Danish pension fund to sell 100 million in treasury bonds because of what it calls “poor US government finances”
If Trump keeps pissing people off, they’re *all* going to dump their bonds and tank our economy.
www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/01/...
If Trump keeps pissing people off, they’re *all* going to dump their bonds and tank our economy.
www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/01/...
Danish pension fund to sell $100 million in Treasurys, citing 'poor' U.S. government finances
AkademikerPension's move comes amid increasing tensions between Denmark and the U.S. over Greenland.
www.cnbc.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Danish pension fund to sell 100 million in treasury bonds because of what it calls “poor US government finances”
If Trump keeps pissing people off, they’re *all* going to dump their bonds and tank our economy.
www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/01/...
If Trump keeps pissing people off, they’re *all* going to dump their bonds and tank our economy.
www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/01/...
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NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 20, 2026 at 6:53 PM
NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Clear and candid: taxes.
January 21, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Clear and candid: taxes.
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We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
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Please do not refer to this "Board of Peace" as a UN-like entity.
It is a Mar-a-Lago Club / Rose Garden Club inspired membership with ONE person collecting fees, ONE person being in charge with neither citizens nor leaders having ANY say about anything.
Let's keep our heads on a swivel. Please.
It is a Mar-a-Lago Club / Rose Garden Club inspired membership with ONE person collecting fees, ONE person being in charge with neither citizens nor leaders having ANY say about anything.
Let's keep our heads on a swivel. Please.
January 20, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Please do not refer to this "Board of Peace" as a UN-like entity.
It is a Mar-a-Lago Club / Rose Garden Club inspired membership with ONE person collecting fees, ONE person being in charge with neither citizens nor leaders having ANY say about anything.
Let's keep our heads on a swivel. Please.
It is a Mar-a-Lago Club / Rose Garden Club inspired membership with ONE person collecting fees, ONE person being in charge with neither citizens nor leaders having ANY say about anything.
Let's keep our heads on a swivel. Please.