Jon Pennington
@jonpennington.bsky.social
Pro-labor, liberalish, leftish, semi-normie antifascist
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10/ And now the second part of a mandatory pre-reporting analysis:
(b) “Legal experts have consistently identified Trump as acting, with respect to all matters concerning Epstein, with what criminal defense attorneys call ‘consciousness of guilt.’ This includes systemic lying about provable facts.”
(b) “Legal experts have consistently identified Trump as acting, with respect to all matters concerning Epstein, with what criminal defense attorneys call ‘consciousness of guilt.’ This includes systemic lying about provable facts.”
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
10/ And now the second part of a mandatory pre-reporting analysis:
(b) “Legal experts have consistently identified Trump as acting, with respect to all matters concerning Epstein, with what criminal defense attorneys call ‘consciousness of guilt.’ This includes systemic lying about provable facts.”
(b) “Legal experts have consistently identified Trump as acting, with respect to all matters concerning Epstein, with what criminal defense attorneys call ‘consciousness of guilt.’ This includes systemic lying about provable facts.”
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9/ Then we move to the first level of pre-reporting analysis—a two-part frame that *must* be put around new reporting but isn’t conclusive reportage.
(a) “There is substantial evidence, from court filings, video statements, and testimony from Trump employees, that he has slept with underage girls.”
(a) “There is substantial evidence, from court filings, video statements, and testimony from Trump employees, that he has slept with underage girls.”
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
9/ Then we move to the first level of pre-reporting analysis—a two-part frame that *must* be put around new reporting but isn’t conclusive reportage.
(a) “There is substantial evidence, from court filings, video statements, and testimony from Trump employees, that he has slept with underage girls.”
(a) “There is substantial evidence, from court filings, video statements, and testimony from Trump employees, that he has slept with underage girls.”
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As a Wall Street CEO, Frank Bisignano cashed out to the tune of $500 MILLION — and his former company faces questions about its financial reporting.
Now, he's Donald Trump's head of Social Security.
Did Bisignano mislead investors and Americans?
I'm pressing for answers.
Now, he's Donald Trump's head of Social Security.
Did Bisignano mislead investors and Americans?
I'm pressing for answers.
Exclusive | Senate Democrats Want Fiserv to Detail Trump Official’s Tenure
The payments company said it wouldn’t hit financial targets set by executives including Frank Bisignano, who now heads the Social Security Administration.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
As a Wall Street CEO, Frank Bisignano cashed out to the tune of $500 MILLION — and his former company faces questions about its financial reporting.
Now, he's Donald Trump's head of Social Security.
Did Bisignano mislead investors and Americans?
I'm pressing for answers.
Now, he's Donald Trump's head of Social Security.
Did Bisignano mislead investors and Americans?
I'm pressing for answers.
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it is absolutely horrifying that this creep is outright saying border patrol is arresting people for quotas and not cause. out loud. to the news. on tv. he's literally saying they're intentionally jailing people indefinitely for nothing and no one with power is changing that
Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
November 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
it is absolutely horrifying that this creep is outright saying border patrol is arresting people for quotas and not cause. out loud. to the news. on tv. he's literally saying they're intentionally jailing people indefinitely for nothing and no one with power is changing that
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NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
WH claims 'inflation tamed,' per DoorDash stats. Company says that's not in its report.
It comes the same week we learned the WH would likely not release key economic reports for October.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
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8/ Which brings us to the third level of necessary Trump-Epstein context: “Epstein’s failed plot to bring a veneer of legality to his child sex trafficking operation was modeled on Trump Models—which was accused of human trafficking and in its early days used the Plaza Hotel to pimp underage girls.”
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
8/ Which brings us to the third level of necessary Trump-Epstein context: “Epstein’s failed plot to bring a veneer of legality to his child sex trafficking operation was modeled on Trump Models—which was accused of human trafficking and in its early days used the Plaza Hotel to pimp underage girls.”
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1/ First, the indisputable context. Major-media journalists who omit the context are committing malpractice in the age of metajournalism.
“Donald Trump, the convicted felon and adjudicated rapist who has faced 67 discrete allegations of sexual misconduct and has regularly expressed attraction to...
“Donald Trump, the convicted felon and adjudicated rapist who has faced 67 discrete allegations of sexual misconduct and has regularly expressed attraction to...
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
1/ First, the indisputable context. Major-media journalists who omit the context are committing malpractice in the age of metajournalism.
“Donald Trump, the convicted felon and adjudicated rapist who has faced 67 discrete allegations of sexual misconduct and has regularly expressed attraction to...
“Donald Trump, the convicted felon and adjudicated rapist who has faced 67 discrete allegations of sexual misconduct and has regularly expressed attraction to...
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An immigration advocate who registered to vote in Pennsylvania for the first time this fall says she is “full of hope and happiness” because Sheriff Fred Harran, who has closely partnered with ICE, was defeated, thanks in part to her vote.
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
An immigration advocate who registered to vote in Pennsylvania for the first time this fall says she is “full of hope and happiness” because Sheriff Fred Harran, who has closely partnered with ICE, was defeated, thanks in part to her vote.
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Yet somehow, William Barr's dad (who wrote a pedophilia-coded sci-fi novel, BTW) felt it was appropriate to hire Epstein as an English teacher at his prep school. Funny that.
Epstein writes like someone who is not fluent in English or someone who is extremely illiterate.
This email is damning for #TheFelonTrump
This email is damning for #TheFelonTrump
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Yet somehow, William Barr's dad (who wrote a pedophilia-coded sci-fi novel, BTW) felt it was appropriate to hire Epstein as an English teacher at his prep school. Funny that.
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The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
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What makes people furious is of course how the NYT uses its own wide discretion about what to pursue, what to beat the drum on, when to have qualms about running with something, and when to just put it out there. There’s the rules, and then there’s the rules about when you apply the rules.
here at the Paper of Record, when an open white supremacist leaks someone's college application in an attempt to imply he got unfair race-based special treatment, even though he was rejected, we know what to do: publish it immediately prospect.org/2025/07/09/2...
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
What makes people furious is of course how the NYT uses its own wide discretion about what to pursue, what to beat the drum on, when to have qualms about running with something, and when to just put it out there. There’s the rules, and then there’s the rules about when you apply the rules.
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The new Epstein emails make it clear Trump knew exactly who Epstein was and what he was doing. Trump lied about their relationship for years. This is not about politics. It is about right and wrong. If Congress cannot act now, when will they? Impeachment is overdue.
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The new Epstein emails make it clear Trump knew exactly who Epstein was and what he was doing. Trump lied about their relationship for years. This is not about politics. It is about right and wrong. If Congress cannot act now, when will they? Impeachment is overdue.
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If Donald Trump is taken down by emails and a child sex ring...
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If Donald Trump is taken down by emails and a child sex ring...
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Thinking about how one of the first Epstein victims was trans and got relentlessly mocked in the media when she spoke up www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/when...
When a trans woman first accused Jeffrey Epstein of rape, the media mocked her - LGBTQ Nation
The New York Post called her a "man" and a "gender-bend shocker."
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Thinking about how one of the first Epstein victims was trans and got relentlessly mocked in the media when she spoke up www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/when...
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See, I told you. I TOLD YOU that the freaking filibuster is why the Democrats caved in and gave Republicans everything they wanted!
Democrats sold out the country for an institutional privilege that doesn't even help them.
Democrats sold out the country for an institutional privilege that doesn't even help them.
November 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
See, I told you. I TOLD YOU that the freaking filibuster is why the Democrats caved in and gave Republicans everything they wanted!
Democrats sold out the country for an institutional privilege that doesn't even help them.
Democrats sold out the country for an institutional privilege that doesn't even help them.
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Someone really should write about how the Court is applying the standards one way in Trump cases and one way in non-Trump cases.
E.g., papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
E.g., papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Supreme Court's (Self-Defeating) Supremacy
This essay, prepared for the 2025 volume of <i>The Supreme Court Review</i>, seeks to provide a holistic account of the Supreme Court’s behavior on emergency ap
papers.ssrn.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Someone really should write about how the Court is applying the standards one way in Trump cases and one way in non-Trump cases.
E.g., papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
E.g., papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Some of these people are lawyers; the rest are intimately (phrasing) familiar with courtrooms and lawyers in their professional lives. They didn't put this stuff in writing because they're naive or ignorant; they did it because they have no fear of consequences. None at all.
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Some of these people are lawyers; the rest are intimately (phrasing) familiar with courtrooms and lawyers in their professional lives. They didn't put this stuff in writing because they're naive or ignorant; they did it because they have no fear of consequences. None at all.
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The crisis of elite impunity that is ruining our society cannot be more clearly or convincingly demonstrated than with the fact that all of these people wrote all this stuff into an email and hit Send.
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The crisis of elite impunity that is ruining our society cannot be more clearly or convincingly demonstrated than with the fact that all of these people wrote all this stuff into an email and hit Send.
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Obama fervently believes in the household analogy and it was epically disastrous both economically and politically in a way that we still haven’t wrestled with as a country & Democrats certainly haven’t as a party, in part bc that would require rethinking their rose-colored views of Obama himself:
As I've said before, we've never seriously wrestled with Obama's (& Clinton's) utterly horrible fiscal policies, because Trump's & GWB's fiscal policies were so obviously & clownishly bad that O/C got free passes for totally embracing the household analogy & the deficit hackery.
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Obama fervently believes in the household analogy and it was epically disastrous both economically and politically in a way that we still haven’t wrestled with as a country & Democrats certainly haven’t as a party, in part bc that would require rethinking their rose-colored views of Obama himself:
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Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
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You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique