Stoic Thinker
@stoicthinker2025.bsky.social
Long-time American expat uni teacher. Reluctant returnee. IR, politics, history, philosophy, science, sociolinguistics, intercultural communication, deceptive language analysis. Always learning. Social democrat. Feminist. Global citizen. Happily married.
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We have all been thinking about this, Ghislaine.
November 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We have all been thinking about this, Ghislaine.
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I don't want to jump to any hasty conclusions here, but this email exchange from 2011 between Jeff Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell about Donald Trump having spent hours alone with an underage girl does seem like it might be bad for him.
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I don't want to jump to any hasty conclusions here, but this email exchange from 2011 between Jeff Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell about Donald Trump having spent hours alone with an underage girl does seem like it might be bad for him.
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Is this bad? I mean, offhand, I'd say it kind of seems bad.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Is this bad? I mean, offhand, I'd say it kind of seems bad.
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Robert Garcia says House Democrats are likely to release more Epstein-related documents later today and adds, "we want to know why Donald Trump spent the entire campaign saying he would release the files and now that he's in the White House, there's a massive coverup going on."
November 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Robert Garcia says House Democrats are likely to release more Epstein-related documents later today and adds, "we want to know why Donald Trump spent the entire campaign saying he would release the files and now that he's in the White House, there's a massive coverup going on."
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I guess we know why Trump, Bondi, Patel and Mike Johnson have been covering up the Epstein files. I’m sure there is a whole lot more and a whole lot worse.
November 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I guess we know why Trump, Bondi, Patel and Mike Johnson have been covering up the Epstein files. I’m sure there is a whole lot more and a whole lot worse.
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🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
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But Joyce, have you considered the possibility that Doc Brown transported the emails back in time in his DeLorean?
Epstein wrote in emails, at least one back in 2011 when there would have been little incentive to lie, that Trump knew about what he was doing with girls www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
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November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
But Joyce, have you considered the possibility that Doc Brown transported the emails back in time in his DeLorean?
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Apropos of nothing in particular:
Have any of you guys ever seen the movie "Wag the Dog"?
Have any of you guys ever seen the movie "Wag the Dog"?
The U.S. Navy’s largest aircraft carrier arrived in waters near Latin America on Tuesday, expanding the American military’s buildup as the Trump administration seeks to ratchet up the pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Arrival of U.S.’s Largest Warship Ratchets Up Pressure on Venezuela
The USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group is in waters off Latin America, as the buildup of U.S. forces continues in the Caribbean.
on.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Apropos of nothing in particular:
Have any of you guys ever seen the movie "Wag the Dog"?
Have any of you guys ever seen the movie "Wag the Dog"?
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Gotta give my friend @edwardluce.bsky.social credit: He published this column in the @financialtimes.com in the wee hours this morning in London, and it's now almost lunchtime in Washington and it has already aged like a bottle of 1869 Château Lafite Rothschild.
“Are you still talking about Epstein?” Trump keeps asking. Epstein is a “dead issue”, he says. The man stays dead but his issue is very much alive. That is because the system that protected Epstein has still not been held to account." My column. on.ft.com/43p8IhQ
Epstein is not going away
[FREE TO READ] The issue is Trump’s Achilles heel — and the US president knows it
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November 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Gotta give my friend @edwardluce.bsky.social credit: He published this column in the @financialtimes.com in the wee hours this morning in London, and it's now almost lunchtime in Washington and it has already aged like a bottle of 1869 Château Lafite Rothschild.
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Lest there be any insinuation that Dems spared their own. It would be tough for Kathy Ruemmler—Obama’s WH Counsel from 2011 to mid-2014—to come off looking worse in these docs the committee Dems released. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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Kathy Ruemmler
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jeffrey E. ljeevacation@gmail.com]
Re:
Importance: High
Doesn't look like you are prioritizing your schedule very effeetively.....how are you going to manage all of that? this is unga week so the boss will be in town too....l'Il be here all week -- you may get sick of me....just sat down on the train so can't talk freely.
On Sep 19, 2014 7:48 AM, "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
"girls?", careful i will renew an old habit, . this week, thiel, summers, bill burns, gordon brown, jagland, ( council of curope and nobel chairman). mongolia pres, hardeep puree (india), boris ( gates). jabor (qatar ). sultan (dubai, ), kosslyn (harvard), leon black, woody. you are a welcome guest at any... also if you think there are interesting people in town, everyone here for climate summit, clinton security council, holy shit im on
for next 30 minutes
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Kathy Ruemmler -
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Most girls do not have to worry about this crap.
On Sep 19, 20147:09 AM, "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
understood. it comes down to high risk / reward / low risk / reward. professional, cmotional. and financial
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 6:15 AM, Kathy Ruemmler
Agreed, but I need to be prepared to say yes before I talk to him.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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A normal reaction to today's news, dear Nancy, would be to express shock and horror at the significant possibility that the president of the United States is a child molester.
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
A normal reaction to today's news, dear Nancy, would be to express shock and horror at the significant possibility that the president of the United States is a child molester.
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An important side note about today's Epstein/Trump revelations.
They show that Todd Blanche's questioning of Maxwell was either (a) completely incompetent; or (b) intentionally crafted not to elicit facts incriminating Trump.
Either way, he is not fit to serve as Deputy Attorney General.
They show that Todd Blanche's questioning of Maxwell was either (a) completely incompetent; or (b) intentionally crafted not to elicit facts incriminating Trump.
Either way, he is not fit to serve as Deputy Attorney General.
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
An important side note about today's Epstein/Trump revelations.
They show that Todd Blanche's questioning of Maxwell was either (a) completely incompetent; or (b) intentionally crafted not to elicit facts incriminating Trump.
Either way, he is not fit to serve as Deputy Attorney General.
They show that Todd Blanche's questioning of Maxwell was either (a) completely incompetent; or (b) intentionally crafted not to elicit facts incriminating Trump.
Either way, he is not fit to serve as Deputy Attorney General.
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Todd Blanche would have had these emails before interviewing Maxwell. Why didn’t he question her directly about her exchanges? Why did he not follow up when she said things that were onviously a lie?? This shows that was a performance intended to dupe the public and benefit her (and Trump)
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Todd Blanche would have had these emails before interviewing Maxwell. Why didn’t he question her directly about her exchanges? Why did he not follow up when she said things that were onviously a lie?? This shows that was a performance intended to dupe the public and benefit her (and Trump)
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Exactly. He should resign.
Todd Blanche would have had these emails before interviewing Maxwell. Why didn’t he question her directly about her exchanges? Why did he not follow up when she said things that were onviously a lie?? This shows that was a performance intended to dupe the public and benefit her (and Trump)
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Exactly. He should resign.
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Correct. He, and they, can't help themselves.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Correct. He, and they, can't help themselves.
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You can read the emails yourself:
Trump is in the files.
He "knew about the girls."
He spent time with the victims.
He was involved in the coverup.
He was "the dog that hasn't barked."
The government can no longer be complicit in this coverup. Release the files.
Trump is in the files.
He "knew about the girls."
He spent time with the victims.
He was involved in the coverup.
He was "the dog that hasn't barked."
The government can no longer be complicit in this coverup. Release the files.
🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
You can read the emails yourself:
Trump is in the files.
He "knew about the girls."
He spent time with the victims.
He was involved in the coverup.
He was "the dog that hasn't barked."
The government can no longer be complicit in this coverup. Release the files.
Trump is in the files.
He "knew about the girls."
He spent time with the victims.
He was involved in the coverup.
He was "the dog that hasn't barked."
The government can no longer be complicit in this coverup. Release the files.
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These are hard words to type, but: Lauren Boebert is right.
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
These are hard words to type, but: Lauren Boebert is right.
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BREAKING: Grijalva has signed the Epstein Files discharge petition. It doesn't appear that Mace or Boebert have removed their names.
November 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
BREAKING: Grijalva has signed the Epstein Files discharge petition. It doesn't appear that Mace or Boebert have removed their names.
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Charges Include Racial Profiling,
Unlawful Detention and Much
More Against Chump's ICE
Terrorists.......
Unlawful Detention and Much
More Against Chump's ICE
Terrorists.......
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Charges Include Racial Profiling,
Unlawful Detention and Much
More Against Chump's ICE
Terrorists.......
Unlawful Detention and Much
More Against Chump's ICE
Terrorists.......
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Ok, so, let me try to understand: that senator now voted for the Epstein files to come out. Then there will be proof the orange sleepy scarecrow is a pedophile.
Then what? I mean, everybody already KNOWS this, but will that be enough for ANYTHING to happen, like actually happen?
Then what? I mean, everybody already KNOWS this, but will that be enough for ANYTHING to happen, like actually happen?
November 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Ok, so, let me try to understand: that senator now voted for the Epstein files to come out. Then there will be proof the orange sleepy scarecrow is a pedophile.
Then what? I mean, everybody already KNOWS this, but will that be enough for ANYTHING to happen, like actually happen?
Then what? I mean, everybody already KNOWS this, but will that be enough for ANYTHING to happen, like actually happen?