Jerry Weinstein
@tummler.bsky.social
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Jerry Weinstein
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· Aug 4
Jeffrey Epstein Was a ‘Terrific Guy,’ Donald Trump Once Said. Now He’s ‘Not a Fan.’ (Published 2019)
www.nytimes.com
So, a little digging reveals:
It was not actually Michael Wolff, but Annie Karni & Maggie Haberman who reported in a 2019 NYT piece that Epstein HIMSELF claimed to have made the Melanie/Donny intro.
www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/u...
Perhaps @anniekarni.bsky.social can clear up the matter.
It was not actually Michael Wolff, but Annie Karni & Maggie Haberman who reported in a 2019 NYT piece that Epstein HIMSELF claimed to have made the Melanie/Donny intro.
www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/u...
Perhaps @anniekarni.bsky.social can clear up the matter.
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Just read this as well. I've never thought one could sanitize child rape and trafficking as a rich boys just being rich boys spat. We are fucked.
December 31, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Just read this as well. I've never thought one could sanitize child rape and trafficking as a rich boys just being rich boys spat. We are fucked.
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Just like his grandpappy did in Canada many years ago.
December 31, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Just like his grandpappy did in Canada many years ago.
Yep.
I, too, read this as retconning Trump’s alibi.
He was a sex trafficker to a sex trafficker. (Allegedly.)
@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
I, too, read this as retconning Trump’s alibi.
He was a sex trafficker to a sex trafficker. (Allegedly.)
@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
WSJ breaks significant news reporting that Mar-a-Lago’s spa *for years* regularly sent young staffers to Epstein’s home purportedly to give him massages, contorts its scoop to find a more flattering angle for Trump, and still gets an icy blast of a comment from Leavitt. www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...
Exclusive | The Incident That Prompted Trump to Ban Epstein From Mar-a-Lago’s Spa
Mar-a-Lago sent an 18-year-old spa worker on a house call to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. She complained to her bosses that Epstein pressured her for sex.
www.wsj.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Yep.
I, too, read this as retconning Trump’s alibi.
He was a sex trafficker to a sex trafficker. (Allegedly.)
@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
I, too, read this as retconning Trump’s alibi.
He was a sex trafficker to a sex trafficker. (Allegedly.)
@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
You’re too generous
Cry harder about ruining an American institution we used to be proud of, you stupid quisling bitch.
December 31, 2025 at 3:02 AM
You’re too generous
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BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
December 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
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No president has ever made the United States less respected. We're being disrespected like never before. It's incredible. Many people are saying.
Unfortunately, it isn't funny, but we can laugh at him at least. lnk.thebulwark.com/4seItFL
Unfortunately, it isn't funny, but we can laugh at him at least. lnk.thebulwark.com/4seItFL
Somebody Needs to Tell Trump Everybody Is Laughing at Him
His worst fear has already come true.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
No president has ever made the United States less respected. We're being disrespected like never before. It's incredible. Many people are saying.
Unfortunately, it isn't funny, but we can laugh at him at least. lnk.thebulwark.com/4seItFL
Unfortunately, it isn't funny, but we can laugh at him at least. lnk.thebulwark.com/4seItFL
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honestly I think it’s heartwarming that it’s still possible to milkshake duck as an internationally known icon posthumously at age 91
Chappell Roan shares follow-up story after deleting Brigitte Bardot tribute post:
“Holy shit i did not know all that insane shit Ms. Bardot stood for obvs I do not condone this. very disappointing to learn.”
“Holy shit i did not know all that insane shit Ms. Bardot stood for obvs I do not condone this. very disappointing to learn.”
December 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
honestly I think it’s heartwarming that it’s still possible to milkshake duck as an internationally known icon posthumously at age 91
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It's been really interesting to watch as this story is just EVERYWHERE on Twitter, but isn't getting much traction on other social sites.
At one point, the two men in this video don’t identify themselves to daycare workers, demand to know where the children are, and then try to yank open the door as the female employees pull on it to keep them out.
December 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It's been really interesting to watch as this story is just EVERYWHERE on Twitter, but isn't getting much traction on other social sites.
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The stupidest man on earth is also the richest man on earth because the press turned this huckster into Silicon Valley Messiah
NEW: From frenemyship with Trump, the DOGE debacle, unmet self-driving car promises, chainsaws and “Mechahitler” to a controversial $1 trillion pay deal, 2025 was billionaire Elon Musk’s most chaotic, controversial and lucrative year www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
December 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The stupidest man on earth is also the richest man on earth because the press turned this huckster into Silicon Valley Messiah
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The perfect Yglesias post: declaring “billionaires are good, actually,” as if it was some bold, counterintuitive take.
December 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The perfect Yglesias post: declaring “billionaires are good, actually,” as if it was some bold, counterintuitive take.
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There were more involved:
Enrico Fermi (Italy), Leo Szilard (Hungary), Edward Teller (Hungary), Eugene Wigner (Hungary), Hans Bethe (Germany), John von Neumann (Hungary), Niels Bohr (Denmark), Rudolf Peierls (Germany), Klaus Fuchs (Germany).
Enrico Fermi (Italy), Leo Szilard (Hungary), Edward Teller (Hungary), Eugene Wigner (Hungary), Hans Bethe (Germany), John von Neumann (Hungary), Niels Bohr (Denmark), Rudolf Peierls (Germany), Klaus Fuchs (Germany).
December 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
There were more involved:
Enrico Fermi (Italy), Leo Szilard (Hungary), Edward Teller (Hungary), Eugene Wigner (Hungary), Hans Bethe (Germany), John von Neumann (Hungary), Niels Bohr (Denmark), Rudolf Peierls (Germany), Klaus Fuchs (Germany).
Enrico Fermi (Italy), Leo Szilard (Hungary), Edward Teller (Hungary), Eugene Wigner (Hungary), Hans Bethe (Germany), John von Neumann (Hungary), Niels Bohr (Denmark), Rudolf Peierls (Germany), Klaus Fuchs (Germany).
Racism makes you stupid.
Immigrant-hating Stephen Miller talks about Americans being "first to harness the atom." But the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was conducted by a team led by Italian immigrant Enrico Fermi, who didn't become a U.S. citizen until a year and a half later.
December 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Racism makes you stupid.
WTF?
Here in NYC, I serve on a Manhattan Community Board - and our transportation committee. We work with both the Dept of Transportation and the people to move forward!
Here in NYC, I serve on a Manhattan Community Board - and our transportation committee. We work with both the Dept of Transportation and the people to move forward!
This is a *brand-new sidewalk* currently being installed at Sunset and Alvarado, an extremely wide intersection where cars turn way too fast. There is so much space to create more room for people!
Instead we're making pedestrians navigate a maze and line up single-file to cross a dangerous street
Instead we're making pedestrians navigate a maze and line up single-file to cross a dangerous street
Yes, the city needs to actually repave streets. Yes, the city needs to repair sidewalks. Yes, the city needs to install curb ramps.
But the bigger problem is that when LA decides to do anything at all to "help" pedestrians, the result looks like this complete and utter bullshit
But the bigger problem is that when LA decides to do anything at all to "help" pedestrians, the result looks like this complete and utter bullshit
December 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
WTF?
Here in NYC, I serve on a Manhattan Community Board - and our transportation committee. We work with both the Dept of Transportation and the people to move forward!
Here in NYC, I serve on a Manhattan Community Board - and our transportation committee. We work with both the Dept of Transportation and the people to move forward!
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This is a *brand-new sidewalk* currently being installed at Sunset and Alvarado, an extremely wide intersection where cars turn way too fast. There is so much space to create more room for people!
Instead we're making pedestrians navigate a maze and line up single-file to cross a dangerous street
Instead we're making pedestrians navigate a maze and line up single-file to cross a dangerous street
Yes, the city needs to actually repave streets. Yes, the city needs to repair sidewalks. Yes, the city needs to install curb ramps.
But the bigger problem is that when LA decides to do anything at all to "help" pedestrians, the result looks like this complete and utter bullshit
But the bigger problem is that when LA decides to do anything at all to "help" pedestrians, the result looks like this complete and utter bullshit
December 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This is a *brand-new sidewalk* currently being installed at Sunset and Alvarado, an extremely wide intersection where cars turn way too fast. There is so much space to create more room for people!
Instead we're making pedestrians navigate a maze and line up single-file to cross a dangerous street
Instead we're making pedestrians navigate a maze and line up single-file to cross a dangerous street
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Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
December 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
INCLUDING SCOTUS
If the Democrats take the House, they can zero out the budget for anything they feel like unilaterally. Congress is the most powerful and important branch under our constitution even if no one in it wants to do their job.
There's a lot of recriminations flying around about past Trump impeachments and I would just like humbly to suggest we consider ways to force the removal from power of Stephen Miller. Could we impeach him? Defund his position? Bar him any access to legal authority? What tools can we conjure up here?
December 29, 2025 at 4:42 AM
INCLUDING SCOTUS
Mr. Weinstein, with respect, Donald Trump has a decades' long record of holding disabled people in absolute contempt and wanting to harm them--see them dead. Whatever Maye Musk's thoughts about disabled people, Trump himself has actively popularized hatred toward the disabled since he ran in 2015.
December 29, 2025 at 4:40 AM
There's a lot of recriminations flying around about past Trump impeachments and I would just like humbly to suggest we consider ways to force the removal from power of Stephen Miller. Could we impeach him? Defund his position? Bar him any access to legal authority? What tools can we conjure up here?
It’s astounding how much damage Miller has done — morally, economically, safety-wise — because he can’t stand brown people. We are so much worse off bc of him. And yes, there’s much blame to go around - Trump, Vance, Noem, etc. - but Miller is the heart of it (ironic since he seems to lack one).
December 29, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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This admin makes Reagan's second term admin look lawful, and they have the record for most appointed staff both prosecuted and imprisoned.
But a lot of their actions are based on ever increasing legal breeches from prior admins, or circumventing things in ways that became normalized since Nixon.
But a lot of their actions are based on ever increasing legal breeches from prior admins, or circumventing things in ways that became normalized since Nixon.
There's a lot of recriminations flying around about past Trump impeachments and I would just like humbly to suggest we consider ways to force the removal from power of Stephen Miller. Could we impeach him? Defund his position? Bar him any access to legal authority? What tools can we conjure up here?
It’s astounding how much damage Miller has done — morally, economically, safety-wise — because he can’t stand brown people. We are so much worse off bc of him. And yes, there’s much blame to go around - Trump, Vance, Noem, etc. - but Miller is the heart of it (ironic since he seems to lack one).
December 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
This admin makes Reagan's second term admin look lawful, and they have the record for most appointed staff both prosecuted and imprisoned.
But a lot of their actions are based on ever increasing legal breeches from prior admins, or circumventing things in ways that became normalized since Nixon.
But a lot of their actions are based on ever increasing legal breeches from prior admins, or circumventing things in ways that became normalized since Nixon.
Implied: ICE was caught lying
Again
Again
A TikTok journalst was shot, brutalized and held in conditions tantamount to torture. ICE says he assaulted an officer. The Court dismisses the case with prejudice. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Federal judge dismisses indictment against TikToker shot by ICE, citing constitutional violations
Days before Carlitos Ricardo Parias was set to to go to trial for assault on a federal officer, a federal judge dismissed the case against him. The judge cited the deprivation of Parias' access to cou...
www.latimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Implied: ICE was caught lying
Again
Again
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Genuinely astounded there are still ppl out here who can simultaneously a) recognise that science & technology are inherently social processes which embed our values in systems & artifacts, & also b) completely deny that the historical foundations of technoscience actually matter a whole fucking lot
December 29, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Genuinely astounded there are still ppl out here who can simultaneously a) recognise that science & technology are inherently social processes which embed our values in systems & artifacts, & also b) completely deny that the historical foundations of technoscience actually matter a whole fucking lot
It’s not minor, @ebharrington.bsky.social
It’s despicable.
I trace it to Maye Musk.
It’s been embraced across the spectrum.
It’s despicable.
I trace it to Maye Musk.
It’s been embraced across the spectrum.
December 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
It’s not minor, @ebharrington.bsky.social
It’s despicable.
I trace it to Maye Musk.
It’s been embraced across the spectrum.
It’s despicable.
I trace it to Maye Musk.
It’s been embraced across the spectrum.
Always innovating
As @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social faculty I think we all take pride in this distinguished alumna in government using her education to call citizens “hoes” for criticizing the regime. I know that’s what I try to teach my students! “Students,” I say, “never question power.”
Does it count as jawboning if an AAG is yelling at right wing propagandists, from her personal account, for criticizing the AG?
December 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Always innovating
TL; DR
Here’s what intimidation of judges looks like.
It’s all coming from one direction: Trumplandia.
Here’s what intimidation of judges looks like.
It’s all coming from one direction: Trumplandia.
“More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.”
"One judge moved house. Another had to freeze her credit cards after a security breach.
Other judges have taken actions to adapt to the changing landscape by upgrading home security systems, changing the route they drive to work."
This is fascism. This is what terrorist intimidation looks like.
Other judges have taken actions to adapt to the changing landscape by upgrading home security systems, changing the route they drive to work."
This is fascism. This is what terrorist intimidation looks like.
December 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
TL; DR
Here’s what intimidation of judges looks like.
It’s all coming from one direction: Trumplandia.
Here’s what intimidation of judges looks like.
It’s all coming from one direction: Trumplandia.