Jas Easterly
@jaseasterly.bsky.social
13th Gen Virginian. I bow and scrape for no one—neither should anyone else. Dietrich Bonhoeffer fan. Summum Nec Metuam Diem Nec Optem. Mon Mothma’s old man. JET's Pop. NYU MFA—still writing 1st novel. Afghan War Vet. Journeyman lawyer—no problem too small.
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Jas Easterly
@jaseasterly.bsky.social
· Nov 29
When someone keeps punching you in the mouth, you break their f . . .ing arms.
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"This was a search for sound bites to try to get Donald Trump off a political hook... It wasn't about the victims who [Todd Blanche] wouldn't even speak with, instead he's tweeting at me on social media. ... This wasn't about justice, and this wasn't about a Deputy Attorney General doing his job."
November 14, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"This was a search for sound bites to try to get Donald Trump off a political hook... It wasn't about the victims who [Todd Blanche] wouldn't even speak with, instead he's tweeting at me on social media. ... This wasn't about justice, and this wasn't about a Deputy Attorney General doing his job."
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crazy
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November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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A really important point. You can't "solve"misinformation without understanding the ways beliefs function as identity markers more than attempts to represent reality accurately gone awry.
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
blog.apaonline.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A really important point. You can't "solve"misinformation without understanding the ways beliefs function as identity markers more than attempts to represent reality accurately gone awry.
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After Ghislaine Maxwell lied to Todd Blanche, someone waived her sex offender status and moved her to Club Fed with "OUT" custody - allowing her to work outside the prison walls. 3 months ago, I got her Bureau of Prisons points screen as proof. We still don't know who approved all this.
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Senator Whitehouse asked the BOP for Ghislaine Maxwells sex offender waiver, custody level, transfer code, and security point score. I have them. She's also been granted the ability to leave the facility for work assignments. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE: I Have Ghislaine Maxwell's Security Score, Custody Level, Transfer Code, and Sex Offender Waiver
I have reviewed an electronic file that includes some of the information Senator Whitehouse is demanding from the Bureau of Prisons.
www.muellershewrote.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
After Ghislaine Maxwell lied to Todd Blanche, someone waived her sex offender status and moved her to Club Fed with "OUT" custody - allowing her to work outside the prison walls. 3 months ago, I got her Bureau of Prisons points screen as proof. We still don't know who approved all this.
“[W]e’re going to do a lot over the next three years.”
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
“[W]e’re going to do a lot over the next three years.”
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Inciting hatred among voters for immigrants is the essence of modern populism. Middle class people are incited to place the blame for their failure to realize all social and economic aspirations on immigrants. H/t Bruce Bartlett
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Inciting hatred among voters for immigrants is the essence of modern populism. Middle class people are incited to place the blame for their failure to realize all social and economic aspirations on immigrants. H/t Bruce Bartlett
The only way to deal with bullies.
BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation
Lawyers for the US president have threatened to sue the corporation for $1bn (£759m).
www.bbc.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The only way to deal with bullies.
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Unacceptable.
Kevin Hassett on the October jobs report: "We'll maybe be able to concoct something, but we'll never actually know for sure what the unemployment rate was in October."
November 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Unacceptable.
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I go where the fight is. From my days as an Army Ranger to my service in Congress. Now, the fight is to defend Colorado and stand up to Donald Trump.
Read more about it in David Ignatius’: “Rising House Democrat Jason Crow is a voice for the angry middle”
Full profile here: wapo.st/48a09tY
Read more about it in David Ignatius’: “Rising House Democrat Jason Crow is a voice for the angry middle”
Full profile here: wapo.st/48a09tY
Opinion | This rising House Democrat is a voice for the angry middle
Why I’m keeping an eye on the politcal trajectory of Jason Crow, a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan.
wapo.st
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I go where the fight is. From my days as an Army Ranger to my service in Congress. Now, the fight is to defend Colorado and stand up to Donald Trump.
Read more about it in David Ignatius’: “Rising House Democrat Jason Crow is a voice for the angry middle”
Full profile here: wapo.st/48a09tY
Read more about it in David Ignatius’: “Rising House Democrat Jason Crow is a voice for the angry middle”
Full profile here: wapo.st/48a09tY
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“In moments like this, the only way out is together. And that means naming who built the prison — and who helped us escape.” Read my new essay on Andor, solidarity, and the people who chose profit over the republic.
There is Only One Way Out
I’ve been re-watching Tony Gilroy’s masterpiece Andor. In the first season, the story reaches one of its most evocative moral crescendos when Andy Serkis’ character, Kino Loy, delivers one of the most...
www.notesfromthecircus.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
“In moments like this, the only way out is together. And that means naming who built the prison — and who helped us escape.” Read my new essay on Andor, solidarity, and the people who chose profit over the republic.
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This is all heading towards the GOP campaigning to lower the age of consent, retroactively.
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This is all heading towards the GOP campaigning to lower the age of consent, retroactively.
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Why did this take so long to come out? Michael Schmidt: For the first time, the story of the 17 year old girl who testified that she had sex with Matt Gaetz for money. She was living in and out of a homeless shelter.
In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Girl Vulnerable to Exploitation
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Why did this take so long to come out? Michael Schmidt: For the first time, the story of the 17 year old girl who testified that she had sex with Matt Gaetz for money. She was living in and out of a homeless shelter.
Zac’s Hometown is….London, England. He is a guest in our country.
Unwelcome to my way of thinking. goterriers.com/sports/mens-...
Unwelcome to my way of thinking. goterriers.com/sports/mens-...
November 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Zac’s Hometown is….London, England. He is a guest in our country.
Unwelcome to my way of thinking. goterriers.com/sports/mens-...
Unwelcome to my way of thinking. goterriers.com/sports/mens-...
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Wow, the Daily News put it on the front page.
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Wow, the Daily News put it on the front page.
The lowest age for statutory rape is 16 years old.
So if it’s not a pedophile ring, it’s a statutory rape ring.
So if it’s not a pedophile ring, it’s a statutory rape ring.
November 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The lowest age for statutory rape is 16 years old.
So if it’s not a pedophile ring, it’s a statutory rape ring.
So if it’s not a pedophile ring, it’s a statutory rape ring.
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Also: sources inside DOJ now saying that notwithstanding public denials, Pam Bondi has directed the preparation of pardon papers for Ghislaine Maxwell.
Raskin on Trump commuting Ghislaine Maxwell's sentence: "It seems overwhelmingly likely that that is in the process and that's all part of this very sweetheart deal she got to be switched out of a real prison in to a prison camp, and even there basically be treated like a guest at a Trump hotel."
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Also: sources inside DOJ now saying that notwithstanding public denials, Pam Bondi has directed the preparation of pardon papers for Ghislaine Maxwell.
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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While NYT was going bananas about "Hilary's emails," the Times had the dope on Epstein and his deep relationship with Donald and Melania Trump and decided to suppress it because. This perfectly encapsulates the editorial judgment of NYT. An unreliable publication.
Congrats again, everyone
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
While NYT was going bananas about "Hilary's emails," the Times had the dope on Epstein and his deep relationship with Donald and Melania Trump and decided to suppress it because. This perfectly encapsulates the editorial judgment of NYT. An unreliable publication.
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Here’s what The Counteroffensive is reading today:
Ukraine-Russia talks have been suspended, Ukrainian First Deputy FM told the Times, after Russia has consistently obstructed progress during peace talks.
This follows Russia's call for peace talks with Ukraine yesterday.
Ukraine-Russia talks have been suspended, Ukrainian First Deputy FM told the Times, after Russia has consistently obstructed progress during peace talks.
This follows Russia's call for peace talks with Ukraine yesterday.
Кислиця заявив, що переговори з рф припинені, і пригадав, як Києву пропонували створити чат у WhatsApp
Перший заступник міністра закордонних справ Сергій Кислиця заявив, що мирні переговори із росією наразі припинені.
hromadske.ua
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Here’s what The Counteroffensive is reading today:
Ukraine-Russia talks have been suspended, Ukrainian First Deputy FM told the Times, after Russia has consistently obstructed progress during peace talks.
This follows Russia's call for peace talks with Ukraine yesterday.
Ukraine-Russia talks have been suspended, Ukrainian First Deputy FM told the Times, after Russia has consistently obstructed progress during peace talks.
This follows Russia's call for peace talks with Ukraine yesterday.
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.