Jon Sternfeld
@jonsternfeld.bsky.social
Author. Collaborator. Ghost.
NYT Bestseller SCENES FROM MY LIFE with Michael K. Williams (Crown); WaPo Book of the Year AN INCONVENIENT COP with Edwin Raymond (Viking); UNPREPARED: AMERICA IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS (Bloomsbury)
NYT Bestseller SCENES FROM MY LIFE with Michael K. Williams (Crown); WaPo Book of the Year AN INCONVENIENT COP with Edwin Raymond (Viking); UNPREPARED: AMERICA IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS (Bloomsbury)
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Ask him these same questions, every day, for the rest of his miserable life.
November 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Ask him these same questions, every day, for the rest of his miserable life.
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The Ghost of Epstein Can Bring Down Trump and MAGA.
Donald Trump is a cornered, NYC, sewer rat whose sordid relationship and exploits with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein threaten to unravel not only his Presidency but also MAGA, which is showing cracks.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Donald Trump is a cornered, NYC, sewer rat whose sordid relationship and exploits with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein threaten to unravel not only his Presidency but also MAGA, which is showing cracks.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The Ghost of Epstein Can Bring Down Trump and MAGA.
Donald Trump is a cornered, NYC, sewer rat whose sordid relationship and exploits with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein threaten to unravel not only his Presidency but also MAGA, which is showing cracks.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Donald Trump is a cornered, NYC, sewer rat whose sordid relationship and exploits with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein threaten to unravel not only his Presidency but also MAGA, which is showing cracks.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
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The Justice Dept let Matt Gaetz get away with this
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Justice Dept let Matt Gaetz get away with this
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Reminder: there are no trade deals. Nothing binding was actually signed. 90% of news coverage you saw about “trade deals” was wildly misleading. It’s pretty weird. And it will get weirder as “deals” turn out to be not deals, actually.
JPMORGAN: “.. China’s soybean purchases are stalling, potentially putting the trade agreement at-risk, as the 13% tariff on soybeans makes Brazilian / Latin American alternatives more attractive. Further, the elevated purchases made by China in the recent months lowers demand ..”
November 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Reminder: there are no trade deals. Nothing binding was actually signed. 90% of news coverage you saw about “trade deals” was wildly misleading. It’s pretty weird. And it will get weirder as “deals” turn out to be not deals, actually.
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New York state assemblyman Charles Lavine (D-NY) about his legislation to mandate K-12 school students learn the history of Jan 6 and its aftermath
"We can't sweep history under the rug"
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"We can't sweep history under the rug"
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November 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
New York state assemblyman Charles Lavine (D-NY) about his legislation to mandate K-12 school students learn the history of Jan 6 and its aftermath
"We can't sweep history under the rug"
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"We can't sweep history under the rug"
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I realize there’s a lot of news happening right now, but it’s still wild to me that Meta is making billions of dollars on scam ads and ads for banned goods and no one is holding them accountable
This week's newsletter is all about the billions of dollars Meta makes on scammy ads and ads for real but terrible products. It's also about how the tech industry thinks we're all dumb and they're entitled to our money, on top of everything else they get.
www.leahreich.com/the-global-f...
www.leahreich.com/the-global-f...
The Global Fraud Economy
Last week, a news story caught my eye, even though it seemed to fly under the radar of general discourse. It was one of those blink and you miss it headlines on the Apple News app, which helpfully ref...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I realize there’s a lot of news happening right now, but it’s still wild to me that Meta is making billions of dollars on scam ads and ads for banned goods and no one is holding them accountable
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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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Hayes: It’s weird that everyone just stopped applying those two things to the situation we’re in now, where they elected who also is on an accelerated aging schedule. I mean, his nickname for Joe Biden was “Sleepy Joe.” He literally fell asleep at a White House event the other day.
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Hayes: It’s weird that everyone just stopped applying those two things to the situation we’re in now, where they elected who also is on an accelerated aging schedule. I mean, his nickname for Joe Biden was “Sleepy Joe.” He literally fell asleep at a White House event the other day.
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I think there are a number of people employed at the New York Times -- certainly not all of them, but many! -- who simply do not grasp how badly the paper's credibility has been shaken over the past few years, along several different axes, and for multiple different reasons
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I think there are a number of people employed at the New York Times -- certainly not all of them, but many! -- who simply do not grasp how badly the paper's credibility has been shaken over the past few years, along several different axes, and for multiple different reasons
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NPR confirms that Trump’s name appears over 1,000 times in the Epstein emails.
Remember, these are the emails they allowed to be released.
They’re still hiding most of the documents.
Remember, these are the emails they allowed to be released.
They’re still hiding most of the documents.
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
NPR confirms that Trump’s name appears over 1,000 times in the Epstein emails.
Remember, these are the emails they allowed to be released.
They’re still hiding most of the documents.
Remember, these are the emails they allowed to be released.
They’re still hiding most of the documents.
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The American people deserve answers, and it’s time for the DOJ and FBI to provide them.
While we appreciate that the Epstein estate has been transparent, it’s time for the Administration to do their part.
While we appreciate that the Epstein estate has been transparent, it’s time for the Administration to do their part.
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The American people deserve answers, and it’s time for the DOJ and FBI to provide them.
While we appreciate that the Epstein estate has been transparent, it’s time for the Administration to do their part.
While we appreciate that the Epstein estate has been transparent, it’s time for the Administration to do their part.
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"she needed money for braces"
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
The woman whom the House Ethics Committee determined Matt Gaetz paid for sex when she was 17 years old was living in a homeless shelter, working at McDonald's, and needed the money for braces www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"she needed money for braces"
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
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The damage done by treating Trump's victory as some sweeping mandate in the first eight months of his term really was massive, but ending that collective delusion - i think with the help of last week's elections - really is having profound impacts.
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The damage done by treating Trump's victory as some sweeping mandate in the first eight months of his term really was massive, but ending that collective delusion - i think with the help of last week's elections - really is having profound impacts.
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Somewhere out there someone who’s the best at what they do is terrified that they have imposter syndrome while a bunch of barely literate pedophiles are very calmly running the world
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Somewhere out there someone who’s the best at what they do is terrified that they have imposter syndrome while a bunch of barely literate pedophiles are very calmly running the world
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very preposterous time bc some people are and really aren't realizing there is a political future after the present and they're gonna be alive the rest of their lives with what all they've said and done
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
very preposterous time bc some people are and really aren't realizing there is a political future after the present and they're gonna be alive the rest of their lives with what all they've said and done
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Epstein being in Trump's inner circle while he was President sure is something isn't
SCOOP: In text messages sent in 2017, Jeffrey Epstein appears to position himself as a middleman between president Donald Trump’s administration and Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates. He seemingly represents himself as passing on information directly from Trump to Gates through an intermediary.
Jeffrey Epstein Claimed Intimate Knowledge of Donald Trump’s Views in Texts With Bill Gates Adviser
In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary.
www.wired.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Epstein being in Trump's inner circle while he was President sure is something isn't
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The fact that they are wilfully, gleefully moving the goalposts "We have not seen anyone come forward and say, 'I was under. 10'" to defend a man raping a child...I'm just so mad/sad.
And this is after YEARS of accusing Dems of sex trafficking; of the LGBTQ community "grooming" kids. Burn it down
And this is after YEARS of accusing Dems of sex trafficking; of the LGBTQ community "grooming" kids. Burn it down
Megyn Kelly not understanding that 15 YEAR OLD GIRLS ARE GIRLS AND NOT "BARELY LEGAL" SINCE LEGAL IS 18.
The twists the GOP will go through to protect pedophiles while accusing Democrats of leading sex trafficking rings is completely insane.
The twists the GOP will go through to protect pedophiles while accusing Democrats of leading sex trafficking rings is completely insane.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The fact that they are wilfully, gleefully moving the goalposts "We have not seen anyone come forward and say, 'I was under. 10'" to defend a man raping a child...I'm just so mad/sad.
And this is after YEARS of accusing Dems of sex trafficking; of the LGBTQ community "grooming" kids. Burn it down
And this is after YEARS of accusing Dems of sex trafficking; of the LGBTQ community "grooming" kids. Burn it down
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So this is how ISIS talks
Bovino: "We're ratcheting operations up in Chicago. That's a very corrupt system in Chicago. Whether it's those elected leaders like Pritzker or those out of control judges, Chicago needs some attention. You're gonna see some very dynamic operations."
November 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
So this is how ISIS talks
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it's been hard to put this feeling into words, but we've spent the past couple of decades being lectured to and patronized by an elite class that spent its free time joshing with jeffrey epstein about his little sex abuse empire while lecturing us about how out of touch we are
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
it's been hard to put this feeling into words, but we've spent the past couple of decades being lectured to and patronized by an elite class that spent its free time joshing with jeffrey epstein about his little sex abuse empire while lecturing us about how out of touch we are
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Very strongly, with regard to cognitive
Trump: "Christians and more, think of this, more than twice as likely foster care they'll adopt the general population. They adopt to it so easily. When they get out, they adopt to it like it's become second nature. It's amazing."
November 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Very strongly, with regard to cognitive
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we all know exactly what it looks like when a news organization like the nyt digs its teeth into a particular issue or story. it takes active, sustained, deliberate engagement. and we know what the flip side to that looks like too. these are CHOICES, not acts of god
I always get a kick out of the NYT Defense Squad trotting out harrumphing takes about how serious journalists don't report on mere speculation, blow things out of proportion, dig into their colleagues' email, etc etc
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
we all know exactly what it looks like when a news organization like the nyt digs its teeth into a particular issue or story. it takes active, sustained, deliberate engagement. and we know what the flip side to that looks like too. these are CHOICES, not acts of god
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1) Yes, conservatives are really going there. Of course they are. They think it's fine.
2) It's clear who the nameless "somebody" is, as also shown by his behavior around teenage girls, his numerous statements about his preferences, and the birthday drawing he gave Epstein:
Donald Trump.
2) It's clear who the nameless "somebody" is, as also shown by his behavior around teenage girls, his numerous statements about his preferences, and the birthday drawing he gave Epstein:
Donald Trump.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
1) Yes, conservatives are really going there. Of course they are. They think it's fine.
2) It's clear who the nameless "somebody" is, as also shown by his behavior around teenage girls, his numerous statements about his preferences, and the birthday drawing he gave Epstein:
Donald Trump.
2) It's clear who the nameless "somebody" is, as also shown by his behavior around teenage girls, his numerous statements about his preferences, and the birthday drawing he gave Epstein:
Donald Trump.