@kpronn.bsky.social
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Stop me if you've heard this before:
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Stop me if you've heard this before:
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
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Thinking bout this right now for no real reason—
“When Donald Trump Razed the Bonwit Teller Building, He Promised the Met Its Art Deco Friezes. A New Book Details How He Pulverized Them Instead”
“When Donald Trump Razed the Bonwit Teller Building, He Promised the Met Its Art Deco Friezes. A New Book Details How He Pulverized Them Instead”
When Donald Trump Razed the Bonwit Teller Building, He Promised the Met Its Art Deco Friezes. A New Book Details How He Pulverized Them Instead | Artnet News
Read an excerpt from the book 'Art and Crime: The Fight Against Looters, Forgers, and Fraudsters in the High-Stakes Art World.'
news.artnet.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Thinking bout this right now for no real reason—
“When Donald Trump Razed the Bonwit Teller Building, He Promised the Met Its Art Deco Friezes. A New Book Details How He Pulverized Them Instead”
“When Donald Trump Razed the Bonwit Teller Building, He Promised the Met Its Art Deco Friezes. A New Book Details How He Pulverized Them Instead”
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American institutions don't crumble. But they can be destroyed.
October 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
American institutions don't crumble. But they can be destroyed.
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I am going to re-up this a third time:
Please read this excellent piece by Lincoln Caplan about why John Roberts—more than Mitch McConnell, more than Stephen Miller or Russell Vought, more than anyone else—owns the destruction of Constitutional order.
www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...
Please read this excellent piece by Lincoln Caplan about why John Roberts—more than Mitch McConnell, more than Stephen Miller or Russell Vought, more than anyone else—owns the destruction of Constitutional order.
www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...
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Excellent assessment of John "Roger Taney" Roberts.
In @harvardmagazine.bsky.social , by Lincoln Caplan.
As careful, legally informed, judicious-minded writer as you're going to find. With an unsparing judgment.
www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...
Excellent assessment of John "Roger Taney" Roberts.
In @harvardmagazine.bsky.social , by Lincoln Caplan.
As careful, legally informed, judicious-minded writer as you're going to find. With an unsparing judgment.
www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...
What Trump Means for John Roberts's Legacy | Harvard Magazine
Executive power is on the docket at the Supreme Court.
www.harvardmagazine.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I am going to re-up this a third time:
Please read this excellent piece by Lincoln Caplan about why John Roberts—more than Mitch McConnell, more than Stephen Miller or Russell Vought, more than anyone else—owns the destruction of Constitutional order.
www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...
Please read this excellent piece by Lincoln Caplan about why John Roberts—more than Mitch McConnell, more than Stephen Miller or Russell Vought, more than anyone else—owns the destruction of Constitutional order.
www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...
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This post has link to non-paywalled version of article bsky.app/profile/jaso...
EXCLUSIVE/BOMBSHELL: @bloomberg.com has obtained **18K** previously unreported emails from Jeffery Epstein's personal Yahoo account. The emails are disturbing & revelatory & reveal new details about Ghilaine Maxwell's role
FREE to read
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
FREE to read
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
![“Question,” Epstein wrote to Maxwell on May 23, 2008. “Which one do you prefer,,, lewd and lscivious conduct ,, or procuring minors for prostituion.”
At the time, he and his star-studded team of defense lawyers were closing in on a generous plea deal with federal and state officials in Florida, and Epstein was trying to negotiate the state charges to which he’d plead guilty. Maxwell’s response was matter-of-fact:
From: gmax <gmax[REDACTED]>
To: J. Epstein <jeeproject@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, May 23 2008 3:22 PM
Subject: Re:
I suppose Lewd and lecivious conduct..I would prefer lewd and lescivious conduct w/a prositute if possible](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eeitvtxcbjt3vmljqfmwzahz/bafkreidw4qmdfvf3j7jmvtgppacjdnk4ffdvzipnd4sgxqx7kpkwirqmaq@jpeg)
September 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This post has link to non-paywalled version of article bsky.app/profile/jaso...
The new CDC Director is malpractice.
O’Neill, unlike Monarez, has no training in medicine or infectious disease science. He is a former speechwriter for the health department, during the Bush years, who went on to work for the tech investor and conservative megadonor Peter Thiel. (The Guardian)
O’Neill, unlike Monarez, has no training in medicine or infectious disease science. He is a former speechwriter for the health department, during the Bush years, who went on to work for the tech investor and conservative megadonor Peter Thiel. (The Guardian)
August 29, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The new CDC Director is malpractice.
O’Neill, unlike Monarez, has no training in medicine or infectious disease science. He is a former speechwriter for the health department, during the Bush years, who went on to work for the tech investor and conservative megadonor Peter Thiel. (The Guardian)
O’Neill, unlike Monarez, has no training in medicine or infectious disease science. He is a former speechwriter for the health department, during the Bush years, who went on to work for the tech investor and conservative megadonor Peter Thiel. (The Guardian)
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Carl Bildt is the Co-Chair European Council on Foreign Relations & Former Prime Minister of Sweden.
Appeasement didn’t prevent war - it guaranteed it. Trading away Ukraine’s land would tell every aggressor that borders are negotiable at gunpoint. That’s not peace, it’s a countdown to the next war.
Appeasement didn’t prevent war - it guaranteed it. Trading away Ukraine’s land would tell every aggressor that borders are negotiable at gunpoint. That’s not peace, it’s a countdown to the next war.
August 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Carl Bildt is the Co-Chair European Council on Foreign Relations & Former Prime Minister of Sweden.
Appeasement didn’t prevent war - it guaranteed it. Trading away Ukraine’s land would tell every aggressor that borders are negotiable at gunpoint. That’s not peace, it’s a countdown to the next war.
Appeasement didn’t prevent war - it guaranteed it. Trading away Ukraine’s land would tell every aggressor that borders are negotiable at gunpoint. That’s not peace, it’s a countdown to the next war.
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Following Ghislaine Maxwell's secret meeting with Todd Blanche to suborn her testimony against Donald Trump, America's most notorious living pedophile was rewarded with a move to a cushy minimum security prison. It has lovely landscaping and features lots of fun activities. She now awaits a pardon.
August 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Following Ghislaine Maxwell's secret meeting with Todd Blanche to suborn her testimony against Donald Trump, America's most notorious living pedophile was rewarded with a move to a cushy minimum security prison. It has lovely landscaping and features lots of fun activities. She now awaits a pardon.
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“He stole her.”
Trump saw it as a property transfer. Like a real estate deal.
The late Virginia Giuffre was a teenager at the time, about 17 years-old. And Epstein began sexually abusing and trafficking her.
Trump saw it as a property transfer. Like a real estate deal.
The late Virginia Giuffre was a teenager at the time, about 17 years-old. And Epstein began sexually abusing and trafficking her.
Trump: People were taken out of the spa, hired by Epstein… I told him we don’t want you taking our people, whether it’s spa or not spa. He did it again, I said out of here.
Reporter: Was one of the stolen people Virginia Giuffre?
Trump: I think so. He stole her.
Reporter: Was one of the stolen people Virginia Giuffre?
Trump: I think so. He stole her.
July 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
“He stole her.”
Trump saw it as a property transfer. Like a real estate deal.
The late Virginia Giuffre was a teenager at the time, about 17 years-old. And Epstein began sexually abusing and trafficking her.
Trump saw it as a property transfer. Like a real estate deal.
The late Virginia Giuffre was a teenager at the time, about 17 years-old. And Epstein began sexually abusing and trafficking her.
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1/ Important:
"Epstein was actually still on the Mar-a-Lago membership logs up to 2007. ... That of course is a year after Jeffrey Epstein's arrest in Florida."
So Trump didn't kick him out for many years after knowing Epstein 'stole' Virginia Giuffre from MAL in 2000.
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"Epstein was actually still on the Mar-a-Lago membership logs up to 2007. ... That of course is a year after Jeffrey Epstein's arrest in Florida."
So Trump didn't kick him out for many years after knowing Epstein 'stole' Virginia Giuffre from MAL in 2000.
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July 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
1/ Important:
"Epstein was actually still on the Mar-a-Lago membership logs up to 2007. ... That of course is a year after Jeffrey Epstein's arrest in Florida."
So Trump didn't kick him out for many years after knowing Epstein 'stole' Virginia Giuffre from MAL in 2000.
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"Epstein was actually still on the Mar-a-Lago membership logs up to 2007. ... That of course is a year after Jeffrey Epstein's arrest in Florida."
So Trump didn't kick him out for many years after knowing Epstein 'stole' Virginia Giuffre from MAL in 2000.
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
(sound)
DAY 29 JULY 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
TODAY
Trump Admits Virginia Giuffre
"She was stolen"
Like what a piece of property?
An object?
No!
NEVER STOP SHOUTING
EPSTEIN FILES
Please listen to my friend Jonzie & her message
BELIEVE THE VICTIMS
BELIEVE WOMEN
(sound)
DAY 29 JULY 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
TODAY
Trump Admits Virginia Giuffre
"She was stolen"
Like what a piece of property?
An object?
No!
NEVER STOP SHOUTING
EPSTEIN FILES
Please listen to my friend Jonzie & her message
BELIEVE THE VICTIMS
BELIEVE WOMEN
July 30, 2025 at 12:20 AM
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
(sound)
DAY 29 JULY 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
TODAY
Trump Admits Virginia Giuffre
"She was stolen"
Like what a piece of property?
An object?
No!
NEVER STOP SHOUTING
EPSTEIN FILES
Please listen to my friend Jonzie & her message
BELIEVE THE VICTIMS
BELIEVE WOMEN
(sound)
DAY 29 JULY 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
TODAY
Trump Admits Virginia Giuffre
"She was stolen"
Like what a piece of property?
An object?
No!
NEVER STOP SHOUTING
EPSTEIN FILES
Please listen to my friend Jonzie & her message
BELIEVE THE VICTIMS
BELIEVE WOMEN
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In any "normal" world, this would be the smoking-gun quote.
Trump: People were taken out of the spa, hired by Epstein… I told him we don’t want you taking our people, whether it’s spa or not spa. He did it again, I said out of here.
Reporter: Was one of the stolen people Virginia Giuffre?
Trump: I think so. He stole her.
Reporter: Was one of the stolen people Virginia Giuffre?
Trump: I think so. He stole her.
July 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
In any "normal" world, this would be the smoking-gun quote.
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A primer for the civically ill-informed.
July 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
A primer for the civically ill-informed.
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"[E]ven as Texas rescue crews raced to save lives, FEMA officials realized they needed Noem’s approval before sending those additional assets. Noem didn’t authorize FEMA’s deployment of Urban Search and Rescue teams until Monday..." www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/p...
In Texas flood response, FEMA slowed by Noem’s cost controls | CNN Politics
As monstrous floodwaters surged across central Texas late last week, officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency leapt into action, preparing to deploy critical search and rescue teams and li...
www.cnn.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
"[E]ven as Texas rescue crews raced to save lives, FEMA officials realized they needed Noem’s approval before sending those additional assets. Noem didn’t authorize FEMA’s deployment of Urban Search and Rescue teams until Monday..." www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/p...
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This is a superb speech by @governor.ca.gov just now.
Clear. Strong. Simple. Direct. Angry—in a way that appeals to the best in people, not the worst. Seven plus minutes of the most effective rhetoric in response to Trump.
This is how you want a leader to talk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=linJ...
Clear. Strong. Simple. Direct. Angry—in a way that appeals to the best in people, not the worst. Seven plus minutes of the most effective rhetoric in response to Trump.
This is how you want a leader to talk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=linJ...
'Weakness masquerading as strength': Hear Newsom's blistering speech on Trump as LA protests persist
YouTube video by CNN
www.youtube.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This is a superb speech by @governor.ca.gov just now.
Clear. Strong. Simple. Direct. Angry—in a way that appeals to the best in people, not the worst. Seven plus minutes of the most effective rhetoric in response to Trump.
This is how you want a leader to talk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=linJ...
Clear. Strong. Simple. Direct. Angry—in a way that appeals to the best in people, not the worst. Seven plus minutes of the most effective rhetoric in response to Trump.
This is how you want a leader to talk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=linJ...
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@pelosi.house.gov: "On January 6th...we begged the president of the United States to send in the National Guard. He would not do it...And yet, in a contra-constitutional way, he has sent the National Guard into California. Something is very wrong with this picture."
June 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
@pelosi.house.gov: "On January 6th...we begged the president of the United States to send in the National Guard. He would not do it...And yet, in a contra-constitutional way, he has sent the National Guard into California. Something is very wrong with this picture."
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These are the 14 times the National Guard was denied by Trump and Acting Sec of Defense Chris Miller and his Chief of Staff Kash Patel on January 6th. The calls and who was on them In DC the only people who can deploy the Guard are POTUS and Sec of Defense www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr3P...
Timeline: The National Guard Was Requested (And Denied) 14 Times At The Capitol Riots 1/6/21
YouTube video by Sandi Bachom
www.youtube.com
June 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
These are the 14 times the National Guard was denied by Trump and Acting Sec of Defense Chris Miller and his Chief of Staff Kash Patel on January 6th. The calls and who was on them In DC the only people who can deploy the Guard are POTUS and Sec of Defense www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr3P...
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That would be awful. Don’t share this.
May 31, 2025 at 1:17 AM
That would be awful. Don’t share this.
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Agree with this.
The US starts out w a lot going in its favor. Location, scale, resources, etc
But of the ways the US has *made* its success (as opposed to lucking into it), these 3 rank very high. All connected by university system.
A saboteur could not do more than Trump + servile GOP are doing
The US starts out w a lot going in its favor. Location, scale, resources, etc
But of the ways the US has *made* its success (as opposed to lucking into it), these 3 rank very high. All connected by university system.
A saboteur could not do more than Trump + servile GOP are doing
Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
May 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Agree with this.
The US starts out w a lot going in its favor. Location, scale, resources, etc
But of the ways the US has *made* its success (as opposed to lucking into it), these 3 rank very high. All connected by university system.
A saboteur could not do more than Trump + servile GOP are doing
The US starts out w a lot going in its favor. Location, scale, resources, etc
But of the ways the US has *made* its success (as opposed to lucking into it), these 3 rank very high. All connected by university system.
A saboteur could not do more than Trump + servile GOP are doing
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what's the hold up?
May 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
what's the hold up?
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He should ask the Hamburgler holding the Bible that he refused to place his hand on.
May 7, 2025 at 2:52 AM
He should ask the Hamburgler holding the Bible that he refused to place his hand on.
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Stand up to him, get rewarded. Try to placate, he'll just demand more. The way is clear
May 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Stand up to him, get rewarded. Try to placate, he'll just demand more. The way is clear
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Trump becomes the first American president to lose a Canadian election
April 29, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Trump becomes the first American president to lose a Canadian election
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