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Michael J. Stern
@michaeljstern.bsky.social
USA Today opinion columnist. Also in: Chicago Tribune; Los Angeles Times; Guardian; Boston Globe; HuffPost; Hill; NY Daily News, etc. Former federal prosecutor, state prosecutor, and defense attorney for indigent defendants. 🌊 🏳️‍🌈 #LGBT
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A medical examiner hired by Jeffrey Epstein‘s family concluded he was likely murdered.

Who would benefit most if Epstein was silenced?

www.npr.org/2019/10/30/7...
Jeffrey Epstein Case: Expert Hired By His Family Suggests Doubt On Suicide Finding
A pathologist who observed the autopsy says Epstein's neck fractures are "more indicative" of homicidal strangulation than suicide. The medical examiner stands by her conclusion.
www.npr.org
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@repdangoldman.bsky.social is the best. We need more members of Congress like him.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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"At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump." –Marc Elias

So the NY Times trashed Hillary for something slight and let Trump slide on a connection to child sex trafficking?
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Who is trying to keep the Epstein files hidden?

Who has the authority to keep the Epstein files hidden?

Who could be implicated in crimes if the Epstein files are not kept hidden?

All roads lead to Donald Trump.
November 14, 2025 at 4:57 AM
A medical examiner hired by Jeffrey Epstein‘s family concluded he was likely murdered.

Who would benefit most if Epstein was silenced?

www.npr.org/2019/10/30/7...
Jeffrey Epstein Case: Expert Hired By His Family Suggests Doubt On Suicide Finding
A pathologist who observed the autopsy says Epstein's neck fractures are "more indicative" of homicidal strangulation than suicide. The medical examiner stands by her conclusion.
www.npr.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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Fact-check: true 😕
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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'Without the government economic data from things like job reports that economists and businesses rely on, Trump and his administration can manufacture their own reality giving way to conspiracy theories."

Rohit Chopra, The 11th Hour, MSNBC
November 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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"The reason why this is of concern, is—he's the president of the United States, he's been found in another case by a civil jury to have been liable for sexually abusing a woman in a department store, he's a convicted felon, and he's had dozens of women accuse him of sexual abuse."
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Not so sure the White House is going to be too happy with this ratio over at the other place
November 14, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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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
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Speaking of Blanche…
Lawrence is talking about your post.
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 AM
That’s what keeps me going.
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Looks like we’re going to war with Venezuela to distract from the Epstein files.
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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NEW: The Nevada Supreme Court has revived the criminal case against the Trump 2020 fake electors, ruling that AG Ford was correct to bring the case in Clark County. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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And it got her an unprecedented transfer as a sex offender to a minimum security Club Fed where she has laptop access, individual meals delivered, a puppy, and yoga class. For a habitual liar and child trafficker to get a deal like that from DOJ is pretty sweet.
November 14, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Having routinely subpoenaed telephone records as a federal prosecutor, I can say that @gtconway.bsky.social is absolutely correct.
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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So according to Trump the 2021 covid economy Biden inherited from Trump is Biden’s fault. And the 2025 economy is also Biden’s fault. But Trump gets credit for the economy he inherited from Obama. Can we have a date when Republicans are going to take responsibility for anything?
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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November 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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To all the weirdos defending Megyn Kelly: 15 year olds are underage, and that is statutory rape.

Pretty simple
November 14, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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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
Whoever styled Sarah Paulson here did a great job.
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Wolff: I was trying to encourage Epstein to use what information he had—let Trump publicly tell a lie then expose the lie. Epstein was afraid of Trump. In the end, I think he was starting to get to this point that he might publicly talk about this relationship but then he was arrested and died.
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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One of the real revelations of the Epstein emails is that Epstein himself was not especially bright, dispelling the "genius" tag that had always seemed ill fitting.

It's almost like there was some other reason rich and powerful men were drawn to him, some other skill he had. Weird.
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Let’s be clear: the hold-up isn’t on our side. This was his campaign promise—so he needs to go ahead and fulfill it. Release the files. All of them.
November 14, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Jesse Watters is straight up lying to his audience about the Epstein emails and hoping his viewers too dull and/or indoctrinated to notice
November 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM