Mike Spangenberg
@mikespangenberg.bsky.social
Minneapolis, MN. Interested in making the world more just and healthy for our kids. Professional experience in education and nonprofits.
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Yes. Maybe something more will come out. But thus far what we know is that they found a reporter was acting inappropriately and pushed him out.
As a former member of NYT’s finance team & the co-author of this story exposing the relationship between Epstein & Bill Gates as well as one on Epstein & JPMorgan, I am really frustrated to see people claiming that NYT sat on publishable info about Trump and Epstein 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/b...
Bill Gates Met With Jeffrey Epstein Many Times, Despite His Past (Published 2019)
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Yes. Maybe something more will come out. But thus far what we know is that they found a reporter was acting inappropriately and pushed him out.
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
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 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
These people all protect each other
Fall 2017: Then-NYT reporter literally warning Epstein that someone is "digging around again."
![From:
Thomas Jr., Landon
Sent:
9/27/2017 2:47:47 PM
To:
Subject:
Got another call from Connelly..
Importance:
High
Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com]
He is digging around again -- not clear if its another book/or expanded paperback version. Was asking me all sorts of questions about why you hired Ken Starr. I told him I had no idea - I think he is doing some Trump-related digging too.
Anyway, for what its worth...
Landon Thomas, Jr.
Financial Reporter
New York Times
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/t/landon_ir thomas/index.h
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November 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
These people all protect each other
One of the questions that has baffled me my entire adult life is why anyone takes seriously Larry Summers
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
One of the questions that has baffled me my entire adult life is why anyone takes seriously Larry Summers
Part of the reason the full Epstein truth hasn’t come out is because *everyone*—elected officials, academics, gazillionaires, journalists—comes out looking *horrible*
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 13, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Part of the reason the full Epstein truth hasn’t come out is because *everyone*—elected officials, academics, gazillionaires, journalists—comes out looking *horrible*
“<VICTIM> spent hours at my house with him” - Jeffrey Epstein, about Donald Trump
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“<VICTIM> spent hours at my house with him” - Jeffrey Epstein, about Donald Trump
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Impeach the president
November 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Impeach the president
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This chart and its implications are absolutely bonkers. From Axios. www.axios.com/2025/11/04/h...
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This chart and its implications are absolutely bonkers. From Axios. www.axios.com/2025/11/04/h...
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This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
Open AI’s product doesn’t work, cultivates mental illness, has an outside chance of destroying humanity, and will make a morally indefensible impact on the planet.
"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
www.truthdig.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Open AI’s product doesn’t work, cultivates mental illness, has an outside chance of destroying humanity, and will make a morally indefensible impact on the planet.
Yes, let's address the issue one specific prop bet at a time. I'm sure that ought to do it.
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball, sportsbooks say they will limit bets on individual pitches in response to pitch rigging scandal.
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Yes, let's address the issue one specific prop bet at a time. I'm sure that ought to do it.
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Here's another view of the final-round 2025 Minneapolis mayor vote by ward. I've sorted from the ward with the largest absolute margin to the smallest. The ones in parentheses favored Fateh, those without parentheses favored Frey.
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Here's another view of the final-round 2025 Minneapolis mayor vote by ward. I've sorted from the ward with the largest absolute margin to the smallest. The ones in parentheses favored Fateh, those without parentheses favored Frey.
They're the absolute bane of high schools in a lot of places. Kids vaping is much harder to detect than smoking. I've even talked to administrators who've caught kids doing it in class! (In one case, they only caught the kid bc the kid posted a video of it to social media during the school day)
The number of people I see vaping indoors is truly mind blowing to me. Sorry is this is too puritanical but I don’t think that being that addicted to anything is good, even if it’s more healthy than smoking.
humbly proposing that vape pens are quietly one of the most evil inventions in the past 25 years and that everyone involved should be tried at the hague
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
They're the absolute bane of high schools in a lot of places. Kids vaping is much harder to detect than smoking. I've even talked to administrators who've caught kids doing it in class! (In one case, they only caught the kid bc the kid posted a video of it to social media during the school day)
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"Maxwell has received custom meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area, access to a service puppy, and private meetings with visitors arranged by the warden, complete with snacks. Visitors were allowed to bring computers..."
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’
In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell’s treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel.”
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"Maxwell has received custom meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area, access to a service puppy, and private meetings with visitors arranged by the warden, complete with snacks. Visitors were allowed to bring computers..."
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
What does the verb “fight” mean to you? Like, post online?
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
What does the verb “fight” mean to you? Like, post online?
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Healthcare is a human right.
Democratic Senators should fight for it like lives depend on it because they do.
Democratic Senators should fight for it like lives depend on it because they do.
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Healthcare is a human right.
Democratic Senators should fight for it like lives depend on it because they do.
Democratic Senators should fight for it like lives depend on it because they do.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
omg the accuracy
Waiting for Democrat fundraising texts and emails to begin in 3… 2…1
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM
omg the accuracy
Tomorrow’s headline: “Democrats Oppose Compromise Approved by Democrats”
As this vote moves to the House, I stand with Democratic leadership as they refuse to rubber stamp the full-scale Republican assault on Americans’ health care and I am proud of the majority of Senate Democrats who opposed this vote.
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Tomorrow’s headline: “Democrats Oppose Compromise Approved by Democrats”
<Stadium Chant Erupts>
DEMS YOU SUCK
DEMS YOU SUCK
DEMS YOU SUCK
DEMS YOU SUCK
DEMS YOU SUCK
DEMS YOU SUCK
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
<Stadium Chant Erupts>
DEMS YOU SUCK
DEMS YOU SUCK
DEMS YOU SUCK
DEMS YOU SUCK
DEMS YOU SUCK
DEMS YOU SUCK
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I will not support this bill that completely fails to help Americans afford their health care.
Trump and R’s have more than doubled Americans’ health care premiums, and for 40 days they have refused to lift a finger to do a thing about it. In fact, they’ve made it worse by taking food from kids.
Trump and R’s have more than doubled Americans’ health care premiums, and for 40 days they have refused to lift a finger to do a thing about it. In fact, they’ve made it worse by taking food from kids.
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I will not support this bill that completely fails to help Americans afford their health care.
Trump and R’s have more than doubled Americans’ health care premiums, and for 40 days they have refused to lift a finger to do a thing about it. In fact, they’ve made it worse by taking food from kids.
Trump and R’s have more than doubled Americans’ health care premiums, and for 40 days they have refused to lift a finger to do a thing about it. In fact, they’ve made it worse by taking food from kids.
Do you have Tim Kaine’s phone number?
I will not support this bill that completely fails to help Americans afford their health care.
Trump and R’s have more than doubled Americans’ health care premiums, and for 40 days they have refused to lift a finger to do a thing about it. In fact, they’ve made it worse by taking food from kids.
Trump and R’s have more than doubled Americans’ health care premiums, and for 40 days they have refused to lift a finger to do a thing about it. In fact, they’ve made it worse by taking food from kids.
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Do you have Tim Kaine’s phone number?