John Ma 🇺🇦
@nakhthor.bsky.social
Chinese-American anc historian, Columbia. Antiochos III & the Cities of W Asia Minor (1999), Statues & Cities (2013), Aršāma and his World (2020, co-ed), Polis: A New History (2024). Guggenheim Fellow.
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Biden didn’t release the Epstein files because Merrick Garland was actively investigating Epstein/Maxwell co-conspirators all the way up until January 2025. Then Trump shuttered the probe. www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...
House Democrats press DOJ for details on Epstein co-conspirators probe that was "inexplicably killed"
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein provided the Justice Department with "precise and detailed" information about 20 alleged co-conspirators, House Democrats say.
www.cbsnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Biden didn’t release the Epstein files because Merrick Garland was actively investigating Epstein/Maxwell co-conspirators all the way up until January 2025. Then Trump shuttered the probe. www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...
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The GOP has three unifying principles:
1) Enriching the rich,
2) Launching foreign wars,
3) Ensuring the elite can r@pe American children.
1) Enriching the rich,
2) Launching foreign wars,
3) Ensuring the elite can r@pe American children.
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The GOP has three unifying principles:
1) Enriching the rich,
2) Launching foreign wars,
3) Ensuring the elite can r@pe American children.
1) Enriching the rich,
2) Launching foreign wars,
3) Ensuring the elite can r@pe American children.
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This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.
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Johnson shifts strategy on Epstein files vote – as GOP leaders brace for mass defections
www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
Johnson shifts strategy on Epstein files vote – as GOP leaders brace for mass defections | CNN Politics
House Speaker Mike Johnson decided to quickly schedule a House vote on an effort to force the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein case files once the calculation was made that it couldn’t be stopped...
www.cnn.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Johnson shifts strategy on Epstein files vote – as GOP leaders brace for mass defections
www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
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Megyn Kelly says Jeffrey Epstein was 'not a pedophile' because 'he liked 15-year-old girls'
"I realize this is disgusting."
x.com/rachelbiteco...
"I realize this is disgusting."
x.com/rachelbiteco...
Rachel Bitecofer 🗽🦆 on X: "Megyn Kelly says Jeffrey Epstein was 'not a pedophile' because 'he liked 15-year-old girls' "I realize this is disgusting." https://t.co/Szlh96Vhuo" / X
Megyn Kelly says Jeffrey Epstein was 'not a pedophile' because 'he liked 15-year-old girls' "I realize this is disgusting." https://t.co/Szlh96Vhuo
x.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Megyn Kelly says Jeffrey Epstein was 'not a pedophile' because 'he liked 15-year-old girls'
"I realize this is disgusting."
x.com/rachelbiteco...
"I realize this is disgusting."
x.com/rachelbiteco...
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That’s because it’s all european right-wing bs copy pasted. Part of Woke Reconstructuon will involve dismantling these parties
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
That’s because it’s all european right-wing bs copy pasted. Part of Woke Reconstructuon will involve dismantling these parties
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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
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.”
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Here is the letter from Jim drive.google.com/file/d/1rgFz...
11.14.25_JER Resignation Facuty.pdf
drive.google.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Here is the letter from Jim drive.google.com/file/d/1rgFz...
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this letter suggests something deeply corrupt beyond what we already know transpired
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
this letter suggests something deeply corrupt beyond what we already know transpired
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👇🏽 this is just the start of the fireworks for today 👇🏽
The gaslighting is just wild. Youngkin is urging the BOV to, “take advantage of the most inclusive and successful Presidential search process in UVA’s history.”
🕵🏽♀️ Facts:
- Federal overreach
- Forced firings
- Hasty Appointments
- Votes of No Confidence
- Lawsuits
- Secret deals to appease Trump
🕵🏽♀️ Facts:
- Federal overreach
- Forced firings
- Hasty Appointments
- Votes of No Confidence
- Lawsuits
- Secret deals to appease Trump
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
👇🏽 this is just the start of the fireworks for today 👇🏽
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my takeaway from this letter is that glenn youngkin, rector sheridan and their flunkies on the board are deeply dishonest people who are engaged, with the trump administration, in a mob-style shakedown against the university of virginia
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
my takeaway from this letter is that glenn youngkin, rector sheridan and their flunkies on the board are deeply dishonest people who are engaged, with the trump administration, in a mob-style shakedown against the university of virginia
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youngkin serving the commonwealth by conspiring with the white house to destroy one of its flagship educational institutions
And there need to be hearings on what Youngkin did with the DOJ. Get that tall shitass under oath.
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
youngkin serving the commonwealth by conspiring with the white house to destroy one of its flagship educational institutions
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Pam Bondi Takes a Beating in Court Over Lindsey Halligan’s Dubious Appointment talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/pam-b...
Pam Bondi Takes a Beating in Court Over Lindsey Halligan’s Dubious Appointment
I was in federal court this morning in Alexandria, Virginia, for a...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Pam Bondi Takes a Beating in Court Over Lindsey Halligan’s Dubious Appointment talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/pam-b...
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LOL ... other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?
November 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
LOL ... other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?
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Michigan Republicans asking Trump to take over the 2026 election Michigan. (I know that this, in theory, references in 'monitoring'. But we're not obligated to accept bullshit cover stories.)
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Michigan Republicans asking Trump to take over the 2026 election Michigan. (I know that this, in theory, references in 'monitoring'. But we're not obligated to accept bullshit cover stories.)
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damn, even the horse was getting his beak wet apparently
NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
November 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
damn, even the horse was getting his beak wet apparently
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So I actually just watched an exchange from Trumper media in which it was explained that Trump didn't do anything wrong because Epstein only "gave" the women to Trump after they'd aged out of the 15-17 massage age range.
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
So I actually just watched an exchange from Trumper media in which it was explained that Trump didn't do anything wrong because Epstein only "gave" the women to Trump after they'd aged out of the 15-17 massage age range.
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exactly. the clinical term is ephebophilia and it's also officially not great. so not sure where they're going here.
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
exactly. the clinical term is ephebophilia and it's also officially not great. so not sure where they're going here.
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It's never a good sign when a national television host is priming the audience to believe "ephebophilia" isn't as big of a deal as other forms of child sex abuse because the president was friends with a child sex offender whose youngest known victim was actually 11 years old
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 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's never a good sign when a national television host is priming the audience to believe "ephebophilia" isn't as big of a deal as other forms of child sex abuse because the president was friends with a child sex offender whose youngest known victim was actually 11 years old
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my sense is that she's getting very special treatment. but "unlimited toilet paper" certainly puts some limits on what we should be considering luxe treatment
Apparently, Ghislaine Maxwell is living it up in prison with unlimited toilet paper. Here’s what we know about her alleged special privileges at her new federal prison camp in Texas.
Ghislaine Maxwell Is Living It Up With Unlimited Toilet Paper
What we know about the special privileges Epstein’s accomplice is reportedly receiving at her new federal prison camp in Texas.
nymag.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
my sense is that she's getting very special treatment. but "unlimited toilet paper" certainly puts some limits on what we should be considering luxe treatment
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Complete and utter desperation.
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Complete and utter desperation.
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In the US, the only leverage many academics have is threatening to leave. That leverage is growing weaker and weaker as jobs disappear. At this point, beyond a few superstars, it’s effectively nil. There are, of course, other forms of leverage, but they require working in concert.
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In the US, the only leverage many academics have is threatening to leave. That leverage is growing weaker and weaker as jobs disappear. At this point, beyond a few superstars, it’s effectively nil. There are, of course, other forms of leverage, but they require working in concert.
All that production work and it still looks like a Hallmark Channel film about a cowgirl who was stung to death by bees.
NEW: A company run by the husband of Kristi Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson (and that has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides) secretly got money from $220 million DHS ad contracts 👀 by @justinelliott.bsky.social @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Russia, if you're listening, the president said you don't have the balls to release anything about him because you need him and he said you are dumb and smelly and your momma dresses you funny.
*That should do it.
*That should do it.
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Russia, if you're listening, the president said you don't have the balls to release anything about him because you need him and he said you are dumb and smelly and your momma dresses you funny.
*That should do it.
*That should do it.
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In an election, when one candidate is a shithead, the media thinks "fairness" means portraying BOTH candidates as shitheads, and that's why both "fairness" and "the media" are stupid.
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
In an election, when one candidate is a shithead, the media thinks "fairness" means portraying BOTH candidates as shitheads, and that's why both "fairness" and "the media" are stupid.