Paris opens Epstein probe unit

Scholar power: 9.9%

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Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Brigid Laffan	19%	27	9.9%

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by Robert B. Reich

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🎓 Robert B. Reich	8%	37	14.6%

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Robert Reich

@rbreich.bsky.social

What do the powerful people named in the Epstein files all have in common?

February 14, 2026 at 5:02 PM

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Scholar power: 9.9%

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Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
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by Robin Celikates Reposted by Felicity Callard

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Scholar power: 19.4%

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Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Robin Celikates	14%	20	18.8%
🎓 Felicity Callard	1%	35	0.6%
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robin celikates

@robin-c.bsky.social

@melindacooper.bsky.social

“Epstein’s victims experienced the rule of master and servant not just as economic but sexual violence. They were the first to name and resist our emergent political order.”

Thanks to our growing insight into Epstein’s world, we have gained a clearer picture of the psychic and economic logic of the contemporary far right. Just as Epstein wanted to close off all escape routes to his female victims, Trump and his tech reactionaries want to shut down all alternatives to the household economy and turn the presidency into a founder-controlled family firm. Attacks on the administrative state, the public sector and unions, and the transformation of border control agents into a personal militia can be understood as parts of a broader programme to extend the rule of master and servant to the entire economy. Perhaps if we all become Uber drivers, Amazon third-party sellers, trade contractors to real estate moguls, or academic supplicants to billionaires then the founder will be safe from collective sacrifice?

Epstein’s victims experienced the rule of master and servant not just as economic but sexual violence. They were the first to name and resist our emergent political order.

February 14, 2026 at 9:01 PM

by Brigid Laffan

29%

Scholar power: 29.6%

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Law 40%, Political science 25%, Business 20%, Sociology 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Brigid Laffan	19%	27	29.6%

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Eliot Higgins

@eliothiggins.bsky.social

Police set up national group to deal with UK-related Epstein allegations www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Police set up national group to deal with UK-related Epstein allegations

Senior policing source says ‘tsunami’ of claims expected after US release of papers relating to disgraced financier

www.theguardian.com

February 14, 2026 at 3:30 PM

Reposted by W. Andy Knight

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🎓 W. Andy Knight	16%	21	7.3%

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Meljomur

@meljomur.bsky.social

This whole Epstein File episode has really brought home how much we’ve lost our empathy on a massive scale. There is actual evidence both documented and verified by survivors of horrific crimes. Committed by people at the highest levels. Yet not one of them has been punished.

February 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM

by Joanna L. Grossman Reposted by David S. Cohen

30%

Scholar power: 30.0%

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🎓 Joanna L. Grossman	24%	9	21.6%
🎓 David S. Cohen	21%	16	8.4%
Total			30.0%

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Joanna Grossman

@joannagrossman.bsky.social

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Everyone in the Epstein files should lose positions of power
and be exiled from polite society, too

February 14, 2026 at 9:51 PM

by Robert B. Reich

14%

Scholar power: 14.6%

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Law 40%, Political science 25%, Business 20%, Sociology 15%

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🎓 Robert B. Reich	8%	37	14.6%

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Robert Reich

@rbreich.bsky.social

This was yet another week of Trump ruling on behalf of the so-called Epstein Class.

But it was also a week that featured extraordinary pushback and solidarity against his regime.

Join us as we break down the week that was.

https://youtu.be/oEyT9rwX59I

Trump, Epstein, and the Ruling Class | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich

This was yet another week of Trump ruling on behalf of the so-called Epstein Class.But it was also a week that featured

youtu.be

February 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM

by David S. Cohen

25%

Scholar power: 25.2%

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🎓 David S. Cohen	21%	16	25.2%

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David S. Cohen

@dsc250.bsky.social

everyone

Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social · 3h

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Everyone in the Epstein files should lose positions of power
and be exiled from polite society, too

February 14, 2026 at 10:09 PM

Reposted by Michael E. Mann

4%

Scholar power: 4.2%

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🎓 Michael E. Mann	4%	111	4.2%

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Reposted by Andrew J. Weaver

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Reposted by Brigid Laffan

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Scholar power: 9.9%

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Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Brigid Laffan	19%	27	9.9%

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Reposted by David Darmofal, Suzanne Conklin Akbari

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Scholar power: 3.8%

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🎓 David Darmofal	7%	11	2.3%
🎓 Suzanne Conklin Akbari	5%	9	1.5%
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Moira Donegan

@moiradonegan.bsky.social

A young violinist was nervous about meeting with Jeffrey Epstein due to his 2008 child sex abuse conviction. Epstein reassured her by noting his friendship with @bardcollege.bsky.social’s Leon Botstein, and set up a dinner between Botstein and the musician. She soon became one of Epstein’s victims.

Epstein Used Botstein’s Prestige and Connections to Recruit and Support One of His Victims, a Violinist from Europe - The Daily Catch

Jeffrey Epstein utilized his burgeoning relationship with Bard College President and American Symphony Orchestra Conductor Leon Botstein in 2013 to procure perks for a young violinist who ultimately b...

www.thedailycatch.org

February 14, 2026 at 3:51 PM

by Mark A. Graber

33%

Scholar power: 33.5%

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🎓 Mark A. Graber	25%	20	33.5%

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Mark Graber

@mgraber1.bsky.social

Should we commonly refer to Trump as the most prominent member of the "Epstein class." Captures a group of extraordinarily powerful men who live for pleasure and making money and are disdainful of conventional law and morality.

February 14, 2026 at 1:58 PM

Reposted by Cary L. Cooper

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🎓 Cary L. Cooper	4%	127	4.5%

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Reposted by Naomi Klein

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Scholar power: 5.5%

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🎓 Naomi Klein	13%	18	5.5%

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Zeteo

@zeteo.com

“They believe that they are rich enough that they don’t have to live in the same world as us.”

@naomiaklein.bsky.social and @mehdirhasan.bsky.social break down the real conspiracies behind Epstein and his elite circle in this latest episode of ‘Unshocked’.

Watch here: zeteo.com/p/naomi-klei...

February 14, 2026 at 3:08 PM

Reposted by Alan Sked

4%

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🎓 Alan Sked	14%	11	4.6%

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by Shibley Telhami

17%

Scholar power: 17.3%

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Law 40%, Political science 25%, Business 20%, Sociology 15%

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🎓 Shibley Telhami	16%	13	17.3%

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Shibley Telhami

@stelhami.bsky.social

Epstein and Bannon discussed strategies to ‘taking down’ the Pope!

February 14, 2026 at 12:16 PM

Reposted by Trita Parsi

4%

Scholar power: 4.2%

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Law 40%, Political science 25%, Business 20%, Sociology 15%

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🎓 Trita Parsi	16%	7	4.2%

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