I dunno. Back in the day when I talked about the “espionage”theory–#2 on this hit parade https://t.co/zhDE7RUwHX I said it was “compromising leverage over a slew of public figures.” Seems pretty accurate description of what the files are revealing. No defining down required. https://t.co/NikqvSD7V1
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February 12, 2026 at 08:06PM
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Epstein Revelations You Won’t Read In The New York Times, by @AnnCoulter https://t.co/L7TXAPPiHi
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Feb 12, 2026
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Bari or not Bari? https://t.co/y3BXxf4KZD
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Feb 12, 2026
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So it wasn’t blackmail–it was only kompromat! And it wasn’t a “sex slave ring.” It was only a group of friends accepting “carnal favors.” Got it. Euphemisms aside, it seems to have been a carefully cultivated network of bigshots many of whom got laid through him and were thus https://t.co/rkgDDbuZr4
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Feb 12, 2026
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“No Epstein sex-slave ring”-but Swaim says “some of Epstein’s former pals…may have accepted carnal favors, though perhaps not criminal ones.” Just a network of pals. Don’t call it a ring! (Note: You don’t need criminality for “kompromat”) https://t.co/dedAhEFAwZ
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Feb 12, 2026
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“No blackmail operation”? Here’s the NYT’s @mattgoldstein26 on The Daily: “f or better or worse, let’s call it kompromat. And it was basically that he took the things that people were telling them and also from the work he was doing for some of them, he would glean their https://t.co/dedAhEFAwZ
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Feb 12, 2026
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“Unemployment also edged down to 4.3% and wages grew 3.7%, outpacing inflation.” If reports like this continue, Trump will be delivering what he promised on the economy, no? https://t.co/mU2kKSTOem
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Feb 12, 2026
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Also *he* was clearly a friend of Israel. From 2007: “Peggy Siegal says Epstein’s two big charitable causes are science and Israel.”https://t.co/RbVNRUbfm6 https://t.co/3oVJFguVYS
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Feb 12, 2026
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Pretty amazing how Trump turned the Epstein scandal, mainly a Democratic scandal (Clinton, Mitchell, RIchardson, Ruemmler, Hoffman etc.) into an issue that may help the Democrats in the midterms.
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Feb 12, 2026
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Makes sense. But he was surrounded by friends of Israel, and his two biggest sources of money were two of the richest friends of Israel in the U.S. If one of the countries Epstein shared info with was Israel, and if it was info gathered in part from bigshots in his network whom https://t.co/P4w8YNN7he
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Feb 12, 2026
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Vicky Ward: “it’s unlikely Epstein was working for the CIA or Mossad, as conspiracy theories have suggested. Epstein didn’t need to be an asset for a foreign government… he had tentacles into the leaders of countries all around the globe. He was his own intelligence
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Feb 12, 2026
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Correction: The room is in the Justice Dept. https://t.co/Bw1bLjShJF https://t.co/GQNaJWZShJ
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Feb 12, 2026
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Plus being “rich” in the GDP sense (“stuff available to consume”) is not the right end goal of politics. Rich =/= happiness. and even happiness probably isn’t the right end goal of politics. (Can I have @arthurbrooks’ gig now?) https://t.co/KSM5wOJMFN
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 11, 2026
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UPDATE: Huh. https://t.co/LANg8XSmcs
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Feb 11, 2026
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He had a small part in the film “Labor Day” as an ominous state trooper, something he conveyed in a couple of seconds. Good to see an actor doing his job perfectly. https://t.co/NGy5UZ9Kxi
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Feb 11, 2026
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One thing I think I was wrong about: Epstein’s network is turning out to have been bigger than I’d expected. (eg. “power players” in LA you’ve probably never heard of https://t.co/suLfG6KZ5X) Honk if you’re not in it. https://t.co/nRJEM6XKH2
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Feb 11, 2026
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You have to go to a small room in the Capitol to find out https://t.co/MDsTSSw71A
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Feb 11, 2026
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Patel/Bondi/Blanche said it wasn’t enough to even start an investigation, not to “bring charges.” https://t.co/src35KQcpc
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Feb 11, 2026
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Too late for context now, buddy https://t.co/5Fh1rLIWUj
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Feb 11, 2026
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DHS shutdown now very likely. Dems need *something* to screw up the economy before the mid-terms https://t.co/NqF5KdkUVp
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 11, 2026
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Everything Patel now does (as with everything Noem now does) seems a desperate attempt to restore shattered credibility. It would be more impressive if he would stop — eg, not tweet out new developments in Guthrie case under his own name (even if he deserves some credit). https://t.co/rgHTTYk8Iq
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Feb 11, 2026
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FBI/Patel/Bondi/Blanche (after allegedly “exhaustive” search of Epstein files): “We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.”
FIles: “Thank you for a fun night. …
Your littlest girl was a little naughty”— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 11, 2026
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ChatGPT: “Household-level tracking (Samba TV) suggests fewer U.S. households watched the halftime show (~26.5 million households), which reflects a viewership drop-off from the game–but Nielsen’s overall “viewers” count remains the standard for national TV audience measurement.”
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 11, 2026
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February 11, 2026 at 02:50AM
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It seemed like every paragraph had to mention Jan 6 or climate change. I know that’s not true! Just how it seemed. Not sure that’s why it lost so much money. https://t.co/0A9wKWRIOE
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Feb 11, 2026
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February 10, 2026 at 10:22PM
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You’d think Palantir would have busted this guy already https://t.co/6bMLJocuI1
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Feb 11, 2026
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