“When OPR asked Acosta about his apparent equivocation during his 2019 press conference, in answering a media question about whether he had knowledge of Epstein being an ‘intelligence asset,’ Acosta stated to OPR that ‘the answer is no.'” 1) Acosta’s second shot at a denial.
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Aug 10, 2025
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August 10, 2025 at 01:34AM
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Could Obama have found somebody more likely to bring negative attention at this moment (short of Ghislaine Maxwell)? Was there a bidding war between Wexner and Leon Black? https://t.co/sUpkVlh2UZ
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Aug 10, 2025
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“Epstein worked in concert with others to obtain minors not only for his own sexual gratification, but also for the sexual gratification of others.” An even stronger quote from Judge Marra’s 2019 rulings. Note that “others” is plural. https://t.co/KOL7kSUa4u
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Aug 10, 2025
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Link to Marra’s ruling: https://t.co/ChO9EEi4JU
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“The evidence does suggest [Epstein] supplied himself with a rotating cast of teenage girls, enticed by the allure of quick cash, for regular ‘massages’ that featured varying degrees of sexualization. Some of the girls were probably under 18, and even if they did lie about
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Aug 10, 2025
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The blog also suggests Israel dropped Epstein on Trump because he only bombed Iran for a day not for a full week. That doesn’t suffer from the two infirmities below (the bombing was June 22) but seems a little diva-ish as a reason for Israel to drop *its* nuclear Epstein weapon. https://t.co/AWKO87pa5D
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Aug 10, 2025
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All Theories Considered: Did Israel leak Epstein files after Trump criticized damage to a Gaza church? Seems weak 1) Trump’s lock down of Epstein files was 10 days before church incident 2) If Israel was going to drop Epstein on Trump surely it’d be over something more important https://t.co/dQqd3FFF9M
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Aug 10, 2025
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Am I crazy or has Charlie Kirk become much better (eg more policy detail, less Charlie Kirk, sound on immigration) lately? https://t.co/ycfs197oag
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Aug 9, 2025
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Not suggestive at all … https://t.co/QgCmE1Frrm
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Tell us more about these “sensitive connections,” oh Grok… https://t.co/NqBIsGhVwN
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‘I mean, if he were really helping out the Mossad, would he wear an IDF sweatshirt? Come on!’–no need to wait for the response. https://t.co/MceHvtfMLn
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Aug 8, 2025
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The interview with Epstein’s Paris-based butler “took place in his French home over a beer and Brazilian bread and cheese balls, which he says were a hit with Bill Gates.” https://t.co/wFHPh1z9eP
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Aug 8, 2025
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For example, Douthat says the right “is hyping the longstanding theory that Epstein was connected to Mossad, because it dovetails with their growing hostility to Israel.” But you don’t need that abstract Political Trend to explain (dismissively) why the Mossad theory is credible
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Aug 7, 2025
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Going “meta” on a news story–don’t talk about Epstein, talk about the prevalence of conspiracy theories!– is a tried and true way to sounds smart without annoying one side or the other. It’s also a proven way to avoid the news and the facts, so your opinion on a case seems a
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Aug 7, 2025
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Hmmm…. https://t.co/Q1nEfp8KKt
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Aug 6, 2025
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The most recent wage report wasn’t great, but I guess I don’t understand how a 3.7 increase for the bottom quartile when inflation is 2.7 percent is a “redneck recession,” rather than a modest gain. It would be a good story if Trump were punishing the people who elected him, and
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Aug 6, 2025
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US-born job gains outpace losses among immigrant workers https://t.co/OAQWKR9cGA #FoxBusiness
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Why might Bill Gates, who only admired Epstein’s decor (https://t.co/5GyimzjTp8), announce a huge $2.5 billion initiative to improve women’s health? https://t.co/kAaf80WREk
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Odd glitch reposting this…. https://t.co/gZtfqpLVq0
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Aug 5, 2025
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Your admiring Epstein Explainer, @MichaelWolffNYC! No disgust noted. https://t.co/qG2y83iQPY
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Aug 5, 2025
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Worth rereading Philip Weiss’ relatively early (2007) profile of Epstein, at least for 1) @MichaelWolffNYC’s nuanced admiration for “Jeffrey.” In the Trump v. Epstein matchup it’s clear whose team Wolff started on. 2) “Peggy Siegal says Epstein’s two big charitable causes are
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Aug 5, 2025
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Also relevant (with one of the great tags) https://t.co/3ET5Uf2wwQ https://t.co/RjdUsF2TMK
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Aug 5, 2025
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If I remember right, there was a great New Yorker article years ago arguing that “brain death” was a hoax designed to facilitate early organ harvesting. Think it was either this https://t.co/MFJnkpOehA or this https://t.co/rPwnfBQ7Wl. Maybe we should get rid of “brain death.”
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Aug 5, 2025
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Also impressed by the glib, rote condescension with which they deal with the obvious objections: “Understandably, some will worry that doctors will prematurely pronounce a patient irreversibly comatose … That sort of concern, however, is about practicalities such as whether
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Aug 5, 2025
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And if the patient completely comes back to life, do we take into account “social considerations like organ viability” and make sure they die? … Wait, they’re already dead-I forgot we changed the definition. Do we make sure they fulfill their potential to be dead? https://t.co/MW47ZbZhRa
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Aug 5, 2025
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