This seems to be the chart relied on for “violent crime in DC is at a 30 year low.” https://t.co/k7FD0LxZBs (h/t @JamesFallows). But I’m still confused! It seems to count 4 crimes-homicide, “sex abuse,” assault w/ a deadly weapon and robbery. What about plain old assault? Isn’t
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Attn: @peterbakernyt https://t.co/r5mLYEmnoB
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“Tump is imagining a Washington with a far lower crime rate than its residents have become accustomed to. Even though they stand to benefit enormously [many of] their political representatives…will become almost protective of their crime rate.” https://t.co/0SwV9OZOfm
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Then, back to Epstein! https://t.co/UBSCv24D4x
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Aug 13, 2025
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Maybe DC has become more sordid in recent decades, along with all the new Aston Martins. You could ask “This Town” expert @MarkLeibovich for his perception … https://t.co/6CQVBUb14j
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Video is worth watching. https://t.co/haMN7bD8i2
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NYT: “There were 274 homicides in Washington in 2023 … That was the highest rate in over 20 years.” But not “ever”! So “nonexistent crime crisis” then. Carry on. … PS Trump hedged his bet with “probably.” You think that cuts any ice with the fact-checkers of the NYT? Ha! https://t.co/WYwE65EKz0
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Maybe Leslie Wexner is a listener https://t.co/fdB3WvNbIb
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Aug 12, 2025
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We spend some time discussing @TuckerCarlson’s interview with Darryl Cooper https://t.co/MIB5zpWT5o in which Carlson says there’s a decadent, perverse, evil “Weimar/Caligula” sexual culture in the DC elite. This is not my perception of sex in the DC elite, which I think runs more https://t.co/HgWWByrUn9
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Aug 12, 2025
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Simplest explanation is that the @NYTimes (with three (3) reporters on the case) was (lazily) taken in by the deceptive, unsubstantiated hype headline on the US Attorney’s press release (“Violent crime in DC hits 30 year low”) … https://t.co/vpEXvgMhsx
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Aug 12, 2025
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Numbers Pew didn’t want to discover … https://t.co/zBCwHSileU
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The Nothingburger Caucus says it was just him and some 16 year olds. OK! https://t.co/O4FGGsGg7l
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Aug 12, 2025
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WAS EPSTEIN ON THE GRASSY KNOLL? According to some evidence, Epstein was a blackmailer from way back. He was also involved in Iran-Contra. We discuss his surprisingly long history of shadiness, among other things. https://t.co/HgWWByrUn9
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Aug 12, 2025
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Looking for documentation for “30-year-low” claim. NYT links to this https://t.co/wWjlfFJaJw which links to this https://t.co/VsZ6GJLPYW which only shows homicides way ABOVE 2009-2019 years, and “recovered firearms” way above 2015-2019. (2015=1706, 2024=2895). What am I missing? https://t.co/gbKdNlXfbi
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Aug 12, 2025
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Missing word: “Muskie” https://t.co/V7WodyPZEz
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Why did welfare reform pass in 1996? In part because Tom DeLay could deliver a large (150?) block of votes from GOPs who didn’t try to “leave their policy mark.” You want Trump to run his tariffs through Congress as the Constitutiion envisioned? You’ll need a disciplined https://t.co/tc7N36Mxm2
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Aug 12, 2025
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Seems like a good thing–party discipline is what Congress needs if it’s going to be efficient enough to take power back from a nimble executive. It’s had a too-many-cooks problem for years. https://t.co/Ra58m0uB28
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Aug 11, 2025
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EDITED (heavily): Could the home’s owners** 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?
** I’d thought Obama owned the home. He rented. The home was owned by https://t.co/sUpkVlhAKx
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‘Do you have any apples in that basket?” https://t.co/lG5PB7xoQr
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“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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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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Link to Marra’s ruling: https://t.co/ChO9EEi4JU
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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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“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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