I’d love to hear about files that identify people who expressly refused to connect with Epstein. There must be someone out there!
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Tina Brown.
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Was the info untrue? I always go to the “About Us” portion of a website when I’m unfamiliar with it. But I figured what was there was true. Strange bedfellows (no pun intended) and all that …
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I read it today too. Really eye opening.
Here’s a gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-anand-giridharadas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.L1A.F32r.YjQVpRfJBZ7l&smid=url-share
This is a must read, incredibly thorough discussion.
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One can also listen to the podcast for free too.
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Ezra Klein isn’t always my fave, but today’s was excellent.
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Yes, the interview was outstanding but also deeply troubling (because of what is says about power in our country).
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I had listened to the Ezra Klein podcast just after reading the NYT Magazine article the day before. That article traces the timeline of Epstein starting at Bear Sterns and amassing a fortune in such a crooked way.
Here is a gift link to the timeline article: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/magazine/jeffrey-epstein-money-scams-investigation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MFA.x585.E3Pj6F_sGsAS&smid=url-share
Embarrassed but still wealthy:
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Good thing he read them on the Floor. (so he can’t be sued)
When contacted for comment on this story and told administration officials confirmed the document was a photo lineup, Khanna posted on X that “I wish DoJ had provided that explanation earlier instead of redacting then unredacting their names. They have failed to protect survivors, created confusion for innocent men, and have protected rich and powerful abusers. We must have full transparency and the truth.” He also thanked the Guardian for reporting on the connection to the photo lineup.
Perhaps if Congress had truly unredacted files …
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I had a work colleague who used the phrase “rope a dope”. The classical boxing definition is to let your opponent tire himself out while you dodge and weave on the ropes. The way we used it in the work setting was when a party on the other side set out 9 irrelevant pieces of data and 1 relevant piece. They really didn’t want us to see the 1 relevant piece that would make the deal unfavorable to us, so there was lots of glossy discussion and time spent on the 9 irrelevant pieces. I try to remember this work colleague’s steady manner and clear insight when faced with stories like Epstein. The data scientists have been working long hours on the data dump and that is where I will be spending my time. Just my 2 cents.
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I am trying to read Ezra Klein’s podcast. Not sure if it says much. Pretty words and intelligent sentences but no substance. Money and sex were flowing freely and powerful men came? Is the Sun rise in the east?
Looks like we get to see the remaining 2.3 million emails.
The Justice Department said it has released “all” files tied to dead sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein, according to a letter sent by Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy AG Todd Blanche to lawmakers on Saturday night.
I think we’ve always lived in a bad place and as a 50-someting I have just been learning and recognizing and feeling it over the last the number of years. Makes me sad…
On another note, I just can’t figure out how Epstein developed this…”network”. How did he get to so many influential, rich, powerful people? And are all those influential, rich, powerful people all such…such…I can’t even find the word…scum? Barbarians? It is so disheartening and maddening. I just can’t comprehend it all, on so many levels.
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One thing we need to remember is that not everyone who was part of Epstein’s circle was a bad guy/girl. Even if they were in touch with him after his conviction, that conviction wasn’t necessarily widely known. I am hardly defending true bad guys, but I don’t think everyone he knew or was in touch with was a pedophile.
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I have difficulty understanding it, as well. There is a very base, egotistical mindset among some people that drives them to believe that they are worth more than everyone else. When they worm their way into a position of power, they exploit it to feed their ego and wield it to retain their power. The people around them are partially to blame, because they allow the powerful to do whatever they want - usually because they believe that they will benefit. People who say no are given the boot, and all that remains is a bunch of yes-men. It’s a vicious circle of soulless, morally bereft people.
It’s likely that the people who actually did know are the people who will be protected.
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And my question is, Is that the norm? Is that all we humans are capable of? Or are the people who try to help other people and boost them up the norm??
It seems that the former get more publicity than the latter, so there seems to be more of them. But maybe that’s because their behavior is so disturbing that we talk about them more.
I firmly believe that most people are good people who want the best for others. We hear about the worst because of their potential to inflict pain and suffering that the rest of us know is wrong but feel powerless to fix.
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