As Jeffrey Epstein and Zohran Mamdani are ongoing news stories, here’s some links to recent news, first Epstein:
The Felon claims he broke off with Epstein for hiring employees away from Mar-A-Lago. At the link, a discussion of why that’s not so clean-cut (and what does it say that that set the Felon off, but not statutory rape?). And an upcoming book says the Felon stayed chums with Epstein for years after.
Ghislaine Maxwell, panderer and abuser of children, claims Jeffrey Epstein’s original sweetheart-deal of a plea bargain should get her out of jail. If nothing else, her meeting with the Felon’s attorney got her moved to a club fed prison. Small wonder that Sen. Schumer “released a statement on both Xitter and Bluesky on Thursday first arguing that sending Donald Trump’s personal lawyer to meet with Ghislaine ‘stinks of high corruption.’”
Markwayne Mullin, one of the Felon’s allies, tries to blame Epstein’s sweetheart deal on Obama. Nope, it happened under George W. Bush, Republican. And Rep. James Comer is subpoenaing the Clintons, former AG William Barr and multiple others for an Epstein-related hearing — but not Alex Acosta, the guy who gave Epstein his sweetheart deal.
Someone in Scotland asked the Felon about Epstein. “Trump indeed turned up his golf cart boombox to blast “Memories” from the Broadway musical “Cats.”
“Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Monday demanded all recordings and transcripts of the July 24 and 25 Justice Department interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell” By contrast,
There’s a missing minute in the tape of Epstein’s suicide — and it’s in the FBI’s possession, apparently.
Gibbering right-winger Mark Levin wants us to think about the evil schemes of Hilary Clinton and Obama, not Epstein.
Unsurprisingly Vance blames the Felon’s Epstein coverup on Obama and Biden.
A deep dive into the rules for redacting names in cases like this.
I don’t think Jamelle Bouie was talking about Epstein but I think this is good advice: “the thing thing about the admonition to “not take the bait” is that while it makes sense in the context of an election — where you are trying to communicate a narrow set of ideas broadly — it does not make sense in the context of “how do we make this president as unpopular as possible””
Now Mamdani. If a man is known by the enemies he makes, NYC’s developers declaring undying opposition to him winning the election is a good sign. Politico similarly finds that the freak-out over Mamdani’s candidacy is winning over voters to support him.
As for Andrew Cuomo, the former NY governor running against Mamdani, here’s a look at the massive legal counterattack against the women who accused him of harassment. Horrifyingly, the law says the state has to cover most of the costs so Cuomo has no reason not to go for a long, expensive legal fight and wear the other side down (with taxpayers now on the hook for more than $10 million). And yet it seems a lot of Dem officials think he’s the better choice for mayor.
So does Donald “Friend of Epstein” Trump. No surprise: Cuomo would probably be happy collaborating with the Felon Administration. And the Felon seems to gravitate to harassers, abusers and rapists (Epstein, Kavanaugh, Hegseth) — game recognizing game.
In what may become an ongoing story, Oklahoma’s Superintendent of Schools, Ryan Walters, is an outspoken Christian theocrat … with (allegedly) porn on his computer. The surprising thing is, it’s reportedly adult heterosexual porn. Walters now claims he’s the victim of a smear attack but he’s already been busted lying about the case. Just like he lied about the Tulsa race massacre. Here’s some more of his greatest theocratic hits. In fairness, it’s not like a devout Christian would do anything sexually inappropriate. Except this one. And a few more.
