Victim’s advocate & lawyer, entrepreneur/business owner, and generally
concerned human who sometimes writes skeets and other things about the absolute mess we’re in. ⚖️🌍🧘♀️
Why does Donald Trump so desperately want everyone to stop talking about the Files? Our latest report traces explicit accounts involving 11 women who directly implicate him in Epstein’s crimes and network.
So, yes, stop talking about the Files if you want to protect the President from the truth.
House Judiciary Democrats have just released a 50-page report that pulls together years of assault allegations against Trump and his reported connections to Jeffrey Epstein.
The report calls for a special counsel to investigate Trump's ties to Epstein.
I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.
JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...
Overall, we are seeing some very odd deal talks that are supposedly a part of ending the war in Ukraine. But in fact evidence shows these deals are structured (in the most recent case secretly until now) to financially benefit Russia or business partners of the Trump and Witkoff families.
Big thanks to @katiephang.bsky.social for having me on her channel to talk about my new investigative in Ms. focused on Epstein’s network, modeling industry connections and what accountability for survivors looks like.
Jeffrey Epstein, Jean-Luc Brunel, & other predators from the international modeling industry preyed on young women & children for decades. But, where's the accountability?
@justandro.bsky.social joins on her compelling series “The Pipeline to Predators” for @msmagazine.comyoutu.be/IsKN3OZvz-A?...
This is a super important development in MA. The push for transparency and accountability for institutions that cover up sexual abuse continues. Survivors deserve justice. Transparency is the first step.
A new report out of Massachusetts “provides for the first time a public accounting of the unimaginable harms afflicted on children,” said Mass AG Campbell. @aclum.bsky.social@massago.bsky.social@massgovernor.bsky.social@indivisiblemass.bsky.socialmsmagazine.com/2026/10/14/c...
Accountability for Epstein’s network- what modeling industry survivors are demanding.
The fourth and final installment of my Ms. Magazine investigation into the modeling industry’s connections to Epstein is now online.
Part 3 of my @msmagazine.com investigation into the modeling industries links to Epstein and his network is out today. Full long form article is in current fall issue. So many amazingly strong women courageously shared their stories for this piece. 💪🏽❤️
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Part 2 of my @msmagazine.com investigation, The Pipeline to Predators is live.
Survivors are exposing the modeling industry’s connections to Jeffrey Epstein and his network and demanding accountability from those who enabled abuse.
msmagazine.com/2026/10/05/m...
Survivors’ strength and fight for accountability are at the heart of my new Ms. Magazine investigation into Epstein’s modeling pipeline, out now in the fall print issue.
The multipart @msmagazine.com online version begins here:
msmagazine.com/2026/10/02/e...
I wrote a thread earlier today (before even reading this story, actually) about how commonly the “inconsistencies” in a victim’s story are actually procedural distortions made by people in positions of power who are invested in disbelieving her:
All of this. I also want to add that, in my research, I found that a lot of “inconsistencies” in a victim’s story actually came from gender bias affecting investigators’ record keeping and interview methods.
CORRECTION: Not in secret. "In a closed-door session, with U.N. cameras turned off and civil society observers removed..." About 10 lawyers apiece from US and Russia.
Unnerving @washingtonpost.com exclusive: US and Russia worked in secret to remove "a range of provisions designed to safeguard the use of artificial intelligence in weapons." For instance, leave targeting to AI, no human review required. Gift link 🎁 wapo.st/4yWadkR
UPDATE: Blanche was forced to file his Answer yesterday, which he did.
We’re awaiting confirmation that Blanche delivered to Court the unredacted handwritten FBI notes, along with other materials he was ordered to give. Will know shortly.
I’ll break it all down on my YouTube channel later today!
When Elon Musk's groups spent $20M+ on Wisconsin's 2025 Supreme Court race, his involvement backfired and his candidate lost by 10 points.
Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race.
Would be a shame if people found out.
@djrothkopf.bsky.social
“Trump’s obscene corruption is therefore a symptom of what is broken in our politics and in our economic and social system. Revealing his abuses and holding him accountable is essential”
Trump, empowered by SCOTUS, entered office convinced he could do insider trading, sell pardons and favors, take bribes, steal and openly flout the law. Now, with the prospect of investigations looming, he is growing ever more fearful that he miscalculated.
Last fall, 625,000 people filed comments on this. Ninety-nine percent said don’t.
On Tuesday they moved to do it anyway.
Tell Congress to stop them:
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
NEW: Judge Sullivan spent the final 30 minutes of the Phang v Blanche Epstein files hearing telling a story of the one time he had to hold DOJ lawyers in contempt. He says he's done it before, and he'd rather not do it again, but he will if he needs to. "It's not a threat, it's a promise."
Blanche confirmed to AG in the dead of night is not only a stain on then legal profession but a terrifying omen. He is in open violation of court orders, covering up Epstein files,
under ethics investigation and targeting MAGA political opponents with prosecution. This choice tells us whats coming.
Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records.
This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
Listen to Todd Blanche—Trump’s nominee for AG—tell faith leaders that the Justice Dept is working with the White House to stop the shipping of abortion pills into banned states.
“We will have victory, victory will be soon, and it will be permanent,” he said.
NEW: Hours after the DOJ was handed its 20th loss in its legal bid for states' unredacted voter data, a judge asked the department if there was any meaningful difference in its Washington case.
The DOJ's answer: "No, your honor."
But that didn't stop it from defending the lawsuit in court.
The DOJ is now 0-20 in court trying to access states' voter files. They've lost in:
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Illinois
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Domestic violence expert here - these kinds of excuses are a dime a dozen with abusers. They attempt to weaponize anything a victim tries to do to normalize life as “proof” the abuse didn’t happen. It only works with people who don’t understand how domestic violence works.
Rep. Max Miller: "These are incredibly serious criminal accusations. If these accusations were true, I would be in jail — I would be. My former wife would not have been offering to cook me dinner and inviting me to playgrounds. Think about that."
“Personal lives.” This tells you everything about how Johnson views women and children. These allegations amount to criminal assaults, but since he sees women as property he considers it “personal” instead of a matter for public sanction.
New primary data @fiftyplusone.news confirms a pattern political scientists have flagged for years: Women with endorsements are winning primaries at high rates in both parties, but the opportunity structure around them is wildly unequal🧵
(full story here open.substack.com/pub/fiftyplu...)
EXCLUSIVE: In my lawsuit against Todd Blanche, he has now submitted to a federal judge unredacted emails & documents for the court’s review.
I walk through the documents & explain how Blanche continues to violate the court order and the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
youtu.be/oAEHQXlYWK0?...
It was such an honor to talk with @katiephang.bsky.social about her federal Epstein lawsuit against Todd Blanche and her fight for Epstein files transparency. With the in camera document deadline looming, I wrote for Ms. about what is at stake. msmagazine.com/2026/07/29/t...
Questions continue to mount over the 43+ day disappearance of Sen. Mitch McConnell. And a lot of demands on KY Gov. Andy Beshear to do something about it.
I question Gov. Beshear on his plans to force real answers from McConnell & the GOP, & what steps he's going to take.
youtu.be/cOpq_hdXgGo?...
Judge Sullivan has given acting AG Todd Blanche 5 days to produce unredacted versions of some Epstein Files documents & proof that the reasons given for making the redactions were true. Here’s what’s significant about that: joycevance.substack.com/p/an-importa...
Never Trumper, buckle up. It's going to get messier. And you have to recognize that the more uncomfortable it is for you, the more appeal it has to voters who actually exist.
Imagine if a woman president crashed the economy and started a war with no end in sight, and her biggest, seemingly ONLY concern was building a ballroom and redecorating the White House.
Imagine if a woman president spent most her time raving and crying about an election she lost 6 years ago. Emotional. Unstable. Hysterical. Unfit to lead.
ICE Agent David Brouillette admitted to fatally shooting Johan Guerrero in Maine during a call to his ex where he also demanded that she lie to authorities about his history of domestic abuse against her and to vouch for his character, but she chose to expose his abusive past instead.