Chris Labarthe

@chrislabarthe.bsky.social

Thing namer. Word writer. Creative director. Dad. Husband. Goofball. All opinions are mine—but, really, c'mon, they should be yours as well.

My only major disappointment in the MI Senate primary is that Josh Marshall got *thoroughly* okeydoked by Katz/Fight's fraudulent internal polls (which is exactly one of the things they did in Maine)

One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.

Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · yesterday

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:

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:

Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says

Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...

bloomberg.com

I would actually posit that the best person in the world you can yell at is a College Republican senate intern. They are most likely the terrible children of privilege whose terrible dads got them a job at the senate office.

Seamus Petrie@seamuspetrie.bsky.social · 5d ago

The person answering the phone in a congressional office gets paid very little and gets yelled at by constituents for decisions their boss’s boss’s boss made. Be nice to customer service folks, wherever they work.