Yep. Earlier this year I was interviewed by Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media is aiding the Trump administration’s Epstein cover up.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2mo ago

Banks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS

basic transparency is apparently “totally unworkable“ for the Republican majority. they will do anything to continue to cover up surveillance abuses.

Keith Chu@keithchu.bsky.social · 4mo ago

@wyden.senate.gov will offer a 5-week extension of 702 that does not change how the program works at all. It only requires additional transparency about government surveillance. Why are republicans choosing to let 702 lapse?

The booing was fun, but I also like to remember Trump has no friends and no inner self past his suits and his scowl, so even when he attends an amazing event like this he's surrounded mostly by people who bore him and are paid to fluff his ego in meetings. It's misery for all of them, which rules.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Per the W.H. pool, here are the guests in Trump's suite: Jim Dolan, Chris Dolan, Kai Trump, Vanessa Trump, Amb. Steve Witkoff, Admin. Lee Zeldin, Boris Epshteyn, Dan Scavino, Erin Scavino, Sec. Doug Burgum, Sec. Sean Duffy, Michael Boulos, Steven Cheung, Walt Nauta, Margo Martin, Natalie Harp

@wyden.senate.gov on Blanche nomination - www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-r...

Wyden: The Only Reason to Nominate Todd Blanche for Attorney General is to Abuse the Law, Illegally Protect Trump And Persecute Trump’s Critics | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon

The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon

wyden.senate.gov

This has been one of my favorite spots in DC going back 15 years to when I hated my group house roommates and would take refuge in the nooks along that fountain to read books in peace. Glad it's back to such beautiful condition. Long overdue.

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I waited to visit the fountain at Malcolm X Park until I felt like it was a moment when I could truly appreciate it. Publishing at 5p today, on a rare day when the court voted against death and racism, made a sunset visit feel right. It was right. I love this city and our people with all my heart.

Called this back in October

Thorne 🌸 - Play Cozysters! 🎢@ens0.me · 5mo ago

a time-honored tradition for key affiliates of disintegrating Nazi regimes

The bill from @wyden.senate.gov is ready to go! www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-memb...

Wyden-Schumer Bill Would Impose 100 Percent Tax on Trump Insurrection Slush Fund Payments | The United States Senate Committee on Finance

Wyden-Schumer Bill Would Impose 100 Percent Tax on Trump Insurrection Slush Fund Payments

finance.senate.gov

Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Doesn't the Senate recessing make the slush fund a fait accompli? Now Treasury can transfer the money while they're out of town and claim the feds have no other control over it... seems like the path forward has to be implementing a 100% tax on payouts from the fund?

Among the Jan 6ers eager to get in line for $1.8 billion in government money: a sex offender who bear-sprayed cops www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... @merylkornfield.bsky.social

This is based only on my working theory of politics in America in 2026, but we ought to be able to recognize that people don’t quite have the language to describe the frustration of getting by in what feels like a dying empire. It’s actively harmful to tell people they’re wrong about how they feel.

And let's not forget that the taxpayer privacy law at the center of his lawsuit is the same law his administration has violated 43,000 times by leaking taxpayer data to ICE!

Steven T. Dennis@steventdennis.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Imagine telling somebody 20 years ago that a future billionaire president would file a lawsuit against the government he heads asking the Treasury to pay him, personally, 10 Billion Dollars, because a rogue employee leaked tax data showing how little tax he paid to the government.

From @wyden.senate.gov, who is not a fan of this idea:

All In with Chris Hayes@allinwithchris.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Chris Hayes calls it the "Sistine Chapel of Trump corruption." According to ABC News, Trump wants to drop his IRS lawsuit in exchange for a $1.7 billion fund for victims of government “weaponization.”

This really is next-level corruption. Trump's lawsuit is based on the leak of his tax returns, which happened back in his 1st term -- a violation of a key taxpayer privacy law. Meanwhile, in term #2, his own administration has violated that same law **43,000 TIMES** Off-the-charts hypocrisy.

Jesse Eisinger@jeisinger.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This would constitute one of the most brazen, most appalling acts of corruption in U.S. history. I know we’re numb to all of this but this is a seven-alarm fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/b...

I sent a classified letter to House and Senate colleagues about a secret interpretation of surveillance law that every American should be concerned about. Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization.

Me, envisioning America's future:

a man with a beard and mustache is smiling for the camera

ALT: a man with a beard and mustache is smiling for the camera

media.tenor.com

András Tóth-Czifra@minczifra.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Perhaps Magyar's most important promise, and the one that certainly resonates with voters: "never again a country without consequences!" The crowd chants: "To prison! To prison!" [with the corrupt officials of the outgoing government]

This is disgusting on a hundred levels, but it never fails to amuse me that Trump is always looksmaxxed nearly beyond recognition in this MAGA propaganda because in real life, the dear leader is simply too droopy.

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 6mo ago

You need to see this, folks talkingpointsmemo.com/news/staff-a...

you know that capsule smells real bad

Newest in my Epstein investigation: A man who was one of Epstein’s key sources of cash has a lot of questions to answer.

How Epstein Helped Solve a Billionaire’s Problems With Women

nytimes.com

Elite NYC snobbery from the Times here. Chef's kiss.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 7mo ago

Thinking of saying goodbye to big-city life? In these smaller U.S. metros, job opportunities abound and a higher quality of life awaits, according to a new study. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/r...

NEW: Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is blocking the DEA from releasing an unredacted document from the Epstein files about an investigation involving drug trafficking & money laundering, according to a letter @wyden.senate.gov sent to Blanche Tuesday www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Senator Accuses Blanche of Blocking Release of Unredacted Epstein Document

In separate letters, Democrats Wyden and Whitehouse press the deputy attorney general and attorney general for answers on secret Epstein investigations involving transnational organized crime.

bloomberg.com

With every new development in this story I am even more gobsmacked that Epstein and his co-conspirators escaped accountability over and over and over again. There's more to come from my investigation. Stay tuned.

Jason Leopold@jasonleopold.bsky.social · 8mo ago

NEW from me: Ketamine, Prostitution and Money: Here Are The Details of a Secret DEA Probe of Jeffrey Epstein 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Follow the money. And IIRC, Epstein accused his friend Trump of laundering money for the Russians when he bought the estate Epstein wanted in Florida.

Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · 8mo ago

This is a big one. A newly uncovered document has revealed the existence of a mystery Epstein investigation. It was spearheaded by the DEA and involved drug trafficking and money laundering. Epstein was one of 15 targets. The other 14 names are redacted. I've got questions.

There's a lot more to learn here, but one takeaway is that it's crazy that Treasury is blocking investigators from looking at Epstein bank records. We've known for a while that the Trump admin is covering up for pedos and traffickers. Looks like they're covering up for drug cartels too.

Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · 8mo ago

This is a big one. A newly uncovered document has revealed the existence of a mystery Epstein investigation. It was spearheaded by the DEA and involved drug trafficking and money laundering. Epstein was one of 15 targets. The other 14 names are redacted. I've got questions.

This is a big reason why @wyden.senate.gov's Epstein investigation continues to follow the money. There were major financial crimes running underneath and alongside Epstein's pedophilia and trafficking. The problem is, the Trump administration is still actively hiding the paper trail.

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Wild that these guys are getting arrested for financial crimes, and not sex crimes, in connection with Epstein The Al Capone accountability playbook strikes again www.bbc.com/news/live/ce...

I’m just going to leave this here

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Breaking WSJ: The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

You know he would have had like 750 emails in the Epstein files

I'm going to introduce legislation blocking Trump from stealing taxpayer dollars with this absurd lawsuit. Stay tuned.

Trump shares his plan for the $10 billion he expects to receive from his IRS lawsuit

The more the president tries to defend his desire for a taxpayer-financed payout, the worse his position appears.

ms.now

Troublemaker is my middle name.

Here’s @wyden.senate.gov on this absurd, corrupt lawsuit and Trump’s phony sense of false victimhood:

Steve Benen@stevebenen.com · 9mo ago

First, Trump demanded that the Justice Department put $230 million in his pocket. Now he also wants $10 billion from the IRS. Among the questions: Will he try to approve a taxpayer-financed payoff to himself? www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...