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 · 2d ago

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:

“Bank accounts held by President Donald Trump were closed by Capital One in 2021 after it flagged financial activity that had characteristics of money laundering, the bank disclosed in a court filing over the weekend.” apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump accounts were closed in 2021 due to concerns over possible money laundering, Capital One says

Capital One closed President Donald Trump’s accounts in mid-2021 after flagging financial activity that resembled money laundering.

apnews.com

Threatening Weather (1929) floats a female torso, a tuba, and a chair above a Spanish landscape in place of clouds. Painted in Cadaqués while staying with Dalí, it presents something completely irrational with complete conviction. The threat is never named. #artbots #magritte

At 15, Dalí debuted his work in Figueres. The Three Pines (c.1919) showcases his early discipline—a landscape built on technical mastery that provided the essential bedrock for his future leaps into the avant-garde.

A Glimpse of Notre-Dame in the Late Afternoon (1902) comes from Matisse's dark period—yet it's built almost entirely from blue. From a window above the Seine, he dissolves cathedral, river, and sky into one field of colored light, edging toward Fauvism.

The Wine Market at Jussieu (1872) is one of Cézanne’s rare Parisian scenes — a view of the vast Halle aux Vins, the wine warehouse complex later demolished to make way for the Sorbonne’s Jussieu campus. It now stands as a record of a vanished landmark.

This New York Times article, which ran a week before Christmas last year, didn’t get the attention it deserved. It detailed Trump and Epstein's predatory behavior toward women – “a game of ego and dominance” in which “female bodies were currency.” Here’s a gift link and a thread. 1/6🧵

‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women (Gift Article)

The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were cur...

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Van Gogh painted Portrait of Dr. Gachet twice in June 1890. The doctor leans on his arm, eyes heavy with thought. The foxglove symbolizes medicine's reach and its limited ability to address human suffering.

RFK Jr has no training in any scientific field. He's a history major who got a law degree and worked as an environmental advocate but has never spent any meaningful time doing science, or understanding how science is done. This isn't "an alternative scientific view". It's just kooky opinions.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

BASH: The WSJ reported the president is pressuring you to conduct studies probing the link between vaccines and autism. Is that true? RFK Jr: Did you say 'probing the link'? BASH: I'm just quoting the Wall Street Journal RFK Jr: He certainly does

This is far from the first time Trump was caught money laundering. In 2015, his casinos were fined $10 million for over a hundred instances of money laundering going back to at least 2003, many involving Russian oligarchs.

FinCEN.gov

WASHINGTON, DC – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today imposed a $10 million civil money penalty against Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort (Trump Taj Mahal), for willful and repeated violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA).

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Reuters Legal@legal.reuters.com · 4d ago

The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to Trump's family business.

Legendary reader @levarburton.bsky.social helped us open the Obama Presidential Center branch of the Chicago Public Library during opening weekend by sharing a favorite book with some of our very first library visitors.

I never thought I'd live to see the day an American president would look at a foreign enemy's attack on American soil — and choose the enemy. That's exactly what Trump just did. 1/2

In Rocks and Houses, Ogunquit (1914), Hopper pits the sharp angles and textures of wooden architecture against timeless, unyielding granite. The contrast creates a visual dialogue between the transience of human effort and the vastness of geological time.

The Man of the Sea (1927) was painted around the time Magritte left Brussels for Paris. Maritime imagery recurs throughout his early Surrealism, and the sea reads as a fitting image for the threshold he was crossing — personally and artistically. #artbots #magritte

I have been called an alarmist and worse by well meaning people who want to think it will just all be ok. The truth is it doesn't always end up ok and we can't pretend it will. Donald Trump is targeting Black voters and women to rig this election. We need to stand up, call it out and take action.

East Wind Over Weehawken (1934) stacks a hillside of houses beneath heavy gray skies, compressing the town into moody blocks of form and tone. Painted during the Great Depression, the scene includes subtle signs of distress, such as For Sale notices.

The Fauci hearing was a disgrace. Here are some reminders of how it really went down in 2020. Never forget.

Matisse reworked Bathers by a River over three campaigns from 1909 to 1917, and you can read the war-ravaged decade in its layers. Conceived for Shchukin but never commissioned, this severe masterpiece abstracts four figures into bands of gray, black, and green.

The best part is the map showed the Ivory Coast was landlocked and they didn't bat an eye.

Sam Heller | سام هيلر@abujamajem.com · 7d ago

Stupid empire x.com/reutersafric...

“Moreno won’t call for the resignation of Miller, his son-in-law, accused by Moreno’s daughter of domestic abuse. Is it MAGA loyalty, or is it Miller’s threat to uncover something about the senator?” www.signorile.com/p/is-rep-max...

Is Rep. Max Miller threatening to out Sen. Bernie Moreno for having sex with men?

Moreno won’t call for the resignation of Miller, his son-in-law, accused by Moreno’s daughter of domestic abuse. Is it MAGA loyalty, or is it Miller’s threat to uncover something about the senator?

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Jon Husted brought 226 data centers to Ohio and gave them over $2.5 billion in tax breaks as they drive up your energy bills. Ohio deserves a leader who will fight to protect our communities instead of plotting to give sweetheart tax breaks to giant corporations.

It’s that time of year again: here are some of the books I’ve enjoyed this summer. If you’ve read any good ones, let me know!

The SAVE Act doesn't stop non-citizens from voting – it puts the ballot behind a paywall for Americans. If your name doesn't match your license, you lack a passport, or can't afford new documents, Republicans deem your vote invalid. The right to vote can’t come with barriers.

This has been going on for a while, yet, still working. These are new allegations. "Leto has been plagued by allegations of sexual misconduct for years, but has denied all wrongdoing. No criminal charges have ever been filed against him." www.cbsnews.com/news/jared-l...

4 women accuse U.S. actor Jared Leto of committing sexual offenses against them when they were teens

Four women say Hollywood star Jared Leto committed sexual crimes against them when they were teenagers, in interviews with the BBC.

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Imagine being the guy who doesn’t do anything about your daughter and grand-daughter’s abuser because you need to protect the political power of the abuser who’s the head of your party. Not much of a person left in that suit.

George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸@gtconway.bsky.social · last wk.

“Ms. Moreno, the daughter of Senator Moreno ... has said that Mr. Miller scalded her chest and stomach by throwing hot water from a skillet at her body; held a gun to her head; pushed her against a wall and hit her head; and fractured their daughter’s collarbone and bruised her shoulder. ...

When CBS hired Morley Safer to 60 minutes, he was a few years younger than ross douthat, but had already covered 9 wars, including Vietnam, where he’d been shot down in combat, broke the infamous village torching story, & got an Emmy for the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. That’s a journalist.

@scolom.bsky.social was great on ms now Please follow him and think about donating to his campaign Maybe I’m crazy but Mississippi could be in play He’s a great candidate

Trump's golf trips have cost taxpayers at least $101.2 MILLION in just 14 months of his second term. Each visit to Mar-a-Lago costs about $3.4 million thanks to Air Force One flights, transport planes and large security teams.

Trump's golf trips cost US taxpayers over $100 million in 14 months

Trump's golf trips in 14 months cost US taxpayers $101.2 million, exceeding first-term pace. Critics slam spending amid affordability crisis.

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1/ This is Nick Adams. He’s a big deal in MAGA world. He’s got 638K followers on X and 2.1M on Facebook. President Trump even appointed him to a role at the State Dept. But when I started digging into Adams' nonprofit for "civics" education, something didn't look right ... 🧵