Reposted by Jesse EisingerLois Beckett @loisbeckett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026An AI book list with three categories: 1) smart books that explain and critique the AI industry 2) VERY flawed but ~illustrative~ books on AI 3) books that provide deeper political/social context, including some fiction (lmk what you'd add to the list) www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s... 54214
Reposted by Jesse EisingerAnnie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026NEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/cali...propublica.orgA Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But... 431026497
Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Americans hate data centers. And they are paying for them through Meta’s tax dodging. It’s a good bet that Trump broke the IRS so badly, they’ll get away with it. Excellent piece from @kashhill.bsky.social, @jessedrucker.bsky.social et al: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t... 14021
Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Probably enhances his chances that his conspiracy theory was entirely fake. 720631
Reposted by Jesse EisingerAlex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released. 7935681363
Reposted by Jesse EisingerProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵 19595973539
Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is unequivocal evidence of poor coaching. It’s a controlled experiment! It’s not Gutey. It’s not the players. It’s MLF, Stenavich and Butkus. 020
Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is unequivocal evidence of poor coaching. It’s a controlled experiment! It’s not Gutey. It’s not the players. It’s MLF, Stenavich and Butkus. 031
Reposted by Jesse EisingerGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Awful: Trump's Office of "Remigration" has just been exposed making sordid payments to authoritarian governments to take third-country deportees, leading to serious abuses. Dems tell me they will try to defund the agency if they win power. They should. 1/ New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2157...newrepublic.comStephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New LeaksSordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down. 13127771319
Reposted by Jesse EisingerJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We go through the indictment of a defense contractor that helped ProPublica come up with a story that looks really bad for Maine Senator Susan Collins & assess the evidnece joycevance.substack.com/p/a-bad-tues...joycevance.substack.comA Bad Tuesday in Maine if Your Name is Susan CollinsAnd a new order in Katie Phang’s Epstein Files case 562751808
Reposted by Jesse EisingerEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026What we already know about the latest ICE shooting: Agents drove into Wilber Rafael Garces Perez’s car An agent fired at Garces Perez 4 times--while he was still in the car The agents didn't give Garces Perez immediate medical attention They didn't have body-cams www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...nytimes.comVideos Reveal New Details About ICE Shooting in AustinA video analysis finds that a federal immigration officer was standing to the side of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez’s car when the officer apparently fired through the rear passenger window. But the even... 317790
Reposted by Jesse EisingerZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 17/09/2026New: Trump called crypto "thin air." Last year, he reported $1.4 billion in income from it. Buyers of his crypto? They're an estimated $4.7 billion underwater. I made an 8-bit game out of it— 📈 Play as Trump: you cannot lose money. 📉 Play as an investor: you cannot win.thinairrealmoney.com‘THIN AIR,’ REAL MONEY — The Trump Crypto GameAn 8-bit game about real money. Play as Trump: you only make money. Play as an investor: you only lose. Every figure is drawn from Public Citizen's report and the sources it cites. 511619562
Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026And don’t sleep on the part where we bust Cleta Mitchell (yes, that one) for helping to hatch a campaign finance cover-up: 14690251
Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is how it should be done. But with 5-10 folks. (They would pay for themselves.) 27911
Reposted by Jesse EisingerWilliam Turton @williamturton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026In 2024 the former CEO of a defense contractor made a stunning confession to two FBI agents. He alleged that was the ringleader of a massive pay-to-play operation, bribing senators with campaign contributions in exchange for govt contracts. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...propublica.orgThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the WayAfter the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini... 22774337
Reposted by Jesse EisingerMolly Redden @mtredden.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Exclusive: In late 2024, FBI agents were looking at Sen. Susan Collins’ role in a massive illegal bribery scheme alleged by a former federal contractor. Then Trump gutted the FBI and DOJ, leaving no one to carry on the investigation – it’s dead. 🧵 8710254
Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NEW: In ‘24, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams. ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇 www.propublica.org/article/fbi-... 8634281343
Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This has to be the most personal fouls committed by the Packers in years and years. 040
Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The Packers are bad. They should have fired MLF after last season. 0130
Reposted by Jesse EisingerDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Arguably Leonard Leo has been the most successful convertor of money to political outcomes in recent decades. He also is unethical and a bit corrupt, and seems to bet mostly on ideological allies and I doubt asks for metrics on ROI. www.propublica.org/article/we-d...propublica.orgWe Don’t Talk About Leonard: The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court SupermajorityThe inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that remade the American legal system — and what he plans to do next. 412146
Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I do hope a strongly worded letter is coming forthwith. And I’d suggest perhaps a more muted invitation for Mr. Trump to the next WHCA black tie event. 2377
Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Note to the media that runs with this claim: -How much did Don Jr. pay back? -When? -Why? -How? -What prompted it? -Can you see the evidence of repayment? -N.B.: Probably shouldn't agree to a background source. 57322
Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is absolutely correct. All the serious news organizations should leave in solidarity. 713435
Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 18/09/2026There's a big vibe shift, with Dems confident & the GOP on its heels. But look at Trump's numbers. His approval has only gone down 1 pct pt since April. And disapproval only up 2 pts. With gas prices, the Iran war, food inflation, mortgage rates up, etc. etc., that's... not much movement, no? 1/ 10121
Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"Guys: The answer is no." Wild exchange here: x.com/ChrisMurphyC...x.comChris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) on XThe Trump family has major business interests in the Balkans. So I asked two nominees to be ambassadors to the region if they would use their embassy to push Trump family deals. Watch this for their ... 5284
Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Trump inherited the world’s safest asset, the world’s reserve currency, and deepest, best-regulated capital markets — and is destroying all three. 1430098
Reposted by Jesse EisingerOpinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 17/09/2026George Will: This year, South Carolinians can demonstrate political independence by electing Democrat Annie Andrews. She is a 45-year-old mother of three and a pediatrician who likes children and wants to be in the U.S. Senate. 🎁Gift article: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...washingtonpost.comOpinion | Independence-minded South Carolina has an alternative to Darline GrahamDemocrat Annie Andrews provides a ballot alternative to a Republican who'll cater to Trump's whims. 25223
Reposted by Jesse EisingerBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A shaky anonymous source; a jab about a “hillbilly ambulance chaser” lawyer; a flub that allowed a skeptical editor’s email to become public; an internal text exchange raising doubts about the story: I looked into how the NYT lost its first US libel case in >50 years. www.cjr.org/news/how-the...cjr.orgHow the New York Times lost a defamation trial.An anonymous source, a “hillbilly ambulance chaser” text message, and the newsroom’s first defamation defeat in this country in more than fifty years. 21724166
Reposted by Jesse EisingerTony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The US billionaires lining up to bankroll Republicans’ election push - www.ft.com/content/2285... 43822
Reposted by Jesse EisingerJoe Public 🍁 @joepublic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026…It is watching bases of great strategic importance get destroyed and cannot protect them, it is abandoning allies that heretofore it considered of the highest priority, and it is making it clear that it cannot look after its own interests […] This is clearly the end of the American Age… 06420
Reposted by Jesse EisingerCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/09/2026> @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social 96998381
Reposted by Jesse EisingerJessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 15/09/2026🎧It's ALIVE!🎧 Hear a little bit of BTS on the jaw-dropping reporting on Donald Trump Jr.'s secret wedding guest from the reporters themselves, @justinelliott.bsky.social and Brett Murphy www.propublica.org/podcast/dona...propublica.orgThe Russian Benefactor Who Funded Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding 311534
Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Another Don Jr. wedding guest was a Russian linked to the country's security services, according to a Russian investigative journalism outfit: www.agents.media/top-executiv...agents.mediaTop executive from companies linked to Russian security services attended Trump son’s wedding • «Агентство»Русский язык The wedding of Donald Trump Jr. was partly financed by Umar Kremlev, the head of the International Boxing Association (IBA) and a friend of the chief of the Russian president’s security s... 22447176
Reposted by Jesse EisingerJesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 31/07/2026New title! New cover! Coming next year, inshallah... www.simonandschuster.com/books/Make-T... 614128
Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“This should be unthinkable for the son of the president. End of story.” A Russian oligarch close to Putin bankrolled Don Jr.’s wedding. www.propublica.org/article/dona...propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 23436141500
Reposted by Jesse EisingerJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 14/09/2026"The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large group of other Russian guests." Now kinda fascinated as to *why* Trump snr didn't attend. 2523384
Reposted by Jesse EisingerJosh Kaplan @josh-kaplan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026NEW: Don Trump Jr’s luxurious wedding was secretly bankrolled by a Russian oligarch close to Putin. A saga involving private islands, the Olympics, and a Russian government-backed biker gang: www.propublica.org/article/dona...propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 1131870859
Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026NEW: Remember Don Jr’s wedding ceremony? In the Bahamas… Fireworks, dancers… “Just really close friends,” Don Jr. said. Well, guess who paid for hundreds of thousands of dollars of it? A Russian oligarch who is close to Putin. www.propublica.org/article/dona... 29726255
Reposted by Jesse EisingerLois Beckett @loisbeckett.bsky.social · 13/09/2026"Once a dadaist experiment, an attempt to create a 'temporary autonomous-zone' in the desert, Burning Man is now a marker of class status for tech bros and 'creative professionals' around the globe, a kind of west coast Wimbledon for the weird." www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...theguardian.comBurning Man at 40: the once anarchic desert festival faces a midlife crisisThe subversive bacchanal for San Francisco’s eccentric underground is ageing out amid an influx of the super-rich 6369
Reposted by Jesse EisingerNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026In my time as WH ethics czar, taking $45,000 cash gifts would get you fired & I would have made a criminal referral Trump's team treats it like business as usual—so we are taking action That and more in my column @ContrarianNews.org 👇 -TNcontrariannews.orgAnother Week, Another Spate of Trump Corruption ScandalsPublisher’s Roundup 84 471966595
Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 12/09/2026“Cheat like hell” is a step change even for him and an even brighter flashing red alert than we’ve had so far 419365
Reposted by Jesse EisingerShibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This report suggests that Iran's statement about the damage to US aircraft in Jordan was much closer to truth than the one put out by CENTCOM. That's even more painful to come to grips with than the significant damage itself. 620371
Reposted by Jesse EisingerCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Month-to-date: Dell: up 22% Intel: up 17% Sandisk: up 13% Corning: up 13% Marvell: up 13% Meta: up 13% AMD: up 11% S&P 500: down 0.4% 1019440
Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Contra some corners of BlueSky, I don’t think this is some kind of 3D chess PR strategy 2329