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Jesse Eisinger

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ProPublica AME. Working: “Make Them Pay: The 250-year Fight to Tax the Rich”: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Make… @sarahellison's husband. “Succession” S3 consultant. Pulitzer-winner. Green Bay Packers.

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 18h
Trump brought more destruction to DC this weekend, ordering the cutting of 400 mature trees before courts could stop it. Same tactic as when he knocked down the East Wing. Riverbend Landscapes & Tree Service of VA did the cutting. They knew it was wrong. And you can let them know how you feel. 1/
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 17h
Most top economics essentially missed the rise in wealth inequality that started in the 80s and the obsolescence of the income tax until the 2010s. Instead they were peddling stuff like this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall%E2...
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Hall–Rabushka flat tax - Wikipedia
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 22h
Via Fox News, natch: A criminal raid, right before the election, based on some paperwork Omar’s dad filled out decades ago www.foxnews.com/politics/ilh...
The raid stems from a criminal fraud investigation into the Somali-born congresswoman's immigration paperwork, which was filled out by her late father when she was a child.
Two sources close to the investigation confirmed the details of the probe Thursday, after border czar Tom Homan said in mid-September that the progressive congresswoman was subject to an ongoing "criminal" investigation.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
In case you aren't knee-deep in the latest MAGA conspiracy theory, this is a response to the "bombshell" that James Talarico spent the past week-plus secretly seeking treatment at an Ohio mental health facility, and a GOP operative broke the case with a late-night phone call.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Freedom of the Press Foundation's Seth Stern reacts to the DOJ investigating the TV press pool for antitrust violations over its blackout in response to Trump's press ban: "The investigation is nonsense... It’s a weird way of telling the press how much he missed them.”
The investigation is nonsense. Trump may view the presidency as a business venture, but news outlets’ standing up for their constitutional rights has nothing to do with antitrust law, no matter what Laura Loomer says.

“Depriving Trump of the attention he craves is not a competitive harm and in any case, antitrust law has long recognized First Amendment exceptions even when there is anticompetitive impact. 

“Even more bizarre than the administration’s legal theory is that after all his ‘fake news’ rhetoric, Trump is weaponizing the DOJ to pressure the networks he calls the ‘enemy of the people’ to stay at the White House. It’s a weird way of telling the press how much he missed them.”
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
DHS claims that agents in NYC only shot Oscar Belgal because he "weaponized his vehicle." We don't know the truth...yet But we do know that DHS keeps making that claim, and it keeps falling apart The Guardian tracked 26 cases Just one got ended in conviction www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
most of those claims have fallen apart under scrutiny, with the accusations consistently disproven by evidence or rejected in court. Only one of the 26 cases has resulted in an assault conviction, according to court records and information shared by prosecutors.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million so far to defeat Prop 40. By spending their fortunes trying to stop California from taxing billionaires, they're making the argument for a billionaire wealth tax more clearly and articulately than anyone else possibly could.
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
For almost 2 years now, DHS has repeatedly told me they're not detaining U.S. citizens It's simply not true So @propublica.org published the receipts: a searchable database of the 500+ citizens detained by immigration agents during this Trump administration projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The technique of having plain clothes goons race up to a car with guns drawn seems designed to maximize shootings.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“This recent dump of papers on Tuesday destroyed the careers of early-career mathematicians. We've had whole research programs wiped out on Tuesday by their dump … they have all the mathematicians research programs in their training data” - Tristan Buckmaster on OpenAI solving unsolved math problems
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Christ, they are using this to start the process of ending sanctions on Russia.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So some naked DOJ careerists decided instead of quitting on principle to move jobs away from corporate crime because that’s not Trump’s priority news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Once Trump is gone, I just don’t think the Reality Is What I Say It Is line will fly anymore. Marco, that “source” was hundreds of Signal messages in black and white for the world to see.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The head of the Fraud Task Force unaware of corruption inside the Trump administration, despite it being widely covered in the media. All by design: The Public Integrity unit in DOJ was gutted and has been told to focus on welfare fraud in blue states. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...
The unit is hiring again to focus on “how politicians and state officials facilitate the misuse of taxpayer dollars.” That sounds good — until you realize what this actually means is they plan to go after blue state officials for allegations of welfare fraud. Trump’s circle will remain safe. After all, his former defense lawyer runs the DOJ now.
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Rick Claypool @rickclaypool.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yesterday I released a @Public_Citizen report documenting 200+ corporations benefiting from Trump's canceled enforcement. Today: A new report shows a handful of those corporations gave $200 million to MAGA Inc. & other Trump-aligned super PACs www.citizen.org/article/cost...
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The Cost of Canceled Corporate Enforcement - Public Citizen
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Erin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Paired with Selig as the sole CFTC commissioner, these are dark days indeed for financial regulation, at a moment of opaque circular exposures in AI financing, prediction markets creating entirely new categories of risk, the fusion of crypto and conventional finance in legalized stablecoins ...
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One person is now a quorum at the SEC
The Ankh-Morpork approach to US financial regulation
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If we have some kind of financial crisis, we’re going to be in deep shit www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Bobby Kotick, who values journalism so much he sued a media company, becomes a board member of the Ellisons’ conglomerate: www.prnewswire.com/news-release... Kotick’s company is a recidivist corporate wrongdoer talkingbiznews.com/media-news/e...
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Again, this is not about the literal taxes. This is about power. They have no problem paying the tax. They wouldn't feel it. What they are worried about is a well-funded government, and a well-to-do middle class. They can't have that.
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Lois Beckett @loisbeckett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
An 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...
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: 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...
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A 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...
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Americans 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...
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Probably enhances his chances that his conspiracy theory was entirely fake.
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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, 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. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This 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.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This 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.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Awful: 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...
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Stephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New Leaks
Sordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thanks!
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thanks. I was actually referring to this, however: fiftyplusone.news/polls/approv...
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FiftyPlusOne - Donald Trump Approval Polls and Average for 2026
A comprehensive list of polls and polling averages for elections and politician approval.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Forgive me if you’ve written this before but what are the differences btn your averages and those of the NYT and Nate Silver? They have his approval at 38%ish still.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We 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...
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A Bad Tuesday in Maine if Your Name is Susan Collins
And a new order in Katie Phang’s Epstein Files case
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What 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...
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Videos Reveal New Details About ICE Shooting in Austin
A 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...
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 17/09/2026
New: 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.
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‘THIN AIR,’ REAL MONEY — The Trump Crypto Game
An 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.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
And don’t sleep on the part where we bust Cleta Mitchell (yes, that one) for helping to hatch a campaign finance cover-up:
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is how it should be done. But with 5-10 folks. (They would pay for themselves.)
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
No? What about our invite for him to sit at our WHCA table?
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William Turton @williamturton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In 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-...
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After 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...
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Molly Redden @mtredden.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Exclusive: 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. 🧵
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
From @williamturton.bsky.social, @mtredden.bsky.social, Avi Asher-Shapiro & @kirstenberg.bsky.social
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW: 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-...
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Good. Belated but good.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Was never in doubt! MLF for coach of the year!
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Poorly coached. Has to be the most personal foul penalties in a single game from a Packer team in years, if not decades.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This has to be the most personal fouls committed by the Packers in years and years.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Packers are bad. They should have fired MLF after last season.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Arguably 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...
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We Don’t Talk About Leonard: The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court Supermajority
The inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that remade the American legal system — and what he plans to do next.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I 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.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Note 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.
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