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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

While I appreciate that this was a rhetorical question, I’m going to answer it. Speaker Johnson and Majority Leader Thune have ceded all legislative-branch power to Trump to avoid his temper. There are no GOP “institutionalists” who are denying Trump his desires, except eliminating the filibuster.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

You are clearly correct. Thank you for providing context and nuance, which is difficult in 300 characters.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I certainly thought about that before posting. I know that Mr. Bouie knows far more about the topic than I do. I am confident that he knows all the facts that I posted. I posted because I believe many in Mr. Bouie’s feed don’t know these facts. He is a public intellectual with a vast audience.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I respectfully disagree, because it downplays the extent to which a lynching was a public carnival. Bodily mutilation and castration were on display. The crowd at a lynching was a meaningful participant in the event and the audience was meant to include small children.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In the same interview, Glen Powell blamed Paramount's decision to slash its marketing staff one month before the release of his re-hash of The Running Man for its box office bomb. Budget: $110M Breakeven: ~$275M US Box Office: $37M Worldwide Box Office: $69M Glen Powell can't carry a movie!

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix (covering Bob Dylan). Respect - Aretha Franklin (covering Otis Redding) Hurt - Johnny Cash (covering Nine Inch Nails) Gotta Get You Into My Life - Earth Wind & Fire (covering the Beatles) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Bryan Ferry (covering The Platters)

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Also, Mimi the wonder dog stands with you.

Mimi the Blenheim Cavalier resting on couch.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Solidarity, my friend. You are not alone. You are to be respected. You are not made of wood, ready to be burned. As the parent of a queer woman, I see your righteous anger and share it.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Like Sheldon Cooper, I sometimes have difficulty identifying sarcasm.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I think they may call it “Max Max”.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

That would only create a 50-50 Senate.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The theory was that the GOP would get his replacement confirmed before losing control of the Senate.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

When Trump tries to take credit for crime decreases, remember that the biggest drop is in NYC. Mayor Mamdani and Commissioner Tisch have presided over record results, contrary to the MAGA assurances that NYC would be a “wasteland” if Mamdani became Mayor. www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLFuY3mL/

tiktok.com

New York City recorded the fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders on record during the first nine months of 2026, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, and other city offic...

TikTok video by ABC7NY

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Given these polls, the race in South Carolina also likely is within the margin of error.

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YouGov America @today.yougov.com · 06/10/2026

New YouGov polls of 7 Senate races TX Talarico 50%, Paxton 44% OH Brown 49%, Husted 45% KS Hamilton 48%, Marshall 45% MI El-Sayed 49%, Rogers 48% NE Osborn 48%, Ricketts 47% NH Pappas 51%, Sununu 43% FL Moody 49%, Nixon 44% (Links in reply)

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

By the way, the people who were “guaranteeing” that the October 1 release date for Justice Alito’s book meant he would resign just before the election were wrong. The only thing I know *for certain* about the future is that it has not happened yet.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My man looks like he has been promising self-driving cars for as long as Trump has been promising (1) infrastructure week, (2) to reveal a healthcare plan “better than Obamacare” and (3) victory over Iran, combined.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

According to the Tompkins County DA, Jane Doe’s 6-page signed statement states that she gave verbal consent to the first two of the Cornell 7. Her civil complaint alleges that she was too inebriated to give that consent. W/r/t the 5 others in the Cornell 7, no form of verbal consent is at issue.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"If somebody's too drunk to drive, theyre too drunk to -- fill in the verb of your choice," Epner said.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

That bill states that people cannot give consent if they are under the influence of substances that have rendered them "temporarily incapable of appraising or controlling their conduct, and such conduct was known or reasonably should have been known to the other person."

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Epner supports a proposed change to New Yorks law to widen the scope of when someone is too intoxicated to consent. The New York Senate has passed a bill multiple times, but the state Assembly failed to bring it up for a vote.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

He said that in other states that have lower levels for incapacitation, someone who is impaired or significantly impaired cannot consent, and that being too drunk to drive a car could be considered as being at that level.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Some prosecutors may not bring charges or defendants may be acquitted because someone give consent while intoxicated, but not completely incapacitated, according to Mitchell Epner, a former prosecutor who has handled sex trafficking cases.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

if the defendant knew that the individual was at that level of inebriation. I believe that reasonable minds can disagree on the issue of whether NY law should be changed. Please be civil to each other in the comments.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

-- which has risen to new prominence in light of Jane Does sexual assault complaint against the Cornell 7.In my opinion, New York law should be changed so that consent obtained from someone who is too drunk/stoned to give informed consent does not count as consent,

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I am extremely grateful to Madeline Halpert of BBC for giving me the opportunity to weigh in on the controversy regarding the misnamed (in my opinion) intoxication loophole with regard to sexual assault under New York law, www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.com

How drunk is too drunk? Cornell rape allegations expose 'loopholes' in consent laws

The BBC speaks to experts about current US state sexual assault laws and why some believe changing them will help alleged victims.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) is dead. Good! Hastert admitted to raping many of the high school wrestlers that he coached before he became a politician. He was only convicted of crimes related to paying hush money and sentenced to 13 months, but he admitted to the rapes at sentencing.

abc7chicago.com

Dennis Hastert, former US speaker from Illinois convicted in hush money case, dies at Plano home

Former U.S. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert who served time in prison for a hush money case, has died at age 84

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

During high school and college, I used to earn extra money parking cars at catered events at Oheka Castle. I "learned" to drive stick on some really swanky cars. I hope that the building survives after the bankruptcy auction, but nothing is certain. nypost.com/2026/09/30/r...

nypost.com

Iconic, bankrupt LI wedding venue heads to auction — with doors open to residential development

Long Island’s famed venue will sell to the highest bidder next month.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

5. I am 6'3", over 200 pounds and can speak in a commanding tone. I understand that woman who encounter me may be uncertain whether or not I am more dangerous to them than a bear. My goal is to demonstrate through my actions that I am less dangerous to them. -30-

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

4. If you believe that you should be perceived as less dangerous to a woman than a bear, let your actions do the speaking for you. You do not need to convince anyone else with your words.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

3. I do not think that prison rape jokes are funny. Prison rape is a serious violation of everything that our society purports to stand for. We would look in horror at any judge in any country that explicitly sentenced a person to be raped.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

2. The closest that men come to imagining what is like to be a woman in general society is imagining what it would be like to be in prison.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Some points to men who are offended by women who are posting, "This is why we choose the bear." 1. The lived experience of women on how to survive in a world filled with male sex-based violence is incomprehensible to most men.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

he said, pointing to a high-profile case — former crypto currency executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who abruptly waived extradition after being held at a jail in the Bahamas with reportedly rough conditions."

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"While those proceedings dragged on, a person facing extradition would generally be held in jail by the country they fled to, according to Epner. 'In some places, the nature of that jail is so awful that the person waives to get out of that country’s jail and start fighting the case from the U.S.,'

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“That’s talking about if somebody contends that they are a revolutionary or that they are a member of an opposition party, and what they have been convicted of are political crimes—that is, crimes of a nature where they’re trying to change the government,” he said. “That’s not what’s going on here.”

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Proud to be quoted (alongside my friend Ken White) in this article about Kosta Diamantis' flight to Greece before his sentencing after conviction of corruption in federal court. Mitchell Epner, a former federal prosecutor now at the firm Kudman Trachten Aloe Posner LLP, agreed.

ctpost.com

Kosta Diamantis fled CT to Greece. Could his citizenship stop extradition?

Kosta Diamantis' extradition is a complicated battle, but legal experts say it's possible he won't have to come back to the U.S.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Andrew Cuomo would not have brought any of the good work and vibes that Mamdani has. The Mayor is imperfect (bad BQE plan, for example), but far better than Cuomo, Adams or Sliwa.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When Mayor Mamdani was in the Democratic primary, I ranked him second (behind Brad Lander). I had moved from NYC before the general election, but I vociferously supported Mamdani over Cuomo. Many Jewish friends asked how I could “support an anti-Semite”. I responded, “I wouldn’t and I’m not”.

tiktok.com

The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strat...

TikTok video by Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The House only requires a majority to impeach, so yes. BUT The Senate needs 67 votes to convict and remove. There is no world where the GOP ends up with less than 34 senators. 31 GOP senators are not up for election. Another 13 seats are rated Solid Republican.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Finally, a message to all: Teach everyone you can that a text about "free pussy in the [house]" is a call to action. Get the police involved immediately! Intervene!

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The system is the problem. It turns complaining victims into suspects (of perjury) and averts its investigative powers from young men who have engaged in (at a minimum) sexual practices that could not have been consensual.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As a human being, I stand in solidarity with Jane Doe. I cannot imagine any "investigation" worthy of the name that would have not led to significant criminal charges against the perpetrators.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As a Dartmouth student, alum and former member of the Alumni Council, I have worked for almost 40 years to rid my alma mater of the "rape culture" that infected the school during my years on campus. I know literally know >12 classmates who are survivors of sexual assault from our time in Hanover.

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