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Stuart's avatar

Just so you know, Larry Summers' two uncles are/were Paul Samuelson and Kenneth Arrow. The man has the greatest "economist genes" since the children of Gunnar and Anna Myrdal. And, even so, he can be a fool.

Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Marcie. This whole thing disgusts me. I'm so glad I quit subscribing to The Times.

Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

If the Republicans wanted to deflect from the Democrats' email release with a dump of emails from the Epstein Estate, why didn't they release messages that make Bill Clinton look bad?

Stuart's avatar

They're still being written.

Michael's avatar

As to Trump's lying about the Files, I'm reposting this poem from one of LawFare's commenters. Seems very appropriate

https://lawfare.substack.com/p/today-on-lawfare-nov-13-2025/comment/176961055

AL's avatar

Good God this is the 20th time I’ve seen this.

Abbie's avatar

NYT reporter's name is Landon Thomas Jr. (not Thomas Landon Jr)

Stuart's avatar

Where is Thomas now? And why hasn't he been fired yet?

Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Isn't that the metric version of the name?

Kirsty Gnome-Poledance Himmler's avatar

I suggest "hotboxed" be replaced by "Dutch ovened".

Vic's avatar

Let's face it. Republican rank-and-file voters mostly admire, and envy Trump and Epstein for this stuff.

Virgin Monk Boy's avatar

Every time a new batch drops, MAGA scrambles like someone kicked over a nest of roaches wearing flag pins. The funniest part is how loud they scream “HOAX” while Epstein’s own emails are over here describing Trump like a guy you’d cross the street to avoid in broad daylight. The drip is turning into a flood, and they know it.

Chuck Dickens's avatar

I was on the road this morning and found that one of my favorite oldies stations has been replaced by imbecilic talk radio. Two shouty wingnuts were trying their hardest to spin this as a win for their daddy. It was like listening to teenage boys try to explain away the porn stash in the bedroom. I can’t understand why people listen to this shit.

Wookiee Monster's avatar

Wow. As if my opinion of Larry Summers couldn’t get any lowers.

Michael Bowen's avatar

Journalist Leland Nally took the trouble to call every number in Epstein's phone diary. One of the things that jumped out at Nally at the end of the project is just how fucking mediocre these movers and shakers seem to be.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/10/i-called-everyone-in-jeffrey-epsteins-little-black-book/

PuraVida's avatar

YES, LET'S MAKE IT STICK! Pedophiles makes it more potent and personal.

Bitter Scribe's avatar

I used to wonder why Summers had such a fucked-up attitude about women. (For instance, he publicly stated that women were bad at math. Apparently, as the president of the preeminent university in America, it never occurred to him to stick his head in the door of any advanced math class and count the female students.)

Now I think I understand him better.

Alpaca22's avatar

Fuck Michael Wolffe. What an odious fucking pile of shit

The Blessed Reverend's avatar

Gmax

he called her Gmax

*swoon*

Dialectic.Detective's avatar

"Fake Crazy, Real Crazy nor The Boobs"

Maybe a little long, but still a good band name.

AL's avatar

Yeah but which is which? I still haven’t figured it out.