237
submitted 1 day ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/globalnews@lemmy.zip

New York Times reports on letters by Ehud Barak, Woody Allen and others written for Epstein’s 63rd birthday

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250805165400/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/05/jeffrey-epstein-letters-photos


Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

top 31 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 60 points 1 day ago

Release the Trumpstein files

[-] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

I bought the latest illustrated hardcover version of the Trumpepstein Bears and met me tell you, these kids today are exposed to way different reading material than I was

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 42 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Original article and pics:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/us/jeffrey-epstein-mansion-photos.html

Apparently, he had a lot of video cameras. Hmmmm.

Along with trump in photos with epstein,

Pope John Paul II, Mick Jagger, Elon Musk, Fidel Castro, Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Richard Branson, Saudi Arabia crown prince Mohammed bin Salman and former Trump White House adviser, Steve Bannon.

Well that's gross

[-] Zirconium@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago
[-] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

Bro was playing all sides.

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Being rich, owning a yacht and knowing Castro really aren't that uncommon. It's a fairly common travel spot if you sail and Castro weirdly enough by all accounts is a natural host. You're not supposed to go there as a us citizen but I'm pretty sure Epstein kept dual.

That doesn't discount possible weird stuff but it's not that crazy by itself.

[-] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 4 points 21 hours ago

That's the thing about the honeypot, you get someone rich to have parties and other rich and powerful people come to them. Even if it is just a normal rich person party then you name is on a list or your picture is taken.

Then later when the crazy disgusting parties are uncovered, you have the normie rich people's names involved as well as the Trumps and Dershowitz, so now you don't know who is a regular rich asshole and who is a rich over the pants sexual molestor rich asshole.

[-] agentshags@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Noam Chomsky? Oh Jesus

e: I guess not in pictures, but the article

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

im not surprised, he is a shill for putin after all.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 22 hours ago

As an anarchist:

Libertarian socialism has had the same problem "libertarian" capitalism has had for a while, it's filled with pedos who just want the state to let them fuck kids.

It's more prevalent in older types which Chomsky definitely qualifies as, this isn't surprising.

It very well might indeed explain why he's following Putin's marching orders though.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 47 points 1 day ago

woody allen is not exactly the most surprising.

[-] socialsecurity@piefed.social 20 points 1 day ago

A household name among the Hollywood pedophiles

No shame about it either.

[-] blargh513@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

Also, HE'S NOT FUNNY!!!

His movies are forgettable. He's like Jay Leno, popular beyond all reason for having done nothing meaningful.

[-] miked@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago
[-] blargh513@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

Because hes overrated, not funny and screwed Conan. He is undeserving of his success.

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

His early work is good. Bananas, Sleeper, Annie Hall. Manhattan gets a mention for Allen being so cringing self aware that he made a movie about dating someone inappropriately younger.

Like Leno he has a reputation based entirely from those few early years. But most comics never even get an early reputation.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah although im not so sure how bananas and sleeper might hold up in the modern age. don't feel like rewatching to see.

[-] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 day ago

Oh look musk is in there too

[-] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

No way?! I thought he just had Kung fu lessons with Ghislaine Maxwell. No way that was coded language... Right?

[-] rimu@crust.piefed.social 29 points 1 day ago
[-] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

That guys a fucking scourge.

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Wow that is the tackiest residence I think I've ever seen, and I've seen some pretty bad ones.

Money definitely can't buy taste.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago
[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Sorry, I followed the link to the New York Times post the article quoted, forgot it wasn't the linked article itself.

[-] toast@retrolemmy.com 2 points 1 day ago

Yikes! You weren't kidding. Tacky, tacky, tacky.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

So many people connected to that guy. Makes me wonder if he only offered girls to the people who passed the "nudge, nudge, wink, wink" test.

"Do you like young girls, know what I mean, know what I mean?"

Hard to believe every one of them was a pedophile or knew and let it slide. That many people surely couldn't keep a secret of that magnitude.

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago

I think the girls were probably just the most scandalous thing he could offer. I’m sure he was able to provide for whatever your vice might be. Girls just have a way of being better witnesses than cocaine.

Since people seem to pay more attention, we should call it The Israelis Starve Gazans With US Backing Scandal.

[-] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

What numerical value best estimates a "trove"? More than fifty? Five hundred to ten thousand? Over a million? Who's working on this?

[-] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago

I think the definition is relative to the scarcity of known information, so three ancient manuscripts by Diogenes would be a trove since we know very little of his ideas, but three manuscripts by Kant, though intriguing, would not be a trove (unless maybe they contained stuff totally different from the work we do have).

this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2025
237 points (99.2% liked)

Global News

4521 readers
410 users here now

What is global news?

Something that happened or was uncovered recently anywhere in the world. It doesn't have to have global implications. Just has to be informative in some way.


Post guidelines

Title formatPost title should mirror the news source title.
URL formatPost URL should be the original link to the article (even if paywalled) and archived copies left in the body. It allows avoiding duplicate posts when cross-posting.
[Opinion] prefixOpinion (op-ed) articles must use [Opinion] prefix before the title.
Country prefixCountry prefix can be added to the title with a separator (|, :, etc.) where title is not clear enough from which country the news is coming from.


Rules

This community is moderated in accordance with the principles outlined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which emphasizes the right to freedom of opinion and expression. In addition to this foundational principle, we have some additional rules to ensure a respectful and constructive environment for all users.

1. English onlyTitle and associated content has to be in English.
2. No social media postsAvoid all social media posts. Try searching for a source that has a written article or transcription on the subject.
3. Respectful communicationAll communication has to be respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences.
4. InclusivityEveryone is welcome here regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
5. Ad hominem attacksAny kind of personal attacks are expressly forbidden. If you can't argue your position without attacking a person's character, you already lost the argument.
6. Off-topic tangentsStay on topic. Keep it relevant.
7. Instance rules may applyIf something is not covered by community rules, but are against lemmy.zip instance rules, they will be enforced.


Companion communities

Icon generated via LLM model | Banner attribution


If someone is interested in moderating this community, message @brikox@lemmy.zip.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS