Katherine Stewart
Money, Lies, and God; The Power Worshippers & other books
@nytopinion.nytimes.com, @newrepublic.com & others
Katherinestewart.me, substack.com/@katherinestewartbooks contact goodnewskatherine@gmail.com
- Reposted by Katherine StewartJournalism has a lot of challenges right now, but this? This is Jeff Bezos’ fault. He bought The Washington Post and he broke it. For shame. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
- Reposted by Katherine StewartLSE Review of Books: The shifting politics of Big Tech – why Elon Musk pivoted to the right and embraced Donald Trump blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb... review of "Gilded Rage" by @jacobsilverman.com
- Reposted by Katherine StewartRemarkable: Trump's planned migrant prison camps are hitting deep resistance in red areas. In Virginia's partly rural Hanover (+26 Trump) opposition is intense. GOP leaders in other states are opposed. Voters are rejecting mass deportations big time. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2060...
- Reposted by Katherine StewartOver in the UK, politicians with ties to Epstein are resigning. So, I hear "Donald Trump" appears in the Epstein files w/greater frequency than the name "Harry Potter" appears in the 1st 7 Harry Potter books. Speaking of which...
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- Have you noticed this? I have. "The news media doesn’t seem to know how to bring anything other than wide-eyed credulity to his utterances, even after all the lies and deceit of the past decade." That's @sulliview.bsky.social at her site. margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/dear-media...
- Reposted by Katherine StewartFor what it’s worth, @washingtonpost.com broke this story www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
- Reposted by Katherine StewartWednesday is @prospectmagazine.co.uk pod day, and this week the excellent @petergeoghegan.bsky.social joins me and @ellenhalliday.bsky.social to talk about Epstein, Mandelson, and the nexus of power, money and politics that Democracy for Sale covers so well www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/pro...
- Reposted by Katherine StewartNever forget: Pam Bondi and Kash said there was nothing in the Epstein files back in March
- Lead story at the Guardian www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by Katherine Stewart“Imagine if we had to follow the law”
- Reposted by Katherine Stewart"Richard Branson, Noam Chomsky, Steve Bannon, Mandelson, Andrew (obviously) – all of these men offer strategic advice, or media training, or chummy solidarity. Or, in the case of Chomsky, all of the above plus a drive-by on the notion of female victimhood." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Reposted by Katherine Stewart“Based off the newest tranche of emails … Epstein, at the very least, believed that he was orchestrating the downfall of the global order in the 2010s. In June 2016, he emailed venture capitalist, early Facebook investor, and Palantir founder Peter Thiel, writing, ‘Brexit, just the beginning.’”
- I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy. www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
- Reposted by Katherine StewartOn Lawfare Daily, Dan Byman sat down with @milleridriss.bsky.social to discuss her new book, "Man Up: The New Misogyny & the Rise of Violence Extremism," how different forms of misogyny lead to political and social violence, and more. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...
- Reposted by Katherine StewartWhen it comes to election interference, we’re going to see a familiar strategy: Flood the zone with shit; commit an overwhelming barrage of bad acts. Our job is to be the most indefatigable whack-a-mole players the world has ever seen. www.throughline.news/p/block-the-...
- It’s not just the naked stuff. Ask Grok for an image of “a woman” doing just about anything and it’ll give you Epstein vibes
- New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok. The chatbot still produces sexualized images — even when told the subjects don’t consent. even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation. even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse. www.reuters.com/business/des...
- Reposted by Katherine Stewartdouble literature for the people from @quinnslobodian.com & @ebharrington.bsky.social us.macmillan.com/books/978125... wwnorton.com/books/978132...
- "The comments, made on a conservative podcast, follow a string of moves from his administration to try to exert more control over American elections." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
- Reposted by Katherine StewartThe Fight Is Upon Us: What The Right to Vote Looks Like on Trump’s Terrain of Violence talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-f...
- Reposted by Katherine StewartNobody but sorry D-listers will play the Trumpified Kennedy Center and he’s going to shut it down rather than endure the humiliation.
- Waste, fraud, abuse
- The Education Department's efforts to fire staff cost over $28 million, GAO watchdog says / story by @npr.org www.npr.org/2026/02/02/n...
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- I hate to amplify the video, but this is alarming
- From the "Adderson Desk" Not sure what the point of these AI slop videos on YouTube is, but somebody has been busy making "pro-Canada" YouTube videos using an AI-generated Anderson Cooper" youtube.com/watch?v=0Ff_...
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- Reposted by Katherine Stewart“Shocks the conscience” At BEST they knew what Epstein was and didn’t care. At worst they participated. Yet even now speaker Johnson and the gop don’t care.
- Reposted by Katherine StewartDemocrats have flipped eight state legislative seats in special elections during the 2025–26 cycle. Republicans have flipped none. 🟦 Texas SD-9 🟦 Mississippi SD-2 🟦 Mississippi SD-45 🟦 Iowa SD-1 🟦 Iowa SD-35 🟦 Pennsylvania SD-36 🟦 Georgia HD-121 🟦 Mississippi HD-22
- Reposted by Katherine StewartI was a White House ethics lawyer. I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules. I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
- Reposted by Katherine StewartTrump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017 and now wants $10 billion because a leaker pointed that out www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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- Reposted by Katherine Stewart“On a podcast last year, Howard Lutnick described being so revolted by a mid-2000s visit to Mr. Epstein’s Manhattan mansion that he decided to ‘never be in a room with that disgusting person ever again.’ “Lutnick’s disgust appeared to prove temporary.” Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
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- Reposted by Katherine StewartLooking at the precinct results in TX's 9th Senate district election and the shift is a consistent ~40 points on margin vs 2022 in the outlying areas, matching the pattern of persuasion and Republican dropoff we've seen in special elections for the 2025-26 election cycle.
- Reposted by Katherine StewartThis is corruption on a breathtaking level. Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an Abu Dhabi royal nicknamed the "spy sheikh", pumped $187mn into Trump family businesses. A WSJ team has the whole story, reported here for the first time. Remember: Jimmy Carter had to sell his peanut farm.
- Assuming the republic survives, we will have to pick up the pieces. But first we must understand who and what brought us here. My latest substack.com/@katherinest...
- A U.S. citizen homecare worker was driving to buy a cake for her grandson. Federal agents in an unmarked vehicle assaulted her, then abandoned her when they found her passport. She sustained a torn rotator cuff, concussion and bruised ribs & had to go to the hospital
- 4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
- Reposted by Katherine StewartJD Vance in 2021:
- Reposted by Katherine StewartI'm really not able to process the depth of what PBPD had on him in 2005-2006, and how it all just went away. I've been a licensed attorney for 29 years. I tried more cases than I can count-- huge cases, bet the company cases. I've never read anything so airtight as this, and it's fucking shameful
- Reposted by Katherine StewartThis is happening a lot to female journalists. So here is a modest proposal for the White House press corps: Stand together. No one should ask another question until the President answers the question that was ignored.
- Reposted by Katherine StewartRemember that Melania’s director was previously accused of sexual violence by six actresses. “His directing and producing career had been snuffed out—until the Trump family stepped in.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by Katherine StewartLutnick lied. I wonder what he's hiding.
- Reposted by Katherine StewartDisgusting. In an email on Sept. 11, 2013, Mr. Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, wrote to Mr. Epstein, “It was really nice seeing you yesterday.” He added: “Any time you’re in the area would love to see you. As long as you bring your harem!” www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
- Reposted by Katherine StewartActually quite hard to put into words the levels of contempt and revulsion? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by Katherine StewartSorry - to be clear (not enough coffee this morning) Rybolovlev is part of Putin’s team negotiating over Ukraine
- Reposted by Katherine Stewartnew CBS contributor Peter Attia
- “Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
- Reposted by Katherine StewartDid you let Grok write this, Politico? Your "report" (l) bears no relationship to the half of the Epstein Files Trump's lawyers finally released, which half sees Musk desperately—even pathetically and grotesquely—trying to arrange a trip to Epstein's Little St. James Island (r).
- "We will not stop until the truth is fully revealed and every perpetrator is finally held accountable."
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- Reposted by Katherine StewartBrad Karp, chairman of Paul, Weiss, settled with Trump only six days after getting Trump's crazy demands. No fight at all. The New Yorker, baffled, thought the issue might be that a Paul, Weiss partner had worked for Robert Mueller. But maybe it's all even simpler. 2/ web.archive.org/web/20251105...
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- Reposted by Katherine StewartEmail from Jeffrey Epstein: "supposedly a girl said that donal= had sex with her at my house when she was underage.. =C2 . she said she has a witness. in 1993"
- Reposted by Katherine StewartTrump's new pick for Fed Chair makes an appearance in today's Epstein Files release:
- Reposted by Katherine StewartOK, so Musk was planning to go to Epstein's island, but it's not like he went there with the intent to go to a wild party or something, it was probably just some business. Excuse me, an email just came in. *Reads:* "What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?"
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- Apparently it was never really about "free speech" religionnews.com/2026/01/30/j...
- Assuming the republic survives, we will have to pick up the pieces. But first we must understand who and what brought us here. My latest on Substack writekaths.substack.com/p/the-americ...
- Reposted by Katherine StewartGeorgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning I was sent this video of agents at her door:
- Reposted by Katherine StewartAnd then they came for Don Lemon.
- Reposted by Katherine StewartA clarification, not a correction: the student says while the college coached him to write the oped, he was paid by the AI project, which is connected with the college. The student paper’s position is that the college paid him. And there’s no question that college attempted to place a pro-AI op-ed.
- Reposted by Katherine StewartThe college at which I'm employed, which has signed a contract with the AI firm that stole books from 131 colleagues & me, paid a student to write an op-ed for the student paper promoting AI, guided the writing of it, and did not disclose this to the paper. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
- Reposted by Katherine Stewart@katherinestewart.bsky.social Author of Power Worshippers and Money, Lies and God. Required reading to understand Christian Nationalism Her latest. open.substack.com/pub/writekat...
