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Jeffrey Epstein Aided Alan Dershowitz’s Attack on Mearsheimer and Walt’s “Israel Lobby”

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  Jeffrey Epstein Aided Alan Dershowitz’s Attack on Mearsheimer and Walt’s “Israel Lobby” Epstein and Alan Dershowitz collaborated on smear campaigns against Mearsheimer, Walt, and an underage assault victim making allegations against Epstein—in the same week. Ryan Grim and Murtaza Hussain Nov 25 Drop Site is a reader-funded, independent news outlet. Without your support, we can’t operate. Please consider making a  501(c)(3) tax-deductible donation today . Jeffrey Epstein with Alan Dershowitz in 2004. Photo by Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images. In March 2006, the Harvard Kennedy School published a working paper, “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy,” by influential political scientists John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt. The paper, which  ran in the London Review of Books  and became the basis for a book published the following year, was an unflinching analysis of the impact of pro-Israel advocacy and lobbying groups on the U.S. political system, a...

Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say

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  Most Read MUST READ! Anyone who followed the court cases & charges against JAN 6 RIOTERS knows that many had criminal histories & violent crimes...TRUMP PARDONED THEM! Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say Amanda Moore Andrew Johnson claimed to an alleged child molestation victim that Trump’s pardon entitled him to multimillion-dollar reparations. excerpt:  A pardoned January 6  rioter has been charged with sex crimes against two children. Andrew Paul Johnson was arraigned in a Florida court in October on multiple charges, including molesting a child as young as 11 years old, joining a growing list of U.S. Capitol rioters pardoned by President Donald Trump who now face new legal trouble. Johnson dangled the prospect that one of the children could receive money because, Johnson claimed, he was entitled to $10 million as part of reparations for his January 6 arrest, according to a  police re...

WBUR TODAY: 2026 rent control fight gets real

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  ❤️  Donate Thursday, November 20, 2025 🌤️  Partly sunny, with a high near 45. Good Morning Boston, It's Thursday, T-minus one week until Thanksgiving. Beacon Hill lawmakers  wrapped up work and took off  for the holidays yesterday. But the 2026 ballot question campaign cycle is just getting cooking. Let's start today with a debate you could be hearing a lot about next year: The ballot battle ahead:   Just over two decades after Massachusetts voters banned rent control across the state, a new ballot question fight on the issue is taking shape. This week, supporters of a ballot initiative to enact rent stabilization across the entire state announced they had gathered over 124,000 signatures — nearly 50,000 more than what they needed to meet a crucial deadline yesterday. Local and state election officials still need to certify the signatures before the question can move forward in the multi-step process to get on next November's ballot. But the initiative h...