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@FrancisDearnley @Telegraph @PM_ViktorOrban Fabulous, Francis! Looking forward to this. Covered Marco Rubio's speech in Munich on Substack and his subsequent visits to Hungary and Slovakia with concern. You've been going toe to toe with Hungary for a while now and exposing their Russophilic rhetoric. Kudos on this coup!

Hungary: relic of Europe’s past – or preview of its future? My new @Telegraph video series from Budapest explores the question. Episode 1 drops tomorrow: on the true story of @PM_ViktorOrban, Russia, and Ukraine. Features feisty exchanges with Hungarian officials!

@akafaceUS They do this everywhere! I live in Boston and see it all the time.

A kindergarten teacher is facing criticism after taking her young students on a field trip and tying them together with a rope to prevent them from getting lost.

@FrancisDearnley Always listen to you and Dom but had to go back and watch. Just a few short minutes included references to a "clown show," sound effects from Dom that were disturbing both on audio AND video, and a rare (not backhanded?) compliment. 😂

@boforbes I think you might enjoy today's, Bo.

‘Ukraine: The Latest’ is now on your screens! The world’s most listened to podcast on the war – now with maps & frontline footage. Today @DomNicholls & @Adeliepjz join me from Ukraine with @JamesCrisp6 & @davidblairdt in the studio. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=uLAhzX…

@SubstackStatus just sent out a column; your timing couldn't be worse! 😠

[status] Investigating: We are currently investigating this issue. stspg.io/9l51fkzdrjym?u…

@PeterAttiaMD "Nothing in this letter is meant to minimize the harm suffered by the young women Epstein abused." THESE WERE UNDERAGE GIRLS, NOT YOUNG WOMEN! You are a mandated reporter, and have failed the most basic test of ethics.

The following email is what I sent my team last night. I sent a similar version to my patients, also. *** You’ve put your trust, your credibility, and your hard work into what we have built together, and I take that responsibility seriously. You deserve a complete and honest account of what did and did not happen. I apologize that I did not get this out sooner, but I want to be thorough. The purpose of the DOJ releasing these documents is clear: to identify individuals who participated in criminal activity, enabled it, or witnessed it. I am not in any of those categories, and there is no evidence to the contrary. To be clear: 1. I was not involved in any criminal activity. 2. My interactions with Epstein had nothing to do with his sexual abuse or exploitation of anyone. 3. I was never on his plane, never on his island, and never present at any sex parties. That said, I apologize and regret putting myself in a position where emails, some of them embarrassing, tasteless, and indefensible, are now public, and that is on me. I accept that reality and the humiliation that comes with it. *** I want to start by directly addressing the email thread that I’ve been asked about the most. In June 2015, I sent Epstein an email with the subject line “Got a fresh shipment.” The email contained a photograph of bottles of metformin, a medication I had just received from the pharmacy for my own use. The subject line referred to the picture of the bottles of medication. He replied with the words “me too” and attached a photograph of an adult woman. I responded with crude, tasteless banter. Reading that exchange now is very embarrassing, and I will not defend it. I’m ashamed of myself for everything about this. At the time, I understood this exchange as juvenile, not a reference to anything dark or harmful. At that point in my career, I had little exposure to prominent people, and that level of access was novel to me. Everything about him seemed excessive and exclusive, including the fact that he lived in the largest home in all of Manhattan, owned a Boeing 727, and hosted parties with the most powerful and prominent leaders in business and politics. I treated that access as something to be quiet about rather than discussed freely with others. One line in that exchange, about his life being outrageous and me not being able to tell anyone, is being interpreted as awareness of wrongdoing. That is not how I meant it at all. What I was referring to, poorly and flippantly, was the discretion commanded by those social and professional circles–the idea that you don’t talk about who you meet, the dinners you attend and the power and influence of the people in those settings. What I wrote in that email reads terribly, and I own that. *** I met Epstein in 2014 through a prominent female healthcare leader while I was raising funds for scientific research. At that time, he was widely known in academic and philanthropic circles as a funder of science and moved openly among credible institutions and public figures. Between summer 2014 and spring 2019, I met with him on approximately seven or eight occasions at his New York City home, regarding research studies and to meet others he introduced me to. I never visited his island or ranch, and I never flew on any of his planes. When I was at his home, it was either meeting with him directly, meeting with small groups of scientists, doctors, or business leaders, and once at a dinner in 2015 with a number of guests including prominent heads of state. In retrospect, the presence and credibility of such venerable people in different orbits led me to make assumptions about him that clouded my judgment in ways it shouldn’t have. I was not his doctor, though several times I answered general medical questions and recommended other providers to him. Shortly after we met, I asked him directly about his 2008 conviction. He characterized it as prostitution-related charges. In 2018, I came to learn this was grossly minimized (more on this below). I was incredibly naïve to believe him. I mistook his social acceptance in the eyes of the credible people I saw him with for acceptability, and that was a serious error in my judgment. To be clear, I never witnessed illegal behavior and never saw anyone who appeared underage in his presence. *** In November 2018 I read the Miami Herald investigative article. I was repulsed by what I learned. Nauseated. It marked a clear and irreversible line between what I knew before and what I understood afterward. At that point, I told him directly he needed to accept responsibility for what he did. Hoping to provide the victims from the Herald piece with support, I contacted a residential trauma facility to understand what funding comprehensive care for many victims would require. (Those communications were between me and the facility and were therefore not part of the document release.) I spoke with him and shared that information and insisted that he fund their care, beginning with residential treatment and followed by lifelong therapy. In hindsight, even attempting to facilitate accountability was a mistake and once again reflected just how naïve I was at the time. Once the full scope of his actions was clear, disengagement should have been the only appropriate response. My intent does not change that, and I regret not drawing that boundary immediately. *** Nothing in this letter is meant to minimize the harm suffered by the young women Epstein abused. Their trauma is permanent. I am not asking for a pass from you. I am not asking anyone to ignore the emails or pretend they aren’t ugly. They simply are. The man I am today, roughly ten years later, would not write them and would not associate with Epstein at all. Whatever growth I’ve had over the past decade does not erase the emails I wrote then. I recognize that my actions and words have consequences for the people I care deeply about, including all of you. I regret the cost this has placed on you, and I take responsibility for it. I won’t ask anyone to defend me or explain this on my behalf. If you have questions or concerns, I’ll address them directly with you, my team.

@DomNicholls @sikorskiradek @komadovsky Psychologist's opinion here: Trump et al. are ridiculously attracted to Stubb as the epitome of masculinity; Stubb should use this to his and the EU's advantage.

Green light from the US Administration for Europe to shoot down a piloted Russian jet? Kellogg: “I thought what he (@sikorskiradek) said was really good…just gonna have to take a harder role”. Comments with a camera nearby aren’t by accident. H/T @komadovsky

@DomNicholls @Mr_Andrew_Fox Highly recommend the book (and research) of neuroscientist Emilie Caspar, who studies moral injury + the "just following orders" issue in the military, including drone warfare. Interviewed her for my book- amazing body of work.

A well written, clear and helpful consideration of PTSD, including mechanisms to live with it by @Mr_Andrew_Fox

@MaxduPreez How anyone could find ubuntu to be "radical secularism" is beyond imagining.

Wow, Willie! "Radical secularism"? "Force-feed"? And isn't the denial of the legitimacy of traditional African religions a bit, uhm, bigoted? Christianity uber alles?

@andrewcuomo @ZohranKMamdani Just after announcing his intention to violate the will of even more NYers by running AFTER HE LOST, Cuomo sucks up to Trump. He looks old. He IS old. IT'S old. It's not looking good for you, old man. You can't hold a candle to Mamdani. Give it up already.

In case you forgot, I’m Andrew Cuomo, son of Mario, grandson of Andrea. Welcome to the heavyweight bout, @ZohranKMamdani This is a two man race. You look tired already. It’s just the second round.

@DomNicholls @FrancisDearnley "JUST found?" Listening to you two exchange Christmas gifts, one might say this has been years in the making! 😂🤣

Wait, what? ⁦@FrancisDearnley⁩ actually said “Dom’s wardrobe appears to be inspired by a midlife crisis at a beach bar”??? I think we’ve just found the sharp edges of International Friendship Day. telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness…

@jimstewartson Brutal in Boston. Last couple of days didn't stop until 4:30 a.m. (And fireworks are illegal here; have to get them from NH.)

This is the quietest 4th of July I’ve ever heard in LA. Seems like no one’s much in the mood for fireworks. Is it the same anywhere else?

@lisamurkowski You've whined about how "hard" and "scary" things are under Trump while taking the easiest path for YOU, and the one less "frightening." You'll always be remembered for this.

This was one of the hardest votes I have taken during my time in the Senate.   My goal throughout the reconciliation process has been to make a bad bill better for Alaska, and in many ways, we have done that. In addition to extending pro-growth tax cuts, a larger child tax credit, and no tax on tips or overtime, we made a historic investment and modernization of the Coast Guard; enhanced our border security and national defense; funded aviation safety, including AWOS/VWOS systems that will save lives; and provided tax-exempt status for the Community Development Quota Program to help western Alaska communities establish a sustainable economy, among other provisions.   We have advanced new opportunities for resource development in the NPR-A, the Coastal Plain, and Cook Inlet that will help us create jobs and increase the share of revenues our state receives. I also co-led the Senate effort to restore a slightly longer phase-out for wind and solar tax credits while deleting a punitive excise tax targeting them.   Those provisions will benefit our economy, but it is the people of Alaska that I worry about the most, especially when it comes to the potential loss of social safety net programs—Medicaid coverage and SNAP benefits—that our most vulnerable populations rely on.   To address the bill’s shortcomings, we have helped our communities through a $50 billion rural health fund. This will mean hundreds of millions of dollars for Alaska hospitals, community health centers, and other providers. We secured commitments from the CMS Administrator to continue to address longstanding priorities which will directly help Bartlett, Fairbanks Memorial, Central Peninsula, and other hospitals in Alaska.   In the SNAP program, we have added tribal exemptions for work requirements, delayed cost-share penalties to help Alaska get benefits to the people who need them, and included work requirement waivers that align with our Medicaid policies. We also secured commitments from the Secretary of Agriculture to provide additional flexibilities to Alaska for SNAP.   But, let’s not kid ourselves. This has been an awful process—a frantic rush to meet an artificial deadline that has tested every limit of this institution. While we have worked to improve the present bill for Alaska, it is not good enough for the rest of our nation—and we all know it.   My sincere hope is that this is not the final product. This bill needs more work across chambers and is not ready for the President’s desk. We need to work together to get this right.

@DomNicholls @FrancisDearnley That's such an iconic scene, and the sartorial splendor is appropriate to you both as well. 🤣

I’m concerned @FrancisDearnley’s anti-nun comment will have consequences for both of us! #prayfordom

@marlene4719 It's Trump saying he'd date her that is an issue. It's not her sitting on his lap at the age of 12. You don't have to scrutinize him much to see he's problematic, but this in itself is not.

How many twelve year olds posed like this with their daddy’s? This is sick.

@AOC OK and did he literally call you dumb when the combined IQ of him and his cabinet wouldn't even add uup to yours? And did he call Rep. Jasmine Crockett a "seriously low IQ individual" and use "Great Palestinian" as a slur? Holy cannoli, just one racist dog whistle after another.

Mr. President, don’t take your anger out on me - I’m just a silly girl. Take it out on whoever convinced you to betray the American people and our Constitution by illegally bombing Iran and dragging us into war. It only took you 5 months to break almost every promise you made.

@theliamnissan When your "peace plan" for Ukraine and Palestine involves ethnic cleansing, annexation, unconditional surrender, and resources deals... well, then, it's not really peace now, is it?

Jesus Chrysler this man is completely delusional

@manhattan_liz Uh... aren't tanning salons really bad for one's skin??? How could a tanning salon Make Kennedy Healthy Again?

@timkmak I relate to this. My Mum, a Polish Jew living in E. Poland, was abducted at age 7 by the Soviets and sent to the Siberian Gulag. They were given one piece of bread today. Although I've never technically gone hungry, I've had food anxiety all my life, and tend to overstock food.

Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands. The Holodomor, the Ukrainian famine of the 1930s caused by Moscow, left scars still shape Ukraine today. Oles, whose family survived the famine, explains how Ukrainian parenting and cuisine are shaped by the tragedy.

@RepSwalwell So this guy eviscerated Biden over and over again for doing the same thing. You remember that, don't you?

This meme is everywhere. Let’s be kinder to each other. Making fun of an almost-80-year-old falling on the stairs has no place in our politics.