Operation Epstein Fury February 28, 2026February 28, 2026 TIMOTHY SNYDER: HOW SHOULD WE UNDERSTAND THE WAR? [The] facts suggest two interpretive frameworks: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the United States. . . . Wars are a tool of undermining and undoing democracies. . . . [W]e have multiple examples of this from both modern and ancient [history] . . . Given the stupefyingly overt corruption of the Trump administration, one must ask whether the United States armed forces are now being used on a per-hire basis. . . . [W]e are using military force to take the side of precisely the countries who have enriched Trump and his family. This backdrop must at the very least be stated in the reporting of the war. Along with the subversion of democracy, personal corruption provides a second interpretive framework. . . . This war could very well be about (1) subverting US democracy, (2) enriching the president, or both. These are presumptions, not proof — but they provide the solid lines of inquiry as we learn more about the war. War does not create a clean slate where suddenly we have to believe the absurd just because a leader says it. On the contrary, war provides the opportunity to see the core of the absurdity and the destruction that is being offered to us. OPERATION EPSTEIN FURY Rick Wilson’s take (19 minutes) as of 11am yesterday. (Co-founder of The Lincoln Project, Wilson is the former Republican operative who wrote Everything Trump Touches Dies.) THE RICH GET RICHER It’s not fair; but if you do happen to have a $5 million net worth, it may be of interest that the tiny Kentucky-based hedge fund that has been compounding my IRA at 15% a year for the past 18 years has recently re-opened to accept a new tranche of money. And — of possible relevance in these uncertain times — is truly hedged, unlike most “hedge” funds. Me-mail me if interested and I’ll have them tell you more. BELATED BONUS Jimmy Kimmel’s segment on Trump’s State of the Union. Funny and insightful.