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Forwarded Daryl Cagle's Blog cartoon roundup: Schultz, Bezos, Pecker

This forwarded newsletter from Daryl Cagle’s Blog (February 2019) highlights his recent cartoons on Howard Schultz’s potential independent bid and its risk of splitting the Democratic vote, an illustrated note on the original two‑legged Starbucks mermaid logo and its political symbolism, and a provocative post about Jeff Bezos confronting AMI’s David Pecker over blackmail tied to coverage of AMI investigations, with hints of AMI’s questionable ties to Saudi interests and Trump secrets, plus a roster of other recent articles and a Read in browser link.

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Forwarded Daryl Cagle's Blog cartoon roundup: Schultz, Bezos, Pecker

This forwarded newsletter from Daryl Cagle’s Blog (February 2019) highlights his recent cartoons on Howard Schultz’s potential independent bid and its risk of splitting the Democratic vote, an illustrated note on the original two‑legged Starbucks mermaid logo and its political symbolism, and a provocative post about Jeff Bezos confronting AMI’s David Pecker over blackmail tied to coverage of AMI investigations, with hints of AMI’s questionable ties to Saudi interests and Trump secrets, plus a roster of other recent articles and a Read in browser link.

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Fire and Fury

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Fire and Fury

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TSS1211

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TSS1211

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Oscars Weekend 2011: A Publicist's Diary

A seasoned publicist chronicles the fevered 2011 Oscar season, tracing the race between The King’s Speech and The Social Network from glamorous pre-award parties to the desperate, carefully orchestrated campaigns of Harvey Weinstein, Tom Hooper, and their rivals. Through insider anecdotes, fashion, and backstage strategy, the piece exposes how prestige, timing, and relentless momentum shape the outcome, culminating in The King’s Speech capturing Best Picture and Hooper clinching Best Director on a night of glamor, anxiety, and institutional theater.

Source: House Oversight Committee

Oscars Weekend 2011: A Publicist's Diary

A seasoned publicist chronicles the fevered 2011 Oscar season, tracing the race between The King’s Speech and The Social Network from glamorous pre-award parties to the desperate, carefully orchestrated campaigns of Harvey Weinstein, Tom Hooper, and their rivals. Through insider anecdotes, fashion, and backstage strategy, the piece exposes how prestige, timing, and relentless momentum shape the outcome, culminating in The King’s Speech capturing Best Picture and Hooper clinching Best Director on a night of glamor, anxiety, and institutional theater.

Source: House Oversight Committee

Oscar Diary

This insider’s Oscar diary follows a veteran publicist through the 2011 Academy Awards weekend, tracing the high-stakes, behind-the-scenes campaign between The King’s Speech and The Social Network amid a whirlwind of star-studded parties, fashion, and media frenzy. It culminates with The King’s Speech winning Best Picture and Tom Hooper taking Best Director, as the Hollywood power circle negotiates prestige, headlines, and the adrenaline of the awards season.

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Oscar Diary

This insider’s Oscar diary follows a veteran publicist through the 2011 Academy Awards weekend, tracing the high-stakes, behind-the-scenes campaign between The King’s Speech and The Social Network amid a whirlwind of star-studded parties, fashion, and media frenzy. It culminates with The King’s Speech winning Best Picture and Tom Hooper taking Best Director, as the Hollywood power circle negotiates prestige, headlines, and the adrenaline of the awards season.

Source: House Oversight Committee

Serious Moonlight: Behind the scenes at the 2017 Academy Awards

Peggy Siegal’s insider memoir offers a diary-like panorama of Oscar week 2017, weaving red-carpet glamour, backstage chaos, and the film industry’s political currents as Moonlight delivers a historic Best Picture win—the first with an all-Black cast and LGBTQ themes—after a late backlash against La La Land and a memorable envelope mix-up. Through vivid scenes of parties, power brokers, and candid conversations, the piece reveals how diversity, celebrity culture, and the politics of prestige collided in a night that felt both electric and unsettled.

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Serious Moonlight: Behind the scenes at the 2017 Academy Awards

Peggy Siegal’s insider memoir offers a diary-like panorama of Oscar week 2017, weaving red-carpet glamour, backstage chaos, and the film industry’s political currents as Moonlight delivers a historic Best Picture win—the first with an all-Black cast and LGBTQ themes—after a late backlash against La La Land and a memorable envelope mix-up. Through vivid scenes of parties, power brokers, and candid conversations, the piece reveals how diversity, celebrity culture, and the politics of prestige collided in a night that felt both electric and unsettled.

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Smart analysis on big tech – Apple section highlighted

The document cautions that after years of tech leadership, FAANG and other giants face a coming shift as US and EU regulatory scrutiny intensifies, earnings risks mount (notably for Facebook and Apple amid China trade tensions), and public backlash grows, eroding the aura of invincibility around big tech; it points to China’s BAT collapse as a warning sign and warns that investors may soon start pricing in regulatory risk, potentially unraveling passive and algorithmic tech-heavy strategies even as tech remains a market leadership force.

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Smart analysis on big tech – Apple section highlighted

The document cautions that after years of tech leadership, FAANG and other giants face a coming shift as US and EU regulatory scrutiny intensifies, earnings risks mount (notably for Facebook and Apple amid China trade tensions), and public backlash grows, eroding the aura of invincibility around big tech; it points to China’s BAT collapse as a warning sign and warns that investors may soon start pricing in regulatory risk, potentially unraveling passive and algorithmic tech-heavy strategies even as tech remains a market leadership force.

Source: House Oversight Committee

Serious Moonlight: Behind the Scenes at the 2017 Academy Awards

Peggy Siegal takes readers behind the velvet rope of the 2017 Oscars to chronicle a night of seismic contrasts: Moonlight’s historic Best Picture victory—underscoring diverse, LGBTQ storytelling—emerges amid a #OscarsSoWhite reckoning and a late‑breaking envelope mix‑up that briefly crowned La La Land. Through sharp, intimate vignettes of red carpets, lavish dinners, and political energy fueling Hollywood, the piece captures how the ceremony became a reflection of a nation grappling with identity, aspiration, and power.

Source: House Oversight Committee

Serious Moonlight: Behind the Scenes at the 2017 Academy Awards

Peggy Siegal takes readers behind the velvet rope of the 2017 Oscars to chronicle a night of seismic contrasts: Moonlight’s historic Best Picture victory—underscoring diverse, LGBTQ storytelling—emerges amid a #OscarsSoWhite reckoning and a late‑breaking envelope mix‑up that briefly crowned La La Land. Through sharp, intimate vignettes of red carpets, lavish dinners, and political energy fueling Hollywood, the piece captures how the ceremony became a reflection of a nation grappling with identity, aspiration, and power.

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House Oversight Health and Technology Strategy Discussion (iMessage Archive)

This iMessage archive from late February to mid-March 2017 captures a high-stakes, strategic dialogue between colleagues as they plot a health-policy and digital-health agenda: advancing privacy-preserving technologies and an integrated health-record ecosystem, weighing partnerships with influential players (Arianna Huffington/Thrive, Jack Ma, Bezos), and navigating political dynamics with figures like Larry and Bill while laying groundwork for oversight-facing initiatives and Surgeon General-related efforts.

Source: House Oversight Committee

House Oversight Health and Technology Strategy Discussion (iMessage Archive)

This iMessage archive from late February to mid-March 2017 captures a high-stakes, strategic dialogue between colleagues as they plot a health-policy and digital-health agenda: advancing privacy-preserving technologies and an integrated health-record ecosystem, weighing partnerships with influential players (Arianna Huffington/Thrive, Jack Ma, Bezos), and navigating political dynamics with figures like Larry and Bill while laying groundwork for oversight-facing initiatives and Surgeon General-related efforts.

Source: House Oversight Committee

House Oversight Health and Technology Strategy Discussion (iMessage Archive)

This iMessage archive from late February to mid-March 2017 captures a high-stakes, strategic dialogue between colleagues as they plot a health-policy and digital-health agenda: advancing privacy-preserving technologies and an integrated health-record ecosystem, weighing partnerships with influential players (Arianna Huffington/Thrive, Jack Ma, Bezos), and navigating political dynamics with figures like Larry and Bill while laying groundwork for oversight-facing initiatives and Surgeon General-related efforts.

Source: House Oversight Committee

Smart analysis on big tech -- Apple section highlighted

This memo argues that U.S. big-tech leadership (FAANG) may be at risk as regulatory scrutiny in the U.S. and EU intensifies and as China’s BAT stocks slip, suggesting investors should reprice tech risk rather than assume invincibility. It catalogs a wave of regulatory actions—from antitrust hearings and Lina Khan’s appointment to proposed taxes and EU copyright reforms—coupled with rising public concern about surveillance and inequality, which could curb exuberant bets on tech giants. It also flags near-term threats to Apple from the U.S.–China trade war and a softer Chinese handset market, and notes Facebook’s user losses as a sign of fading fundamentals behind the tech rally, collectively signaling a potential turning point where policy and geopolitics begin to erode the Bedrock assumption of evergreen tech profits.

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Smart analysis on big tech -- Apple section highlighted

This memo argues that U.S. big-tech leadership (FAANG) may be at risk as regulatory scrutiny in the U.S. and EU intensifies and as China’s BAT stocks slip, suggesting investors should reprice tech risk rather than assume invincibility. It catalogs a wave of regulatory actions—from antitrust hearings and Lina Khan’s appointment to proposed taxes and EU copyright reforms—coupled with rising public concern about surveillance and inequality, which could curb exuberant bets on tech giants. It also flags near-term threats to Apple from the U.S.–China trade war and a softer Chinese handset market, and notes Facebook’s user losses as a sign of fading fundamentals behind the tech rally, collectively signaling a potential turning point where policy and geopolitics begin to erode the Bedrock assumption of evergreen tech profits.

Source: House Oversight Committee

Oscar Diary

Stephanie’s Oscar diary offers an intimate, front‑row narrative of the 2011 awards season, charting the behind‑the‑scenes campaign between The King’s Speech and The Social Network, Harvey Weinstein’s relentless organizing, and a star‑studded crawl of pre‑ and post‑Oscar parties as Hollywood’s power players converge on the Kodak Theatre, culminating in The King’s Speech securing Best Picture and its champions grabbing the spotlight.

Source: House Oversight Committee

Oscar Diary

Stephanie’s Oscar diary offers an intimate, front‑row narrative of the 2011 awards season, charting the behind‑the‑scenes campaign between The King’s Speech and The Social Network, Harvey Weinstein’s relentless organizing, and a star‑studded crawl of pre‑ and post‑Oscar parties as Hollywood’s power players converge on the Kodak Theatre, culminating in The King’s Speech securing Best Picture and its champions grabbing the spotlight.

Source: House Oversight Committee

EDGE Annual Question 2012 Invitation (Confidential)

John Brockman circulates an invitation to prominent scientists and tech leaders to contribute to The Edge’s 2012 Annual Question, “What is your favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation?”, framing it as a continuation of Freeman Dyson’s vision for a 21st‑century “Age of Wonder” at the intersection of biology and computation, and sharing submission details, deadlines, and strict editorial rules about originality, length, and tone under an embargo.

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Trump meets with doctors today as Congress preps Obamacare repeal

On December 28, 2016, President-elect Donald Trump hosted at Mar-a-Lago a high-profile gathering of health-care leaders—including Mayo Clinic’s John Noseworthy, Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Paul Rothman, Partners HealthCare’s David Torchiana, Cleveland Clinic’s Toby Cosgrove—along with Palm Beach physician Bruce Moskowitz and Marvel’s Isaac Perlmutter—to discuss the future of health care and Obamacare repeal, illustrating Trump’s strategy of courting industry power players. The reports note the attendees’ limited political giving and potential cabinet implications for Cosgrove, while situating the event within broader coverage of Trump’s plan to reshape health policy and reform efforts.

Source: House Oversight Committee

EDGE Annual Question 2012 Invitation (Confidential)

John Brockman circulates an invitation to prominent scientists and tech leaders to contribute to The Edge’s 2012 Annual Question, “What is your favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation?”, framing it as a continuation of Freeman Dyson’s vision for a 21st‑century “Age of Wonder” at the intersection of biology and computation, and sharing submission details, deadlines, and strict editorial rules about originality, length, and tone under an embargo.

Source: House Oversight Committee

Trump meets with doctors today as Congress preps Obamacare repeal

On December 28, 2016, President-elect Donald Trump hosted at Mar-a-Lago a high-profile gathering of health-care leaders—including Mayo Clinic’s John Noseworthy, Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Paul Rothman, Partners HealthCare’s David Torchiana, Cleveland Clinic’s Toby Cosgrove—along with Palm Beach physician Bruce Moskowitz and Marvel’s Isaac Perlmutter—to discuss the future of health care and Obamacare repeal, illustrating Trump’s strategy of courting industry power players. The reports note the attendees’ limited political giving and potential cabinet implications for Cosgrove, while situating the event within broader coverage of Trump’s plan to reshape health policy and reform efforts.

Source: House Oversight Committee

09-COVER STORY.01

This piece is a wry, insider’s diary of the 83rd Academy Awards weekend, tracing the race between The King’s Speech and The Social Network while chronicling the swirling world of pre- and post-Oscar parties, red-carpet maneuvers, and the publicity machine that can make or break a film. Through the eyes of Fran Lebowitz, it captures the glamour, gossip, and strategy—from Peggy Siegal’s Oscar-season theatrics to Harvey Weinstein’s tireless campaigning, to the fashion crises and luminous chaos of the Beverly Hills hotels and Vanity Fair soirees. It also situates the moment in a larger world of headlines and political undercurrents, showing how the glitz and grind of Hollywood intersect with real-world stakes. The result is a vivid, witty portrait of how one crown is won not just by art, but by audacity, access, and image.

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2 Seminars - MONEY & POWER Invite List

This March 19, 2012 internal email from Lesley Groff to Jeffrey Epstein outlines two invite-only seminars—MONEY and POWER—listing a who’s-who of potential attendees from tech, finance, and politics (including Marc Andreessen, Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt, Peter Thiel, Nathan Myhrvold, Boris Nikolic, Dick Merkin, Michael Milken, Danny Kahneman, Jaron Lanier, Danny Hillis, Ian Osborne, Torn Pritzker, Jes Staley, Jim Simons, and Paul Batista for MONEY; Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, George Mitchell, Michael Ovitz, Howard Gardner, Igor, Ian Osborne for POWER), with notes to add Ian to both lists, some uncertain identifications, and House Oversight file references 028784 and 028785.

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2 Seminars - MONEY & POWER Invite List

An internal March 19, 2012 email from Lesley Groff to Jeffrey Epstein outlines two private seminar invite lists, “Seminar-MONEY” and “Seminar-POWER,” naming a who’s-who of tech, finance, and policy figures (including Marc Andreessen, Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, Bill Gates, Peter Thiel, Eric Schmidt, Jim Simons, Ian Osborne—intended to be added to both lists—and others such as Danny Hillis, Danny Kahneman, Jaron Lanier, Dick Merkin, Michael Milken, Nathan Myhrvold, Boris Nikolic, Torn Pritzker), for MONEY, and Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, George Mitchell, Michael Ovitz, Howard Gardner, with Ian Osborne also to be added to both lists for POWER, while some identities are uncertain (e.g., Paul Batista, Igor) and file references are HOUSE OVERSIGHT 026549 and 026550.

Source: House Oversight Committee

2 Seminars - MONEY & POWER Invite List

This March 19, 2012 internal email from Lesley Groff to Jeffrey Epstein outlines two invite-only seminars—MONEY and POWER—listing a who’s-who of potential attendees from tech, finance, and politics (including Marc Andreessen, Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt, Peter Thiel, Nathan Myhrvold, Boris Nikolic, Dick Merkin, Michael Milken, Danny Kahneman, Jaron Lanier, Danny Hillis, Ian Osborne, Torn Pritzker, Jes Staley, Jim Simons, and Paul Batista for MONEY; Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, George Mitchell, Michael Ovitz, Howard Gardner, Igor, Ian Osborne for POWER), with notes to add Ian to both lists, some uncertain identifications, and House Oversight file references 028784 and 028785.

Source: House Oversight Committee

2 Seminars - MONEY & POWER Invite List

An internal March 19, 2012 email from Lesley Groff to Jeffrey Epstein outlines two private seminar invite lists, “Seminar-MONEY” and “Seminar-POWER,” naming a who’s-who of tech, finance, and policy figures (including Marc Andreessen, Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, Bill Gates, Peter Thiel, Eric Schmidt, Jim Simons, Ian Osborne—intended to be added to both lists—and others such as Danny Hillis, Danny Kahneman, Jaron Lanier, Dick Merkin, Michael Milken, Nathan Myhrvold, Boris Nikolic, Torn Pritzker), for MONEY, and Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, George Mitchell, Michael Ovitz, Howard Gardner, with Ian Osborne also to be added to both lists for POWER, while some identities are uncertain (e.g., Paul Batista, Igor) and file references are HOUSE OVERSIGHT 026549 and 026550.

Source: House Oversight Committee