Lee Fang
@lhfang
Independent Journalist. Reporting primarily on Substack via http://www.leefang.com Contact email on my website.
1. TWITTER FILES PART 8 *How Twitter Quietly Aided the Pentagon’s Covert Online PsyOp Campaign* Despite promises to shut down covert state-run propaganda networks, Twitter docs show that the social media giant directly assisted the U.S. military’s influence operations.
Watch the revolving door spin: Venus Welch-White has left EPA as acting director of the Office of Agriculture and Rural Affairs to become director of government relations at CropLife America, the pesticide industry trade association. Is it a surprise that federal regulation of…
Almost every SF anti-tech trend was foolish. All the protests against tech buses or new housing was very stupid. But the brief period when bars kicked people wearing Google Glass surveillance goggles out was totally correct and we need more of that. x.com/crsamra/status…
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The left has two paths to confront the wave of AI & automation coming to the economy. One is to try to halt the pace of technological change. The second is to redistribute the gains -- which is more difficult politically but a greater net positive. x.com/BernieSanders/…
This is Elon Musk's vision of the future. How many jobs do we lose when this transformation takes place? Do we really want to interact with robots instead of people? What do you think?
In the vast majority of major urban centers (Democrat) and rural communities (Republican), the U.S. effectively has one-party rule and zero competitive elections among parties. It's a very easy problem to fix (proportional elections) yet literally zero major gov reformers try.
The go-between. My long read on how Qatar has become the diplomatic capital of the world, and the power it has accumulated in the process. theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…
Just slightly getting a hold on crime to make cities safe and more welcoming for normal people is literally all liberals had to do to regain trust and they failed at that for so long x.com/rohindhar/stat…
Daniel Lurie has a 73% popularity rate as mayor of San Francisco
The new genre of stories about "AI induced psychosis" feels a lot just like the latest moral panic about a new technology, but then you read about how many people now rely on AI chatbots for friendship and it seems fairly likely to be a real problem.
Cooking at home always saves money and almost more importantly, perfectly breaks up the day with a meaningful task x.com/TheWapplehouse…
go ahead. post another "it’s more expensive to cook at home than eat out take." tell me criticizing Uber Eats is ableist. say it cost $38 to make a hot dog. come up with a woke way to claim buying a taxi for your burrito is revolutionary. call me gay for making my own McFlurry.
Mullin blocking Gallego resolution calling for release of the Epstein files: What we’re simply trying to do is give [Trump] cover
The idea that Israel -- founded largely by a group fleeing persecution and genocide -- wouldn't go on to lead a brutal genocide of a hated minority group comes from the same "victims can't be abusers" mental framework that led liberals to think "black people can't be racist."
Bret Stephens wrote a column in 2003 for the WSJ explaining his hatred for Bill Clinton for dithering on the Bosnian concentration camps and genocide. (Israel's destruction and civilian killings have gone on at a far higher rate in less than 2 years of Gaza)
Gaza hospitals report 15 starvation deaths in 24 hours, hunger-related deaths up to 101 haaretz.com/israel-news/20…
Breaking News: Speaker Mike Johnson said he would shut down the House until September to block a vote on calling for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. nyti.ms/4nZtblR
“A lot of good reporting has already been done — for instance, by @lhfang — about #Epstein’s ties to the Virgin Islands and how he spent money to lobby their government to make it easier for him to live there as a sex offender.” notes @robbysoave on #TheGroupChat 👥💬
Per @BarakRavid Mossad head David Barnea has asked the U.S. to help move hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza to third countries. Libya, Ethiopia and Indonesia are favored and Israel has asked for U.S. to provide incentives to these states. axios.com/2025/07/18/isr…
Summary of Epstein emails with JP Morgan banker implies some connection to Netanyahu as well. Banker thanks Epstein after securing a meeting.
CNN senior analyst David Gergen was allegedly referred to JP Morgan via Jeffrey Epstein, according to filings from the U.S. Virgin Islands. In 2009, Epstein said "Gergen is coming to see me today."
Email from ongoing litigation shows Jeffrey Epstein arranging a meeting between J.P. Morgan Chase chief Jamie Dimon and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak
Denise George, the Virgin Islands AG leading the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein was suddenly fired by the governor in Dec. Now she says under oath that Epstein had “political influence over or with the governor,” who pressured her to exempt Epstein from a sex offender law.