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Thank you Cat: Poli-Psych, Caro Henry, Grace Alexandra Hayden, Ann Kramer, Bonnie Bluewater 🐦, and many others for tuning into my live video with THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

Thank you You Ready Grandma, Cat: Poli-Psych, Jason Gael, ITS Never Happening…, Cheryl Young, and many others for tuning into my live video with Zev Shalev and Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.! Join me for my next live video in the app. The Panicked Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

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Some updates about the faux employment/school history for Epstein, and how he faked his way into the Dalton School and Bear Stearns, thanks to some folks who probably helped him do so. If you want to find these documents, search “EFTA00187050” in the DOJ Epstein Files, and you’ll find a 59-page document that includes college transcripts, applications, and background checks. Thank you Noble Blend, 🇨🇦 Natalie Woodn’t 🇨🇦, BLONDE LEGALLY 🙋🏼‍♀️🧩🔍⚖️✨🦋, Don Buckter, Change Champion, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. The Panicked Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

Thank you all for your patience while I do a little offline writing (sneaky, sneaky) and some check-ins! I hope I have something for you to read very soon that is not only substantive, but a little surprising. Stay tuned! If you would like to continue to support me, you know how much I love coffee, and it allows you to do a one-time bump without committing. It goes a very, very long way and I appareciate it! Thank you Grounded Podcast, NeuroDivergent Hodgepodge, Biff Thuringer, Grace Alexandra Hayden, Ann Kramer, and many others for tuning into my live video with Lawrence Winnerman! Join me for my next live video in the app. The Panicked Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

It’s Tuesday, so what the hell, let’s name some (alleged) Epstein co-conspirators and social hangout buddies. These were pulled from an unredacted list in the Unknown Survivor’s Journal, which you can read, decoded, below. These are allegations and have not been proven in a court of law. Parts 2, 3, and 4, are linked to the bottom of the article, as well as Zev Shalev’s analysis of each. You can read the lawsuit, Doe v. Black, which is alleged to accompany these allegations against Leon Black, here: Doe v. Black The files associated with this journal and livestream are as follows: PART 1 EFTA02731433 - EFTA02731464 PART 2 EFTA02731341 - EFTA02731360 PART 3 EFTA02731393 - EFTA02731409 PART 4 EFTA02731361 - EFTA-02731392 The Panicked Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

A few updates on Trump’s ban on the free press, including CNN, MSNOW, and Politico. I mentioned a couple of films in this episode, including the Fourth Estate (2018), directed by Liz Garbus and Endangered (2022), directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. For updates on Katie Phang’s lawsuit against the DOJ, please visit Katie Phang v. Todd Blanch and scroll to the bottom for the most recent updates. For updates on the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, please visit the Congress.gov. I also referenced a hearing a few weeks back in which Todd Blanch and the DOJ were supposed to explain the redactions in 10 specific documents. You can see their responses here: Thank you Soso's World, Noble Blend, PJ Schuster, MizLaTee, Jacqueline Dorinda Maddox, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. The Panicked Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

This is probably one of my favorite interviews so far. I read Waj’s book, Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become an American, and I had a lot of questions about what life looked like for Muslim families post-9/11 in U.S., back then, and now. But also, this was a chance to hear Waj’s story a little bit more, and things he’s not talked about often on Substack, like his writing, his experience facing “hella nazar,” and the road that led him one step at a time to becoming the man he is today, despite pretty extreme odds and discrimination in a post-9/11 world. I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did, a white kid from a rural West Coast town who, indeed, was listening to Toby Keith on repeat in the weeks after the worst disaster on U.S. soil. It’s never too late to get the whole story You can find Waj and I at the Epstein Oratorio in NYC on October 1st and 2nd. . The Panicked Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

Kait and I have walked what’s felt like a very long road together, showing up out of nowhere, and taking on these damn files. I’m grateful for her friendship, I’m grateful for her brain, and I’m grateful for these conversations. If you would like to read Kait’s chain reaction piece, you can do that here: Thank you for joining us and supporting our work! The Panicked Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

Thank you Uncomfortable Truth by Monica, The People's Community, Cat: Poli-Psych, Amy Gabrielle, Lyudmila, and many others for tuning into my live video with Zev Shalev and Lev Parnas! Join me for my next live video in the app. The Panicked Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

A cathartic conversation between friends. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

I forgot to mention the 2nd important piece of the Interlochen Jane Doe case is that Ghislaine Maxwell’s participation in the abuse is very apparent and called out. If you would like to read more about Katie Phang’s lawsuit you can find it at: Phang v. Blanche This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

A little walk down memory land about all our favorite movies, new and old, and what makes us tick, cinematically speaking… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

Thank you Bonnie Bluewater 🐦, Jill B., Michael deCamp, Jenny Benjamin, Rose, and many others for tuning into my live video with Disability Community and Sick of this Shit Publications! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe