David Brooks, NYT Columnist who scolded Dems for releasing Epstein materials, is in new photos from Epstein estate

[Miles Archer]

New York Times columnist David Brooks appeared in newly surfaced photos from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate on Thursday, just weeks after he bashed Democrats for releasing information related to the disgraced financier’s crimes.

Brooks, who has been a columnist at the newspaper for 22 years, was seen talking at a table with Google co-founder Sergey Brin in the photos released by House Democrats Thursday. In another image, he appears by himself and smiles widely into the camera.

The photos come after Brooks last month penned an op-ed titled “The Epstein Story? Count Me Out.” in which he critcized House Democrats for releasing information related to the sex offender.

He went as far as to compare the Democrats interested in the Epstein files to those who subscribe to the QAnon conspiracy.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-york-times-columnist-exposed-as-epstein-pal-after-bashing-file-dump/

[Ocelot II]

1. Oopsie.

[PatSeg]

14. I was going to post the same reaction

He might have been better off saying nothing at all. Now he has drawn attention to himself, even though the photo might have been perfectly innocent.

[Trueblue1968]

33. Did he do bad things to girls????

[PatSeg]

68. So much sin and scandal to go around

I wonder how many people right now are on pins and needles hoping their names don't come up.

[LiberalArkie]

38. We still really know very little on what financial dealings he offered his clients. Was he shielding his clients money

in the Caribbean? The kids more likely was his hobby and small income stream from blackmail.

Sadly no one will probably every know about his financial business.

[PatSeg]

67. Everyone is so focused on the many

sexual scandals that the financial scandals often are ignored. I am sure there are many.

[LiberalArkie]

73. Like maybe Epstein was a big part of hiding money off shore?

[PatSeg]

78. That would make sense

Apparently he was always a con artist and he was quite good at it. All that power must have gone to his head.

[PurgedVoter]

100. Uh, this is David Brooks we are talking about. Nothing innocent about him.

If he had a chance to enjoy the suffering of others, don't think for a moment he would turn it down.

[BeyondGeography]

2. LMAO

He of the unerring moral compass.

?si=Eb4Vxm3eC4NYsQLb

[not fooled]

20. Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Great catch! Smarmy, moralistic sot.

[hibbing]

22. Came to post smarmy n/t

[malaise]

28. Never fails

Always projection

[Qutzupalotl]

87. He was just following his compass' pointer.

[spooky3]

3. I'm sure his objection was principled.

[malaise]

31. Of course

😀

[Lovie777]

5. Alrighty then .......

[wcmagumba]

6. I wonder how many times he visited "Fantasy Island"...Epstein, Epstein, Epstein...

[dalton99a]

15. +1

[RockRaven]

7. Of course he is!

Never, ever, EVER overestimate the journalistic ethics of the NYT.

" 'Conflict of interest'? Never heard of it. What's that?"

[popsdenver]

82. Glad to have

cancelled my subscription to the NYT.............

[Wednesdays]

8. Oh my.

[mcar]

9. Well, well, well

[Baitball Blogger]

10. That's a karmic full circle that took more than twenty-five year to complete itself.

[malaise]

11. Oh My!

You don’t say 😀

[PJMcK]

39. Brooks is an ass

His columns are always holier-than-thou and hard right. I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if he was involved with the young women at Epstein’s.

Why is it that the biggest scolds are often the biggest perpetrators?

I’d love to see the NYT get rid of him. If memory serves, he replaced William Safire who, although a Republican, was clear-eyed and principled. In comparison, Brooksks is a hack.

[SupportSanity]

49. Why is it that the biggest scolds are often the biggest perpetrators?

Exactly.

[popsdenver]

83. In psychiatric terms

it's called: PROJECTION

or was it Shakespeare who said it so eloquently "I think thou doth protest too much"

[Freddie]

72. He tries so hard to seem reasonable and moderate

I recall an essay a few years back where he twisted his words endlessly to try to appear moderate while declaring that women really are walking incubators who lose all rights the second there’s 4 cells in her uterus.

[Kid Berwyn]

12. Explains a LOT.

David Brooks will always be a Moonie.

[druidity33]

93. Wait... he was a Moonie? nt.

[Kid Berwyn]

105. Got big boy britches from Moonie Times.

Just Like Old Times?

by Keach Hagey
Politico, August 29, 2010

If the proposed sale of the Washington Times goes through, it will represent the return of the paper’s old guard, ousted by the current owner last autumn in a bitter family dispute.

Tens of millions of dollars in subsidies from the other businesses of its founder, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon — money that has propped up the paper from since the start — will likely come back, too.

But whether the sale would also return the Times staff to its former size or bring back its much-missed sports section is less clear. So, too, is the more pressing question: Will the Times, founded expressly as an anti-Communist, conservative counterweight to The Washington Post in the midst of the Cold War, continue to be a place where conservative writers like David Brooks and Tony Blankley make their bones?

Snip…

The two are now sitting down to work out a sale, which will go through in roughly a month if Joo’s group is satisfied by what it sees in this due diligence process. But no matter what happens to the Times, in some ways it has already accomplished one of its founding goals. The paper has served as a kind of incubator for conservative journalists who have gone on to bigger institutions, thereby boosting the conservative voice in the national discussion much the way the Rev. Moon set out to do when he founded the paper.

“For people like me, David Brooks, Tod Lindberg, we got our original experience editing, reporting, writing, writing columns there,” Podhoretz said. “For individual journalists who went on to other things, it was an extraordinary gift to be able to work in the nation’s capital.”

Continues…

https://www.politico.com/story/2010/08/just-like-old-times-041572

[NewHendoLib]

13. LOL.

[Upthevibe]

16. Kick. N/T

[harumph]

17. Ha ha ha ! - was just discussing that pretentious asshole in another thread

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20872691

[PatrickforB]

18. LOL - his hypocrisy knows NO bounds! Everyone on that list, and I mean EVERYONE, needs to be held accountable

for their actions. If they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time, then fine. But if they participated in the sex trafficking and child rape, then they need to be in prison. Dems, Repubs, so-called 'captains of industry,' billionaire parasites, Wall Street greed-lizards, ALL OF THEM. Even members of the erstwhile fourth estate.

[Sogo]

19. WOW. Is there anyone Epstein didn't taint?

SMDH.

[slightlv]

80. Yippers... REAL people with functioning hearts, minds, and souls.

You have to have a touch of evil for evil to reach out for you, IMO. Like draws like.

[no_hypocrisy]

21. THAT'S funny!

[Paladin]

23. My turn: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

And here I thought that trump's decline and fall couldn't get any more satisfying. David Brooks, going down in flames. Life is good.

[SupportSanity]

51. It would be delicious if Trump takes a lot of people down with him.

Possible?

[Attilatheblond]

61. Gotta figure Trump has been using what he knows about Epstein's friends & 'clients' to blackmail a lot of rich guys

With things coming to light, not only are people being exposed, but Trump's blackmail for dollars and power business is kapoot!

[rampartd]

108. lindsey graham went from mccain's wing man to trump toady over 18 holes of golf

i kind of think trump showed him something.

[MustLoveBeagles]

24. Wadda ya know

[liberalla]

25. My my my! Isn't that interesting!

[StarryNite]

26. Well, well, well.

[CatWoman]

27. HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA

[C_U_L8R]

29. Well, isn't that convenient.

Brooks has always been skeevy

[allegorical oracle]

30. No way in hell was Brooks looking for libidinous pleasures. It's not in his DNA. He's

about as whitebread as it gets. Hang him on hypocrisy, if you want, but he's busy being a pious WASP.

[SamuelTheThird]

35. He left his wife for a younger woman he was working with

I mean, shit happens, and Im not comparing that to pedophilia, but he lectures about religion after having done that

[allegorical oracle]

65. Yep -- hang him for hypocrisy because he's probably guilty. And I've never been a fan of

his -- can recall him on PBS News Hour (or whatever it was at that time). Wanted to throw stuff at the TV. But he struck me as plain and simple biscuit mix. Nevertheless do believe he's smart enough to not have dropped his pants for one of Epstein's captive girls.

[brakester]

110. Brooks,

in dumping his long-time wife and marrying someone over 20 years his junior, must have congratulated himself on finally joining the BAD OLD BOYS network! He MADE it!

[Bluestocking]

58. He is Jewish

WASP stands for white Anglo-Saxon protestant

[allegorical oracle]

63. I personally have Jewish friends who for all-the-world would sound waspish. Brooks

resounds WASPish values.

[wishstar]

81. Brooks converted to Christianity during his mid-life crisis involving second wife

His first wife had converted and raised their children in Jewish faith. But Brooks left her for his younger staff assistant who is staunch Christian and he converted to Christianity under her influence.

[Irish_Dem]

32. How many in the media, congress, courts, corporations, banks are in the Epstein files?

All the way up to the US Supreme Court.

Would explain a lot.

[intheflow]

34. So, when I see reports like this,

photos of people with Epstein, I am reminded of the First Amendment's prohibition of guilt by association. These photos are released without dates or context. I mean, in Brooks' case, it probably does indicate guilt, by virtue of his writing the article about how releasing the Epstein files was a mistake and didn't disclose that he himself had known Epstein. But Epstein had a sham philanthropic organization that people could be talking with him about, rr real estate holdings. Or whatever rich people talk to each other about that has nothing to do with sex.

Just sayin'... Trump wants to round us all up in a guilt-by-association-with-antif purge. This makes me wary of when our side lines up to demand the same.

[EdmondDantes_]

57. Pictures of people at an event isn't evidence of a crime

I'm still not sure what releasing these pictures do for anyone. Doesn't tell us anything about who might have been involved with any crimes, sexual or otherwise with Epstein. But clearly that's not stopping people from jumping to conclusions based on a picture that shows nothing criminal.

[tanyev]

102. True, but when Brooks writes a column criticizing Democrats for "obsessing" over Epstein

and does not disclose that he had some contacts with Epstein over the years, it looks more suspicious.

[EdmondDantes_]

103. Doesn't really do so for me

But I also think the collective reaction here is evidence we are obsessed with the "Epstein files" in that collectively look at everyone condemning him while not also saying obviously Jimmy Buffett or Bill Clinton, or Noam Chomsky were pedo creeps because their pictures were there too.

It's people confirming their own bias based on nothing more than conjecture. Pictures of Bill Richardson who was alleged to have victimized Virginia Giuffre and have visited Epstein's Island haven't been shown. Without evidence of wrong doing or at least context, these pictures offer nothing. Shocking a rich guy who presented as being a normal part of society had parties where other rich and powerful people were. I've had my picture taken with a man I later found out is a rapist. Doesn't make me one.

I think if without more evidence, this is not dissimilar to the Qanon pizza place thing. I don't need Brooks or Trump to be a pedophile to dislike them. I don't need them to be the most awful of people to think my morals and values are better than theirs.

[tanyev]

106. I'm just saying when he wrote that column he should have mentioned that he attended events where Epstein was present.

Seems like a thing a proper journalist would do.

[OrangeJoe]

62. I agree

Epstein tossed around some money at good philanthropy organizations. He liked to rub shoulders with politicians, media stars, academic folks ( I saw a photo of Noem Chomsky) many, but not all, of whom are entirely innocent of pedo crimes.

To me the big question about his innocent encounters are “When did they occur?” Were they before or after his conviction in Florida? Answer that and then we can get judgey.

[Volaris]

74. Ro Kahna said basicly the same thing on Jim Acosta today.

So, we seem to be in good company.

Unlike Mr. Brooks up there lol.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

76. Nobody has demanded anything.

Speculation could be avoided by MAGAts releasing all the damn files.

[spanone]

36. K&R

[tblue37]

37. Complicit milquetoast.

[AllyCat]

40. Of course he is. He's always been a republican

And this just shows he’s deeper in their club than he let on.

[tonekat]

41. I just dropped the link in the NYT comments. N/T

[riversedge]

96. Good

[rustbeltvoice]

42. Brooks was always a creep.

David Brooks the sanctimonious bullshit artist of PBS News Hour & NY Times is in the Epstein fotos. He was upset with Democrats who previously released materials. Non-repukes considered him as a conservative who was reasonable. He was considered morally upright, and proper. He never was, he only spoke softly as he lied for his team. He was always a hypocritical scold. He heavily pushed "Bush Derangement Syndrome", and now Trump cannot stop using his updated model. — Ω ☨

[PCIntern]

43. He was always a slimy prick...

As werethe people I knew at the Times, who were in fact, real big shots there, were equally slimy. I posted about them a long time ago, how one of them was in my family of acquisition at the time.

[displacedvermoter]

44. Maybe he will talk about it Friday night on the News Hour

I am sure he will find a way of using this personal situation to segue into a conversation he had with a cabdriver in Albuquerque about inflation.

[Johonny]

45. This is the best

He has been on his high horse ethics bullshit kick for 40 years. Turns out he was a pedo creep. Shocked? Nope.

[Bluetus]

46. The saying goes, "You made your bed, now lie in it."

[Dave Id]

47. Paraphrasing Desi Arnaz...

"That 'plains a lot Lucy."

[Cha]

48. Out yourself much, Brooks? Obvious.

[SergeStorms]

50. Nothing to see here....

move along.

[Rhiagel]

52. Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!

[kairos12]

53. I recall him writing a book about how to

lead a "moral life." Called the 2nd Mountain or something. No mountains in Florida David.

[Clouds Passing]

54. Hey David

Never had respect for him.

[SheltieLover]

55. Boom

[BamaRefugee]

56. He just liked to watch.

[Joinfortmill]

59. Gonna be a lot of mansplaing coming.

[BlueKota]

60. He doth protested too much.

If someone is helping with the cover up, there is a likely possibility they were involved in the incidents they are trying to keep hidden.

[Dave Bowman]

64. "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out."

Lol, yeah, well you're deep in it pal.

[malaise]

71. But Is he finished?😀

https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010593626/is-trump-finished.html

https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010593626/is-trump-finished.html

We are at the 532nd episode of Donald Trump Is Finished. And so I think a lot of people are seeing some things that are really bad for Donald Trump. His polls are down slightly. He lost — the Republicans have lost every major election in the last year. And to me, one of the most interesting facts is that 20 percent of Trump voters think Donald Trump is responsible for the economy. And so E.J. is about to talk more about this if he’s consistent with his column in The Times the other day, but —— I think I’ll contradict myself. But there are people who are flaking off. But is it something pivotal? Are we at a pivotal moment? I don’t think so. If you asked people a couple of months ago who was a better president, Donald Trump or Joe Biden, there was still a healthy majority that said Donald Trump. And finally, is — Donald Trump is not a man to be inhibited by opposition or by rules. And so he is the president of my lifetime, I think all our lifetimes, who has exercised power more freely while ignoring restraints. And I think he’ll continue to do that.

[Wednesdays]

89. Well, yeah, TSF isn't finished

But as far as Brooks is concerned, it remains to be seen.

[malaise]

90. Should have resigned already

Effin scumbag hypocrite

[Rob H.]

66. The schadenfreude is especially delicious today nt

[flashman13]

69. Yesterday Steve Schmidt mentioned what Marcus Aurelius had to say about the wisdom of keeping your big mouth shut.

If there is no need to say something, then don't say something.

[Ford_Prefect]

70. Oh My !!!!!!!!!!

[Scott Alan Swaggerty]

75. K&R

[Alice Kramden]

77. David Brooks has always been

A fatuous hypocritical gasbag. Some people I know adore him
I always set them straight

[Deep State Witch]

79. Surprise, Surprise, Surprise

[hatrack]

84. Ah, yes, Mr. American Moral Fiber. . . .

Who dumped his wife for a research assistant half his age.

Whatever, Dave.

[Buddyzbuddy]

85. Further proof, as if it were needed, those that are tainted are

the loudest to protest releasing Epstein evidence. Pictures of people tied to Epstein don't prove guilt of anything except poor judgement. But protesting the release of evidence goes a long way towards convincing Americans of your guilt. Just ask the Felon.

[Bread and Circuses]

86. David Brooks has always been an snob and elite belittling jerk

[Martin68]

88. Not surprised. Brooks has always seemed to be hiding something. A bit too right wing and phonily moral.

His debates with E.J. Dionne on NPR every Friday exposed him as a total lightweight intellectually, and very dubious in a moral sense.

[Buttoneer]

91. Conspiracy theories are starting to look like our reality. #EpsteinFiles #davidbrooks

[NBachers]

92. I'm waiting for the compromising pictures of Dershowitz and George Will.

[rpannier]

94. Shazam Sgt Carter. The event was 2 years AFTER the conviction

Can't say he didn't know

[UpInArms]

95. "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out."

“The Epstein Story? Count Me Out. Squirrel!”

I have always despised Brooks, now I know why my radar was going off on him.

[Cosmocat]

97. This is who he is, and why those of us don't give him quarter

He is a weasel POS.

I am not saying he did anything with girls, but the fuck he didn't know about Epstein until 2018.

And, his column ... the nerve of this ELITIST, going on about elitists.

[hatrack]

98. Important note - this happened AFTER Epstein's Florida conviction.

Oops.

[kellytore]

99. Never met him, didn't even know who he was!

Did Brooks learn that line from Trump?

[Joinfortmill]

101. Sometimes, it's best to just keep quiet, but fear sometimes makes us run our mouths.

[Blue Owl]

104. The babbling Brook can shut up now

[SpankMe]

107. Not the first time he's tripped on his own dick

A couple of years ago he posted a picture of a burger, fries and alcoholic beverage that he was eating at a Newark airport restaurant while waiting for a flight. He Tweeted that the meal cost $78 and that's why Americans think the economy is terrible.

Internet sleuths analyzed the picture and discovered the likely restaurant in the terminal where the burger and booze came from, and then did some math. The burger was something closer to $18 and he had probably ordered a couple of double scotches (at over $20 each, because - airport pricing) and likely left a 20% tip on top of that. Adding tax brought his total tab to $77 and some change.

https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2023/david-brooks-newark-airport-meal-78/

Also, I know most of Brooks' stuff is hard right-wing apologist nonsense, but he has given some thought-provoking speeches at the Aspen Institute. Go to YouTube and search "david brooks aspen institute" and watch his talk on populism and another one on "How America Recovers" from Trump. There's a lot to disagree with in those talks, but it's worth a listen.

Brooks is more of an intellectual than the other right-wing cry-babies, and some of his speeches outside of our left-wing bubble is a good way to keep our fingers on the pulse of the right so we can criticize with some authority.

[Sane1]

109. It's OK Though.....

Because he left his underpants on the whole time.