Trump, Maxwell, Epstein exposed: The Spider

The Spider: Inside the Tangled Web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell

The Spider: Inside...Maxwell

Investigative journalist Barry Levine has 4.4 out of 5 stars with 582 ratings with this well-researched exposé.

Who was Jeffrey Epstein? Pres. Don "the John" Trump has called the ongoing interest in the child prostitution details about Epstein’s web of powerful sex trafficking clients and enablers a Democrat “hoax.”

But this book by a Pulitzer Prize–nominated journalist delivers the most comprehensive account yet of the disgraced financier’s sex life and [fake] death, revealing a criminal [blackmailing] enterprise that stretched over decades.

“An exhaustively detailed look at the life, death, and alleged crimes of Epstein, along with his [15] years-long friendship with Trump in the 1990s and early 2000s—and how Trump’s ascendancy to the presidency ultimately helped expose Epstein.”

—Forbes

• An ID Book Club Selection • Featured in the Peacock original documentary series Epstein’s Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell 

By now, the basic contours of Jeffrey Epstein’s horrendous crimes—his decades-long serial abuse of young women and underage girls—are familiar. But for all that has been written about Epstein since his shocking death in a lower Manhattan jail cell, an astonishing amount remains unknown.

Epstein seen plain as day in 2025, Pedo Island

A shy [Jewish] Brooklyn kid turned renegade financier, Jeffrey Epstein never wanted to play by the rules of polite society. He was elusive in life, and he has remained just as elusive in [having faked his] death [after returning to his hideout on Pedophile Island, Little Saint James, US Virgin Island, and been photographed and videotaped there by drone].

What is known is that he had amassed nearly [actually much more than] $600 million by the time of his death [much of which he absconded with with the help of powerful figures in the government].

Mossad/CIA asset honeypot blackmailer

That fortune allowed Epstein to pursue a privileged, secretive life, jetting between his fortress-like homes in Manhattan, New Mexico, and Little St. James, his private [molestation resort] island.

You have a Jewish girlfriend, Lewinski? - Yes.

Behind these closed doors, Epstein socialized with scientists and world leaders and preyed on powerless young girls.

In The Spider, Barry Levine shines a light into the darkest corners of Epstein’s world, including

• Epstein’s young adulthood and earliest accusations of sexual misconduct
• the murky sources of Epstein’s fortune and business dealings
• Epstein’s circle of confidantes and employees, particularly the nature of his long relationship with socialite Ghislaine Maxwell

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  How much evidence is enough?

  his ties to powerful men, including Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, and Donald Trump [Alan Dershowitz, Bill Gates, Elon Musk...]
• ‘Something dramatic has happened': Robert Reich says U.S. is finally seeing Trump's true impact
• Epstein’s last hours as a free man in Paris and the secret operation to arrest him at a New Jersey airport before he could flee
• details on Epstein’s final days in jail and the mystery surrounding his death.

Featuring rare and never-before-seen photographs, The Spider exposes how Epstein operated and evaded justice for so long—and how he drew so many others into his criminal web. The Spider: Inside the Tangled Web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell

• Barry Levine, Cary Harrison (KPFK.org); Shauna Schwartz, Pfc. Sandoval, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Punk in the Park, Los Angeles (10/4-5)

Punk Buddhism? Brad Warner's Hardcore Zen

(Brad Warner explains the connection between punk rock and Zen Buddhism)

Hardcore Zen (Wisdom Pubs)

(Stash - Free Documentaries) This documentary is about controversial Ohio American punk "Zen Master" Brad Warner (former Zero Defex 0DFX bass player), who has sought to strip the sheen off many taboo topics in Zen Buddhism and exhibit a healthy dose of reality to his readers. For more info on this film: imdb.com/title/tt3057770. Stars: Brad Warner, Randy Blythe, Nina Hartley, Pirooz Kalayeh. Directed by Pirooz Kalayeh.

Brad's band Zero Defex (0DFX) in action

Stash - Free Documentaries: @stash_freedocumentaries. #ZenBuddhism #BuddhistStory

PUNK IN THE PARK

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Punk Festival | Punk in the Park | San Pedro, CA

Punk in the Park, North America’s premier outdoor punk rock and craft festival, returns to Southern California this Saturday, Oct. 4th and Sunday, Oct. 5th for two epic days of punk rock at the edge of the Pacific Ocean.

Punk in the Park Los Angeles takes over Berth 46 at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro with 40+ bands on 3 stages, along with a Craft Festival, Punk Rock Swap Meet, and Vinyl Village.

​ Punk in the Park Los Angeles features headlining performances from Bad Religion and Pennywise (Saturday), Descendents and The Interrupters (Sunday), along with:

• Face To Face
• Screeching Weasel
• The Adicts

• Stiff Little Fingers
• Street Dogs
• Comeback Kid
• The Bronx
• The Casualties
• Michael McColgan & The Bomb Squad
• T.S.O.L.

T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty) "I'm Tired of Life" (studio)

• Adolescents

• Agent Orange

• Manic Hispanic
• Dead To Me
• Teenage Bottlerocket
• Authority Zero
• The Bombpops
• Dwarves
• The Aggrolites
• The Queers

• The Briggs
• Ignite
• Death By Stereo
• Spiritual Camp
• Niis
• Slaughterhouse
• The Drowns
• Left Alone
• Chaser
• Crazy & The Brains
• Love Canal
• DFL
• Grito
• Toxic Energy
• Terror Attack
• and more.
• (Denver7 News) Bands pull out of Denver's Punk in the Park festival over political donations

The Interrupters - "Take Back The Power"

EVENT DETAILS ​

• Dates: Saturday, Oct. 4th & Sunday, Oct. 5th, 2025
• Doors open: Noon (12:00 pm)
• Location: Berth 46, 3011 Miner St., San Pedro, CA 90731

TICKETS WEEKEND PASSES (2 DAYS)

• General Admission tickets start at: $149.99 + fees
• VIP tickets start at: $279.99 + fees
• San Pedro, Los Angeles, California
• Oct. 4th and 5th, 2025 | Berth 46

All tickets provide access to music performances and the option for craft tasting as a $15 add-on purchase for 21+. VIP tickets include access to all GA areas plus commemorative VIP laminate, dedicated festival VIP entrance lanes, dedicated VIP main stage viewing area, access to VIP lounge with seating, dedicated food, and VIP bars.

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• Stash- Free Documentaries, Feb. 20, 2025; Punk Festival | Punk in the Park | United States

Christian view of DINOSAURS (video)

Answers in Genesis, 1/20/23; Sheldon S., Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Most Christians don’t know this [Bible stuff] about dinosaurs...

Dinos went extinct? (Gary Larson)

(Answers in Genesis) Jan. 20, 2023. Are dinosaurs in the Bible? In this video, Bryan Osborne gives the biblical answer to this question. He also reveals the one key way that we can get to the bottom of similar questions.

Learn more [Christian apologetics] about dinosaurs: answersingenesis.org/dinosaurs [so you, too, can argue with your old friends and new enemies].

• Ptolemy's lost manuscript discovered in book found in medieval abbey (msn.com)

How could Jesus [Christ] have let the dinosaurs die? (Tom Holland/UnHerd)

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COMMENTS

(@3shieldsitrust694) Feb. 2023 - Even as a child, I always figured Dragons was the old term used for Dinosaurs.

There be some weird dragons.

Learning that the bible describes creatures that sound an awful [lot] like Dinosaurs was wild in my early Christians years.

And now, reading the accounts of Genesis and the Flood, and comparing to what science explains happened in history; the flood sounds an awful [lot] like the breakup of the supercontinent [Pangaea] scientists talk about.

When the Bible says Water busting from the Deep in chapter 7 of Genesis; sounds an awful like a breakup of land to me.

(Sheldon S.) March 2023 - Hey what about Leviathan and that behemoth? Sounds an awful like Dinosaurs (Dragons or tannins). Soft tissue found in super-ancient dinosaur bones and scientists hiding that, lying about that?! What if dinosaurs are a conspiracy like Eric Dubay says?

Would Bigfoot ride a dinosaur if dinosaurs survive in parts of Africa? (Wallace)

Dua Lipa dating Daily Show's Trevor Noah?!

E! News; ET; Ashley Wells, CC Liu, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Wisdom Quarterly

(E! News) Daily Show host and comedian Trevor Noah cozies up to world-famous pop singer Dua Lipa amid Daily Show exit. Just one day before announcing his plans to leave "The Daily Show," comedian Trevor Noah sparks dating rumors with superstar Dua Lipa after an outing in New York City (E! News, Sept. 30, 2022)

(Entertainment Tonight) Inside Dua Lipa and Trevor Noah's "intimate" date (Source, Sept. 30, 2022) Dua Lipa and Trevor Noah were spotted out getting cozy and kissing on a date night in NYC on Wednesday.

Celebrities tried to warn us about beautiful vixen Dua Lipa

• Is Malia Obama a chubby chaser or does she still like men? Caught on paparazzi video with bad wig, gal pal, and mystery man in LA (Daily Mail)

The Crackpipe Monk (Dharma Outreach)

Drugs are like candy...can't have just one. Put down the pipe and get on the train? I'dunno.

(Dharma Nomad Gangster, May 25, 2022) Dharma Outreach with Ajahn Sujato a.k.a. Ven. Graham and Marshall (dharmaoutreach.com, Facebook Profile, Facebook Group). Dharma Talk #1.

• Drug addiction recovery groups

Imagine the infamous Noah Levine (recovering American drug addict and author of Dharma Punx/Against the Stream plus founder of a for-profit recovery center in Hollywood, sued out of his position as any kind of Dharma leader but still hustling to have a center). Now imagine him as a monk who has not committed sexual misconduct crimes or harmed many people around him, all full of tattoos and a shiny bald head. What is left is a kind of Ajahn Sujato (not the Australian Buddhist translator formerly known as Anthony Best of SuttaCentral.net fame) or Graham with his thick accent and scruffy appearance. Ten years a Theravada monk in the Thai tradition makes him a thera or "elder." So bravo that he survived parajika ("defeat") free, clean, having overcome drugs like crack! Home of The New Day Sangha| Dharma Outreach

Recovery Dharma: Buddhist 12 Steps

Transition Team (recoverydharma.org); Seth Auberon, Crystal Q. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Recovery Dharma book now available

Recovery Dharma is a peer-led, grass-roots, democratically-structured organization. Its mission is to support individuals on their path of recovery from addiction using Buddhist practices and principles.

They believe that traditional Buddhist teachings, often referred to as "the Dharma," offer a powerful approach to healing from addiction and living a life of true freedom.

The program is based on the idea that everyone is his or her own guide in recovery from addiction, with the help and understanding of wise friends and community (sangha).

The belief is that this is what the Dharma teaches. So it’s with great joy and excitement that all come together to build a recovery community and support structure, informed by the spirit of democracy.

The belief is that the organization should focus on providing resources to local sanghas who wish to use Buddhist practices and principles for recovery. Each of us must determine our path and practice for ourselves with the support of both local and global communities.

There are many texts and teachers in the Buddhist tradition and many opportunities to learn.

Recovery Dharma is based on the idea of choice: Groups and individuals within groups should be encouraged to explore, learn, and understand by following their own path to take care of their own needs.

It accepts and honors the fact that there are many possible roads to the wise understanding and effort that are part of this practice. Recovery Dharma is here to support this exploration, not to limit it.

The ideals, aims, and structure of this organization will be decided by the community itself.

Although a Transition Team has been formed to allow us to incorporate and obtain nonprofit status, one of the first tasks of the new organization will be to support the democratic elections of a Board of Directors that represents the diversity and breadth of the membership. More

As a community, everyone involved will define the scope and nature of this new organization’s mission. What YOU CAN DO now:

• Learn more: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• Sign up for mailing list
• Take survey
• List your group here
• Join Facebook group
• Like Recovery Dharma on Facebook
• Follow @recoverydharma on Instagram

NEW: Recovery Dharma: 12 Steps (survey)

Recovery Dharma; Seth Auberon, Ashley Wells, Crystal Q. (eds.)Wisdom Quarterly

Recovery Dharma is reaching out with love, hope, and deep gratitude, excited for the momentum they’re building together. They want to hear from YOU!

Complete this survey, and be a part of building Recovery Dharma!

The Refuge Recovery Annual International Conference (#RefCon5) just wrapped, and hearts are FULL. It was a lively, heartfelt space of community connection, support, and clarification on what this transitional time at Refuge Recovery means for its sangha (spiritual community) at large. They came together, unified as one, and celebrated the Buddhist path of recovery. They also honored the challenges the sangha faces at this moment, all with full heart.

If you attended, THANK YOU for being present and committing to wise speech and wise action while navigating this challenging and hopeful time together. If not, you were held in their hearts in Chicago.

Recovery Dharma and Refuge Recovery World Services at #RefCon5 both had the opportunity to address the community, each sharing the vision driving their efforts and organizational structures.

• Noah Levine’s statement about Refuge Recovery World Services
• Amy Reed’s statement about Recovery Dharma

Recovery Dharma has been described by some in the community as a “break-away” group. And you know what? It is.

They broke away because they had a different vision for Refuge Recovery. They are eager to start something new, a TRULY peer-led, democratically-organized, grassroots movement. They are building an organization from the ground up, a collaborative effort led by members. They are committed to financial integrity and transparency.

They will follow no leader. Rather, they will trust in the wisdom of the Dharma and in each individual’s own potential for recovery and awakening. They do so guided by LOVE and a fierce commitment to support people who want to recover using Buddhist principles and practices.

If anyone is called to the mission and the recovery approach of Recovery Dharma, they are eagerly invited to join these collective efforts by participating in the first survey:

Complete the survey and have your voice heard TODAY.

(Hurry! Deadline to complete the first survey is Wednesday, July 24th @ midnight PST)

This survey is seeking YOUR invaluable input on how to build Recovery Dharma’s mission, governance, and activities. The survey addresses the following key questions:

• How do you want the Board of Directors elected?
• Do you want a democratic process for governance?
• How do you envision meditation fitting into the mission of the organization?
• Which ways would you like the national organization to support local sanghas
• And more!

As Amy Reed, a member of the Recovery Dharma transition circle, said at #RefCon5, “This is a path of empowerment, not powerlessness. And we are empowered now to build something from the ground up, defined by us, as a collective of beautifully flawed and suffering human beings.”

Join Recovery Dharma building a movement from the ground up.

Again, if anyone is called to Recovery Dharma, you are invited to join the conversation and complete the survey today. (Deadline to submit is July 24th @ midnight PST.)

You are invited to join the collective of beautifully flawed and suffering human beings who are building a Buddhist path of recovery within the ethos of democracy, peer-leadership, and grassroots organizing.

Recovery Dharma supports and honors all that may be arising for you during this time, whether it is grief, sadness, joy, excitement, anger, or optimism.

No one is being asked to take a side. Finding the path that’s right for YOU is the MOST important thing. The bottom line is we all deserve a sangha in which we can feel supported and cared for as we do this brave work of recovery and healing. You are encouraged to identify what that means for you.

Thank you for your commitment to recovery and for bravely walking this path.

-- Recovery Dharma Transition Circle

P.S. On Thursday, July 18, starting at 7:00 pm Pacific and 10:00 pm Eastern, RD will be holding the second of two Sangha Town Halls to continue the conversation about Recovery Dharma and this transitional time within Refuge Recovery. It will be an opportunity for everyone to ask questions and discuss the present and future of Recovery Dharma. This call is meant to be informational and supportive and is open to all interested.

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Noah Levine lawsuit resolved

Recovery Dharma (refugerecovery.org); Seth Auberon, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

A message from the Recovery Dharma transition team. Dear Sangha (Community), This program, like our recovery, is ours. And to shape it, we’ll need to use as much wisdom, caring, and effort as each of us brings to our own recovery. Recovery Dharma is based on the idea that every one of us is our own guide in recovery, with the help and understanding of our wise friends and sangha. We believe that’s what the Dharma teaches us. So it’s with joy that we extend an invitation to join together to develop our shared path, and to embrace the excitement of creating a truly grass-roots organization to support it. As most of you may be aware, the Refuge Recovery Board of Directors and Noah Levine have agreed to settle the Board’s lawsuit and Noah’s counterclaims. There was no “victory.” We all just decided it was time to move forward and let each individual and each group decide for itself what direction to take In the wake of the settlement agreement, a new non-profit has been founded to ensure continued support for our community. We have tentatively named this new movement Recovery Dharma. We believe that the non-profit should focus on providing support to local sanghas who wish to use Buddhist practices and principles for recovery. We believe it should be a grass-roots organization, governed democratically. We believe that each of us must determine our path and practice for ourselves with the support of both local and global communities. There are many teachers in the Buddhist tradition, and many opportunities to learn. Recovery Dharma is based on the idea of choice: that groups and individuals within those groups should be encouraged to explore, to learn, and to understand, according to their own path and their own needs.  We accept and honor the fact that there are multiple teachers and texts that can lead to the wise understanding and effort that are part of this practice. We are here to support that exploration, not to limit it. The ideals, aims, and structure of this organization will be decided by the community itself. Even the name and the logo are intended as placeholders, to be confirmed or changed by the collective will of the membership. Although a transition team has been formed to allow us to incorporate and obtain nonprofit status, one of the first tasks of the new organization will be to elect a board of directors that represents the diversity and breadth of our membership. As a community, we must also define the scope and nature of the new organization’s mission. We are working on a survey to be provided to the community in the coming days that will ensure a collective vision. Elections for board members will take place in the next few months. Once the new board is in place, they will work in tandem with the community to build the infrastructure necessary to support our growing membership. To support a deeper exploration of how Buddhist practices can support our recovery, Recovery Dharma is making available a newly created book, developed by members of our community, that can be used to supplement or replace any that is currently used in your local meetings. This book provides a Buddhist lens on approaching recovery, including a practical roadmap with recommended tools and techniques to support people along the path of recovery. A draft version is currently available for download in PDF and ebook formats for the community to review. After the text is finalized, bound copies will be available by print-on-demand for purchase. All literature created through Recovery Dharma will be released under Creative Commons licenses and the PDF and ebook will always be available for free or by donation for anyone who needs it. All proceeds will go to the organization to support the communities we serve. Community resources that were on the Refuge Recovery website will also be posted to the new website. We encourage individual Recovery Dharma sanghas to use whatever literature they decide will best aid them in understanding and practicing not only recovery, but also the Dharma. This is a new journey for all of us, and one we begin with hope and compassion as well as excitement about the opportunity to form a truly grass-roots organization. We each have a chance—and perhaps a responsibility—to examine our own practice and recovery to see what best supports those parts of our lives. We sincerely hope that Recovery Dharma will be a valuable resource for each of you on that path. We put our trust in the collective wisdom of our sanghas and the integrity of our shared practice. What you can do now: Take a look at our Frequently Asked Questions to learn more Sign up for our mailing list Watch your email for our survey, or download it from the website, and let us know how you want Recovery Dharma to meet your needs! Let us know if you want your group listed when our website is launched Join the Facebook group Like Recovery Dharma on Facebook Follow @recoverydharma on Instagram    Follow @recoverydharma on Twitter We will be holding informational calls, open to all those interested, in the coming week. Please feel free to join us on Tuesday, July 16 at 8pm Eastern Time or Thursday, July 18 at 7pm Pacific Time. https://zoom.us/j/772208428         +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)         +1 669 900 6833 US (California) Meeting ID: 772 208 428 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/ad74FQYypl We wish to communicate our profound caring and respect to everyone in the extended sangha of Buddhist recovery, regardless of whether they choose to affiliate with us or not. May all of us be well, may we all be at ease, and may each of us be supported on our path, no one left out. — The Recovery Dharma transition team: Paul Acciavatti Madalyn Baker Amy Reed Jean Tuller Don Westervelt

RefugeRecovery.org Mailing address: Refuge Recovery 2000 NE 42nd St., # 204 Portland, OR 97213-1305