@jimepstein

Executive Editor, @Reason magazine / Director, Escaping Venezuela https://xitter.cf/t.co/7N6cXpGx7c

 Brooklyn, NY
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Joined August 2009
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@reasonSep 15
Blackouts. Starvation. Censorship. This is what socialism did to a once-prosperous nation. Reason's upcoming documentary, ESCAPING VENEZUELA, follows one family's fight for survival during the collapse. Get a first look at the trailer below.
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Estoy aquí. Con ustedes
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Enorme caravana acompaña a @MariaCorinaYA hacia Caracas.
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"Thanks to 'Escaping Venezuela,' we now have a bracing visual account of the impact of [socialist] rhetoric on the people whose livelihoods were destroyed by it." -@MoustacheClubUS realclearpolitics.com/articl…

‘Escaping Venezuela’: The Chávez Documentary Nobody Else Would Make | RealClearPolitics

Reason’s new film follows a Venezuelan textile manufacturer from the Colombian border to his refugee life as a Miami handyman, even as the left-leaning documentary world spent two decades looking...

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Robert Pondiscio
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Terrific comedian wholly out of his depth. I remember when he took on charter schools and was spectacularly wrong and ill-informed. When someone screws up a topic you know well, you assume--or should--that they're equally wrong about subjects you don't know.
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HBO's @LastWeekTonight has a long track record of citing social science findings without the appropriate context, massaging them to support whatever point @iamjohnoliver is trying to make.

John Oliver Warned Against Cherry-Picked Studies

Then he cherry-picked his own.

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Esteban Oria
@estebanoriaOct 22
Diosdado, utilizar a mujeres sobrevivientes de cáncer para promover una marca política en extinción, como lo es el PSUV, e intentar abultar la escasa convocatoria a marchar de su propia militancia es, a mi juicio, un acto de profunda crueldad e hipocresía. ¡Dejen de hacer propaganda con el sufrimiento de las mujeres venezolanas! @dcabellor @SecRubio @MariaCorinaYA #Venezuela #Libertad #democracia
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@cafreimanOct 23
It was an inauspicious sign for American politics when people started treating comedians as policy experts.
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HBO's @LastWeekTonight has a long track record of citing social science findings without the appropriate context, massaging them to support whatever point @iamjohnoliver is trying to make.

John Oliver Warned Against Cherry-Picked Studies

Then he cherry-picked his own.

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HBO's @LastWeekTonight has a long track record of citing social science findings without the appropriate context, massaging them to support whatever point @iamjohnoliver is trying to make.

John Oliver Warned Against Cherry-Picked Studies

Then he cherry-picked his own.

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I asked @ricardo_hausman to describe the current Venezuelan-American relationship: theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
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The idiocy of compositing, in a Reason video: A Why NYC's composting mandate is FAILING youtu.be/qV2ZQYSmGXU?si=DYP8… via @YouTube

Why NYC's composting mandate is FAILING

The city mandates composting, but New Yorkers don’t like to be told...

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What does social media look like when the government controls the airwaves? In Venezuela, it became a lifeline to reliable information. @jimepstein explains how Venezuelans used social platforms, VPNs, and other online tools to keep information moving as traditional media was censored.
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@reasonOct 20
New Yorkers don't compost. Will they be fined into compliance?

NYC tried to make composting 'sexy.' It's not working.

The city mandates composting, but New Yorkers don’t like to be told what to do with their garbage—and don't seem all that clear on the rules in the first place.

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Thank you for having me! I really enjoyed this conversation.
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@ShowMeOct 20
🎙️NEW Podcast: @jimepstein, director of Escaping Venezuela and executive editor of @reason, joined Susan Pendergrass to discuss the film, the rise of Hugo Chavez and the collapse of Venezuela: bit.ly/4Blw9rS

Socialism, Chavez, and the Collapse of Venezuela with Jim Epstein

Susan Pendergrass speaks with Jim Epstein, director of the documentary Escaping Venezuela and executive editor of Reason magazine, about the film, the rise of Hugo Chavez, what happened to Venezuel...

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Joe Bendel@JoeBendel1Oct 18
ESCAPING VENEZUELA conclusively documents how Socialist mismanagement & corruption ruined each successive industry it nationalized, while personalizing the resulting stagnation & misery through the POV of a Venezuelan family. @EpochInspired review: theepochtimes.com/bright/esc…
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"'Escaping Venezuela' delivers such a calmly rational, step-by-step analysis of how socialist policies directly led to Venezuela’s dire woes that it ought to become the go-to documentary for understanding the Chavist chaos." theepochtimes.com/bright/esc…

‘Escaping Venezuela’: A Family Lives Through Socialism

Jim Epstein’s documentary tells the horrific story of a family fleeing their beloved country as it deteriorates.

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Erik Engquist@erik_engquistOct 18
NYC politicians voted themselves an 18% raise. Water Board gave itself a 6% rate hike. NYS Thruway, 5% toll hike. Social Security checks up 3.6%. Real wages up. Everyone gets increases to keep pace with expenses ... except for rent-stabilized landlords. therealdeal.com/new-york/202…

Everyone gets an increase, except these building owners

One month after Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s rent freeze was approved, City Council members voted themselves an 18.2 percent pay raise after a Mamdani-appointed panel recommended it, citing the cost of...

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Nitu Pérez Osuna
@NituPerezOct 18
Manosearon el concepto de “justicia social” para destruir las instituciones, acabar con la justicia y secuestrar la libertad. La historia de Carlos Mora es el hilo conductor del documental ESCAPING VENEZUELA, que aspiramos sirva de alerta al mundo, sobre la tragedia que significa, para millones de familias, el socialismo: persecución, represión, cárcel tortura y el exilio, como ha ocurrido en Venezuela. No te pierdas esta entrevista con @cesarbaezc Programa completo 👉 youtu.be/8QS6VSJ1hWg?si=gfz6…
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@NituPerezOct 16
La historia de la Venezuela de los últimos 27 años a través de un hombre: Carlos Mora. Un venezolano a quien la revolución persiguió, encarceló y torturó por ayudar a muchos a escapar. Si quieres ver este documental cuando esté su versión en digital abre este link escapingvenezuela.reason.com… y pon tus datos.

Escaping Venezuela: Recibe Novedades

Regístrate para saber cuándo Escaping Venezuela esté disponible online.

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Will Freeman@WillGFreemanOct 16
Venezuelan forces killed at least 6,856 people in just one 18 mo. period, claiming most died 'resisting arrest.' Same reason the Southern Cone military dictatorship often gave for executions. Interesting how few on the left recognized it, then or now. nytimes.com/2026/10/16/world…

Caracas Is Eerily Safe. State Death Squads Made Sure of It.

Crime plunged after police raids killed thousands. Venezuela is now withdrawing from the International Criminal Court as it investigates this blood-soaked campaign.

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@Libertaria17082Oct 14
🎬 “Escaping Venezuela”: una historia de persecución, exilio y lucha por la libertad. En una entrevista transmitida por Fox Noticias, el periodista de Reason y productor del documental, César Báez (@cesarbaezc ) , presentó Escaping Venezuela, una producción que narra la historia de Carlos Mora, un empresario venezolano que sufrió arresto y tortura tras oponerse al régimen de Hugo Chávez y que posteriormente ayudó a jueces, disidentes y periodistas a escapar del país. A través de la experiencia de Mora y su familia, el documental busca mostrar el costo humano de años de crisis económica, represión política y separación familiar, así como la historia de millones de venezolanos obligados a abandonar su patria. Durante la entrevista, Baez también reflexionó sobre la popularidad internacional que tuvo Chávez en sus años de bonanza petrolera y planteó una interrogante : ¿qué lecciones debe aprender el mundo de lo ocurrido en Venezuela? 🇻🇪 Más allá de las ideologías, esta historia invita a reflexionar sobre el poder, la libertad, los derechos humanos y las consecuencias de los modelos políticos cuando concentran el poder y debilitan las instituciones. Recordar la historia es esencial para comprender el presente y proteger el futuro. 🎥 Escaping Venezuela: una historia que vale la pena escuchar .
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A great night to celebrate @jimepstein's new documentary for @reason ESCAPING VENEZUELA.
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