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Noam Chomsky, the linguistics legend and activist icon, remains largely out of the public eye since his debilitating stroke in June 2023 silenced his voice, but fresh revelations and upcoming events are keeping his name buzzing in elite circles. Over the past few days, resurfaced emails from Jeffrey Epstein's trove, released last week by the U.S. House Oversight Committee and dissected by WBUR and The Nation, expose a close, years-long correspondence between Chomsky and the convicted sex offender. The exchanges, spanning politics, vacations, and even a gushing undated letter of recommendation from Chomsky calling Epstein a highly valued friend and intellectual spark, continued into 2017 despite Epsteins 2008 conviction. According to WBUR, Chomsky met Epstein occasionally, including a 2015 session with Harvard biologist Martin Nowak, and his wife Valeria sent Epstein a warm birthday email in 2017, while The Nation notes a 2018 bank transfer of 270000 dollars to Chomsky from Epsteins funds. Chomsky faces no criminal allegations, but the docs paint him as one of Epsteins cultivated stars, with Epstein pitching New York apartments and New Mexico visits. The Columbian highlighted Chomsky alongside Bill Clinton and Bill Gates in released photos, fueling online chatter.

Looking ahead with biographical weight, the University of Arizona, where Chomsky serves as laureate professor, announced a major January 14, 2026, talk on Palestinian life in Gaza, where hell speak alongside poet Mosab Abu Toha about his rare 2012 visit there, per the SBS site. A student-only office hours event is also slated soon. No fresh social media mentions or business moves popped in the last 48 hours, and no major headlines hit in the past day, though Fox News aired a January 1 clip revisiting his nuclear war warnings.

These Epstein ties could cast a long shadow on Chomskys legacy of principled dissent, contrasting his past heroics like racing to Turkey in 2002 to defend his jailed publisher. All verified, no speculation here.

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