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This is not being reported in the U.S. news media. Maybe you can argue it's because it's July 4th, but if this doesn't come out in a major way tomorrow, I guess the fix is in.

"Trump’s name appears over and over again on Jeffrey Epstein’s message logs in the grand jury docs released this week. It is also undisputed: Trump’s name appears 7 times on Epstein’s private jet flight logs, that Epstein flew on Trump’s jet with a young girl of indeterminate age, girls who Epstein trafficked worked at Mar-A-Lago, a girl Epstein trafficked mentioned visiting Trump’s casino in a recently released deposition transcript. Trump said Epstein is a great guy who likes girls on the younger side, Trump frequently “partied” with Epstein, Trump wished Ghislaine Maxwell well at her criminal trial, and someone who testified under the pseudonym JANE DOE at the Ghislaine Maxwell criminal trial stated that she was introduced to Trump by Epstein when she was 14 years old," a user posted on X.

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[–] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 215 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Since the Heritage Foundation just overtly declared war on American democracy, complete with a thinly veiled threat of violence and bloodshed, it's just that much more important that news like this is spread as widely as possible.

The fascists riding Trump's coattails aren't even hiding their intentions any more. We must not let them succeed in destroying the few remaining vestiges of American democracy, and the first step in that is keeping that loathsome lunatic Trump out of office.

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 92 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Watch the major news orgs glaze past it so they can report that a geriatric man is geriatric. At this point they're all complicit in what is about to happen in November.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 60 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yep. Corporate news made their choice in 2016. The resulting chaos, dysfunction, and humiliation to the country did nothing to change their minds.

[–] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 46 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"Corporate" is the key word there.

Major corporations, including but by no means limited to those that have bought up all of the major news outlets, are, along with a number of destructively insane billionaires, the main financiers of this attempted fascist takeover. They're the real driving force behind it.

They see this, and accurately, as a significant moment in human history - the point at which modern civilization might just come to broadly recognize the significant harm done by the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a few and much more to the point, might take steps to prevent it. And that's a direct threat to their entirely unearned, undeserved and grotesquely destructive privilege, and in their literally insane lust for wealth and power and the privilege they bring, they're going to stop at nothing to prevent that.

People talk about a class war - the class war is already well under way. The oligarchs have been actively fighting it for years now. Most of the people just haven't realized that yet.

[–] Tower@lemm.ee 23 points 2 years ago

No war but a class war.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Yeah. Not that we haven’t been saying it for forty years, just that we forgot to build a propaganda empire based on corrupt politicians and lies to promote it.

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

At this point they’re all complicit in what is about to happen in November.

Truer than you might think. Here's the FACT based analysis to back up your statement.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

There was no thin veil. It was a clear statement.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

thinly veiled

Pretty sure they just said it outright.

[–] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

complete with a thinly veiled threat of violence and bloodshed

There wont be any bloodshed if we stop resisting!!!!

[–] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Exactly.

Entirely on brand, it's the classic abusive asshole position - "just do as I say - I don't want to have to hurt you, but I will."

[–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

It's what rapists say.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 111 points 2 years ago (9 children)

There's literally nothing Donald Trump could do that would make his worshipping voters change their minds about him. They believe anything critical of him is a lie and made up to hurt him politically. I can't believe how dumb the electorate has become. Must be a general lack of education.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 45 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Must be a general lack of education.

Republican politicians have long used language targeted at a 5th grade level of comprehension. Trump's big innovation in politics was targeting a 4th grade level.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I often hear conservative family members complain about the public school system and calling for it to be dismantled. To them, the public school system is the reason for every evil the US faces, both on economic issues and social issues. They all listen to a lot of conservative talk radio and happily mix bible quotes and Rush Limbaugh quotes into the same sentence.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just like testing for covid, if you never learn about something it never existed.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 years ago

The outrage-machine of culture war has become so fervent that it's the only thing they care about. I watch police bodycam videos because they're genuinely unscripted (unlike reality tv). The frequency with which arrestees cite their poor living conditions as motivations for their actions always has me wondering how much they attribute their circumstance to oligarchs fucking us all over vs anger that's turned outward towards groups that don't affect them at all. Obviously, I'm projecting, but it's something that drives my curiosity.

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[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 70 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is just new evidence to support what has already been known. I would be surprised if this made the news considering it never made the news before.

Yes, Trump is a rapist and a pedophile and not just an acquaintance of Epstein.

[–] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

MAGA everywhere plugging their ears and screaming "LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA" Buttery males, Hunter's laptop, Obama's suit, ect.

[–] akakunai@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Buttery males? What'd I miss?

[–] M1nds3nd@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Buttery males = But her emails

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[–] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 61 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Any takers on his lawyers trying to say this was an official act? Lol

[–] Fades@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Simply a facet of his foreign policy!!!

[–] 2484345508@lemy.lol 46 points 2 years ago (5 children)

“Massage appointments” are in every conservative’s calendar.

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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wonder what the wealthy "liberal media" moguls think this guy will have done with them and their money, when he's in office again? McDonald's parties with underage masseuses?

For that matter, I wonder how many wealthy media moguls were on the Lolita Express with this guy?

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Who are you talking about?

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 years ago

Drain the swamp! I mean trumps circulitory system!

[–] tabarnaski@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)
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