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there really has to be some rule or some AP style guidance where you can't have the adjective "explosive" for the noun "dump" in a headline.
i mean, come on.
I'm sure somebody waited a long time to write that headline
'Steamy' Epstein dump
congress unleashes massive load of epstein files all over america's face
justice department sphincter unable to hold, releases epstream
they made a boom boom
Explosive Dump: The George Brett Story
He's gonna invade Venezuela in a week to distract from this. 50% chance
I fucking hate how plausible this is, we truly live in hell 
seems plausible
We're t-mius 2 weeks out from the gop platform shifting to "um, well, actually pedophilia is good and natural for men" and qanon will be quietly swept under the rug and memory holed.
We're t-mius 2 weeks out from the gop platform shifting to "um, well, actually pedophilia is good and natural for men" and qanon will be quietly swept under the rug and memory holed.
Matt Walsh already primed the base for this with his "ideal child rearing age" christofascist shit
Fuck, at this point, the GOP could institute Prima Nochta for Trump and get away with it.
The Democrats already instituted Klaatu Barada Necktie, which is why so many of them are Deadites
Fuck, you're gonna make me wish Nothing Ever Happens.
The words I live by
Even some Republicans are releasing these things. Not looking great for Trump. Unfortunately this country made it illegal for anything bad to happen to the President ever, which was a pretty stupid thing to do.
About the legal expert...
Ryan Goodman, a law professor and co-editor-in-chief of Just Security, discussed the documents on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront."
"These are explosive," Goodman said.
Goodman is a social media law brain. Such liberal "experts" have been giving their takes that the Laws will take Trump down since halfway through Trump 1.0. "Explosive" is a new term. I'll add it to my list.
Trump is going to face consequences for his actions around the same time that China's entire economy collapses
I was already tired of "legal expert" in headlines around 2018 because I was on Reddit all the time then and such posts were a r/politics staple. The articles were effectively clickbait because they were only the opinion of one person. But the headlines were copy-and-paste acceptable for that sub's rules. The clickbait might get 10+K upvotes while a far more sober but accurate and factual article about the situation might get 300 upvotes.
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Ninja edit
I think I went to r/politics once this year for a couple minutes. I just made another visit. A similarly titled article is at ~3K.
Donald Trump "may not outlast" Epstein files scandal: Legal analyst (newsweek.com)
It's the fifth most popular article. Of the top five - four have "Epstein" in the title. In fact - when I scrolled down I saw it was crazy. The entire homepage is Epstein city. Libs are going to be so sad and frustrated when all of this comes to naught.
I don't think libs will care. They'll tut about it, do nothing, whine about it over brunch, and then get back to ignoring their material reality
This is true, he won't outlast it because he is already on deaths door.
My favorite comment from Trump 1.0 happened when I was arguing with a lib for the nth time. I realized I should have simply stopped talking 2 if not 3 comments before. I wasn't going to convince them of my POV and vice versa.
So - I'm being an idiot. Again. Somebody is wrong on the net. So what! I'll end the convo on a form of detente and a positive note. I said that maybe Trump will have a massive heart attack and die and we'll be rid of him. Their reply really surprised me. They said they absolutely did not want that! They wanted Trump to go on trial and be held accountable!
I just had to laugh.
Unfortunately, 99.9% of war criminals won't face accountability on this earth. I don't believe in hell but...it's nice to think about these ghouls in excruciating pain for eternity
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This of course assumes hell doesn't exist
"Explosive" is a new term.
Slammed
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Explosive epstein dump lol
ah! well. nevertheless,
explosive epstein dump
big stinky dump
we totally got him this time.
jk, 30-40% of the country won't believe the evidence and another 30-40% won't give a shit either way.
Yeah unless anyone is actually going to do anything about it why should I give a shit. Dems are gonna wag their fingers then try to impeach him over some other dumb bullshit
The most that's going to come out of this is that absolute banger of a headline.
It’s great that we’ve litigated pedophilia out in the open so that when nothing comes we’ve normalized diddling kids
Chat is this real??
