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Another complaint — for which there was no contact information provided — alleged that “calendar girls” parties at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago involved genital measurements for children.

“Jeffrey Epstein would bring the children in and trump would auction them off. He measured the children’s vulva and vaginas by entering a finger and rated the children on tightness,” the complaint reads.

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[–] peaceful_world_view@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago

Donald Trump is one sick fuck.

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 23 points 16 hours ago

There's no allegations. The pedophile rapist PoS did it.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 9 points 17 hours ago

Not too wild when you know who they speak of. As amoral and narcissistic as trump is, nobody should be at all shocked at his obvious depravity

[–] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 19 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I can’t wait to read the sternly worded twitter posts from democrats. Cause that’s all they will do.

[–] pfizer_dose@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

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[–] fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Working just fine with ublock...

[–] pfizer_dose@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Interesting, wasn't for me? Glad to be able to help some none the less :)

Edit: updated to latest and now it works fine

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 3 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

If there's evidence to convict him of these crimes then do it. Biden's team had access to all of this, why didn't they do anything? Why wasn't all of this released before the last election?

[–] porkloin@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Let me lead by saying I 100% think Trump is a pedo fuck and deserves to rot in jail.

But the reason why there isn’t talk about an actual conviction from the most sensationalist stuff in the Epstein files is that the most sensationalist stuff all comes from tips or reports given to the FBI or other law enforcement. They haven’t been proven. Nobody wants to hear that because it’s less exciting than reading a headline about how Trump is measuring child vaginas with his finger. It only takes a little bit more effort (actually reading articles rather than headlines) to find out that most of this stuff isn’t in a situation where it could be used in court to convict him currently.

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

It's pretty fucking clear the only difference between the dems and republicans is the stickers they put on the hellfire missiles they use to bomb children's hospitals in the middle east.

Hello Kitty or hot rod flames.

[–] zenitsu@sh.itjust.works 9 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

We still running this dogshit "both sides the same" line after this whole clown show of a year with gestapo murdering people on the streets? Dumbass

[–] lofuw@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Both sides are evil and self-serving.

The entire purpose of the democrat party is to make sure nobody gets elected that will raise taxes on the ruling class.

[–] zenitsu@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Wow, what a detailed and nuanced analysis. That blanket statement sure looks big and warm.

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 0 points 9 hours ago

My hope for the Democratic party died last year. I was a "vote blue no matter who" believe it or not. That was until I realized they couldn't give two shits about the very horrors you describe. So no, this time it's different.

Image what they could do if they just fucking stood their ground or matched their energy.

Only a dumbass would think the dems need some more votes to start taking action. It's fucking pathetic. Why are you not demanding more from our elected officials? They known they don't need to earn your vote.

[–] zenitsu@sh.itjust.works 15 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

This old tired republitard line that keeps getting repeated is so braindead:

  1. Biden didn't order the DOJ around like the orange clown does.
  2. Maxwell's case was still active.
[–] Soup@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Sounds like they probably should have been a little bossier. This is i credibly serious stuff and they just let it move at a snail’s pace? And what, it was so important and they were so sure they’d win the next election? The next election where they had momentum, realized it was because of progressive messaging and appealing to younger voters, and then tanked the whole thing with center-right branding because they haye winning?

No matter how you slice it it was weak bullshit.

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

In principle, the Dept of Justice is meant to be completely independent of the White House. The point is to have a federal entity concerned with the law over politics. If they are failing to actually prosecute the law, then a change in leadership is needed, but as far as which specific cases to.pursuw and how, that should be separate from whichever person/party is in power.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

That is very fair.

[–] zenitsu@sh.itjust.works 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

It's exactly because it's serious that Biden tried to do everything in the most "by the book" fashion, so that claims of partisanship could hold no water. But voters are retarded.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 19 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Because Merrick Garland was the AG and Biden believed in an impartial DOJ. I know Trump directs the DOJ to do his bidding, but there was a time when that wasn't normal.

[–] FE80@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago

Yeah, just add this to the laundry list of times the Democrats made the noble choice to do nothing.

[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

I believe it was all tied up because of Ghislaines trial.

[–] mattyroses@lemmy.today 3 points 20 hours ago

Oh, that lady from Chelsea Clinton's wedding?

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 164 points 1 day ago (4 children)

So weird how this Donald Trump fellow keeps showing up in these Epstein files.

[–] eskimofry@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

at this point it should be called the Trump files. Epstein looks meek compared to this monster

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 49 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Is that Donald J Trump, the 14-time felon?

[–] notwhoyouthink@lemmy.zip 68 points 1 day ago

34-time felon :)

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[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Especially when Kash Patel testified that Trump basically wasn't in there at all.

[–] Tuscy@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

At this point, we all know kash is dirty af.

[–] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

When this is over we will have the Trump files to leak with investigations into all the people who coveref for Trump.

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[–] dandylion@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

please end pedo, rapist patriarchy capitalism asap. this is a cruel world as long as these power issues are not fully dismantled.

to all of those who haven't read much on how patriarchy and capitalism go hand in hand I am begging you to inform yourself.

[–] 5wim@slrpnk.net 5 points 19 hours ago

Everyone should "become a feminist" though, if they aren't...

If someone is of the false belief propogated by those in power that "feminism" has to do with female superiority, or something, they should be quickly disabused of that asinine psyop.

To be a feminist is simply acknowledging patriarchal power structures and wanting equality among genders.

[–] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 116 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Every time I think I can't possibly find this piece of shit more revolting, some new horror comes along and proves me wrong.

[–] M137@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

A good rule is: the stuff we know is almost always just scratching the surface of how bad it actually is. This applies to specific people, countries and much of history.

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You have to realize, someone who views life as a transaction, is a malignant narcissist, and has wealth is capable of the WORST of depravities a human can commit. I had a father like him and my sisters had to lock their doors to their rooms despite him demanding and even breaking through a door once. He liked to go to the bathroom when they showered. That's just what /I/ know of.

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[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 38 points 1 day ago
[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

“Wild” ?!??! It’s horrifying fuck the media and these headlines. Wake me up when it’s guillotine time.

[–] mattyroses@lemmy.today 1 points 20 hours ago

It's time to raise the boards . . . .

It's time to sharpen blades we just can't take it anymore . . . .

[–] lavander@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This was mentioned at the time of the story of the lake. The Epstein files include also the unverified tips to the FBI.

The strategy here is they are slowly releasing outlandish and unverified accusations first, slowly so that people start debating “is it true? Is it false?”

These are realistically all false (and this is the point) so when the real, verified, documented things will come out

  1. They will sound minor
  2. People that were invested (at the time realistically) in saying these are false, will keep in saying that are false.

The Bunba story, for example, now seems small and fake (while it was mentioned by people that were there not like this BS that was tipped by some idiot anonymously on internet)

In other words these are all attempts to discredit the Epstein files.

And based on a lot of conversations here… it seems that they are successful (and the average Lemmy user has waaay more critical sense than, let’s say, Facebook user)

[–] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago

I have no idea how you're deciding they're all false. I can see that you're deciding to believe that Trump has any decency over victims.... Which I just don't understand. These stories are extremely similar, span many years, and include dozens of victims... What is convincing you that Trump didn't have child sex auctions??

[–] MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 59 points 1 day ago (9 children)

The article makes it clear these are not substantiated claims.

It should be noted that these complaints are uncorroborated tips to the FBI, and the existence of those tips does not indicate eventual credibility.

Things may be released to muddy the waters. Trump is a pedo and rapist, but please keep in mind that not everything reported to the FBI is true. Believe whatever you want, but please don't get caught up in the most scandalous details. Any abuse is disgusting. Just sticking to what identified victims have publicly stated should be enough for him to be radioactive. Please remember that if anything comes out disputing these reported claims.

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[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 67 points 1 day ago (3 children)

President Donald Trump arrives for the premiere of first lady Melania Trump’s movie “Melania” at The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts

That's right, call it by it's LEGAL name! This movie... will flop... these fuckin people are absolutely the dumbest.

Trump is undeniably a pedophile rapist piece of shit.

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