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[–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's astounding. Was this like his full-time job for decades?

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nah, his job has always been golfing; like the presidency, child rape was just a hobby. Some under-18 hole after a long day of 18-hole.

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 5 points 2 months ago

That was a tough upvote, but God dammit...

[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 39 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So more than 1/3 of all Epstein files?

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 37 points 2 months ago

Probably the pages where his name was mentioned tended to have more than one mention.

And then there's that one page they found in Donald Trump's handwriting where the same phrase is repeated over and over hundreds of times, "All work and no play makes Donald Trump rape little children." That's a joke. You know it's a joke because Donald Trump has never actually worked in his life.

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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 32 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Why didn’t Biden release them before the election?

[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Because the entire global ruling class is implicated, and Biden is a loyal capitalist whose material interests lie with protecting the status quo, even if that means allowing his fellow capitalists to rape children with impunity.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd love for things to be status quo again right now trying to make things better through strategic primaries then trying to survive Trump's private army.

[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Well, that's not going to happen. We live in the world we live in, so maybe instead of wasting time wishing that we didn't, we should focus on actions that can actually change the world, like organizing the working class to break free from the chains of the capitalist pedophile class.

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[–] realitista@lemmus.org 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Not to defend this but you know that if he did, MAGA would have the excuse that this was all a big Democrat hoax. They can't claim that now.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 12 points 2 months ago

Yeah now they claim it’s not important and defend not releasing it. Don’t make excuses for terrible inaction.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean the real answer to their question is that Biden believed in an impartial DOJ.

[–] myserverisdown@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No the hell he didn't. If he did, he wouldn't have rightly pre-pardoned himself and his family members.

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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Good question.

[–] nieminen@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Additionally, as I understand it, it was still in active investigation in 2024. Also, he can't just "release the files", it required an act of Congress to be released.

Do I think he should have tried? Yes, but I'd be 0% surprised if he's all over them too.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If Biden is all over them you don’t think Trump would release every mention of him?

[–] mimic_dev@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's much more likely he's in someone's pocket and they're in there. And Trump's just not aware of the connection between the two

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I can see him not releasing information to protect Israel but I’m sceptical he’s bought by an individual.

[–] nieminen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I can see it either way. But I agree it's more likely the old bastard is protecting Israel like he always has.

Just saw the aipac warchest is like $80m for the midterms.... But if they pass this new law about requiring passport and/or birth certificate to vote, we're gonna be hosed. Only half of Americans have a passport, and many millions don't have access to their identifying records.

Edit: fixed dollar amount

[–] jve@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

$80b for the midterms

Off by a factor of 1000, but still way too much.

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[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"skeptical" is the word you're looking for. Just fyi.

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You also see the international fallout of this in England and Norway. Maybe that was also a factor, back when the US might have cared about allies.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The rot goes all the way up. I know Biden wanted to do things "the right way" but white houses in the past have leaked information to the people. Biden's administration could have given the unredacted files to the media through a whistleblower. That's what needs to happen now. The only way we are going to know the truth is if the files go public through none government means.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I dont think any of the victims want that.

Like we all hate Trump, he deserves to hang, but let's not throw the victims under the bus.

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[–] ikies@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Why didn't Trump do it in 2016??? lol

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I honestly figured that once we saw the Epstein Files, we'd see lots of names more than Trump, but as it turned out, not so much. As usual with Trump, the truth always turns out to be far worst than our worst imaginations, because he's really just that bad.

Even Epstein said there isn't a good cell in his entire body, and that he was "evil."

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[–] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 months ago

This would be great, if someone actually did something about it.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Maybe he reeeeallyy liked hanging out with rapists and child molesters...?

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[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They only release 3m files because trumps implicated in the other 3m

[–] nieminen@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago
[–] I_Jedi@lemmy.today 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I like to think that Trump is a guro enthusiast.

With child rape, the GOP could attempt to pull out the usual suspects. "She was leading me on", "I swear she looked 18", "It wasn't that serious", etc. They might actually win depending on how many corrupt judges they keep on their side.

But none of that works when guro is in play. Doing certain things to a victim's eye socket could be seen as too far. No amount of "she led me on" can get rid of that.

Which would be a compelling reason for why Trump wants the Epstein Files to go away, even though he's gotten away with everything else. Such a revelation would put the members of the Epstein Class in a new light, going further than generic authoritarians.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They were doing Satanic (or Sumerian I guess actually) Ritual Abuse and Sacrifice. You can see hints of it in the files already released and you can find whole stories about it from victims.

Do most of them believe in Moloch and Baal? No, but that's not what ritual abuse is about. It's a binding mechanism to ensure everyone stays quiet.

[–] ikies@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

I just don't get it... why can't these rich and powerful white dudes just have sex with women who are physiologically/mentally/legally MATURE enough to do so...

Edit: "physiologically"

[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Because then they'd be more likely to say no.

[–] dizzle18@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

You mean to tell me women might find an obese man who paints himself orange, shits his pants, and has a micropenis shaped like a mushroom unattractive?

[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Shocker, I know.

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[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Breaking Urgent Special Fox News Operation: Raskin SLAMMED in Fact Check! Some Person ~named~ ~Donald~ ~Trump~ Only Mentioned 999,999 Times!

[–] agingelderly@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Over a million times?! Let's move on /s

[–] dizzle18@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I motion to officially change the name of these files to the “Trump files.” Pretty clear who the main character is at this point.

Trump is a pedo-files

[–] osanna@thebrainbin.org 3 points 2 months ago

I've been calling them the Trumpstein files. Seems to explain everything well enough.

[–] notsure@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

no smart comment

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