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GOP Rep. Thomas Massie accuses Donald Trump of attempting to distract from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal by launching new offensive overseas

A Republican lawmaker has warned Donald Trump that the joint U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran “won’t make the Epstein files go away.”

Operation Epic Fury began in the early hours of Saturday morning and saw airstrikes on Tehran and other Iranian cities that ultimately led to the killing of the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and a wave of retaliatory strikes by the regime across the Middle East.

At least four U.S. soldiers have already been killed, three American fighter jets have been brought down over Kuwait in an apparent friendly fire incident, the exchange of hostilities has spread to Lebanon, and Trump has said he is anticipating the mission continuing for “four to five weeks,” urging the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to surrender and the people to rise up.

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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 6 minutes ago

Unfortunately, the archive of Epstein documents was stored in Iran for, um, safekeeping.

[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 3 points 56 minutes ago

Forever known as “operation Epstein fury”.

Which was orchestrated from the McMansion by sexpest-Mccankles Tacobitch.

[–] SaraTonin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

4 to 5 weeks

I look forward (!) to seeing that posted in agedlikemilk in 5 years time

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Release the Trump/Epstein files

[–] Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 19 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

Lets say the Epstein files get released and it contains hard evidence that everyone in the US government are either pedophiles or genocidal maniacs, How is that telling us something we Didn't know 20 years ago?

[–] fnrir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 hours ago

[insert the happyroadkill comic here]

[–] MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

And that's why I'm assuming it's something worse, otherwise why are they going to such lengths to hide shit that we already assume to be true?

[–] Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

Are you ready for being demoralized as the oligarchs involved are ousted for sacrificing babies to demons and injecting the sacrificed infant stem cels into their balls while eating pinaple pizza and wearing flip flops and socks; and not only they won't get any repercussion; they will continue to grow their power and influence for decades to come?

[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com -3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

People are moving on the Epstein files but I think the real enemy is America. Still go after the files... But remember who pulls strings. The Epstein files are the banana peel from Mario kart. The real enemy is up higher and probably more like the intelligence agencies agreement of the 5 eyes.

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

I think the downvotes are from people with good intentions but haven't been able to give up on their ideas of what America is.

It's a means of identity that they have. They feel the insult is directed at their position as "an American". It's something that has been told to them since birth. It's hard to disconnect that from what "America" is to the rest of the world.

They focus on Epstein alone because it gives them a means in which to maintain that identity and focus it on "the elite" or whatever. They think "The system is capable of justice. We just need to fight within it".

But, what they don't understand, is that that's exactly what "America" is. They don't control America as "an American". They Iran war is not a distraction from the Epstein files. It is an EXTENSION of them. It serves the same interests of the ruling class.

It feels comforting to focus on a single issue. It makes the problem seem fixable. We just need to stay focused and bring justice to the pedophilic elite.

Well, I think it's clear at this point that the entire ruling class of our nation are built upon the structures that allow an Epstein to exist.

Epstein is not the entire iceberg. We have a president in power that is rounding up children with ICE. ICE is not a distraction from Epstein. It is an EXTENSION of it.

No one that understands this is "distracted" by something. They are working for the revolution that would require a justice to occur.

We will not get justice for the victims of Epstein. We will not get justice for the children trafficked TODAY by those same powers. Do you think these pedophiles stopped when Epstein was exposed? No. They have no fear. They have no fear because "Americans" are still believing that the current systems of government will bring them to justice. Stop believing that lie.

Please don't be distracted by your hyper-focus on Epstein. You are missing the forest for the trees and we won't ever have justice under the power structures we have today. Stop waiting for "the evidence" for that justice to come. It will not come. This "America" is not capable of that until you as "an American" understand this; and you fight for a revolutionary change.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

Well it's not just America, that's just a symptom.