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Conan O’Brien shocks Oscars crowd with Epstein joke in opening monologue
(www.independent.co.uk)
This is the same crowd who supported Weinstein for years.
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The only people forgetting about the Trumpstein files are Trump and his pedo worshipping followers. Everyone else still wants answers.
Sadly, neither Andrew nor Mandelsson were arrested on charges related to paedophilia or anything sex-related, but rather for improper handling of information.
Alec Baldwin emailed Epstein a lot.
They got Al Capone on Tax Evasion.
As long as they no longer exist in society if more important than the reason they're removed from it.
It's also a lot easier to build a case on someone already serving time for another crime, rather than them being a flight risk.
Its also an offense thats very hard to get enough proof that the CPS will take it forward for actual prosecution. While I am not saying it wont go to court for certain, if you had to pick an offense that was performative bollox, this would be a great one.
I'm still thinking it was performative. They have no intention of protecting him for anything.
Maybe some of the others though.
None of this is true. Reported.
"The crowd didn’t seem to know how to react to the joke"
Hmm I wonder why...
I doubt anyone found that very shocking. It's not like he was speaking to a bunch of stupid redcaps.
Matt Berry doing commercial announcements for Burger King was hilarious. "Buhrrrgahh King" "The gray-test Whoppaaa youVE evah taysted!"
That was a good line, I also liked "Welcome back to the Tiny Penis Theater... let's see him put his name in front of that..."
"He's probably furious she wasn't nominated" - Kimmel after reading nominees for Best Feature Documentary
But he's the guy who's gonna expose the deep state! He super promised us.
Stupid people believe this asshole. Like my dumbass mother who voter for him three times. I no longer speak with her. Fuck everyone who voted for that piece of shit because they believed the harm wouldn't affect them personally.
Wow, you really hate Conan.
I too got confused by the bad pronoun reference. It took me a second to realize that, no, he's on about trump.
Think they got confused by the orange.
Apparently Andy Richter has been secretly planning his Presidential Campaign for decades.
your mean that guy who SAT ON THE COUCH for years?
Coincidence?
Well the show DID end with Conan getting incinerated
The president has consistently denied any wrongdoing and has characterized efforts to release the full files as a "hoax." He has not been accused of criminal wrongdoing, and an appearance in the Epstein files does not suggest otherwise.
The fuck he hasn't. He hasn't been indicted for criminal wrong doing related to the files, but he's a felon and he most certainly has been accused in the files.
At this point I’d be surprised if he didn’t rape kids.
He has the entire executive branch of the US govt running cover for this. He fucking started a war partially to get the news cycle off Epstein. A war that no one wanted that they have already fucked up.
I don’t care if he’s convicted or whatever other legal term you want to throw on it. Trump is a pedophile.
IIUC, pedophilia is a mental affliction that one should seek help for. It doesn’t mean you rape kids. Trump is a child rapist.
And raping kids doesn't mean you're a paedophile. Generally, people do it because they're easy targets, not because they're especially attracted to them.
Agreed. On top of everything else, there simply couldn't be a way to act more guilty than he has acted.
Oh, the war in Iran has been a goal of project 2025 ilk for a while. It just happens to get two birds with one stone.
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Actors were waiting for instructions from their PR team on how to react.
Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIcxwxMMjXg (this joke is at 7:04)
Not sure what the article is talking about, they applauded more and faster for that than other jokes, and it doesn't look like it was due to editing. And they misquoted him.
Leo looking ready for a Smokey & Bandit reboot?
Almost like they're trying to manipulate public sentiment and perception by.....lying about reality.
MSM is bought and owned by Conservatives
Pedophiles
If Trump didn’t fuck kids why won’t they release the files with his name in them?
We asked 100 people, "If Trump didn’t fuck kids why won’t they release the files with his name in them?"
You said: "Because he did fuck kids."
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