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While the intake report memorialized allegations that multiple girls were murdered and buried at a Trump golf course, newly released Epstein records suggest federal investigators ultimately viewed the source skeptically. Other FBI summaries released by the Justice Department indicate complainants making similar allegations were “deemed not credible,” and no publicly released records show that authorities excavated any Trump golf course or uncovered evidence supporting the claims.

Guess the rich only ever saw consequences once: France in 1792

What would America's Storming the Bastille moment even look like? Storming the child-rape mansion that is Mar-a-Lago? Who's head would get carried away on a pike? Miller's? Theil's? Musk's?

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[–] newton@feddit.online 1 points 4 hours ago

Release the ....? Epstein FILES

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Guys, hold on. Everyone stop.

Have you seen the Dow?

Uh oh! It's BELOW 50k?

Well then, let's continue talking about Epstein then.

[–] jestho@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago

The DOW is over 40k!!

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

It's entirely speculation. It also makes no sense to shit in your own backyard, especially if you're rich.

OP, you should be pursuing actual evidence to heresay before dedicating your trust 100% to it, just because it aligns with what you'd like to be true. I know one group of people that do that a lot...

[–] Briguy@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Is that the part that fully exonerated him?

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

Our federal government is no longer relevant, get rid of all of them. It's rotten to the core.

State governments already duplicate much of what the feds do already, we'll be fine.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

But then we'll get conquered by Russia or China! Just imagine what that would look like. We'd toil our lives away for a handful of oligarchs, get executed in the streets, and be shipped off to death camps. We'd have sham elections with no impact on public policy. Your ability to obtain nice things would depend on an arcane and opaque scoring system run by nefarious unseen overlords. There would be literal slavery.

[–] DeadMartyr@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 hours ago

I used to be big on States' Rights because I thought it made more sense for people to make rules more specific to them but then I realized the only reason politicians push that is to do whack shit like overturn abortion and now some are even arguing we should go back to when women couldn't work. If I was the president and I cut back rules so States could decide I guarantee laws like that would be passed within a week.

The more I read about it the more im glad that the federal government is strong enough to stop States from extorting or attacking each other (like how New York would basically bully New Jersey). I just hate that every election seems to be between morally bankrupt nepo-babies and it's been going on so long that the corruption would literally need a dictator to pull an El Salvador to fix

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 hours ago

Death to the Trump family. Death to the oligarchs. Take back the planet from greed.

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 53 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Oh my fucking god, WE KNOW! JUST FUCKING LOCK HIM UP ALREADY.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 6 points 14 hours ago

Can't lock up god-emperors. Supreme Court's orders.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 15 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

JUST FUCKING LOCK HIM UP ALREADY.

I'm calling 911 as we speak. They're saying that they're sending someone out to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to investigate.

[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 5 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I wish I could give this gold

[–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 hours ago

You don't understand, we need more detail. We can't stop him until we've learned everything he's done, which we can't do until we know half of everything he's done, which...

[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

Just donate to Lemmy on their behalf

We don't need a special button for that

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 10 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Who’s head would get carried away on a pike? Miller’s? Theil’s? Musk’s?

Why stop at one?

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 9 points 14 hours ago

Guillotines are famously not single-use devices.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 2 points 13 hours ago

Gotta make room for the Sackler family.

[–] adhdsergio@lemmy.world 34 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Alright, time to bomb Cuba

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 6 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

What do you think the odds are of that happening, this year or next or whatever?

Keep in mind, this thing in Iran won't end. It might get hot and cold with ceasefires Israel routinely, if not daily, violates.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 8 points 18 hours ago

After a successful op in Venezuela, he thought he could boost his rep with another one, and then blew it in Iran.

Now he'll want an easy win to redeem himself, and he'll go all in on Cuba, with troops and everything, figuring it will be a walk in the park since it's right off the coast.

But he'll fuck it up, and kill lots of American troops, and innocent Cubans, and even the American Cubans will get pissed off, and he'll be in an even worse situation than before.

Never underestimate his ability to totally fuck up EVERYTHING.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 4 points 18 hours ago

The Iran situation is going to end the same way as Afghanistan. USA will declare job done and just leave, leaving the mess for others to sort out. Oil production will ramp up elsewhere where it's suddenly profitable to extract because of the higher prices which will eventually find a new balance. Israel will kill a lot of people domestically and play the victim.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago (5 children)

What do you think the odds are of that happening, this year or next or whatever?

Feels like an October Surprise moment, especially if Republicans are worried about losing in Florida.

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

Ah yes, Florida Cuban expats playing the old abuser card:

If I can't have her, no one can.

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[–] Strider@lemmy.world 52 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

Underage.... So.. Children!

Not to forget rape.

So child rape parties.

[–] EvasiveSpecies@lemmy.world 23 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

My first thought. Not 'sex parties'. CHILD RAPE parties. My goodness, this is making me nauseous. Horrifying.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Wait until they start saying child rape parties are a matter of National Security.

[–] oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip 3 points 13 hours ago

Raping kids to own the libs.

[–] oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip 1 points 13 hours ago

Raping kids to own the libs.

[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 7 points 18 hours ago

THANK YOU. I came here to say this. Children can't consent to getting their ears pierced, let alone sex. Sex with a child is ALWAYS rape

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

I wasn't able to find anything that confirms "knew and funded" as true. To state the facts which is all we need to know is that Trump called Palm Beach police in 2006 and said “everyone” knew Epstein was abusing young girls. Also Trump said he was never on Epstein's plane which is a proven lie.

There's no need to push beyond what's already proven verifiable facts. Trump is a liar, was on Epstein's plane many times, and was close friends with known pedophile Epstein. That's enough fact to know he's a disgusting lying fuck.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74xgp81pqgo

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 21 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

While harassing and terrorizing drag queens for being gRoOmErS, and not shutting up about the liberal Hollywood elite for, well, doing the same thing.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 7 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Hollywood is not now nor have they ever been very progressive in our lifetimes. They do support like lgbtq, and some social issues. The rich don't actually care about that, they care about the money, they are just using people on this to get what they want.

They also mostly suck at their jobs. And it's about to get magnitudes worse on every score with this paramount bullshit. 3 studios will control like 75% of movie studios. Sony another several percent.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 21 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

The Epstein files must say even worse things. That's why we are at war with Iran. What a waste all around for everybody and everything.

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 64 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

“As you know I represent the Rothschild’s”

  • Jeffery Epstein

You think it’s a coincidence Ivanka Trump “discovered” an Island they wanted to develop as a luxury resort for billionaires while on (in kushner’s own words) Nat Rothschild’s yacht? You think it’s a coincidence Don Jr married Epstein s bankers daughter? The Trumps have been trafficking and most likely murdering children for decades.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 11 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

No no no. The Q people have been telling me it has to be the Democrats doing this. Hillary was masterminding it all from the basement of a pizza parlor with no basement, I'm told.

Now excuse me, I gotta wait for the next Q drop to explain it all...

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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (5 children)

It"s very clear that the trumps are building a personal empire and what is even more clear is that they are getting away with it as well. Like, how is it so easy? Is there no one just enough to standup to that? No one?

[–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It’s easy because money buys protection. If you’re making a ton of money, you’re probably doing shitty things or associated with doing skeptical things for shitty people which means there’s blackmail.

Basically, they keep each other in line and protect their wealth which can be used against anyone that comes after them because those people don’t have wealth.

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[–] HrabiaVulpes@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Americans will do nothing, mark my words.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Trump gets some random asshole hoping a train with a pee-shooter to try and Rambo the Rose Garden every six months or so.

We've had city-wide marches, election waves favoring anti-Trump candidates, and open riots in defiance of ICE incursions.

Military enlistment is hitting lows not seen since the depths of the Iraq War and moral is so low in the US Navy that people are sabotaging their own boats (ie, the "laundry fire" that took the state-of-the-art $18B USS Gerald Ford out of commission).

We've seen strike waves in Midwestern states. We've seen mass protests against data centers and detention centers. We've seen a fresh new wave of alt-media journalists getting propped up by millions of people who are desperate for reliable and useful information. We've seen an Arab Socialist take over the Mayorship of the wealthiest city in the country.

Americans are clearly doing shit.

But we've also seen a Tech Oligarch rampage. Mass evictions. Mass arrests. Mass firings. Tens of thousands of unemployed gooners joining the most brutal and repressive state police agencies. We've seen white nationalists parading around downtown districts. We've seen Zionist mobs lead by war criminals parade down Lower Manhattan with the support of both major parties. Scammers are conning and looting their neighbors at unprecedented rates. People are pickling their brains on social media, radicalizing, and shooting up neighborhoods. The LGBTQ community is at once congealing into a kind of activism we haven't seen since the 1970s and suffering wave after wave of criminal prosecution and vigilante assault.

Americans are going abroad to fight as mercenaries in foreign wars and going abroad to flee the fascism at home. Americans are building up mutual aid groups in their own backyard and narcing on those aid groups to the cops in order to tear them down. Americans are rallying around the Cross and the Flag, fully intent on doing a pogrom against the infidels. And Americans are rallying around the Cross and the Flag, fully intent on defending liberty, overthrowing the corrupt oligarchy, and returning to civil governance.

Americans are doing a lot of shit. We're at each others' throats. We are holding each other's hands. But this idea that nothing is happening is built on the false narrative that liberals only lose when they're apathetic, rather than when they're getting overpowered.

[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 2 points 11 hours ago
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[–] dellish@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

Sure they will. They'll invade Greenland or Cuba in order to keep distracting from the Trump-Epstein Files.

[–] Shortrib@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago

How many Americans could shake the FBI off their tails just by claiming the witnesses are not perfect? Weirdly, the existence of Epstein is more understandable than the decades-long tolerance by all levels of government.

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