Maybe now we really know why he killed the pope.
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Vance Is Boasting He Knows What’s in Epstein Files to Random Dinner Guests
(www.thedailybeast.com)
Funny pope selection drama, with the caveat I know about this mostly in passing: allegedly Francis was a compromise vote because the guy that a large (but not majority) faction wanted was too controversial a pick. So they voted in Francis because he was already old and only had 1 lung, so how long could he have to live anyway? Turns out longer than the guy said faction wanted to elect.
And I know it’s memes, but if Vance did kill the pope it’s extremely funny he was replaced with the guy from Chicago who is against basically everything Trump is doing.
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Trump should be very worried, Vance is going after his job just like Musk was.
The Pope was just a practice run.
The same Vance who had dinner with the Murdoch’s just before the Trump letter to Epstein was released?
Noooo…
Nah, he was chosen specifically because he's one of the most feckless people there is. Certainly the most feckless couch fucker.
Vance is in the new evil empire crowd and has been for a very long time.
https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrifying-techno-authoritarian-ideas
Thiel, Musk, Vance, Yarvin, Masters and a cast of the worst people on earth have plans.
https://beforewewerewhite.substack.com/p/j-d-vance-gangs-and-scientific-racism
And people thought I was crazy
https://lemmy.ca/post/34947790/13364820
Consider that Peter Thiel bankrolled JD Vance and that he, musk, zuck, et al have essentially established a technocratic state within the new admin. https://www.ft.com/content/408fb864-5831-4b1d-beef-fd1966b3beed
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jd-vance-trump-vp-peter-thiel-billionaire/
The Wall Street Journal reported that Musk might support that PAC to the tune of around $45 million per month. Musk has denied that specific claim since, but the America PAC, which is run by Lonsdale, appears to be created to support the “PayPal Mafia” worldview — which includes (and indeed depends on) the bankruptcy of the United States.
https://washingtonspectator.org/peter-thiel-and-the-american-apocalypse/
At least PayPal had a suitably grand mission—the kind that post-bubble skeptics would later describe as grandiose: we wanted to create a new internet currency to replace the U.S. dollar.
~ Peter Thiel Zero to One https://archive.org/stream/zero-to-one-peter-thiel-and-blake-masters/Zero to One - Peter Thiel and Blake Masters_djvu.txt
I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.
~ Thiel The Education of a Libertarian https://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/peter-thiel/education-libertarian/
https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrifying-techno-authoritarian-ideas
And one final, very important thought:
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Not surprising. Dude basically speed ran his way to VP, he never developed the social skills necessary for the role.
Isn’t a lack of social skills a necessary requirement to be part of Trumps administration?
I would say a complete lack of empathy/humanity is a bigger prerequisite.
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"She’s not an idiot. She’s the attorney general"
Umm, these are not mutually exclusive.
Edit: for the idiots out there, "not mutually exclusive" means she can be both at the same time 😁
Thanks! I'm an idiot, because I'm not the attorney general, so your explanation helped a lot!
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The files that clearly don’t exist?
Get outta here!
Alex Jones looks like a miserable piece of shit. I mean, even more than usual.
Guy on the left looks like he's just discovered micro transaction and his mum's credit card.
Damn. That was brutal. Had me chuckling for a good couple minutes. Thank you for that lol
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Is the one on the right even real? Looks like that "waxy" vibe AI images sometimes have.
So many images seem to have been unnecessarily processed by AI now. I see that waxy, cutout look everywhere. It's not really upscaled, or cleaned, it just feels "weirdened".
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Yeah, this is how you'd start a smear campaign. Follow this up by having a freshly pardoned / commuted convicted sex trafficker give an interview where the names are all magically the same.
Never mind that we already know who is on the list because the victims already fucking told us.
The top level of the current GOP is a pedophile chistofascist cult. Full fucking stop.
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Wonder if he’d have the balls to turn on Trump if he knew it would make him president today.
He did take a secret meeting with Fox News Executives and Rupert Murdoch at the Murdoch family ranch the other day. Maybe they are planning to try and sawy public opinion on Trump to put JD in the role.
As long as Trump is not in prison, his base will not abandon him.
If Vance ousts Trump, the Republican base will never forgive him. The Republicans in Congress might love it... Until the base votes them out.
The midterms will be hell for the Republicans. Unless they steal the election... That too is in the cards, but we have to wait to see how it plays out.
That puts a lot of faith on Trump's base thinking for themselves, when in reality much of them just parrot whatever the day's Fox/OAN/etc talking points are.
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And has no qualms about letting his boss stay out of trouble from it. So basically a couch fucking pedo simp
That's such a fucking weird thing to do. Like bruh, put up or shut up. We don't think you're cool for this, we think you're running coverage for pedophiles
“If that’s the case, why would Pam Bondi call it evidence? She’s not an idiot. She’s the attorney general,” Dillon added.
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Other than the fact that it spews out constant bullshit whenever he does, there's something physically irritating about the way he opens his mouth like that. Is it that I can't see his teeth? I can't figure out why, but it pisses me off so much.
Yeah, he looks like a giant baby but he’s got a beard and an “I’d kill your grandma for a dollar” suit.
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I wonder if Murdoch promised him the keys to the castle if he can take Trump down via the Epstein case
Like some weird golemn freak. A Gerber baby crossed with Duck Dynasty. Just ain’t got the beard nailed down yet.
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Man that guy exudes asshole freak. Hes less likable than Hillary and Trump put together.
How does this dude look like he's wearing eyeliner while never wearing eyeliner. Like, he isn't right?
Vance is always wearing eyeliner, that's been his thing for years.
He's also a very sassy runner
Wow that's so metrosexual and post modern of Maga to embrace him doing that. Yaaasss nazi piggg 💅
I think he does wear eyeliner. No, it does not make any fucking sense.
Trump is spraypainted carrot orange daily and his combover is gelled/sprayed probably multiple times a day. A little eyeliner is honestly not much in comparison.
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Thiel finally let him out of the cage, after being mostly in the background or absent from the media.
We all know about at least one person who is in there.
ok, I took one for the team and actually read the article. And the title (surprise!) is click-bait.
Vance casually informed a comedian over dinner what’s in the files connected to Jeffrey Epstein while trying to downplay their significance
They are now basically saying that the 10.000 hours of video evidence are all just commercial pornography, not videos of famous people. They are also saying Pam Bondi is not an idiot though, so I don't exactly trust their judgement (although I do trust Vance to watch 10,000 hours of commercial pornography to make sure his couch is not featured in there)
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He wants the throne, silently building trumps removal
Subpoena them all and ask the yes no question: “Is Trump in the Pedo-files?”
Vance can be made to talk. Just saying.
This must be one of the “weaklings” Trump was complaining about.
I feel terrible for the people subjected to dinner with JD Vance they are victims not guests have a heart people.
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