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[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 141 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Gentlemen. We got 'em.

Now to just put our feet up, kick back and watch all the sweet, sweet consequence unfold. I'm sure we'll finally all get to see justice and law prevail. Surely this time.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 42 points 5 days ago (2 children)

2015 wants its comment back.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

Any time now...

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[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 97 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 38 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I mean, isn't this exact email in the article part of the Epstein files?

[–] PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works 28 points 5 days ago (3 children)

‘part’ is the keyword there. OP (and I) would prefer the whole parcel

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[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 89 points 5 days ago (5 children)

I think what I "love" most about this entire saga:

Every time people bring up "The epstein list" I just think: Why the hell would he keep a list of every single customer and who they raped and when? It is going to involve needing to look at the evidence and draw connections.

And then we get shit like this where it is in 100% plain text. So.. there probably actually is a single PDF file that lists every single rapist and who they raped and when and the SSN/passport number of each person involved and even what the weather was on each occasion.

[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 56 points 5 days ago (2 children)

He was a blackmailer and the key to blackmail is meticulous records and evidence to use against people. Question is where is it? Do the government have it? Has it been destroyed?

Seems to be a fair amount of evidence the US government does have and is being drip fed out.

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

We should all be considering just how successful his operation was, as well. It’s not like Epstein was a small figure head. Epstein effectively trafficked girls and networked them to high ranking public officials for decades. That ought be concerning for us all, knowing that our society was so vulnerable. Epstein built his pedophile pedestal in a way that reinforced the system’s security as it grew. It was so effective, in fact, that even in death his secrets remain mostly secret. That’s a failure on our part; we were vulnerable as a society and he capitalized on that vulnerability.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 days ago

It was in the east wing. Or maybe it is in Ivanna's grave

[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 35 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I mean, blackmail is a pretty good reason, but also to money launder effectively you need to track the actual money, idk thats the best i can come up with

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

You also want to be about to keep track of the victims in case you need to put a hit on them or threaten them into silence.

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[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 70 points 5 days ago

The emails stated that he participated, not just that he knew. Politico providing cover with the most favorable headline possible, once again

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 58 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

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It continues to baffle and disappoint me each day that EVERYONE isn't demanding the Truth, no matter what it shows. Why that isn't a red flag to every single American is sad.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 23 points 5 days ago

I'm a step past demanding the truth. I demand something be DONE about it

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[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 52 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Of course the Orange turd knew about the girls.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 39 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Trump appears to have been supplying them, and also raping them.

[–] runiq@feddit.org 49 points 5 days ago

NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL A DISTRACTION FROM THE EPSTEIN F- hol' up.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 47 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Trump wasn’t a client. He was a partner.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

From model to victim. The food chain.

[–] pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world 45 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Alright trumpers, what’s the new excuse now?

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 48 points 5 days ago

Fake news, undercover agent, what emails, they're eating the dogs, hey here's $2,000, Canada is letting in billions of tonnes of fentanyl a day, Venezuela, Iran, Russia...I mean Ukraine....I mean Russia, TYLENOL, Demoncrats....(passes out from mental gymnastics)

[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 35 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 30 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

That didn't happen.

And if it did, it wasn't that bad.

And if it was, that's not a big deal.

And if it is, that's not my fault.

And if it was, I didn't mean it.

And if I did, you deserved it.

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 13 points 5 days ago

Official response: “The Democrats selectively leaked emails to the liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear President Trump,”

[–] kn33@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Unironocally, the line they're going with is this

“[O]f course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop.”

See? He asked Ghislaine to stop cause that's the kind of stand up person he is. He wasn't involved.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Definitely what a stand up person would do when discovering a child rape ring, of course. Wouldn’t want to be rude and take it to the police.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

According to all the dumbasses that believed that "The Storm" was something that was going to result in nearly all Democrats being arrested for the Pizzagate trafficking, I guess Pedonald was waiting until sometime in ~~2017~~, ~~no, 2018~~, ~~no, 2019~~, no, 2020 [1] to expose all the pedos.

In the updated Q Cinematic Universe, I guess he'd need a time machine to go back to whatever the latest time when "The Storm" was supposed to happen and do it back then?

[1] I wish I was joking, but there was a very stubborn Q/Storm believer on the DP forums that, when people such as myself would ask them why they believe what they believe in relation to "The Storm" still being a thing, even after all the many, many, many failed predictions they were quite sure that Pedonald would probably do it/would have done it, if the 2020 election wasn't rigged, LOL. The guy only had four fucking years, and this stupid "Storm" never emerged, but apparently was only waiting for a second term.

DP shut down their comment section just before the 2024 election, so I have no idea where that poster skipped off to and if they still believe in these ridiculous narratives....I sure hope they have friends/family asking them what happened.

The cons are very much like end-times cults and their predictions...when their silly narrative is proven obviously false, they don't abandon it, they just rewrite the fan-fic/Cinematic Universe and carry on.

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[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 34 points 5 days ago (2 children)

And the pedo cult won't give a single shit.

[–] jtj4135@lemmy.zip 18 points 5 days ago (2 children)

They'd be calling for legalized pedophilia a week after the Epstein files were released.

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[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 15 points 5 days ago

Their only comeback is "what about Clinton".

Dude, if was in there we'd be calling for him to be shot into the sun as well. Fkn cultists

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 32 points 5 days ago

I love the republican response. They are cherry picking discolosures to make him look bad. Well then realease it all and save face.

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 32 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's because he was an UNDERCOVER AGENT! Of COURSE he Knew Jeffrey Epstein was RAPING LITTLE GIRLS which is why he did NOTHING to Stop it and is doing EVERYTHING to Protect Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell! Because he WANTED to Stop it if ONLY he had let them Rape a FEW More Little Girls!

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 12 points 5 days ago

Trunp only raped children multiple times over the span of decades so he wouldn't blow his cover!

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 29 points 5 days ago (2 children)

No one fucking cares!!!!

The only people who can do anything about it are the ones DOING it!

Either those files have completely been sanitized by now or the whole world will know about all the pedophiles and nothing will happen to them.

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[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago

Epstein asked Wolff what he thought an ideal response from Trump would be. “I think you should let him hang himself,” Wolff responded.

And the ironic statement of the decade award goes to ...

[–] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 18 points 5 days ago (3 children)

One of the most interesting things about Trump supporters is he did nothing to earn the level of devotion people have for him.

Even with the emails and his own actions withholding SNAP his cultists are still hanging on. The end result of his run will be enriching himself and billionaires.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 12 points 4 days ago

The one bit of credit that I can give him is that he's good at making people feel seen. At his rallies, he'll ramble on about how awful things are, and then he'll say something like "I see you, I see that you're hurting. I'm going to fix it". It's hardly the peak of rhetoric, but it's super effective when so many people are struggling but the system is constantly gaslighting them because "the economy is doing great 👍".

I find it sad, because the people most likely to latch onto this are people who are most being fucked over by the system. Often hatred starts as a seed of fear for one's circumstances. I wish they would see that Trump is just exploiting them all the more.

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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 15 points 5 days ago

I mean for people without their head in the sand, Trump already publicly confirmed this years ago.

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago
[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 12 points 5 days ago

And the government knew about it. There isn't just an issue with a pedophile running the country, the whole government is rigged as fuck

[–] iridebikes@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

The MAGAts are denying this, too. They deny everything. Nothing will change their mind. Ever.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Release the Trump/Epstein files

[–] a_postmodern_hat@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

These stories are nothing more than bad-faith efforts to distract from President Trump’s historic accomplishments,

What does this even mean?

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