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Text messages released by US House show convicted sex offender coaching MAGA influencer on political messaging

The convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein apparently served as a behind-the-scenes adviser to the former Trump official and Maga influencer Steve Bannon during an August 2018 media campaign to defend Trump and his agenda, and to promote Bannon’s media ventures.

Text messages released by the House oversight committee on Wednesday detail a six-day exchange between the men from 17 to 23 August, and show Epstein coaching Bannon on television appearances and political messaging.

One side of the conversation is sent from an iMessage account associated with an Epstein email address, and while the name of Epstein’s correspondent is redacted in the documents as released, contextual clues – including references to Fox News appearances, his August 2017 firing from the White House and his work on the documentary Trump @War – make it clear the other participant is Bannon.

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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 97 points 3 days ago (3 children)

If it comes out that the entire Trump presidential run was masterminded from the ground up to cover for all the rich people visiting Epstein's island... I won't even be surprised at this point. Not even a little bit.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 39 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 38 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It was no coincidence that pizza gate was started exactly when Trump's pedophilia story was gaining traction because a woman accused Trump of raping her.

[–] tym@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

sucking clinton's dong has skull and boners hazing written all over it, too

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Pretty much seems where this is headed, or at least if not the MAIN driver, a convenient reason to slide in this cover-up as part of it.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Now that you've said it, yeah. Me either. There doesn't seem to be any floor to how despicable Republicans are. I have said before, and I still believe it, trump has probably watched someone be killed at his order. He's a deeply evil son of a bitch.

[–] wavebeam@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Isn’t that exactly what the strikes on those Venezuelan boats are?

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sure. I meant as a gangster wannabe, in the room so he can get his rocks off watching a person die up close

[–] wavebeam@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Oh, probably

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I bet r/conservative is hilarious right now

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago (2 children)

FLARED USERS ONLY
FLARED USERS ONLY
FLARED USERS ONLY

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Damn. It really is.

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edit: I stopped scrolling at 100 posts and they were all "Flaired Users Only"

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

It's been that way for years. Like, on one hand I get it, I was involved in communities that got regular trolls and I understand the value of making a safe space. On the other hand this is the "anti safe space, fuck your feelings" ideology and it's the most locked down public subreddit I've seen.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

They are such fucking cowards.

[–] Nora@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's 90% bots and the few people left are sticking their heads in the sand to everything, honestly I'd say it's sad and pathetic.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Something something fake Russia hoax tho

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

LOL, I went over there to search on Bannon. Didn't seem to turn anything up.

Also, ew, they changed their image for the sub to Charlie Kirk's mug? I had already forgotten about that guy.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

His wife is getting Vanced in her pants

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Just another victim of a school shooting. It makes sense you wouldn't remember him, there have been so many

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Is this why this fascist was talking about so many, including him, going to prison?

[–] WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The American Cartel owns America.

And Americans think they can vote their way out of being pawns for a cartel.

This is all way bigger and more real than most people, especially those manipulated by marketed news and politics, can even imagine. It's like everyone is in denial.

Sad to see America like that but sadder seeing the lack of spirit in the regular American people to live for honest humanity.