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only after public pressure got his sentencing to be reviewed and he proved to be a liability, yes.

Before that happened, though, he was quietly given a plea deal that basically saw him leaving Club Fed for work while basically just sleeping there. for a child predator as vile as he was... well. it was far from uncomfortable. he plead out to a relatively minor crime in exchange for immunity form prosecution for federal crimes, as well.

once it entered widestream public consciousness, that definitely changed and people like, uh, trump, needed him dead.

NOPE!!

Also sharing them with the next generation. You'll be happy to know Marvin the Martian still slaps.

Didn't have to be, though, now did it?

Just the ones in the right place at the right time. You don't need to have an entire organization on board to control and minimize the risks. That is why, for example, Epstein targeted as many politicians as he has. He wasn't catering to their every whim because it was profitable, it was protection.

Not just politicians, either. Leaders in agencies, the people in the right places at the right time. So that when it finally came to it, he got that sweetheart deal where he basically just used Club Fed as a hotel. And you'll notice that Maxwell is getting the same treatment?

Historically, the whole point to the loyalty card coupons was because then they could track your purchases and sell that data on you.

It used to be incredibly valuable, and it techncially still is. But your big box retail stores are going to insane lengths, including tracking you from the moment you pull into their parking lot (including knowing what kind of car you drive,) and how many times you circle, lets say, the lego aisle, or the cookies. They know how long you spend looking at stuff and are selling all of that. (as well as using for marketing to sell you more shit you don't need.)

well democrats and giant black boxes.

Mostly black boxes.

How long do you think the epstein shit has been going on? it's taken decades to get this far.

This corruption has most certainly gone on for as long as I've been alive.

Given that Jesus wasn't the messiah.... they're two peas in a pod.

He says he is and you really have no way to prove it one way or the other.

Christians like to say stuff about works and then conviently ignore that Jesus had more to say about paying taxes than slavery and criticized the Pharisees for not stoning mouthy kids.

Fact is, we gloss over most of Jesus’s actual teachings because they’re problematic to most modern people. He taught the Torah, which included all sorts of atrocious laws.

Which policies has he enacted in CA which mirror or support trickle down? All I ever hear is how he’s not progressive enough, but when I look at his record I see a LOT of progressive action

Because locking up homeless people is a) totally effective policy making and b) totally progressive.

more directly, to the economy, his buddy-buddy relationship with the techbros is... obvious.

• 25 million to help fund a microchip design facility,
• 85 million on generative ai
• downsizing a deal with google to protect local-to-ca newsrooms

while when faced with a ballooning deficit, instead cut healthcare, education, and enviromental programs.

Further, He dropped the ball on his promises and only signed a small handful of progressive goals. for example, allowing striking union members to collect unemployment benefits. The most common excuse was "oh we can't necessarily afford that, and employers can't either."

Remember: Tweets are not policy... and all this fun shit trolling trump probably isn't even him tweeting it. (most likely, he's only scarcely aware of it at all.)

It’s pretty funny watching the left split and splinter this far out, because of all the purity testing. No one will ever be progressive enough, pure enough. And if somehow they were perfect enough to appease the left wing, there’d be 0 chance of getting red votes.

The next Dem who gets elected will do so using some centrist attitudes including towards social issues which we’re losing on badly. Might be time to get wise to that.

The last november election day, every democratic candidate that won, won on progressive platforms. Specifically, platforms that Newsom has a shitty record on. Your argument cuts both ways.

Also, how did all those red votes Harris got work out for her? She's an awesome president- Oh. wait. that's right SHE FUCKING LOST.

Do you see how that argument is holding us back? Centrists do not win elections. Alienating your actual base loses elections.

Newsom isn’t exactly a paragon of progressive virtues and certainly would continue to benefit from trickle-down policies.

It’s not hard to imagine that he actually likes Reagan’s policies here, never mind that his corporate donors gave him his marching orders.

kinda looks like my uncle. (Complete with the whiskers.)

I dunno, but I’d probably be dropping tips about creepy old men demanding to see girl’s genitalia outside women’s restrooms.

I’ll make sure to give them his description.