These pictures all came from Epstein's estate. I think you have hit the nail on the head, though. He would hold parties on his private island, have his own photographers there taking pictures, and then hold the pictures in case they became useful collateral at some point.
It worked well for Epstein, until it didn't.
I don't mean to jump down your throat on this, my beef isn't with you. But I think it's attitudes like this that enable Fascist regimes to establish themselves.
If things continue to go badly here in the US then historians will view this as "appeasement". Not standing up against Fascism because it was more profitable that way.
But according to the article, these new hurdles will apply to visitors under the ESTA waiver also. And those are just as likely to be business travelers on short trips as they are full-on tourists.
Tell American executives that they can't enter Europe, even for a week, without surrendering their own social media history and then they get to experience actual consequences.
At what point do these countries start reciprocating?
Start subjecting Americans (who can afford to go abroad) to the same bullshit we subject foreigners to and we might find support for the regime evaporating...
They do support free speech! You can say whatever you want, as long as it is not mean to Donald Trump.
I've given up on posting on Reddit entirely. I haven't deleted my account, but I logged out of all of my devices and make sure I will never contribute anything, ever again.
There are a handful of subreddits I still want to keep tabs on (mainly for Sports) and I found that for the time being, Reddit still allows RSS. So there are 2 or 3 subs I monitor with an RSS reader just for the links.
Most people who are here without authorization entered legally and simply never left. Overstaying a visa is a serious infraction and can be grounds for being deported, but is not a crime.
So it simply isn't true to say that all these people are criminals.
Reddit was one of the most human places on the Internet, until King Steven the Turd decided that it's human interactions were a valuable resource that he could sell.
Now, it's all just bots talking to bots to learn how to sound human.
As outrageous as that sounds, I know a lot of professors/PhD's, and many of them are that clueless. They have a lot of very specific knowledge in their field, but may not have much practical knowledge about the rest of the world.
Still, this is the type of instance where revoking his visa may still be justified, even if he ended up having most of his other consequences suspended.
It sucks to be on the side of history that still tries to be reasonable, even while the other side goes full throttle and wouldn't give the same rational thinking any thought.
Maybe for reporters, but WaPo is on there the most and I will never trust them again.
It probably will work well for Republicans, because those same 40-45% of people have been conditioned by their media to repeatedly vote against their interests. This won't change their vote at all.