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I motion to officially change the name of these files to the “Trump files.” Pretty clear who the main character is at this point.
I've been calling them the Trumpstein files. Seems to explain everything well enough.
Trump is a pedo-files
So more than 1/3 of all Epstein files?
Probably the pages where his name was mentioned tended to have more than one mention.
And then there's that one page they found in Donald Trump's handwriting where the same phrase is repeated over and over hundreds of times, "All work and no play makes Donald Trump rape little children." That's a joke. You know it's a joke because Donald Trump has never actually worked in his life.
I honestly figured that once we saw the Epstein Files, we'd see lots of names more than Trump, but as it turned out, not so much. As usual with Trump, the truth always turns out to be far worst than our worst imaginations, because he's really just that bad.
Even Epstein said there isn't a good cell in his entire body, and that he was "evil."
Imagine being called evil by a child trafficker...
Why didn’t Biden release them before the election?
Because the entire global ruling class is implicated, and Biden is a loyal capitalist whose material interests lie with protecting the status quo, even if that means allowing his fellow capitalists to rape children with impunity.
I'd love for things to be status quo again right now trying to make things better through strategic primaries then trying to survive Trump's private army.
Well, that's not going to happen. We live in the world we live in, so maybe instead of wasting time wishing that we didn't, we should focus on actions that can actually change the world, like organizing the working class to break free from the chains of the capitalist pedophile class.
Not to defend this but you know that if he did, MAGA would have the excuse that this was all a big Democrat hoax. They can't claim that now.
Yeah now they claim it’s not important and defend not releasing it. Don’t make excuses for terrible inaction.
I mean the real answer to their question is that Biden believed in an impartial DOJ.
No the hell he didn't. If he did, he wouldn't have rightly pre-pardoned himself and his family members.
Biden did not pre-pardon himself.
Five of his relatives but not himself.
Noted. I was just going off my own recollection rather than verifying.
Additionally, as I understand it, it was still in active investigation in 2024. Also, he can't just "release the files", it required an act of Congress to be released.
Do I think he should have tried? Yes, but I'd be 0% surprised if he's all over them too.
If Biden is all over them you don’t think Trump would release every mention of him?
It's much more likely he's in someone's pocket and they're in there. And Trump's just not aware of the connection between the two
Actually, I'm pretty sure he hasn't been mentioned at all so far, not sure how accurate this is, but it says more or less the same - https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/joe-bidden-epstein-files-e8c67a
Yeah, I don't suspect he's in there, just wouldn't be surprised
Good question.
The rot goes all the way up. I know Biden wanted to do things "the right way" but white houses in the past have leaked information to the people. Biden's administration could have given the unredacted files to the media through a whistleblower. That's what needs to happen now. The only way we are going to know the truth is if the files go public through none government means.
I dont think any of the victims want that.
Like we all hate Trump, he deserves to hang, but let's not throw the victims under the bus.
Why didn't Trump do it in 2016??? lol
That's astounding. Was this like his full-time job for decades?
Nah, his job has always been golfing; like the presidency, child rape was just a hobby. Some under-18 hole after a long day of 18-hole.
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That was a tough upvote, but God dammit...
This would be great, if someone actually did something about it.
I just don't get it... why can't these rich and powerful white dudes just have sex with women who are physiologically/mentally/legally MATURE enough to do so...
Edit: "physiologically"
Fuck models and prostitutes for a while. Pretty soon you can't get it up for regular models and prostitutes. Then you need world-class, best anywhere models and prostitutes, famous ones. Then that stops working. Then you need the kink to really lay on. Gets old pretty fast. Nothing is getting it up anymore. Then one day, you see your daughter down the hall, and it twitches. But you can't fuck her, she's gonna be around forever and in society where your secret won't be safe. She could tell her therapist, her teachers, her mother, the world-class model prostitute you're married to. Thankfully Uncle Epstein has a bunch of girls who are disposable. It's just that he has an odd tendency to take photos of you. But that's OK, everyone you see here is rich and powerful too, if one of you goes down, you all go down... and that can't possibly happen.
Because then they'd be more likely to say no.
You mean to tell me women might find an obese man who paints himself orange, shits his pants, and has a micropenis shaped like a mushroom unattractive?
Shocker, I know.
The crime and taboo nature is probably part of the thrill
They only release 3m files because trumps implicated in the other 3m
Other 6m*
Maybe he reeeeallyy liked hanging out with rapists and child molesters...?
I like to think that Trump is a guro enthusiast.
With child rape, the GOP could attempt to pull out the usual suspects. "She was leading me on", "I swear she looked 18", "It wasn't that serious", etc. They might actually win depending on how many corrupt judges they keep on their side.
But none of that works when guro is in play. Doing certain things to a victim's eye socket could be seen as too far. No amount of "she led me on" can get rid of that.
Which would be a compelling reason for why Trump wants the Epstein Files to go away, even though he's gotten away with everything else. Such a revelation would put the members of the Epstein Class in a new light, going further than generic authoritarians.
Breaking Urgent Special Fox News Operation: Raskin SLAMMED in Fact Check! Some Person ~named~ ~Donald~ ~Trump~ Only Mentioned 999,999 Times!
Over a million times?! Let's move on /s