zorg wrote: Fri Jan 30, 2026 1:18 pm
I understand it's a call to arms and everything, but if I hear one more thing about Epstein files I'm going to give out. We already knew all these people were mega-creeps, Epstein was already doing his second stint in the big house, Trump is already a convicted sex pest felon. Do you really still think there is some smoking gun in there that's going to make a shred of difference, and this isn't all just an endless smokescreen?
Ok. But like... there's evidence. Sorry you don't want to hear about it and we keep seeing more things every day because the justice department is covering for pedophiles. I'm sorry you're inconvenienced personally by this.
Ok, but the Justice Dept. is basically a kangaroo court run by the President.... So when they drop the bomb that whoever fucked a puppy or whatever, and JoD didn't prosecute, what is the recourse?
Re: Politics
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2026 3:41 pm
by rsmurphy
The arrest of four black journalists for exercising their right to free speech is lifted directly from Jim Crow tactics and laws to intimidate and imprison black Americans, as well as to distract from the fact that the Trump regime is actively covering for rapists, pedophiles, murderers, as well as being ensnared in those crimes themselves.
It's been interesting reading through the last few pages of this thread, garnering varying perspectives through layers of class, privilege, whiteness, and the one thing I'm going to offer is this: how one answers for the behaviors of the oppressed and their allies is how one would've answered over 300 centuries ago. And I know it's not right to attribute 21st Century mores to 18th Century morality, but, damn, people have been way too comfortable for far too long.
Re: Politics
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2026 3:44 pm
by Frankie99
Well, I think they assume at that point shit would get really out of hand and JeffrieSchumer would be forced into action.
Re: Politics
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2026 3:46 pm
by enframed
From The Atlantic article about the Melania film:
"Melania shows off her custom-made inauguration gown, stark white with black ribbons overlaying it, a dress that now looks unavoidably like the redacted Epstein files."
Brilliant.
Re: Politics
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2026 6:07 pm
by jimmy spako
Tulsi Gabbard down in Georgia as the FBI seizes ballots and records, showing national security angle the admin may be pursuing.
Not inconceivable that Maduro at some point falsely cops to manipulating the 2020 election as claimed by the loonies in some kind of plea deal.
Re: Politics
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2026 10:11 am
by rsmurphy
Re: Politics
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2026 10:22 am
by jimmy spako
rsmurphy wrote: Fri Jan 30, 2026 3:41 pm
The arrest of four black journalists for exercising their right to free speech is lifted directly from Jim Crow tactics and laws to intimidate and imprison black Americans, as well as to distract from the fact that the Trump regime is actively covering for rapists, pedophiles, murderers, as well as being ensnared in those crimes themselves.
It's been interesting reading through the last few pages of this thread, garnering varying perspectives through layers of class, privilege, whiteness, and the one thing I'm going to offer is this: how one answers for the behaviors of the oppressed and their allies is how one would've answered over 300 centuries ago. And I know it's not right to attribute 21st Century mores to 18th Century morality, but, damn, people have been way too comfortable for far too long.
zorg wrote: Fri Jan 30, 2026 1:18 pm
I understand it's a call to arms and everything, but if I hear one more thing about Epstein files I'm going to give out. We already knew all these people were mega-creeps, Epstein was already doing his second stint in the big house, Trump is already a convicted sex pest felon. Do you really still think there is some smoking gun in there that's going to make a shred of difference, and this isn't all just an endless smokescreen?
Ok. But like... there's evidence. Sorry you don't want to hear about it and we keep seeing more things every day because the justice department is covering for pedophiles. I'm sorry you're inconvenienced personally by this.
I understand where he's coming from. Take the latest trump 'bombshell' for instance - he was supposedly at some auction events and personally checked girls for 'tightness' - but dig in and it's basically some accusation from an unknown that didn't leave contact details and has no corroborating evidence and the FBI had already dismissed it as probably false. The media are doing their clickbait thing as per, but this will ultimately lead nowhere.
Don't get me wrong, I would love for some truly damning stuff to come out - and hopefully it eventually will - but there's an awful lot of noise without substance going on.
Re: Politics
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2026 7:14 pm
by llllllllllllllllllll
The Epstein stuff does 100% matter, even if Trump’s cult has been brainwashed by the tech industry. The last estimate I saw earlier this month was that only about 1% of the documents have been released so far.
This last one was a doozy. Obviously these rich scumbags would already be in jail if the government intended to use the justice system for anything besides jailing black people, but it will follow these fucking people for the rest of their lives, and who knows what other fallout is possible. Chomsky is ruined for sure, and I hope a couple billionaires go with him.
This all matters for the historical record at a minumum, but obv its much bigger than that.
zorg wrote: Fri Jan 30, 2026 1:18 pm
I understand it's a call to arms and everything, but if I hear one more thing about Epstein files I'm going to give out. We already knew all these people were mega-creeps, Epstein was already doing his second stint in the big house, Trump is already a convicted sex pest felon. Do you really still think there is some smoking gun in there that's going to make a shred of difference, and this isn't all just an endless smokescreen?
Ok. But like... there's evidence. Sorry you don't want to hear about it and we keep seeing more things every day because the justice department is covering for pedophiles. I'm sorry you're inconvenienced personally by this.
I understand where he's coming from. Take the latest trump 'bombshell' for instance - he was supposedly at some auction events and personally checked girls for 'tightness' - but dig in and it's basically some accusation from an unknown that didn't leave contact details and has no corroborating evidence and the FBI had already dismissed it as probably false. The media are doing their clickbait thing as per, but this will ultimately lead nowhere.
Don't get me wrong, I would love for some truly damning stuff to come out - and hopefully it eventually will - but there's an awful lot of noise without substance going on.
They released unverified accusations while they hold back other shit or redact a ton of crap so they can muddy the waters. That's all they got. Because clearly if it exonerated Trump, they would just release everything without drama.
And here I look like a conspiracy theorist because of what they're doing, but the theory makes more sense here.