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Val Crosby's avatar

I just can't imagine the fanatics spamming "release the files!" on every news post actually sitting down and sifting through reams of Epstein related documents. Gawd, I'd pay to see it lol.

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Ted VO's avatar

Once again, the most relevant question in this Epstein mess is: was he an agent of a foreign power and was he using girls (of any age) to lure prominent Americans into compromising situations so as to blackmail them in the interests of that foreign nation? The other stuff is just tabloid material.

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Val Crosby's avatar

That...is like the biggest tabloid material

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Stephen Ungar's avatar

Michael, you assume that Trump made the birthday card himself. Maybe he did or maybe when asked to provide an entry for Epstein’s birthday book, he had someone on his staff do it and affix his name. Who knows? But I doubt that Trump spent anytime on it.

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Fren's avatar

Another sharp one, Tracey. Nobody dissects mass hysteria quite like you. The Epstein freakout is just another cycle of American schizo-Puritanism—every few months we go from “sex-positive liberation” to calling for public hangings over a dirty joke. The same people moralizing about Epstein were insisting that “sex work is work” five minutes earlier

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Lebo Von Lo-Debar's avatar

I have absolute proof President Trump did not write this b-day note to Epstein...there is no way in hell Donald Trump knows what a calligram is.

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Magic Girl's avatar

Trump ain't worth protecting, bebe. Not for nothing.

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Lebo Von Lo-Debar's avatar

Thee Magic Girl...Hello...no it was a joke, because a calligram...well, let's face it, it is over Trump's head.

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Jason Grange's avatar

And I remember immediately believing that “obviously” Epstein was murdered to protect some rich cabal of billionaires. Now it all seems so transparently ridiculous. It’s become a litmus test of which politicians are ridiculous.

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Victor James Trumper's avatar

SAVING THE COUNTRY FROM TRUMP

If you want to get rid of Donald Trump then we have to get the democrats the house majority.

Make sure you vote for a democrat congress representative in 2026. OTHERWISE TRUMP AND HIS CORRUPT NETWORK WILL CONTINUE THEIR DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA

FOR NOW ——-///-

Everyone has to educate their congress representatives and senators about Trump raping women and children. Write letters and emails to your state congress representatives and senators.

There are a few house representatives that don't know how evil/corrupt Trump and his network actually are. Almost all of the republicans know. They are just such lowlifes that they are worried about losing their jobs once everyone finds out.

THE EPSTEIN/TRUMP FILES HAVE TO BE RELEASED.

H.R. 4405, the Epstein Files Transparency Act has to get the majority vote for that to happen.

Don’t let the Republican representatives convince you they voted for this. THAT’S A LIE. They voted for H.R. 668 intended in clearing Trump from the files.

Republicans are nothing more than paid voters

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BookWench's avatar

Well, I'm glad that you read the Birthday Book so we wouldn't have to.

It sounds gross and stupid, and I can't imagine why there would be so many redactions. I suspect a great many of those redactions have to do with wealthy pals of Trump, rather than females.

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John Q Public's avatar

If you think anything going on about the continued livelihood of the Epstein scandal has anything to do with anyone’s competence, you’re dreaming.

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Michael Tracey's avatar

Nice catch!

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Magic Girl's avatar

They all loved JE! He was fun, jizzie and very very rich.

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BookWench's avatar

Hahahahahaaha!

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BookWench's avatar

"Jizzies"?

Good grief.

It's like they're all in 6th grade.

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