It’s hard to imagine anything more blatantly disqualifying for an elected official than to falsely accuse random citizens of heinous child sex crimes, then once the citizens you’ve accused are confirmed totally innocent, not even have the decency to
Defending someone accused of providing sexual favors from teenage girls to rich and powerful men is more important than stopping the genocide of Palestinians or wrecking the world's economy with an unprovoked war of aggression against a sovereign nation? You have a strange set of prorities.
Look in the mirror. YOU accuse dozens of top-of-the-line journalists of just making things up. While all of them believe in the presumption of innocent, across they think there is plenty of evidence for indictments.
1. There is no genocide of "Palestinians." You're an idiot.
2. There is literally no credible evidence Epstein ever trafficked girls to any rich and powerful men. Epstein got sexual favors from teenage girls, but everything else is based on the fictional claims of a discredited liar named Virginia Giuffre.
And water isn't wet. You just outed yourself as a racist Zionist thug.
Israel is doing to Palestinians exactly what Hitler did to Jews.
90% of the Palestinians in Gaza now live in tents on land that has been ravaged by the equivalent of 6-13 Hiroshima sized bombs.
And here's how they treat compassionate heroes who, while traveling in international waters, were trying to bring food and medicine to the starving and oppressed people of Gaza:
I find Michael Tracey's humor to be sarcastic, nasty, and vulgar. Having a massive ego, he certainly isn't capable of laughing about his own arrogance. His jokes are as offensive as racist jokes. He thought it was funny when he gobbled down pizza and grape soda, both well-known code words for getting sexual favors from modern-day Lolitas. There was nothing funny about it.
How many innocent well-meaning journalists has MT smeared? I am an old-fashioned non-woke leftist who considered Massie (a damn Republican!) to be the finest human being in Congress. It absolutely breaks my heart to see $32 million spent - primarily by billionaire Zionists - to unseat him yesterday. If you want to accuse him of false accusations you should be specific and elaborate on them one by one. (Remember, it is very difficult to prove liability against well known public figure.) I do think it is actionable, however, to accuse Zionists and Trump of repeatedly smearing Massie by calling him a traitor. The penalty for being a traitor is death.
Michael Tracey did list Massie's faults in the article, and I don't know of any "innocent well-meaning journalists" who have been smeared by him.
I pretty much agree with you on Massie. I thought he was the best Congress Critter we had (though he is a bit squishy on immigration issues). Massie did get a bit over-excited on the Epstein thing, and tossing Michael out of a press conference with "survivors" was a huge mistake. He should have allowed Michael to stay, and addressed his concerns. We can never get at the truth without asking the right questions. Massie was also wrong to falsely link innocent men with Epstein.
I agree - Michael wasn't making the information up and it wasn't a smear. What I am confused by is why Massie, who I've always considered a stand-up guy, would do something like that? There might be a story there...Oh, and the finest congressman I've found so far is Tim Burchett.
Funny people are coming in droves to smear Massie who has been the only Republican demanding accountability and transparency with the Epstein files, and now that it is primary elections today in Kentucky, we have not only "I cannot hear" Michael Tanner trashing Massie, we have faceless pfp one and two trying to save the Epstein class from exposure.
Know what is done in the dark will come to light no matter how much money is thrown to bury the truth.
You can spin it up, down, left, right, but the truth is We the People are done with the Epstein class and their apologists trampling our Civil Liberties, stealing our land and water for their data centers, and stealing our children and drinking their blood.
Since when is the Constitution about 'spin'? It is there for exactly NOW. When our minds are so feeble we will write 'stealing our children and drinking their blood' based on what we 'believe' to be fact. This is a WITCH HUNT! Not spin, and you are part of it.
If you want to read more about 'their blood,' read D.C. the Dark City. It even smells like Epstein.
This is where I get off the Michael Tracey train. At this point, I do not even know what values the man stands for any more, if he ever did. He is merely content to pretend the "Epstein Mania" is all a massive nothing-burger. Clearly, Ghislaine would love for Mr. Tracey to represent her in court, because she is serving time for crimes never committed apparently. To pretend there is nothing behind the Epstein blackmail operation(s) is proof that someone who I once considered to be a critical thinker, has now had his brain poisoned by far too much NJ pollution.
If you're going to "get off the MT train" because of this one article, maybe you could've identified a single specific thing in it that you dispute? But you didn't.
Some of us were never on the “MT train” or even know what the hell that is. We are here because the Epstein class keeps pushing this bullshit into our feed. All the while the Epstein class continues to deny that the Epstein class has full control of most algorithms…..and media outlets, and financial institutions…and US politicians. 🤡
It's obviously not just this one article. It's a whole pattern of arrogantly and sarcastically trashing everyone who disagrees with you. You need to takea break and cool down. You don't take criticism very well.
I have not unfollowed his twitter account, because I've followed it for a very long time and realize this phase may pass, especially now that the group that clearly wants to control the US govt won last night, and his journalistic integrity will possibly focus on other topics for a change. But, I have seen that arrogance far too often over the past year or so and agree with your take on this.
Well, there is this: "At this point, I do not even know what values the man stands for any more, if he ever did." Where do you stand, on any specific political views? As a journalist today, perhaps making this clarification would help the audience, although, it's no obligatory. But, I was not here for all these years because I play team politics. I have, mostly, enjoyed your style of journalistic reporting, even though we may differ on many topics, politically. And that is what makes this once great nation great when that was possible. I try to hear more than one view or opinion on any matter, which allows me to make my own assessment and judgement. So, if you wish to clarify, that would be great.
As far as what I can dispute; I clearly stated Maxwell is apparently in jail for no reason. Is that the case? Has she be wrongfully imprisoned? What is the case for her appeal, that you can make on her behalf?
How I feel all of your writing on this particular subject relies solely or mostly on "those alleged victims were not trafficked, but just prostitutes who wanted more payments from the lawsuits and were not even under age at the time of these alleged crimes". Unless I'm off base, but that's what your message seems to be. Fine. Prostitutes are not good witnesses for the prosecution and there is no child sex trafficking ring and there is no pedophile network. Yet the work by many other curious investigators have outlined, in far greater detail, how the Esptein network was a massive blackmail operation. Where is your journalistic curiosity on that matter? I have yet to see any posts even barely mentioning it. Does that just not exist, or has your entire purpose of this particular case rely on those 'lying witnesses' here?
Maxwell was convicted on extremely weak evidence, and her prosecution was politically motivated.
The prosecution called only 4 witnesses during the trial, and did not call Virginia Giuffre because she has no credibility.
Of the 4 witnesses, 2 of them were ruled by the judge to have experienced no illegal sexual activity.
Of the other 2, one of them was a schizophrenic drug user who said that Virginia Giuffre was the person who trafficked her to Epstein (and told her to lie about her age to say she was older), and the other is a woman who said she had an orgy with Epstein and Maxwell, but the other women allegedly involved in the orgy said that never happened.
Oh, I forgot to mention, a juror lied by saying they hadn't been a victim of sexual abuse and got onto the jury because of this lie, then admitted after the trial that they got up and made a speech about how since they themselves were a victim of sexual abuse, they know that these "victims" are telling the truth. This is a legal violation and is grounds for a mistrial, but again, political motivation.
It is a nothingburger and you've learned nothing. There is no "blackmail" it's based on a single fleeting claim in a court filing a decade ago that was stricken from the record by the judge. And her multi-millionaire lawyer denies any blackmail ring he could otherwise rabidly go after.
I agree. I was especially hopeful back when he was virtually alone among “left-leaning” journalists in covering the amount of damage and suffering caused once purposive George Floyd/BLM marching morphed into indiscriminate “ANTIFA” rioting. Early on I was even sympathetic on this issue, when he was calling attention to the weaknesses and inconsistencies of certain individuals’ testimonies and the exaggerated claims of various attorneys, advocates, and politicians. I saw him as someone like Glenn Greenwald—willing to fight an upstream battle for truth when the truth was unpopular with certain very powerful people—but once those millions of (heavily redacted) files (still less than half!) came out, it was time to say, well, maybe some of these witnesses weren’t very credible and a lot of people made claims that went way beyond the (then) know evidence; but I was obviously wrong about there not being some very degenerate, very illegal sh*t on a very large scale going down involving a shockingly large number of very rich very influential people, institutions, and agencies—both foreign and domestic—and the misdeeds exposed, however incompletely, range from multiple unambiguous cases of sexual exploitation to political blackmail and treason. That’s what a reasonable man with integrity and humility would do; but I see MT doubling down and going off the rails in such a way that, like you, I must now jump off this train before it goes completely over the cliff.
Surprise, there are still citizens who choose to expand their objective compass instead of being enveloped in groupthink and echo chambers by “name your price,” shills. Read the room.
A skillful exposition of the fact that no one is fit to rule. I very much appreciate that you’re too honest (and cantankerous) to advocate for the least-bad tyrant.
Any and all American political figures who serve Israel, who place Israel above the United States, are by definition guilty of treason. They all should be dealt with accordingly.asap, and in a less thoroughly compromised government, they would be. And here you are joining in the effort to oust Massie. Adios.
I liked Thomas Massie's maverick nature but his Epstein files work was a killer for me. I can't think of a bigger waste of governmental power this congress. To pair up with Ro Khanna on this idiocy was idiotic.
This is a good piece. Although I would have to vehemently disagree that Massie deserves to lose. Although his fall from grace, so to speak, regarding the handling of the Epstein files he’s 1,000% better than the hand picked Israel buy, Ed Gallerin.
I hope Massie goes down tomorrow. His pathetic and uneducated cheerleading for the Epstein witch hunt chronicles are reason enough to end up in the dumpster fire of history. All he had to do was read Michael Tracey's work. He sold out to Pizzagate redux and the fake moral limelight of a Me Too grab. Adios.
Massie is closer to me ideologically than any other member of Congress, so this was painful to read. Unfortunately, Michael is correct. Massie has damaged his credibility to the point that I don't care if he wins.
Excellent article but there is a crucial element Tracy ignores. It's just downright lazy to think that the bulk of opposition to Massie can be blamed on zionism/Trump's personal vendetta. Massie has genuinely palled around with people who basically wants whites exterminated, like Ilhan Omar. Massie never met an open borders proposal he didn't like, and if you want to talk about the wealthy donor class, Massie loves to make sure that the country is flooded with people who can barely speak english, or afford housing or healthcare, thereby making it inordinately expensive in this country, all so that his rich donor buddies can have access to cheap labor and make poor and middle class tax payers pick up the bill for jorge's free housing/medical care. That matters a whole lot more to Kentuckians than pedophile conspiracies or what's going on in the middle east but Massie could care less because libertarianism or something.
And this isn't an isolated incident. Massie can't seem to stop hanging out with people who can't seem to stop saying how much they want white people to die. Couple that with his stance on the border and a man who was inclined to paranoia might read something into it. He literally said he wants to make sure that non whites (blacks and illegals in this case) have more guns to teach the racists a lesson or whatever. Because we're just too hard on the non whites constantly being violent and getting off scot free? This is where the rainbow comes from. It's not just a stupid larp, as tracy claims. The "dissidents" criticizing Trump for being 'compromised by the jews' or whatever really are just the continuation of the woke hysterical anti white racist left by other means. Scratch the veneer of an Owen Shroyer, a Nick Fuentes, or a Candace Owens and that's basically who they are. To the point of thinking that defending the interests of white people is (I shit you not) an Israeli psyop. Tracy makes some good points but I think he's too hard on Trump and fails to realize that many of these pedophile conspiracies or attacks on Trump or Israel from both the left and the right are just a further extension of hatred towards white people.
Jesus Christ, easy does it with the White People paranoia and conspiracy ramblings. Unfortunately (and it can't be otherwise) Epstein-gate attracts boat-loads of related evidence-free nonsense.
There is a lot of hatred against white people which has been normalized at this point. Calling it paranoia and conspiracy ramblings, and attempting to put it on par with the nonsense people like Massie trade in with regards to Esptein is just transparent gaslighting. If you have an actual argument, let me know.
What did I say that wasn't happening? By pointing out the reality of what is said and promoted about and against white people, I'm therefore a liar and secretly hate non whites myself? I'll throw it back at you. Is that all YOU'VE got?
I'm a white person and I disagree isn't an argument. Fact: nonwhites, principally but not exclusively blacks, are given slaps on the wrists for extremely violent racially motivated crimes (Iryna was not an outlier). Fact: the media often portrays historical events in a way designed to inflate/distort the behavior of whites in a negative way while downplaying, excusing or just completely omitting atrocious behavior from nonwhite groups. Fact: large swaths of academia were/are devoted to demonizing whites, saying they should apologize (often times for things that didn't happen or didn't happen they way they are portrayed) and consistently portray being white as some kind of disease. Fact: nonwhites are given preferential treatment in hiring, universities, who receives benefits and how much. Fact: about 6 percent of the population (young black males) commit over half the violent crime. Fact: non verified claims of racism are used to justify violent behavior. Fact: claims of police brutality of no verification are used to justify this. Fact: whites are declining demographically and this is celebrated. Your feelings about it are irrelevant.
I detest self-described libertarians like Massie because of their support for open borders. What's the old cliche about libertarians -- that they are lefties who don't like to pay high taxes? It is not simply political expediency that led Massie to team up with Kanna, AOC and 'the squad.' Rather, it is the classic example of the horseshoe effect -- both the extreme libertarian right and the extreme left don't believe in countries and borders. And Tracey is naive to believe that Massie's head-first dive 'into the swirling toilet bowl vortex of Epstein mania' represented a sudden change in character on Massie's part. No, Massie was always a sleazeball. Tracey completely dismisses the stories about Massie's romantic life following his wife's death, but Massie has not denied that he arranged for his mistress to get a job in the office of another member of Congress. And Massie's 2nd wife is 20 years his junior, so in that respect he is no better than Epstein. Talk about hypocrisy. People who live in glass Epstein houses should not throw stones. Finally, after that drunken rant by Rand Paul's son last week, Massie's 'principled stand' against Israel and AIPAC is arguably just a cover for plain old vanilla Jew hatred. That's why Massie was so eager to dive head-first into the Epstein toilet bowl -- because Epstein was a Jew. A twofer from Massie's standpoint.
Ad hominem and no argument. Kind of like Massie doesn't present evidence and just screams 'pedophile' and thinks he's won the argument. You and Massie were made for each other. I mean, look at it this way. You're both losers.
In your very first sentence, Mr Tracey, you say it's hard to imagine something more disqualifying for public office than accusing innocent parties of crimes without evidence.
Forgive me, but you lack perspective. Engaging in war, in genocide, in extermination of a people, is of considerably more heinous weight than accusing some innocent party of sex crimes.
That comparison is indicative of your lack of any balance.
I'm not accusing Mr Gallrein of genocide, but it's a fact that genocidaires are funding his campaign, and it is a fact that Massie stands for standing down from our Endless War.
You don't do balance or nuance -- you do puncture wounds.
It's easy for most literate people to see why the comment I responded to is incorrect. Maybe if you actually read the article and concentrate really hard, you'll understand too.
Forgive me, but aren't you Michael Meo, the notorious pederast fugitive that got caught sucking a little boy's penis inside a kindergarten classroom? You sure have some nerve saying the things you're saying, mister! Prove your innocence first! Stop hiding the police records and court documents and tell us the truth, pal. Hey, I am only asking questions here, we deserve to know the truth! I will have you know that I am an outstanding citizen myself that is vocally against Israel's conduct so that means I am obviously in the right, morally speaking!
If you did research, you would see that the same "Israel is genociding muh poor religion of peeeeeeace" propaganda narrative dates to 1982 when Israel invaded Lebanon during the civil war that was caused by the PLO, which was the Soviet Union's proxy.
It's the same shit every time. Soviet Union/Russian proxies attack Israel, Israel responds militarily, "waaaah, Israel's genociding us! Look at these photos of muh women and childwen!"
Do you think the outcome would be different with a different approach?
Perhaps tasking the FBI to infiltrate what is purported to be a vast sex club/honey pot, collect evidence, and identify actual crimes? Perhaps the FBI was already doing it in secret, until Massie got involved?
Oh wait, for most of its life, the FBI was led by a homosexual/transsexual who was known to be in the company of a child 'pornographer.' IF the apple is rotten at the core, what then? Of course, the files won't be useful, except as a distraction.
Now, I bring this up because you broadened the horizon. Do you trust any of your politicians, because I don't. What about the top employees in government service? Fauci for example?
This is the government expert who went on national TV and said 'you do not need masks, but first responders do.' (an approximate quote)
Now, consider an alternative approach for Dr. Fauci--same TV appearance... assuming masks would be effective in preventing Wuhan Flu from spreading.
Fauci says... "We have a bad situation that we are trying to remedy asap. We need masks for our first responders. Seeing as they are risking their lives, they MUST have priority for masks.
However, we are instituting a program right now. On the website xxx.xxx.gov
are precise instructions and videos for making a mask using materials as specified, and a home sewing machine. For every mask you make that meets the specifications as listed on the website, you will receive $1, when delivered to and accepted at the following drug stores. These masks will then be stamped and distributed to those needing masks. Get busy. You can help to save lives.
As we watch this on TV, Mrs. Trump has sewn a mask and gives it to 'Yam in Chief' who puts it on. etc etc.
Instead, FAUCI LIED! Do you understand the difference. With my approach, in days the US has masks for all. FYI, this is called innovation. Solving problems, not lying about them.
Now, wake the F-up. You insult everyone who does not agree with you. That tells me a lot about you. None of it good.
And as for 'proving my IQ,' you don't want to go there.
Ok, so I just upgraded to a paid subscriber. Isn't it funny that these two jerks pointed their forked tongues and completely innocuous individuals who did work for Epstein on cars, IT issues. Ro and Tommy knew there would not be any blow back from the great working class. Disgusting.
Thanks for upgrading. Just to clarify, the auto mechanic and IT manager did not even work for Epstein. They had nothing to do with him whatsoever! That’s what made the whole episode so unbelievably egregious.
So who is paying you to defend the Epstein class?
Candace Owens
More of your stupid-ass sarcasm. Like Donald Trump you think your are the smartest person in the world. You aren't.
He's right about Epstein, which is what matters.
Defending someone accused of providing sexual favors from teenage girls to rich and powerful men is more important than stopping the genocide of Palestinians or wrecking the world's economy with an unprovoked war of aggression against a sovereign nation? You have a strange set of prorities.
the key word here is accused.
you accuse everybody of everything, no proof
Look in the mirror. YOU accuse dozens of top-of-the-line journalists of just making things up. While all of them believe in the presumption of innocent, across they think there is plenty of evidence for indictments.
1. There is no genocide of "Palestinians." You're an idiot.
2. There is literally no credible evidence Epstein ever trafficked girls to any rich and powerful men. Epstein got sexual favors from teenage girls, but everything else is based on the fictional claims of a discredited liar named Virginia Giuffre.
And water isn't wet. You just outed yourself as a racist Zionist thug.
Israel is doing to Palestinians exactly what Hitler did to Jews.
90% of the Palestinians in Gaza now live in tents on land that has been ravaged by the equivalent of 6-13 Hiroshima sized bombs.
And here's how they treat compassionate heroes who, while traveling in international waters, were trying to bring food and medicine to the starving and oppressed people of Gaza:
https://substack.com/@lizlohtaylor/note/c-262095127?r=56teg
Man, people don't have a sense of humor, judging by the comments.
I find Michael Tracey's humor to be sarcastic, nasty, and vulgar. Having a massive ego, he certainly isn't capable of laughing about his own arrogance. His jokes are as offensive as racist jokes. He thought it was funny when he gobbled down pizza and grape soda, both well-known code words for getting sexual favors from modern-day Lolitas. There was nothing funny about it.
Oh look, a Pizzagate nubjob moron.
Wow, I thought it was spelled miriam Adelson. The C must be silent like Lutnik’s donations.
LOL! Masterful.
That is a foolish comment.
I don't agree with Michael on the subject of this article, but nothing here can be construed as a defense of "the Epstein class."
Massie did, in fact, smear innocent men as pedophiles. Pointing this out does not mean that any members of "the Epstein class" are being defended.
How many innocent well-meaning journalists has MT smeared? I am an old-fashioned non-woke leftist who considered Massie (a damn Republican!) to be the finest human being in Congress. It absolutely breaks my heart to see $32 million spent - primarily by billionaire Zionists - to unseat him yesterday. If you want to accuse him of false accusations you should be specific and elaborate on them one by one. (Remember, it is very difficult to prove liability against well known public figure.) I do think it is actionable, however, to accuse Zionists and Trump of repeatedly smearing Massie by calling him a traitor. The penalty for being a traitor is death.
Michael Tracey did list Massie's faults in the article, and I don't know of any "innocent well-meaning journalists" who have been smeared by him.
I pretty much agree with you on Massie. I thought he was the best Congress Critter we had (though he is a bit squishy on immigration issues). Massie did get a bit over-excited on the Epstein thing, and tossing Michael out of a press conference with "survivors" was a huge mistake. He should have allowed Michael to stay, and addressed his concerns. We can never get at the truth without asking the right questions. Massie was also wrong to falsely link innocent men with Epstein.
Michael Tracy is a serial liar and yes he smears a lot of people.
I agree - Michael wasn't making the information up and it wasn't a smear. What I am confused by is why Massie, who I've always considered a stand-up guy, would do something like that? There might be a story there...Oh, and the finest congressman I've found so far is Tim Burchett.
Michael smears every journalist who disagrees with him. I ask again, exactly who are these journalists who are making false accusations. Name one.
I'm glad we essentially agree about the goodness and integrity of Massie.
Telling the truth is not "smearing" you obnoxious, retarded dipshit.
These "journalists" he is attacking are liars.
Examples: Whitney Webb. Tara Palmeri.
Who paid you to make that stupid comment
Funny people are coming in droves to smear Massie who has been the only Republican demanding accountability and transparency with the Epstein files, and now that it is primary elections today in Kentucky, we have not only "I cannot hear" Michael Tanner trashing Massie, we have faceless pfp one and two trying to save the Epstein class from exposure.
Know what is done in the dark will come to light no matter how much money is thrown to bury the truth.
What "smear" is contained in this article?
Only Zionists and the Epstein supporters. Normal folks appreciate Massie.
Massie is an abuser of the speech and debate clause and defamed innocent people.
Did you even read the article?
Who paid you to ask who’s paying people?
"Who's on first?"
Bwahahahaha!
Maybe you should think in a logical and rational manner.
Bwahahahahaha!
This is not about 'the Epstein Class'. This is about YOUR fundamental rights.
The US Constitution was not created to protect witch hunts.
You can spin it up, down, left, right, but the truth is We the People are done with the Epstein class and their apologists trampling our Civil Liberties, stealing our land and water for their data centers, and stealing our children and drinking their blood.
Since when is the Constitution about 'spin'? It is there for exactly NOW. When our minds are so feeble we will write 'stealing our children and drinking their blood' based on what we 'believe' to be fact. This is a WITCH HUNT! Not spin, and you are part of it.
If you want to read more about 'their blood,' read D.C. the Dark City. It even smells like Epstein.
I'd like to think you're making a satirical joke, but I'm afraid you're not.
Like Comey?
If you’re paying to be here, I guess you are.
This is where I get off the Michael Tracey train. At this point, I do not even know what values the man stands for any more, if he ever did. He is merely content to pretend the "Epstein Mania" is all a massive nothing-burger. Clearly, Ghislaine would love for Mr. Tracey to represent her in court, because she is serving time for crimes never committed apparently. To pretend there is nothing behind the Epstein blackmail operation(s) is proof that someone who I once considered to be a critical thinker, has now had his brain poisoned by far too much NJ pollution.
If you're going to "get off the MT train" because of this one article, maybe you could've identified a single specific thing in it that you dispute? But you didn't.
Some of us were never on the “MT train” or even know what the hell that is. We are here because the Epstein class keeps pushing this bullshit into our feed. All the while the Epstein class continues to deny that the Epstein class has full control of most algorithms…..and media outlets, and financial institutions…and US politicians. 🤡
It's obviously not just this one article. It's a whole pattern of arrogantly and sarcastically trashing everyone who disagrees with you. You need to takea break and cool down. You don't take criticism very well.
I have not unfollowed his twitter account, because I've followed it for a very long time and realize this phase may pass, especially now that the group that clearly wants to control the US govt won last night, and his journalistic integrity will possibly focus on other topics for a change. But, I have seen that arrogance far too often over the past year or so and agree with your take on this.
The same people that spent $32 million to take down Massie are supporters of Epstein. In fact, he was one of them.
Well, there is this: "At this point, I do not even know what values the man stands for any more, if he ever did." Where do you stand, on any specific political views? As a journalist today, perhaps making this clarification would help the audience, although, it's no obligatory. But, I was not here for all these years because I play team politics. I have, mostly, enjoyed your style of journalistic reporting, even though we may differ on many topics, politically. And that is what makes this once great nation great when that was possible. I try to hear more than one view or opinion on any matter, which allows me to make my own assessment and judgement. So, if you wish to clarify, that would be great.
As far as what I can dispute; I clearly stated Maxwell is apparently in jail for no reason. Is that the case? Has she be wrongfully imprisoned? What is the case for her appeal, that you can make on her behalf?
How I feel all of your writing on this particular subject relies solely or mostly on "those alleged victims were not trafficked, but just prostitutes who wanted more payments from the lawsuits and were not even under age at the time of these alleged crimes". Unless I'm off base, but that's what your message seems to be. Fine. Prostitutes are not good witnesses for the prosecution and there is no child sex trafficking ring and there is no pedophile network. Yet the work by many other curious investigators have outlined, in far greater detail, how the Esptein network was a massive blackmail operation. Where is your journalistic curiosity on that matter? I have yet to see any posts even barely mentioning it. Does that just not exist, or has your entire purpose of this particular case rely on those 'lying witnesses' here?
Maxwell was convicted on extremely weak evidence, and her prosecution was politically motivated.
The prosecution called only 4 witnesses during the trial, and did not call Virginia Giuffre because she has no credibility.
Of the 4 witnesses, 2 of them were ruled by the judge to have experienced no illegal sexual activity.
Of the other 2, one of them was a schizophrenic drug user who said that Virginia Giuffre was the person who trafficked her to Epstein (and told her to lie about her age to say she was older), and the other is a woman who said she had an orgy with Epstein and Maxwell, but the other women allegedly involved in the orgy said that never happened.
Strange that she has not successfully won an appeal of her conviction, isn't it?
Oh, I forgot to mention, a juror lied by saying they hadn't been a victim of sexual abuse and got onto the jury because of this lie, then admitted after the trial that they got up and made a speech about how since they themselves were a victim of sexual abuse, they know that these "victims" are telling the truth. This is a legal violation and is grounds for a mistrial, but again, political motivation.
Yes, it's called "political motivation."
💯🎯 with this article, I too am off the Tracy bandwagon
Is he a Chosen one ?
EVERY PHUKIN WORD!
It is a nothingburger and you've learned nothing. There is no "blackmail" it's based on a single fleeting claim in a court filing a decade ago that was stricken from the record by the judge. And her multi-millionaire lawyer denies any blackmail ring he could otherwise rabidly go after.
STFU Botbitch
You know nothing. Cope!
🤣🤣😂 Ad hominem drivel all you got?
Get help.
I agree. I was especially hopeful back when he was virtually alone among “left-leaning” journalists in covering the amount of damage and suffering caused once purposive George Floyd/BLM marching morphed into indiscriminate “ANTIFA” rioting. Early on I was even sympathetic on this issue, when he was calling attention to the weaknesses and inconsistencies of certain individuals’ testimonies and the exaggerated claims of various attorneys, advocates, and politicians. I saw him as someone like Glenn Greenwald—willing to fight an upstream battle for truth when the truth was unpopular with certain very powerful people—but once those millions of (heavily redacted) files (still less than half!) came out, it was time to say, well, maybe some of these witnesses weren’t very credible and a lot of people made claims that went way beyond the (then) know evidence; but I was obviously wrong about there not being some very degenerate, very illegal sh*t on a very large scale going down involving a shockingly large number of very rich very influential people, institutions, and agencies—both foreign and domestic—and the misdeeds exposed, however incompletely, range from multiple unambiguous cases of sexual exploitation to political blackmail and treason. That’s what a reasonable man with integrity and humility would do; but I see MT doubling down and going off the rails in such a way that, like you, I must now jump off this train before it goes completely over the cliff.
You would have to pay me half your 7k shekels to read this GARBAGE
So what are you doing here?
Surprise, there are still citizens who choose to expand their objective compass instead of being enveloped in groupthink and echo chambers by “name your price,” shills. Read the room.
How’s the weather is Islamabad, Mohammed?
So if you left a comment then you did it for free ?
A skillful exposition of the fact that no one is fit to rule. I very much appreciate that you’re too honest (and cantankerous) to advocate for the least-bad tyrant.
Completely agree! The fact he clearly doesn’t believe in actual innocent until proven guilty means he should be no where near government.
I stopped reading at half way.
Any and all American political figures who serve Israel, who place Israel above the United States, are by definition guilty of treason. They all should be dealt with accordingly.asap, and in a less thoroughly compromised government, they would be. And here you are joining in the effort to oust Massie. Adios.
If you would have read carefully, you would have known that Tracey was not "joining in the effort" to oust Massie.
Because of the donor class… Massie should win. I hope he does..
I liked Thomas Massie's maverick nature but his Epstein files work was a killer for me. I can't think of a bigger waste of governmental power this congress. To pair up with Ro Khanna on this idiocy was idiotic.
So you're saying you're a pedo, got it
This is a good piece. Although I would have to vehemently disagree that Massie deserves to lose. Although his fall from grace, so to speak, regarding the handling of the Epstein files he’s 1,000% better than the hand picked Israel buy, Ed Gallerin.
Don't even give him the respect of the name, I call him magastooge69
I hope Massie goes down tomorrow. His pathetic and uneducated cheerleading for the Epstein witch hunt chronicles are reason enough to end up in the dumpster fire of history. All he had to do was read Michael Tracey's work. He sold out to Pizzagate redux and the fake moral limelight of a Me Too grab. Adios.
I agree. His behavior on the Epstein matter has been revolting. He's a man of no integrity.
Massie is closer to me ideologically than any other member of Congress, so this was painful to read. Unfortunately, Michael is correct. Massie has damaged his credibility to the point that I don't care if he wins.
Excellent article but there is a crucial element Tracy ignores. It's just downright lazy to think that the bulk of opposition to Massie can be blamed on zionism/Trump's personal vendetta. Massie has genuinely palled around with people who basically wants whites exterminated, like Ilhan Omar. Massie never met an open borders proposal he didn't like, and if you want to talk about the wealthy donor class, Massie loves to make sure that the country is flooded with people who can barely speak english, or afford housing or healthcare, thereby making it inordinately expensive in this country, all so that his rich donor buddies can have access to cheap labor and make poor and middle class tax payers pick up the bill for jorge's free housing/medical care. That matters a whole lot more to Kentuckians than pedophile conspiracies or what's going on in the middle east but Massie could care less because libertarianism or something.
And this isn't an isolated incident. Massie can't seem to stop hanging out with people who can't seem to stop saying how much they want white people to die. Couple that with his stance on the border and a man who was inclined to paranoia might read something into it. He literally said he wants to make sure that non whites (blacks and illegals in this case) have more guns to teach the racists a lesson or whatever. Because we're just too hard on the non whites constantly being violent and getting off scot free? This is where the rainbow comes from. It's not just a stupid larp, as tracy claims. The "dissidents" criticizing Trump for being 'compromised by the jews' or whatever really are just the continuation of the woke hysterical anti white racist left by other means. Scratch the veneer of an Owen Shroyer, a Nick Fuentes, or a Candace Owens and that's basically who they are. To the point of thinking that defending the interests of white people is (I shit you not) an Israeli psyop. Tracy makes some good points but I think he's too hard on Trump and fails to realize that many of these pedophile conspiracies or attacks on Trump or Israel from both the left and the right are just a further extension of hatred towards white people.
Jesus Christ, easy does it with the White People paranoia and conspiracy ramblings. Unfortunately (and it can't be otherwise) Epstein-gate attracts boat-loads of related evidence-free nonsense.
There is a lot of hatred against white people which has been normalized at this point. Calling it paranoia and conspiracy ramblings, and attempting to put it on par with the nonsense people like Massie trade in with regards to Esptein is just transparent gaslighting. If you have an actual argument, let me know.
😂🤣😂 Projection all you got? 🤦
What did I say that wasn't happening? By pointing out the reality of what is said and promoted about and against white people, I'm therefore a liar and secretly hate non whites myself? I'll throw it back at you. Is that all YOU'VE got?
I'm a white person and I don't see that at all. You're just indulging in reactionary group-think
I'm a white person and I disagree isn't an argument. Fact: nonwhites, principally but not exclusively blacks, are given slaps on the wrists for extremely violent racially motivated crimes (Iryna was not an outlier). Fact: the media often portrays historical events in a way designed to inflate/distort the behavior of whites in a negative way while downplaying, excusing or just completely omitting atrocious behavior from nonwhite groups. Fact: large swaths of academia were/are devoted to demonizing whites, saying they should apologize (often times for things that didn't happen or didn't happen they way they are portrayed) and consistently portray being white as some kind of disease. Fact: nonwhites are given preferential treatment in hiring, universities, who receives benefits and how much. Fact: about 6 percent of the population (young black males) commit over half the violent crime. Fact: non verified claims of racism are used to justify violent behavior. Fact: claims of police brutality of no verification are used to justify this. Fact: whites are declining demographically and this is celebrated. Your feelings about it are irrelevant.
I detest self-described libertarians like Massie because of their support for open borders. What's the old cliche about libertarians -- that they are lefties who don't like to pay high taxes? It is not simply political expediency that led Massie to team up with Kanna, AOC and 'the squad.' Rather, it is the classic example of the horseshoe effect -- both the extreme libertarian right and the extreme left don't believe in countries and borders. And Tracey is naive to believe that Massie's head-first dive 'into the swirling toilet bowl vortex of Epstein mania' represented a sudden change in character on Massie's part. No, Massie was always a sleazeball. Tracey completely dismisses the stories about Massie's romantic life following his wife's death, but Massie has not denied that he arranged for his mistress to get a job in the office of another member of Congress. And Massie's 2nd wife is 20 years his junior, so in that respect he is no better than Epstein. Talk about hypocrisy. People who live in glass Epstein houses should not throw stones. Finally, after that drunken rant by Rand Paul's son last week, Massie's 'principled stand' against Israel and AIPAC is arguably just a cover for plain old vanilla Jew hatred. That's why Massie was so eager to dive head-first into the Epstein toilet bowl -- because Epstein was a Jew. A twofer from Massie's standpoint.
Absolutely nailed it and said it better than I did in my post. And given my amazing talents, that's really saying something.
Botbitch saze wut?
Loser.
Impressive display of public stupidity. 🤣😂🤣
Ad hominem and no argument. Kind of like Massie doesn't present evidence and just screams 'pedophile' and thinks he's won the argument. You and Massie were made for each other. I mean, look at it this way. You're both losers.
Projection all you got?
Eat shit, and take Bibi's cock outta your mouth.
In your very first sentence, Mr Tracey, you say it's hard to imagine something more disqualifying for public office than accusing innocent parties of crimes without evidence.
Forgive me, but you lack perspective. Engaging in war, in genocide, in extermination of a people, is of considerably more heinous weight than accusing some innocent party of sex crimes.
That comparison is indicative of your lack of any balance.
I'm not accusing Mr Gallrein of genocide, but it's a fact that genocidaires are funding his campaign, and it is a fact that Massie stands for standing down from our Endless War.
You don't do balance or nuance -- you do puncture wounds.
Tracey explicitly explains that just because he's soured on Massie doesn't mean Massie's opponents are any better.
Reads like a donor-class- sponsored hit piece. Has given me clarity on the author. Bummer.
Only because you lack reading comprehension. You sound like a plant.
OMFG NOTHING but projection.
Loser
It's easy for most literate people to see why the comment I responded to is incorrect. Maybe if you actually read the article and concentrate really hard, you'll understand too.
Literacy has nothing to do with it. The Post you responded to is an accurate statement.
Go away Boy, you bother me.
You must be a vegetable.
Forgive me, but aren't you Michael Meo, the notorious pederast fugitive that got caught sucking a little boy's penis inside a kindergarten classroom? You sure have some nerve saying the things you're saying, mister! Prove your innocence first! Stop hiding the police records and court documents and tell us the truth, pal. Hey, I am only asking questions here, we deserve to know the truth! I will have you know that I am an outstanding citizen myself that is vocally against Israel's conduct so that means I am obviously in the right, morally speaking!
I am delighted to see, Sam, that we share an opposition to the war crimes of the Zionist state of Israel.
When did this "genocide" begin? 1982? Why has the population of the poor religion of peeeeeace over there only increased since then?
What? Israel has killed almost 700,000 Palestinians since the False Flag of 7/10
You didn't answer my question, idiot.
If you did research, you would see that the same "Israel is genociding muh poor religion of peeeeeeace" propaganda narrative dates to 1982 when Israel invaded Lebanon during the civil war that was caused by the PLO, which was the Soviet Union's proxy.
It's the same shit every time. Soviet Union/Russian proxies attack Israel, Israel responds militarily, "waaaah, Israel's genociding us! Look at these photos of muh women and childwen!"
Meanwhile, it's called urban warfare.
Um...no.
Shut off the light on your way out.
Um, yes. Literally everything I have said can be substantiated, unlike your idiocy.
You simply have no clue what you're talking about.
Then do it or STFU.
Do you think the outcome would be different with a different approach?
Perhaps tasking the FBI to infiltrate what is purported to be a vast sex club/honey pot, collect evidence, and identify actual crimes? Perhaps the FBI was already doing it in secret, until Massie got involved?
Oh wait, for most of its life, the FBI was led by a homosexual/transsexual who was known to be in the company of a child 'pornographer.' IF the apple is rotten at the core, what then? Of course, the files won't be useful, except as a distraction.
Now, I bring this up because you broadened the horizon. Do you trust any of your politicians, because I don't. What about the top employees in government service? Fauci for example?
If you read much of Michael Tracey you'd realize he doesn't trust anybody.
Fauci was an exemplary public servant his entire fucking life!
You prove an IQ test, NOT ID should be required to vote.
None of the Trump, Putin, BiBi narrative about him have a gram of credibility. NONE.
As you said, a distraction. Remember, at the time, the Yam in Chief was fucking up everything COVID. They needed a different narrative.
JFC Dem voters are gullible, but tRump supporters are the proverbial "dumber than a bag of hammers ."
Where to begin?
Let's discuss your 'exemplary public servant.'
This is the government expert who went on national TV and said 'you do not need masks, but first responders do.' (an approximate quote)
Now, consider an alternative approach for Dr. Fauci--same TV appearance... assuming masks would be effective in preventing Wuhan Flu from spreading.
Fauci says... "We have a bad situation that we are trying to remedy asap. We need masks for our first responders. Seeing as they are risking their lives, they MUST have priority for masks.
However, we are instituting a program right now. On the website xxx.xxx.gov
are precise instructions and videos for making a mask using materials as specified, and a home sewing machine. For every mask you make that meets the specifications as listed on the website, you will receive $1, when delivered to and accepted at the following drug stores. These masks will then be stamped and distributed to those needing masks. Get busy. You can help to save lives.
As we watch this on TV, Mrs. Trump has sewn a mask and gives it to 'Yam in Chief' who puts it on. etc etc.
Instead, FAUCI LIED! Do you understand the difference. With my approach, in days the US has masks for all. FYI, this is called innovation. Solving problems, not lying about them.
Now, wake the F-up. You insult everyone who does not agree with you. That tells me a lot about you. None of it good.
And as for 'proving my IQ,' you don't want to go there.
We didn't have masks because Trumper declined them from who.
Good-bye I refuse to engage lying POS idiots.
He did nothing of the sort. No matter, He was under tRump.
There was a severe shortage of masks because Trump decided free ones. He wanted to sell us his.
They will finally prove to the tRump cultists the he's raped and beaten children. Witch any biped with 2 functioning brain cells already knows.
fuck Thomas Massie. I lost all respect for him when he got on the Epstein nonsense and refused to apologize.
Ok, so I just upgraded to a paid subscriber. Isn't it funny that these two jerks pointed their forked tongues and completely innocuous individuals who did work for Epstein on cars, IT issues. Ro and Tommy knew there would not be any blow back from the great working class. Disgusting.
Thanks for upgrading. Just to clarify, the auto mechanic and IT manager did not even work for Epstein. They had nothing to do with him whatsoever! That’s what made the whole episode so unbelievably egregious.
I think Clay Higgins, the lone nay vote in congress, may have been right - these files should not have been released.
Gfy
Until it’s you in the wrong place at the wrong time getting smeared.