Spaceman Spiff
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Some of the takes have included conspiracy theories* (Benny Johnson) to "maybe he was working for the CIA" (Tim Pool). Probably grossest of all is Michael Tracey, who seems to think nothing happened and is living proof of that being a contrarian asshole should have its limits. Here's an article about him, and a Incandenza did a thread ripping on himThe cult isn't doing well at all when after all this prep time the best defense they have is "well they weren't kids kids!"
Nothing but love for the Throat GOAT
For a minute, I got her mixed up with Julie K. Smith and I was so confused!
Oh wait, we keep forgetting:Appears to be a multi part "strategy" to keep covering up for Epstein, Trump, and child rape/trafficking. They tried the outright lie of "no files!" and that failed. He and the Feds tried preventing the discharge petition for months and that ultimately failed. Yes, I think it's safe to assume the next step is hoping enough senators stay soft enough to protect him and these crimes of the century. If it does eventually pass the Senate, after more wriggling and delays and lies and media assistance, Trump and his party will then gauge the vote tallies to see if he should veto. If the votes are close, he'll veto. If not, he might sign it with the knowledge that the files will have been scrubbed clean by then, maybe autopenning Biden's or Clinton's names into it, an effort ongoing since the spring of this year.
You know, it will be funny if the great American Fascism plan ultimate fails because they rested the entire thing on the shoulders of a guy we all knew was eventually going to be outed as a homosexual.
Good thing there's the Epstein fanatics online who'll pore through that shit though and share on Twitter/BlueSky/Facebook.Thirty days to release the files is perfect for dropping it right as the collective media starts taking 2-3 weeks off. Same with the October jobs report not being released until "mid-December." All the bad news can just vanish into the ether of people being occupied by the holidays.
Just asking questions (about the age of consent)
The Epstein files—the government’s data and physical evidence related to the Epstein investigation—have everyone all fired up, including Epstein’s brother, Mark. On Tuesday, right before the House and Senate passed a bill to compel the Department of Justice to release the cache, Mark Epstein claimed in an interview with NewsNation that the head of the FBI, Kash Patel, was leading a “coverup” of the Epstein files. He added that a “pretty good source” told him the files were being scrubbed of any “Republican names” in “Winchester”—the Virginia city where the FBI’s main records-processing facility is located.
There’s no evidence to back up any of Mark Epstein’s allegations. But his remarks were shared in a Reddit post that day that led a handful of commenters to suggest if the files are being sanitized then perhaps people should protest outside of the bureau’s Winchester building, known as the Central Records Complex, where the Epstein files were processed earlier this year and are stored. Another commenter asked “at what point do we go from protesting to the next logical progression?” Elsewhere on social media, some people suggested that they should go and get the Epstein files themselves.
According to two people familiar with the FBI’s operations who requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak with the media, the bureau interpreted the comments as potentially threatening and took action. The FBI sent its uniformed police officers to the Central Records Complex to guard the facility. The officers, who normally patrol the FBI’s headquarters in Washington, were also assigned to protect top officials and staff at the Virginia facility, the people familiar said.
For years, the polarizing political climate has led to serious threats against the FBI as well as federal judges and, as my colleagues and I recently reported, personnel at the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The comments on Reddit don’t rise to that level but the FBI clearly isn’t taking chances.
An FBI spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.