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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

serious q: is anyone getting tired of reading about Epstein yet? I really thought the whole thing would have burned itself out by now, but as I said in my post, Donny just keeps making things worse, so I keep on writing about it

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BayPoodle's avatar

Not me! Fills me with glee every fucking time! If that’s what makes them implode, I’m here for it!

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Karen Livolsi's avatar

I mean like for REAL! Every little insight is a ray of sunshine! See! See! I knew it wasn’t me that lost their 💩!

They thought Prince Andrew taking one for the team should calm the masses. BUT NOOO! Gabby McGuiltypants can’t STFU about it, so now he’s blaming his OWN supporters?!

Every stinking little conspiracy theory from Obama’s birth certificate to Coke agreed to use whatever in Coke, lie, distraction, overreach, corruption, scam, grift, text has come home to roost. We’re being governed on conspiracy theories and pig slop by the stupidest people willing to shill for this old crank. I hope Bruce Springsteen can one day write a song about the co-conspirators named in this explosion of unimaginable corruption in trafficking teenage girls.

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cablecargal's avatar

Perfect answer! That's what I meant...glee is the perfect word I'm feeling.

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Dani's avatar

I couldn’t agree more. Plus the memes are pure gold!!! They’re even more fun than Bernie’s mittens!

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Katharine Peck's avatar

Weeeellll... are they really??? (Insert laughing face here.) But still, I did love the Bernie mitten memes.

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Hollie Rood's avatar

⤴️⤴️⤴️⤴️⤴️ THIS

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P123Sunny's avatar

Trump is directing his DoJ to investigate people involved in the Mueller probe from 8 years ago but wants us to move on from Epstein.

- @muellershewrote.com

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Joanne Beck's avatar

Bay Poodle! I'm with you!!

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Diane Findley's avatar

Not tired yet and won't be tired of it until dumpty is gone. If this is what it takes to get rid of his sorry ass, I will read about it until he's safely locked away in Alligator Auschwitz.

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Phil Burns's avatar

Or alligator feed.

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Carlye Hooten's avatar

This is def my preference. Although it might poison the alligators.... 😱

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Phil Burns's avatar

Also PETA might get pissed.

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Ellis Weiner's avatar

Depends on which PETA. Ask how the People for the Eating of Trump by Alligators feel about it.

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Cheryl Steiger's avatar

Omg! That’s hilarious!

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Phil Burns's avatar

😂😂😂😂😂

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Jan Moon's avatar

I'll read about it, talk about it, write about it, bumper sticker my car about it, stop people on the street about it, whatever it takes.

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Emma Ray's avatar

Good job, Jan!

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Linda McCaughey's avatar

Wonder if he's allowed to call out for McDonald's delivery there....

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Permian Extinction's avatar

Never get tired of Epstein until it's All Out.

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Laurie's avatar

I'm just afraid it will be like everything else and will fade away. It isn't like it wasn't clear that he was what he was. Or even worse, they will doctor the files to implicate Dems and leave him untouched.

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Elizabeth Schulz's avatar

I just scanned down a LIST OF NAMES that were already out and about from the trial (I believe from a request - freedom of information from the hearing/trial?). SO MANY NAMES - but of course many with no designations, many were employees, some were attorneys, others 'co-conspirators', some were just mentioned as passengers on his planes or guests, some were the accusers (Virginia Giuffre with her maiden name - she's since died) and every one of her physicians and psychiatrists, so nothing can be 'for certain' known about the long list of names. ONE, however jumped out at me in particular. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.!!!!! is on that fucking list. NOW I feel I have an inkling as to WHY he was given his 'position' despite being entirely UNqualified!

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Linda McCaughey's avatar

If they do the doctoring like he did with his sharpie and the hurricane path, I think it will be glaringly obvious!

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Teresa G's avatar

Right

TACO is flaming the fire. Let’s see him go down in fire

If he would have let blondi answer the question and kept his mouth shut. It would be all over

He protests too much. He can’t keep his mouth shut.

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Rick Calegari's avatar

The more he protests and bitches, the more he oozes of his obvious guilt. Now that the criminal syndicate known as the DOJ has fired Comey for doing her job, the writing is really on the wall. At least a few of the hard-core MAGAs are finally starting to see through the perverted felon's bullshit. You know there is hope when someone like Rep. Massie wants the truth.

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T L Mills's avatar

That panicky urgent call to Ass Abbott to re-gerrymander Texas to (he hopes) gain "5" more R seats in the House...and to urge a few "other states" (wink-wink) to re-district as well...just shows exactly how worried TACO Two Dolls is about the mid-terms.

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Ellen McKenzie's avatar

I can’t wait til Maureen writes her “tell all” book.

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Rick Calegari's avatar

That would be a bestseller for sure.

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TigerLily's avatar

Bet it will be juicy...and lethal

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Phil Burns's avatar

What's the old saying about protesting to much?

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Michael M's avatar

Goes like this: "Russia, Russia, Russia!"

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Richard Von Busack's avatar

It's in Hamlet. Queen Gertrude is watching that fustian tragedy Hamlet has had staged with the seedy travelling actors (played by Charlton Heston and Rosemary Harris in the Branagh version). There's an old man and an old woman talking over remarriage if one of them dies--a bit to needle Gertrude, who married so quickly after her last husband died that her son bitterly jokes that the funeral buffet was cold cuts at the wedding. ("Thrift, Horatio.") Watching the play, Gertrude says, "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." Because her royal ass is guilty, guilty, guilty. TMI!

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T L Mills's avatar

I'm super surprised that he hasn't thrown the blondi Nazi under the bus yet.

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kdsherpa's avatar

She's scared he'll have her killed if she spills the beans. He's scared she'll tell and he'll go to jail. Stalemate.

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Mary Greenwald's avatar

Bondi should channel John Mitchell. Being Nixon's Attorney General did not keep him out of prison.

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Sharon Hudnall's avatar

We're just now getting to the best part, Trump calling MAGA doubters "weaklings" and "dumb." Their hot-to-trot influencers look like idiotic dupes. And the firing of Maureen Comey, Epstein prosecutor, is another gallon of gasoline on the MAGA house fire. Stick with the plot, Jeff, and help us make common sense out of this multi-dumpster inferno.

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Stranger Than Friction's avatar

I'm sort of hoping that firing Ms. Comey and preventing bondi from appointing a special prosecutor will help move this scandal along. Is anyone else reminded of Nixon firing special prosecutor Archibald Cox and the ensuing "Saturday Night Massacre" of resignations that followed, and how that snowballed into the Watergate scandals and hearings? Maybe history doesn't repeat, but it rhymes.

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Mary Greenwald's avatar

Rep. Boebert wants a Special Counsel: Matt Gaetz!

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Lisa's avatar

Oh god, I saw her cringy interview. She's our rep and I couldn't hate her more. She's literally dumber than a box of rocks, no lie. The local paper publishes her voting record and it's obvious she's not in this for the good of her constituents. It's all show for dough.

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TigerLily's avatar

I to am in Colorado. You know Bobert dropped out of high school....in Flori-duh.

gotta be pretty damned dumb to flunk out of a Flori-duh HS

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insert_something_creative's avatar

I guess it takes a sexual predator to investigate a sexual predator?

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TigerLily's avatar

Good God that woman is as stupid as she is fugly

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Marla's avatar

OK, so here’s the thing.

With Maureen Comey no longer working a DOJ, she’s under no constraints. She can talk her head off about the prosecutions and spill whatever knowledge she has about Epstein, his alleged list and any available dirt on Ghislaine Maxwell. Of which I’m sure there’s plenty.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

"Idiotic dupes" well, if the shoe fits...

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cablecargal's avatar

Nope, not tired yet at all. For once, it gives me the smallest little hope that he might be found out for the pedophile that he is.

Bring it on!

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MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

Nope, not me. Shoot it into my veins. Truth me harder, Daddy!

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SethTriggs's avatar

I'm not tired of it. But I also know that with these death cultists facts and propriety do not matter. Even *without* the close friendship with the late scumbag, he is a 34-count felon sex predator who crimes like he breathes. The man was famous for stealing from children with cancer (to the point he's banned from running a charity in New York). Americans took a look at that, and saw that he hated the same minorities they do.

There could be video of him committing crimes with Epstein and there'll always be an excuse.

Remember the maxim: Democrats must be perfect: Republicans only need excuses.

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Norma's avatar

No. It’s glorious to watch rump squirm!

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Tama2U's avatar

I think moving on is the exact opposite thing to do. We’re all disgusted and grossed out by this pedophile’s pedofile but the mf Felon gets away with his crimes by us being weary. No! And anyone with children, especially girls should be (and are) demanding justice.

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Linda Fairchild's avatar

Actually, we're sick of hearing about Trump...I am looking forward to the word going back to those card games. So much winning.

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Gina's avatar

trump has ruined the word - didja know there are "trump cards" in tarot. even the instrument name trumpet is currently contaminated ...and just the general use of the term - also I wish it didn't sound so much like "triumph"

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

Just remember in British slang a "trump" is flatulence.

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Lynn Van Haren's avatar

Grandpa will just keep shouting “hoax, hoax, hoax!” until the MAGA fools believe him. It was well known in NYC circles in the 80’s-2000’s that Epstein held parties with very young girls & Grandpa attended them. This is all ridiculous! Of course, tRump’s in the files!

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Heather Patrick's avatar

I’ll never get tired of it…I’m enjoying him squirming & panicking more & more the longer this goes on.

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Richard Von Busack's avatar

It's more fun when he struggles.

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Francis Elers's avatar

Never stop Jeff. It’s slightly insane that this is the thing that may finally destroy this insane nightmare of a human being, but at this point, I’ll take whatever works.

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Doug Wright's avatar

Any hint of finding a trump kryptonite is worth doubling down on.

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Abigail Norling's avatar

His name all over those files, we all know that. I just hope that Maurene Comey sings like a bird now!

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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

GRAVEL PIT, NOT GAVEL PIT! ARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGH.

it's fixed.

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Neal Stiffelman's avatar

Kinda works though, with the Supremes.

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Bob Bowden's avatar

The (R) majority calls for an “R” to be added to their acronym: SCROTUS

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Robin Eaton's avatar

And MTG

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DuduLovesBubu's avatar

True that. The Supremes are leading us into the gavel pit from hell.

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Terry's avatar

What you're not getting here Tiedrich, is that when you make mistakes like that, you show us you are just like us, fallible.

One, of many reasons we keep coming back.

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DJ Headthrob's avatar

Nevertheless, he STILL controls the Supremes and THEIR Immunity . . . grovels.

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Mary Hall's avatar

"Typos get the reader involved." -- Andy Fkin' Warhol.

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P123Sunny's avatar

b o o m

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Hollie Rood's avatar

You’re (allowed) human ❣️

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Neal Stiffelman's avatar

Every time they show that Oval Office with the fake gold it’s like a scene from a Naked Gun movie, where the superabundance keeps magnifying and everyone ignores it. Good lord, but how much longer is this shit gonna endure?

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DJ Headthrob's avatar

At least 3.5 years. Or until that real can sugar does its job.

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David Lehnherr's avatar

Billions around the world are now deeply disappointed in cholesterol and have lost faith in the warnings of health consequences to drinking soda.

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Dave Drell's avatar

Who still drinks that crap? At a certain age you just have to give it up!

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DJ Headthrob's avatar

Bad teeth, obesity and diabetes. Too more achievements of this wonderful administration. Not to mention another serial cheater, Pete Rose, in the Hall of Fame. The hits keep comin!'

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Phil Burns's avatar

He only drinks diet coke. And I wonder if he's eating turkey big macs or regular big macs.

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DJ Headthrob's avatar

The guy looks at anything green or healthy like an enema.

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Phil Burns's avatar

Yeah, I forgot about the chocolate praise his first terror er term.

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SethTriggs's avatar

He also thinks exercise depletes the body.

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Phil Burns's avatar

That's why his fatass needs a golf cart.

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Mingo's avatar

The Oval Office decor is now early American bordello. It's so gaudy and tacky. He besmirches everything within his eyesight or grasp. Here's to the Epstein "hoax" taking down Taco Don. And I'm not tired of hearing about it either. Keep bringing it Uncle Jeff.

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Neal Stiffelman's avatar

Early American bordello was far more classy. Like Chippendale.

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Liz and Max the No. 1 Cat's avatar

I'd go nuts in that office. So cluttered and busy it looks like a Victorian parlor. I'm a minimalist when it comes to decorating. Unfortunately, I'm also reluctant to toss the knick-knacks that various people have given me because it feels like I'm dissing their gift giving. Even the ones that are dead. I mean how can I throw out crap my mother gave me?

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Dave Drell's avatar

There’s nothing on his desk- he’s a free swinging Prez- don’t need no paperwork - that just creates WORK!

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AddaGurl's avatar

Take a photo of it and then pass it on. With exceptions for truly meaningful objects.

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P123Sunny's avatar

😏👆

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

💥💥💥 DONT MISS THIS!!! 🧨🧨🧨

Please take a look at my Trump-Epstein meme !!! NO GOLD !!!

https://kathleenweber.substack.com/p/they-just-arent-buying-it

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Dave Drell's avatar

Good one KW- but it would have been better showing that slob with his big fat belly taking a swing at a golf ball!

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insert_something_creative's avatar

His latest addition is the gold trophy he literally *stole: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/yes-president-trump-took-club-185228307.html

"The trophy was shown to Trump in the Oval Office and immediately found its permanent place there. It hasn’t been hidden away either. It made an appearance when the Juventas squad of Italy made a visit to the President. It was also prominently featured when Donald Trump presented his ex-BFF Elon Musk with a key to the city/government/social security records.

The trophy itself didn’t end up in the hands of the victors. Instead, they received a replica, and it’s that replica that they took back to England. The Trump Administration claims the Club World Cup trophy was a gift from FIFA, one that Trump could keep 'forever.'”

*I don't buy that he was gifted it. Then again, FIFA is notoriously corrupt so if it was, it was likely a payoff or bribe. It's still fucking INSANE that Trump was like "uh, this is mine now" and the actual winners got a shitty replica.

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Neal Stiffelman's avatar

I caught that, too. Muthafuckah is like a shoplifting addict who sees the nail polish rack is unattended.

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Elizabeth's avatar

I do find it exceptionally wonderful that Liam is Frank in the remake of Naked Gun.

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P123Sunny's avatar

Throwin this in the kitty:

“It’s mind-blowing to me that there’s not a single corporate news outlet with an update about Dems walking out of a hearing over republicans not following the rules to advance the judicial nomination of a guy who told the courts to fuck off. Nothing on WaPo or NYT yet. Just wild.”

- @muellershewrote.com

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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

welcome to this morning's edition of Fuckery That Happened While I Was Busy Writing About The Fuckery That Happened Yesterday

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Walt Svirsky's avatar

Get ya one of those autopens James Comer keeps yapping about

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P123Sunny's avatar

Haha good one!

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P123Sunny's avatar

Just throwin a few sprinkles on the cake you already baked(!)😆

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Chris Hierholzer's avatar

You need to show the bloody typewriter toon more often on this one Jeff.

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Richard Von Busack's avatar

Well, you could always emulate the newsmen of yore who had morning and evening editions. I'm certain you have plenty of time and stamina for such an enterprise.

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David Olson's avatar

CNN just commented on it. Incredible the GOP Senators have so sold their soul so fully as to advance Emil Bove.

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P123Sunny's avatar

and MSNBC :/ (Should be screaming ‘above the fold’ but im old school I guess…)

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Lisa's avatar

You know he's in and he can potentially have a good 30 more years on the bench. Thirty years to help pound the last nail in the coffin of the rule of law.

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P123Sunny's avatar

Bové= 44 yrs old

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Walt Svirsky's avatar

They are simply ignoring the rule of law. They have the Corrupt Supreme 6 in their pocket. Whatcha gonna do?

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Susan Niemann's avatar

I bet John Roberts is "on the list". 🙄

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Walt Svirsky's avatar

How many millions of dollars has John Roberts received - most certainly unreported - to transform him from a student of jurisprudence to a master of fascism?

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Lynn Van Haren's avatar

Or Alito

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arne link's avatar

Well, who is the most corrupt supreme? Thomas, without question.

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Dave Drell's avatar

The REAL Supremes are singing:

Stop! in the name of LAW!

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Susan Niemann's avatar

😂😂

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Charles Austin's avatar

😂😂😂

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P123Sunny's avatar

Oof can’t even go there yeesh

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Charles Austin's avatar

And Clarence. And Beer Bong Brett.

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Susan Niemann's avatar

Agree!!!

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Diane J's avatar

And Thomas.

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SethTriggs's avatar

That sounds like McCain's Law! (Democrats must not have favorable headlines and an news must be assessed for how favorable it is to Republicans).

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Douglas's avatar

Nothing in MSM about Donnys new Trump tower in ...is it Romania? Conflict of interest and violation Hatch Act. But there are crickets. Oh Jeez....Kristy shot cricket 🏏...

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Mwfeiger's avatar

MSNBC covered it.

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Hannah olufs's avatar

Yeah there is. It's news

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Stephanie Lajeskie's avatar

Okay, I have a question that might be really stupid, because the answer seems way too obvious. What’s to stop Maurene Comey from singing like canary? If she already knows something, can’t MoCo just spill the beans? Or leak the beans? Or hand over the can of beans for someone else to leak? I don’t think making enemies with people who know things is such a great idea. But then again, Donnie and great ideas don’t live in the same universe.

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Liz and Max the No. 1 Cat's avatar

She may be bound by confidentiality issues, or just ethics issues. I read something by a guy who was the attorney for some of the victims. He said he can't say anything without re-victimizing them. And I have to say that it's an issue for me when people are calling for the people on the "client list" to be prosecuted. Without a victim or victims willing to testify, I'm not sure what can be done. I also wonder about statute of limitations issues, although in a particular circumstance I was told that the statute of limitations doesn't start running until a suspect is identified. In other words, if you rob a bank but nobody knows it was you, you can't start bragging about it after the statute of limitations is up. Like if the statute of limitations for bank robbery is five years, and you start yelling you did it 5 years and one day after the robbery, your ass is still going to jail

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Joyce's avatar

Please let her not play by the rules. There's not a single bloody Republican politician or voter in the US who abides by concerns over "ethics issues" (see the Extreme Court, Exhibit A); for fuck's sake--they don't even abide by the law (Has Roberts ever actually read the Constitution? and now "Fuck the Courts" Bove is on track to be a judge forever)......Sing it as loudly as you can, MoCo: if the GQP threatens to arrest you or disbar you, just quote their dearly beloved Bove. And tell them you have immunity, because you're just that special.

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Stephanie Lajeskie's avatar

Absolutely. Ethics and the rule of law are dead and buried.

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Stephanie Lajeskie's avatar

I’m sure you’re right. I would love to see him rot in prison for the rest of his miserable life, however, if we’re past the statute of limitations, or no victims will come forward, I’d just be happy for the world to know he was on the list. If he can’t prosecuted in criminal court, then let him be chewed up and spit out in the court of public opinion.

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Altamama2's avatar

You are so absolutely correct!!

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JOEL's avatar

I have zero (ZERO) faith that Liar, Fraud, Con, Criminal Trump will agree to release, or order the the DOJ to release, ALL of the evidence that the DOJ has in its possession about the Epstein investigation. Key word being "ALL."

Liar, Fraud, Con, Criminal Trump is now using the word "credible" rather than using the word "all." And, he is doing that to HIDE everything that the DOJ gathered up. You can bet your ass that he will instruct Liar, Fraud Bondi to never release ANY document that includes his name. This ploy is exactly what criminals like Trump do - HIDE THE FACTS. Documents that are released will either be heavily redacted or pages will be missing.

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Walt Svirsky's avatar

I have 💯 percent faith that you are correct, Joel.

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Oh! oh! Learned a new word, did he?

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Christy Williams's avatar

He has already said that he doesn’t need their votes. He wins by rigging. When he accuses us of doing it, he’s actually doing it.

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Walt Svirsky's avatar

It would be really nice to know if those underachieving Democrats are at least looking into this voting fraud.

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Mary Hall's avatar

There's an election interference case in Rockland County, NY that was filed by a third-party candidate after getting zero votes. Curiously, Kamala Harris also got zero votes in some precincts, despite Kirsten Gillibrand winning by a landslide.

A judge thought the case has enough merit to continue to the discovery phase because "the math ain't mathin'."

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Lisa's avatar

An article today in our local paper in Colorado. A "white house representative" contacted 6 county commissioners asking to come and "inspect" the voting machines for "integrity". Did not identify himself with any other credentials. Tina Peters is currently serving 9 years for letting the wolf into the henhouse so they all cited that case and said NO WAY. Thank God. Ref: The Reporter Herald, Loveland CO. Frightening shit.

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Marian Goldsmith's avatar

Yes yes yes and yes. When will people learn that’s the way he operates?!. Or as he would say, “PERFECTION!” (and it’s a three syllable word yet).

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Marian Goldsmith's avatar

Comment for Mary Hall. I see it got separated from hers which I was replying to.

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

If he says it, he's done it.

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Marian Goldsmith's avatar

Yup.

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Walt Svirsky's avatar

Would love to know just how the MAGATS measure success, cuz if Shitler has had the most of it, I’ve been on a wild acid trip for almost 70 years.

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Patris's avatar

I need to go get a glass of wine now.

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George in Atlanta's avatar

They measure success by a count of Libs Owned. They may stomp around and bellow, but they have achieved Peak Learned Helplessness. They don't believe anything can get better, so they are just in it for the LOLZ as they watch their children die of diphtheria.

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Stephen Schiff's avatar

Let's not get too excited about the prospect of MAGAts abandoning the Orange Turd. True, many of them with IQs above 85 will, but that's a tiny minority. All he has to do is post a few of those swell AS (Artificial Stupidity) memes of him hanging out with Jesus.

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George in Atlanta's avatar

My hopes aren't lifted by the longshot that the faithful will abandon him en massse. What I'm hoping for is that the factions within their coalition will begin to splinter, which weakens the entire enterprise. There is no unifying principle holding them together except for their love of Trump. We're finding that many of them hate each other for reasons of their own, our best chance for the beginning to an end to this is if they start eating each other. The GOP cult of personality consists of and is sustained by the person of Donald J. Trump. As he becomes a thin reed waving in the wind, the vultures will begin to circle...

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Lynn Van Haren's avatar

Having lived in NYC for 20 years & having been exposed to 20 yrs of Donny nonsense, it truly amazes me that the man could inspire this type of loyalty

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Dave Drell's avatar

Because he was a nothing until that stoopid reality show(thank you Mr. Burnett for raising a slime bucket up to

credibility level) Then his big mouth gave him traction and believability.

New Yorkers and folks from Jersey knew he was just a lying fool but that never translated to the whole country

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Walt Svirsky's avatar

6 fingered Jesus

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Robert Eckert's avatar

But as Slacktivist points out, this goes to the heart of their justification for thinking of themselves as The Good People. Despite any cruelties, they are fighting the Satanic Pedophiles, who are so Evil that anyone fighting them is Good by definition. Now they have to face up to the fact that Trump is a Satanic Pedophile, or if not, he is actively covering up for them. Either way, they can't support him and still be Good.

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Stephen Schiff's avatar

Mais non! You discount the possibility that Trump who rides with Jesus is not a Satanic Pedophile, but rather a Pseudopedophile, that is to say a pure soul who went under cover to penetrate the pedophile ring. That he may have engaged in acts of pedophilia himself is of no importance because sometimes it is necessary to engage in illegal practices while under cover to establish one's bona fides, as long as you don't enjoy it. As Lord John Whorfin said, "Whassa matter don you watcha TV?"

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Robert Eckert's avatar

That's the narrative that Trump just destroyed. The purpose of undercover infiltration would be to expose all the clients, which is precisely what he now makes clear he will not do.

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Stephen Schiff's avatar

In a rational world you’d be 100% correct. The narrative, if the hypothetical list comes out, will be that as the Infallible One, the Orange Turd will divide the list in two; hoaxes and non-hoaxes.

My theory all along has been that a substantial fraction of MAGA cannot be swayed from their devotion to the Orange Turd.

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David M Marko's avatar

They're combined hatred of minorities, immigrants and people of color will keep them locked in. Make America Great Again is, after all, just a dog whistle for Make America White Again.

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Chris Hierholzer's avatar

And then there's that Steven.

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Fastball Fredo's avatar

Maurene Comey getting fired from the DOJ, simply due to the fact she was part of the prosecution team on the Maxwell trial…. At this critical juncture concerning the Epstein files, the denials, the “hoax” talk and MAGA imploding over this specific issue. Anything to make this issue go away… The firing? I tend to think she’s got a whole hell of a lot of receipts… I call this move the chefs kiss. Ghislaine? I hope she sleeps with one eye open and has a shiv under her pillow.

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Babe Paley's avatar

It's so awesome that they think "hey, let's FIRE this person for NO REASON, even though she could likely say a lot of concerning things" as opposed to "Let's keep her in her job and keep her happy".

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Sharon Hudnall's avatar

Imagining James Comey sending his daughter a greeting card that says "86 47."

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Altamama2's avatar

Exactly - ridiculous reasoning - now she's free to say what she wants, and I'm sure she can get a job anywhere!!

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Susan Niemann's avatar

" he’s once again shoved his dick into a hornet’s nest and clownfucked it into a frenzy." OUCH!

#trumppedofiles

😂😂😂

I hope we see the other side of this mess. JFC. I really underestimated how stupid-and basically indecent-people are. My own brother and a good friend told me they just scan headlines and dont read deeply anymore. While that's likely good to preserve ones mental health now and then, I'm not sure its good to be unaware of the sad state of the country.

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Walt Svirsky's avatar

“Unawareness” got us into this mess.

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Dave Drell's avatar

Many people are already tired of the daily three ring circus going on— they TUNE OUT- stop caring / start ignoring .

you can’t really blame them. but this is what you get when you hire a narcissistic moron to run the show. GODDAMN it should have been Harris!

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arne link's avatar

It WAS Harris. The election was not fair nor honest.

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Lisa's avatar

No conspiracy. I truly believe she won as well.

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Lisa's avatar

Oops Walt, I was replying to Susan! Sorry!

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Lisa's avatar

Oh dear, I was trying to reply to you and ended up replying the Walt. I read that line and even though I don't have a penis, it gave me a "ouch" response as well.

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Lisa's avatar

I don't have a penis, but that line made me squirm a bit!

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Dave the Spot-on Moron's avatar

Newsom knows how to play this idiot like a fiddle. Any time diaper don so much as whispers anything about Newsom or California, all he has to say is, “Epstein, Epstein, Epstein.”

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David Olson's avatar

It was just a simple no brainer. All Trump need say, sure I probably am on the notorious list. Just like others. I pal’d around with him, you have seen the photos. So what? But, truth and Trump are oil and water. He created the mess, and he just digs in deeper. My schadenfreude is fully amped, thanks Donnie. I will note, Donnie by his own comments and conduct is a sexual predator, a cheat, a fraudster, and a crummy person.

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P123Sunny's avatar

I’m afraid 93.5% of his brand is ‘getting away with it”… :/

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Sharon Hudnall's avatar

John Roberts sealed that brand for Trump with the court's ruling on presidential immunity. So wondering, what does Roberts get out of all this? He's no longer considered a centrist, just another POS fascist.

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P123Sunny's avatar

Or was that 97.3?…

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Eric W.'s avatar

Exactly what I thought from the beginning of all this. He could deny any statutory illegality, but if he just said "yeah, I had some fun", his base wolud just idolize him all the more.

What a friggin' maroon.

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arne link's avatar

Well, maybe there is some really, really bad stuff. IDK, snuff films? He's certainly capable of that. I've always thought that's what Putin had on him but now that the bromance is waning, I'm not so sure. And no, I am not a wing-nut conspiracy theorist. I just wonder why he's so afraid of exposure. As you say, he could have just said "I had some fun, so what?". His base would have smirked and moved on.

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Sharon Hudnall's avatar

Senator Wyden has just reported discovery of repeated bank transfers in the billions of $ between Epstein and Trump -- so they were partners in sex trafficking, money laundering, blackmail...? Wyden: "My investigative team has uncovered that the Trump administration has an Epstein file detailing 4,725 wire transfers and almost $1.1 billion flowing through just one of his banks, much of which was used to fund his sex trafficking operation. Hundreds of millions more through others. The Trump administration is sitting on this information refusing to launch a real investigation. Follow. The. Money."

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Outdoorluvr's avatar

I didn't catch that the money (allegedly) flowed between trump and Epstein. Can you please give a source for that little tidbit of info?

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Hannah olufs's avatar

Actually it's Wyden's file. The transactions are not about 47, but others.

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

So who got the money? Epstein and the Russians?

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Hannah olufs's avatar

Epstein received and sent money.

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Sharon Hudnall's avatar

Where's there's billions available, there's Donald.

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Eric W.'s avatar

True, I keep giving him the benefit of the doubt and attribute his idiocy to just being an idiot. Of course it'd surprise absolutely no one to see proof he has crossed the line into abject sadism.

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HI2thDoc's avatar

I hope everyone fired without cause, including Maurene Comey, sues the shit out of this regime. I'd rather my tax dollars go to that than fucking Noem and her concentration camps

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Stephanie Lajeskie's avatar

He’s never had anything but disdain for his voters and they’re finally figuring it out now. I believe his biggest disappointment (and source of humiliation) comes from the fact that the members of his base tend to be people with whom he never would be caught dead. But they’re the only people he could dupe into believing he was going to make this country, and therefore their lives, better. They are not people he respects or wants to be associated with in real life.. but let’s be clear. They are not angry because they wanted to know whether he was on Epstein‘s list. They don’t care if he’s a pedophile any more than they care whether he’s a serial cheater, money, launderer, a tax evader, a 6-times bankrupt business fraud, a rapist, an insurrectionist, a racist, a Nazi sympathizer, a misogynist, a life-long con man or any old the the other things he’s known to be, as long as he gives them permission to hate who they want to hate, fear who they want to fear and blame who they want to blame. His name could be listed on every line of Epstein files, and their new motto would probably be “make pedophilia great again.” The reason they wanted to see that list was NOT because they wanted to make sure their cult leader wasn’t a pedophile. It was because they were hoping people like Bill Clinton and other Democrats would be on it. They’ve been calling the Dems. “pedos” for years now—despite the fact that the pastors and politicians who are sexually assaulting children, paying minors for sex or are involved in child pornography are mostly Republicans—and the publication of the Epstein list was going to be their big “Gotcha” moment. FUCK THEM!

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Lisa's avatar

Well written. That is truly the core of this whole sick circus.

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Wendy The Druid 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

Jeff, its all about Mangina Bongino today.

https://thistleandmoss.com/p/republicans-why-the-fuck-cant-you

Liked, quoted, restacked, and crossed to my readers uncle jeff.

Keep rocking it.

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Tess's avatar

“Some roots do run too deep to easily uproot, but even the mightiest oak eventually falls when the soil beneath it turns to quicksand.” Nice! Let’s hope for some quicksand!

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Walt Svirsky's avatar

Must have been fracking nearby

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