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This is not being reported in the U.S. news media. Maybe you can argue it’s because it’s July 4th, but if this doesn’t come out in a major way tomorrow, I guess the fix is in.

“Trump’s name appears over and over again on Jeffrey Epstein’s message logs in the grand jury docs released this week. It is also undisputed: Trump’s name appears 7 times on Epstein’s private jet flight logs, that Epstein flew on Trump’s jet with a young girl of indeterminate age, girls who Epstein trafficked worked at Mar-A-Lago, a girl Epstein trafficked mentioned visiting Trump’s casino in a recently released deposition transcript. Trump said Epstein is a great guy who likes girls on the younger side, Trump frequently “partied” with Epstein, Trump wished Ghislaine Maxwell well at her criminal trial, and someone who testified under the pseudonym JANE DOE at the Ghislaine Maxwell criminal trial stated that she was introduced to Trump by Epstein when she was 14 years old,” a user posted on X.

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Ya, ‘thecut’ is a super reputable source for news and information. Nice bot.

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I broadly agree with your assessment that most of these are not sexual assault, even if they are inappropriate.

Tara Reade ultimately did accuse him of forced unwanted digital penetration, which if it had happened, would be absolutely sexual assault. So far this is the only allegation of that nature, but she didn’t go unambiguously public until 2020 (though there’s record of a more contemporary mention of the incident in a call to Larry King live, but the call was vague both in terms of what happened and who it involved).

However, it is still one person’s word versus another, and a singular incident. Also a lot of incidents where Tara was pretty much grifting through people, so she had a credibility problem. In the accusation itself she accuses him of going to zero to 100 faster than she could have said no, but stopping when she did say no. So ultimately by every measure and the most pessimistic interpretation of the allegations, it is still not as bad as Trump’s incidents. She alleges that he “grabbed her by the pussy” which would be a grave incident for bidens history while Trump just casually says that is something to do any old time.

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I would like to see you make a post about this instead of hijacking this post. But I understand. That would create a lot of visibility for your user account.

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Why would I care about the visibility of my user account?

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You’re replying to a bot, don’t bother

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There’s literally nothing Donald Trump could do that would make his worshipping voters change their minds about him. They believe anything critical of him is a lie and made up to hurt him politically. I can’t believe how dumb the electorate has become. Must be a general lack of education.

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The outrage-machine of culture war has become so fervent that it’s the only thing they care about. I watch police bodycam videos because they’re genuinely unscripted (unlike reality tv). The frequency with which arrestees cite their poor living conditions as motivations for their actions always has me wondering how much they attribute their circumstance to oligarchs fucking us all over vs anger that’s turned outward towards groups that don’t affect them at all. Obviously, I’m projecting, but it’s something that drives my curiosity.

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More education generally means richer.

Rich people generally pay for better education.

Children generally vote the same as their parents.

Richer generally means more likely to vote republican.

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More education generally means richer.

Very US-centric take. College education should be part of the general public education system like it is in Europe. It should not be connected to a person’s net worth. In Europe, you go to college based on merits, not wealth.

I also think it’s a very questionable conclusion to say that the more educated people are, the more they vote Republican. In fact, it’s the exact opposite. Hence, Republicans have incentive to keep people as dumb as possible.

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Very US-centric take.

The republican part, certainly

In Europe, you go to college based on merits, not wealth.

In Europe the rich also pay for additional education to maximise their offsprings merits. Maybe not to the same degree, but it is there.

I also think it’s a very questionable conclusion to say that the more educated people are, the more they vote Republican

Agreed. I specifically avoided drawing that conclusion.

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Must be a general lack of education.

Republican politicians have long used language targeted at a 5th grade level of comprehension. Trump’s big innovation in politics was targeting a 4th grade level.

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I often hear conservative family members complain about the public school system and calling for it to be dismantled. To them, the public school system is the reason for every evil the US faces, both on economic issues and social issues. They all listen to a lot of conservative talk radio and happily mix bible quotes and Rush Limbaugh quotes into the same sentence.

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Just like testing for covid, if you never learn about something it never existed.

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Any takers on his lawyers trying to say this was an official act? Lol

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Simply a facet of his foreign policy!!!

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In 2005!

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This is just new evidence to support what has already been known. I would be surprised if this made the news considering it never made the news before.

Yes, Trump is a rapist and a pedophile and not just an acquaintance of Epstein.

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MAGA everywhere plugging their ears and screaming “LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA” Buttery males, Hunter’s laptop, Obama’s suit, ect.

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Buttery males? What’d I miss?

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Where you been?

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Buttery males = But her emails

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I wonder what the wealthy “liberal media” moguls think this guy will have done with them and their money, when he’s in office again? McDonald’s parties with underage masseuses?

For that matter, I wonder how many wealthy media moguls were on the Lolita Express with this guy?

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Who are you talking about?

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