The ultimate shrewdness is found not in the balance sheet, but in the qualitative excellence of the business.
- Manlobbi
Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
No. of Recommendations: 18
The latest revelations from the Epstein files show that Donald Trump knew that Jeffrey Epstein was trafficking underage girls and that he spent hours with at least one of those underage victims.
As others are now pointing out, Todd Blanche would have had these emails before interviewing Maxwell but failed to question her directly about her exchanges with Epstein with respect to his relationship with Trumpedo. Knowing what was in those exchanges between Epstein and Maxwell, why did he not confront her with her lies?
The answer is obvious: this was yet another performance designed to protect the president from his disgusting past behavior, his criminal behavior, and to secure lies from Maxwell in exchange for her immediate release to a Club Fed, special favors from her new warden, and an eventual commutation of her prison sentence.
Republicans, the evidence is mounting that you voted for, elected twice, and support a child molester.
Hey Sixteen
No, we got nothing in common (We can't dance together)
No, we can't talk at all
Please take me along when you slide on down
Nice
Sure looks good
Mmm, mmm, mmm
Skate a little lower, now
The Cuervo Gold
The fine Colombian
May every day be another wonderful secret (Say it again)
(apologies to Steely Dan)
No. of Recommendations: 4
With Grijalva having been sworn in, the discharge petition to force a vote on the legislation mandating the file release now has 218 signatures.
Under the rules, it won't be acted on immediately - but unless the GOP kills it, it will force a vote in the House sometime in early December.
Whether Thune brings it up in the Senate is an interesting question. He can kill it by just not bringing it to the floor, or he can arrange to have it fail a floor vote - with 53 Senators, the GOP has 12 votes to give on a cloture motion, so he can release a lot of his folks to vote "yes" to protect themselves in 2026 and still have it fail. Or he can let it pass if there's more than 13 Senators that want to approve it and let Trump veto it.
No. of Recommendations: 5
Looks like the Clintonite Larry Summers was cozy with Epstein too. The mistake that MAGA made with the Epstein files, a mistake democrats are repeating is that Epstein’s coterie of miscreants were only from the other side. The truth is they were all on the same side—the side of the rich and the institutions that serve them. Epstein exploited mostly vulnerable working class girls for the pleasure of plutocrats, and like fools we argue about whose plutocrats were responsible.
No. of Recommendations: 1
communistone,
You didn't quote verbatim anything from the Epstein files supporting any of the contentions in your post.
Would you mind actually providing a verbatim quote and explain how it supports what you think it means?
Also: I believe in the Rule of Law. Unsworn hearsay from a dead man is obviously not admissible in any judicial proceeding. Keep that in mind--if you believe in the Rule of Law, that is.
No. of Recommendations: 10
"a mistake democrats are repeating is that Epstein’s coterie of miscreants were only from the other side. "
I'm good with any and all Dems, Independents, and Republicans that used Epstein
and Maxwell's catered "services" to be exposed and if they abused under aged girls,
then go after them to the fullest extent of the Law. And the same goes for Trump.
I've heard some MAGA's say that they want Trump held accountable, if guilty
of abusing young girls. We'll see if they stand by that, or if they fold and rollover
with the certain to come Trump explanation of it all being "fake news".
No. of Recommendations: 13
I've lost my job, I can no longer afford healthcare or coffee,
and the President of the United States is a pedophile...
But at least Argentina got bailed out!
#Winning!
No. of Recommendations: 22
"Looks like the Clintonite Larry Summers was cozy with Epstein too. The mistake that MAGA made with the Epstein files, a mistake democrats are repeating is that Epstein’s coterie of miscreants were only from the other side. " - PhoolishPhilip
I think that is an untrue statement.
I know lots of people who consider themselves Democrats. Every single one of them don't care if Epstein's miscreants are Democrat or Republican (or Independent or Green or Whatever). They want justice to anyone who took advantage of an underage woman. If it comes out that Larry Summers is implicated, then so be it. If it comes out that Bill Clinton was implicated, then so be it. Heck, if it comes out that Barrack Obama or Joe Biden were implicated, then so be it.
To the Democrats I know, Rule of Law applies to everyone. If someone is guilty, charge them and try them. Their political views should not matter.
I think every liberal/Democrat on this board think the same way and I don't think you would be able to find any evidence to the contrary.
That said, I do know that to a T that on these boards, every single conservative poster's view of Rule of Law is flexible. In their mind Rule of Law should apply to Democrats (and maybe a few unimportant conservatives just for appearance's sake) but does not apply to important conservatives. There is ample evidence of every single conservative on this board not wanting to apply the Rule of Law to other conservatives despite how much evidence appears of them breaking the law.
No. of Recommendations: 2
Bummmm,
If you believe in the "Rule of Law" then surely you are well aware that a bunch of hearsay documents which actually have nothing incriminating against Trump anywhere in the many thousands of pages in this document dump, are not admissiable evidence of....anything.
Rule of Law means Trump is innocent.
Rule of Law means there is no evidence of whatever scenarios you enjoy yourself to sleep with every night involving underage girls, that Trump is in your little fantasies.
No. of Recommendations: 0
I've lost my job, I can no longer afford healthcare or coffee,
Wow, and before the holidays! My sympathies - having lost a couple of jobs in my lifetime. Good luck on finding a job, you're one of the characters I like reading here.
No. of Recommendations: 3
bunch of hearsay documents
Emails aren't automatically hearsay and, if not, are admissible in a court of law - it's done all the time.
No. of Recommendations: 5
UpNorthJoe: ...with the certain to come Trump explanation of it all being "fake news".
Sure enough, FOX is reporting:
Now calling it a 'Fake narrative,' the White House continues its pushback against the newly released Jeffrey Epstein emails that purport to add new details about his relationship with President Trump.
No. of Recommendations: 1
LOL of course they're automatically hearsay.
No. of Recommendations: 4
Wow, and before the holidays! My sympathies - having lost a couple of jobs in my lifetime. Good luck on finding a job, you're one of the characters I like reading here.
I appreciate your compassion but my post was an attempt at satire. Maybe not my best...
"I've lost my job, I can no longer afford healthcare or coffee,
and the President of the United States is a pedophile...
But at least Argentina got bailed out!" ~MAGA Voter
No. of Recommendations: 1
I appreciate your compassion but my post was an attempt at satir
I realized later, :) just the early morning fog before I have my Monster. Plus, I was getting a bunch of Dean Koontz and Stephen King for a buck a book, and am leaving to buy a terra trike. Have a good friend in the Phils who got let go, he's on my mind, because he hasn't done house repairs from the typhoon due to no money.
No. of Recommendations: 12
Whether it’s Hillary Clinton emailing risotto recipes to her daughter,
or Donald Trump appearing over 1700 TIMES in Jeffrey Epstein‘s emails,
both parties used email.
