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DOJ does damage control as staffer admits Republicans will be redacted from Epstein files
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So 97% of the names huh?
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It wouldn't surprise me if this is at least partially true, but James O'Keefe has exactly zero credibility. He has made it his life's work to produce poorly-made works of fiction, and he has the audacity to call it investigative reporting.
Still, giving Republicans the benefit of the doubt on, well, anything feels deeply immoral.
The worst person you know is still a person. I posted another story about Thomas Massie accusing a Billionaire GOP mega donor of being on Epsteins client list.
This is a big deal. GOP congressman from Kentucky, calling out HIS OWN BIG MONEY DONOR, and as far as I can tell he is standing alone on the republican side trying to get Epstein stuff public. I don't like the guy, but I can believe this endeavor is moral.
I don't dispute his personhood, but that doesn't imply he's believable, when his entire career has shown him not to be.
You could sum up his career (heavily edited).
As a Democrat, I say don't redact any of them! If there's Democrats in there, everyone needs to know. Everyone needs to know all the people involved!
Stop being pussies and use this as a proper stepping stone to remove your rivals in the GOP! That's how villain organizations are supposed to work!
Still better than nothing.
Purge them out of the Dem party now, and get better options in. Then they can hold the ones that were protected accountable.
Getting them out of the Dem party now just helps our chances in the next elections
Purge the Republicans from the Democratic party?
I think they meant, "purge every Epstein list pedo out from the Democratic party."
Yes, thats what they did mean, but also the other guy is right too. Lets purge republicans out of the democratic party.
I keep saying we don't have a left anymore. We have a right, and a far right. But all I get in response is people saying "BoTh SiDeS!!!"
Yes. Both sides are trying to fuck you. Why is that so hard to accept when everybody is being fucked?
What I understood from the comment you replied to is that, if only Democrats appear in the Epstein Files, then each Democrat that appears will be purged from the Democratic Party. This will open spaces for better people to fill.
On the other hand, if Republicans are redacted from the Epstein Files, they will not have that pressure to leave their roles.
Of course, I could be wrong and the comment could’ve meant something different.
FIrst off, O'Keefe lol. But secondly, if the guy on the video is actually a deputy chief like O'Keefe claims then 'staffer' is kind of underselling it.
DOJ: He's just a coffee deputy chief, not important. Fake news!
Nobody expected anything less.
I'm going to make a prediction if they are going to release a list of some sort with names on it:
- They will redact names by using black highlight using computer software and then destroying the underlying text information by printing it out and scanning it, or something similar. This would prevent the most obvious form of getting around the redaction (which is extracting text information from underneath the highlight).
- They will make the rookie mistake of using a proportional font like Times New Roman for the names, which is a font wherein each letter has a different length, instead of a
monospace font like this one where all characters are the same width. - An investigative journalist will notice that one of the redacted names is exactly the same length as "DONALD JOHN TRUMP" typed in the document's font, and then applied black highlight over it.
I don't trust James Okeefe as far I could throw him. But I find it hilarious that their own snake is trying to bite them now! 🤣
Yeah this is kind of the perfect shit storm for Republicans. Any non-republican knows that O'Keefe is full of shit and makes intentionally dishonest videos through the use of heavy editing.
But now that he's targeting them, Republicans have to admit that O'Keefe makes videos that are complete BS. Therefore acknowledging that... actually never mind. The cognitive dissonance is so strong with Republicans that this will change nothing.
They'll have no problem believing everything he's put out about abortion is true, but this video about a Republican cover up is false.
Kinda, I really don't like O'Keefe, but to me this shows some moral fortitude. Sure he's far right, but it seems protecting kid diddlers is too much.
You're assuming he's doing it for moral reasons rather than trying to produce a "shocking exposé" around an emotionally and politically charged set of current events for maximum engagement.
Maybe your right, maybe its profit, maybe its fame. TBH I like what he is saying because it benefits my political team in this moment. BUT this guys whole shtick is protect the children, AND he is going against his people. So maybe.
That's assuming a blackmail list or compendium of damning documents shielded from public disclosure by an insidious "Deep State" isn't an element of grander Qanon conspiracy theories that a shadowy cabal of deep state elites runs pedophile rings to extract adrenochrome. Or that we aren't talking about this now because Trump played up conspiracy theories to win the following of useful idiots who subscribe to them.
The press had reported for years on right-wing crackpots "doing their own research" & pulling wild shit out of nowhere. It's possible for a right-wing crackpot to pull an idea out their ass that happens to be true. It's also possible that unicorns exist on some planet in the universe.
Not sure why anyone outside those crackpot communities should feel convinced, though.
https://piefed.social/post/1229119
This actually deserves attention, unlike OKeefe.
Hear me out, if we focus on actually keeping kids safe, we can pay attention to BOTH Epstein's protectors AND the eugenesist maniac in charge of the CDC.
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I wish Trump gets medical advice from him
I did love the outright contradictions about COVID vaccines. But my cat snores like he breathes when he's awake. Dude is not well. But we knew that.
I sure am glad I put all my money into black chisel-tip permanent marker stocks.
It's OKeefe. The comment under this one is literally more reliable.
The Assange strategy
A net win assuming that they don’t add new names to the list to discredit democrats who oppose Trump and remove pro-Trump democrats