Well-known MAGA influencers who once championed the release of the files associated with the government’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein remained unusually quiet about the latest release of documents that included multiple mentions of Donald Trump.

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      “You’re asking ME for my opinion? I don’t know! Fox news hasn’t told me what to think yet! You know I don’t do that on my own…”

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        I bet you could do like a network analysis of post times to see this effect as it spreads from fox to big figures to influencers to magats

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    President’s name was mentioned in some documents part of Tuesday’s release but did not implicate him in any crimes.

    He was present while they drowned a baby.

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      It was fun when conservatives had to bear the stigma of Watergate … for all of six years until a retired B-list actor with literal Alzheimer’s let them goose-step with pride once again.

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    They go into hiatus to somehow find a way to defend pedophilia. Because it can’t be bad if Trump does it.

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      Well, they’ve already started with the “it’s only light pedophilia: ackshually it’s epebophilia.” And even if that mattered, avoid the subject of the trafficking, the rape and the extortion.

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        That’s why I’ve been confused about the push for the files release. What did people think was going to happen?

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          Sane people would be outraged, republicans world cry fake news, and there would be no change in the status quo. No investigation, no consequences, and no reduction in support for trump. Possibly even an increase as they claim the left is releasing fake news to make their god/king look bad.

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    I have right skewing family and they can’t be swayed. their only source is a news station, and they refuse to listen to anything else. They’ll just act surprised when anything hits the news. This is like "ignorance is bliss’ but ruins it for everyone else.

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      It’s willful ignorance because they never listen when you try to inform them. They don’t want to know, because deep down they know he’s absolute scum.

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    “multiple” = over 600 in just recent copy/paste trick. There will be more mentions. This is basically trumps pedophile sex trafficker ring, epstein was just the fall guy.

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      No way Trump was running the show.

      He’s the guy who bankrupted two casinos and lost a billion trying to buy the Plaza Hotel.

      Moreover, look at Trump’s record. He hasn’t got any long time associates besides Michael Cohen [who got arrested. ] Trump wouldn’t have had any one at his side.

      Trump was Epstien’s client.

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    Go silent? Lol right. They’re not silent. Right now they’re simply in full-on denial.

    It’s like that scene from “What about Bob.”

    Me: “You think they’re gone?! They’re not gone! That’s the whole point! They’re never gone!”
    opens comments on news story about Epstein
    MAGA Influencers: “is this some kind of radical new fake news?”
    Me: “SEE?!”

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    they didn’t stop slurping his incontinent asshole after “grab’em by the pussy,” nor after “suckers and losers,” or “covid is a hoax”-- in fact they became more rabidly obsessed with heaping praise and pasting his head onto rambo

    something tells me this latest embarrassment for the human species will be no different

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      If facts mattered to them, they wouldn’t be MAGA. It’s about rooting for the home team, not about reason. Endless tribal loyalty displays. They want to be told what to think and do. They have no ideas of their own.

      The only people who struggle to craft a semi-coherent narrative are their propagandists. The rest would follow their Dear Leader to catch a ride on a passing comet if he told them to.

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      I don’t know. Pedo shit hits people on a different level. He’s not bringing everyone along for this ride.

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        “All men are attracted to young women, it’s genetic.”

        I’ve heard that one, from a person who’s both a Trump and Tate fan.

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          Eurgh.

          I’m 42, nearly 43. Whilst I can objectively appreciate the beauty of a 20 something, I dont find myself attracted to women that young anymore.

          Does that mean I’m not a real man?

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        every time he speaks he spews laughably absurd lies from his face anus like explosive diarrhea, and his cult followers scramble over each other to lick up and swallow every last chunk

        remember “mexico’s gonna pay for the wall,” and then when–fucking obviously–mexico didn’t pay for the wall, you had these fucking lemmings volunteering to drive to the border and work on building the wall for free

        “cunts” isn’t nearly a strong enough word. i don’t know that one exists

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          People say Republicans/MAGA will “look the other way” on the bigotry and hate; but you highlighted the unspoken. They’d pay, their own time and money, for the chance to feel powerful by depriving the needy.

          When I think of the MAGA base I always envision a disgruntled working-class white man who is certain there will never be a better future, and just wants to beat down marginalized populations. Maybe he does it so there’s more for him; maybe because he’s misdirected and hate hurts less than disappointment.

          Forgive me for not believing that there will be some ground-breaking reaction to this reminder that Trump and the powerful elites are actually self-serving predators. They were voted in to be ruthless predators. DOGE was about destroying the government employees. ICE is about terrorizing brown and black people, and the “libs” that back them. Sure, some of Epstein’s victims were white girls… some of the “woke feminists” MAGA mocks incessantly are white women. The attacks on SNAP and criminalization of the homeless are going to destroy all skin tones alike. Banning abortion sure screwed white women (and that one happened pre-reelection).

          These people don’t vote MAGA to protect kids ; most vote MAGA because they want to feel like KKKlansmen tyrants with as little effort as it takes to cast a ballot; and the rest are just plain gullible.

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      Like anyone would shed a tear if Clinton were implicated. That’s just a “yeah, so? Now back to the subject of Trump’s involvement. How many mentions of each name?”

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      He might be. I don’t know. I haven’t read them.

      But if he IS in there, that’s not the gotcha moment they think it is.

      Trump is in the files.

      throws trump in the fire

      Fuck trump.

      Now, if Clinton is in there too as a guilty party?

      throws clinton in the fire

      Fuck clinton.

      Any other questions?