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[–] 125 points 10 months ago (2 children)

So... they released none of what the people want.

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  • [–] 111 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I feel like if someone’s politically exposed then they shouldn’t be in politics. If my password is exposed I don’t try to hide my password, I just change it.

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  • [–] 63 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    They didn’t redact the names of “Politically Exposed Individuals”, they redacted the name of one Politically Exposed Individual

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  • [–] 37 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    They definitely didn't redact Bill Clinton: he features prominently in this first tiny slice of documents. Almost like they've cherry picked docs that would be worst for Dems while protecting their friends.

    How do you do the shocked Pikachu emoji?

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    True, but only one that has the power to order the redactions. I guarantee the full exposure would cross party lines but if one particular person is exposed in your little group of paedophiles, every one is safe. If there is no damage, even splash damage, you’re safe If you oppose that person though, and there is no harm to them, your name will be forever associated with the Epstein files

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago*

    I'm working under the assumption that anything that is blacked out directly implicates Trump. If there's a photo somewhere of a large woman in a dress with a blacked out face, that's Trump in drag. The grand jury exposition is literally just Trump's name repeated over and over again.

    I invite them to prove me wrong

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  • [–] 30 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    The democrats gave up our health insurance subsidies for this.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago*

    not exactly they gave it up because the corporations were getting nervous about the continued shutdown affecting them. also the continued shutdown was starting to affect the magat base on turning against them. they had no interesting in ever extending it in the first place.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago

    Here, fixed the headline for you: "DOJ [Broke the Law by] Redact[ing] Names of ‘Politically Exposed Individuals’ in Epstein Files: Report"

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    Maybe they will release them as DLC?

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    And the 300 million slaves roll over again since oh well shucks

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    [–] 230 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

    Politically exposed individuals.

    Here's the question, why are they in the files doing something that merits redacting them?

    Call it what it is. You aren't "redacting the names of politically exposed individuals". You are "protecting the reputations of politically-aligned pedophiles".

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  • [–] 83 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    It's even exactly the opposite of what the term says.

    Keeping the those politicians secret means they remain politically exposed to extortion by any person or government that knows that secret, to the detriment of US national security. Revealing those secrets eliminates any leverage for bad actors.

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  • [–] 17 points 10 months ago

    Revealing that secret means the people can't be extorted anymore. There's a narrow window when they can speak freely before....

    Well....do you remember The Red Wedding episode of Game of Thrones? Sort of like that, but defenestrations.

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  • [–] 145 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    Did anyone really expect them to release documents that implicated republicans or their puppeteers? These assholes are blatantly corrupt. As long as they are the gatekeepers, nothing can be trusted.

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  • [+] 24 points 10 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Also, water is wet... that is breaking news.

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    [–] 266 points 10 months ago (7 children)

    The judge literally ordered that political consequences were not an excuse for redactions. I hope he starts putting people in jail

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  • [–] 128 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    He will do nothing! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! The judges in the Untied States are like the parents who say they're going to count to three, and the Trump administration are the kids who have figured out that nothing happens when they get to three.

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  • [–] [S] 63 points 10 months ago

    This is bullshit.

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  • [–] 59 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    They were never, ever going to release the files with Trump in them or anyone Trump adjacent.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    At least we know without a shadow of a doubt the dumb pedophile rapist piece of shit is unmistakably in those files... this completely seals the deal. Legally nothing will be done but, yeah.. the childfucking piece of shit is DEFINITELY in those files. For sure. No doubt. Undoubtedly. No contest. The President of the United States of America is a disgusting pedophile rapist piece of shit.

    Just look at him... ugh! [shudder]

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  • [–] 35 points 10 months ago

    Surprising no one.

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  • [–] 35 points 10 months ago (1 child)
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    This is such a crazy timeline. Everyone knows our president is an ephebophile (pedo into teens). He has flat out stated it. No one is unaware of this fact anymore.

    And yet we live in a system where good people are being deported or tortured in prison camps. We can't have government that actually works because our laws are so fucked up that good people get hurt while we all know a pedo rapist is running the country.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    It's time we realize as a species that this world is ran by pure evil. We need to begin responding differently. I don't know what that means, but even after a revolution there are still charismatic psychos that come along and fuck shit up again. People are just too dumb and fall for it over and over and over. How many times does this process need to be repeated before we evolve as a species?

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    It is that damn moral highground the left wants to stick to. They will shoot themselves in the foot over and over and while bleeding out ask "what could we have done?"

    There no longer is a slippery slope. Outlaw the shit republicans do and lock them the hell up. Cuz you know what, they are tryinging their hardest to do the same.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

    Obviously that is the correct step in the interim. But how do we prevent this repeating over and over?

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago*

    honestly i don't know if humans can.

    when you look at stories of (semi)utopian societies there is this drive in nearly all people to be good to a fault. people want to work and learn and do things for the betterment of society. real humans will find a way to be shitty no matter how good they are.

    i think the only way to get things to work is to define a good but rigid stance on all thing shitty. shame the fuck out of stupid religous and political views. anti science and anti facts should cause your voice to be silenced. this wave of stupidity and hate needs to be treated like cancer.

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  • [–] 31 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Motherfucker Trump. He’s so obviously implicated and covering. The very thing all those Magat’s claim to fight against: he’s that.

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  • [–] 22 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    is the DOJ acting on the names they've redacted? like, are these people going to jail?

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  • [–] 19 points 10 months ago

    No record shall be withheld, delayed, or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary.

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  • [–] 19 points 10 months ago

    Surprised Pikachu!

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  • [–] 18 points 10 months ago

    Republican child rapists

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  • [–] 16 points 10 months ago

    This is a big surprise. I'm sure it was a mistake and they meant to redact something damaging in a different document.

    /s

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  • [–] 15 points 10 months ago (3 children)
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    Gotta redact appropriately:

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago

    People in politics SHPULD BE FUCKING EXPOSED because it's about GOVT POLICY that affects EVERYONE. NOBODY IN POLITICS SHOULD BE HIDDEN.

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  • [–] 19 points 10 months ago

    I think I love Trump and his government purely because they are so blatant at corruption, they expose all of those before them and will surely make everyone question those that follow.

    If not.. Then I guess that's it.

    If there is an option for Americans to disrupt the republican - democrat party swap, then please, please disrupt the hell out of it in the next election.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago*

    No they didn’t. They redacted the names of Trump, his allies, and people who bribed him.

    The media needs to say what’s actually going on, not just feed us bullshit Trump says.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Ain't no-one more politically exposed than one Donald J Trump.
    So, probably, and as far as we know,
    Ain't no-one more redacted in the Epstein Files than that Donald J Trump.

    I'd put the word president in front of his surname, but he's not worthy of the honour, and he's not worthy of the presidency.

    I didn't think there was anyone in the world who could make George W Bush look statesmanlike, well-informed, wise, responsible and honest. I was wrong.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Taxpayer employees are allowed to get away with this kind of shit. Sick and disgusting.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    The whole point of releasing these files is to make them politically exposed. It's literally the exact thing we want.

    Hopefully their windows are exposed, too.

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  • [–] -1 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    And what are you going to do about it? Until bullets start flying in large numbers nothing will change.

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