It is as difficult to sink a business without debt as it is sink a ship without holes.
- Manlobbi
Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy❤
No. of Recommendations: 12
Tonight, the contents of recordings of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein are being published featuring a wide range of explosive details of the relationship between Epstein, whom he said Trump considered his "closet friend."
For example, Epstein said that he was especially close to Trump and his now-wife Melania, claiming “the first time he slept with her was on my plane,” which was dubbed the Lolita Express.
Epstein said Trump was at heart a friendless man incapable of kindness but got a kick out of cuckolding his best friends.
On one occasion, Epstein alleged, Trump took a woman to what he called “the Egyptian Room” in an Atlantic City casino. Epstein alleged, “He came out afterward and said, ‘It was great, it was great. The only thing I really like to do is f--- the wives of my best friends. That is just the best.’”Well, I have an idea why he didn't have any friends.
Wolff shared the tape with the Daily Beast ahead of discussing it on his 'Fire and Fury' podcast on Monday. Last Thursday he caused shockwaves by revealing a few seconds of a separate recording in which Epstein spoke in detail about the inner workings of the Trump administration. Wolff also said Thursday that the pedophile showed off photos of Trump with topless young women sitting in his lap.Epstein said that Trump was almost “functionally illiterate,” “incapable” of reading a balance sheet, and that any “act of kindness” would have been an accident.
Wolff says he has up to 100 hours of recordings of interviews with Epstein.
Yikes.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/listen-to-the-jeffre...
No. of Recommendations: 2
Wolff says he has up to 100 hours of recordings of interviews with Epstein.
If this is all legitimate, these recordings need wide distribution...NOW.
No. of Recommendations: 2
If this is all legitimate, these recordings need wide distribution...NOW.
And I have to ask, why the hell weren't these tapes released long ago, before people began voting?
No. of Recommendations: 3
Why isn't this more in the news? It appears to be legit.
I can't find any mention in the NY Times. Nothing in WAPO. The Guardian mentions it. And Newsweek calls the details 'allegations'.
I understand that the media want to be cautious, but if Wolff has the tapes, lets hear them.
The 'allegations' certainly fit with what we already know of Trump.
Regardless of these tapes, any woman should know enough about Trump by now to NOT vote for him.
No. of Recommendations: 17
I can't find any mention in the NY Times. Nothing in WAPO. The Guardian mentions it. And Newsweek calls the details 'allegations'.
“Anticipatory Capitulation”
Great term to describe this period of American history when the guardrails are collapsing at a frightening rate.
Because the guardrails aren’t monuments or words written in a Constitution or any book.
The guardrails are you and me.
An autocratic strongman intimidates, and a huge number of folks simply capitulate ahead of time in the face of such threats, including editors and owners of media. They fear the cost they may pay if the strongman wins.
Anticipatory Capitulation is the road over which dictators ride into power. It’s the road where the barriers have ALREADY been removed in anticipation.
Only one shining barrier remains. You. Me. All of us together.
If you haven’t already, vote on Tuesday as if democracy depends on it.
Because it does.
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Common culture.
Common civics.
Common knowledge of civics.
Appreciation of how we got rights - and how they can be destroyed.
Those were some of the guardrails.
*somehow* many used to scoff at those things.
I'm glad :)
They aren't any longer the guardrails.
Hence best case: 2% Harris win - and many more years of MAGA plurality in America and Europe.
Reach for them stars......
No. of Recommendations: 3
And I have to ask, why the hell weren't these tapes released long ago, before people began voting?
I doubt that the Epstein tapes will change the minds of any Trumpers any more than the Access Hollywood tapes did in 2016.
No. of Recommendations: 2
Only one shining barrier remains. You. Me. All of us together.
If you haven’t already, vote on Tuesday as if democracy depends on it.
Because it does.
Voted first day of early voting. :) I got a sample ballot for Dems, and it seemed easy enough except someone had crossed out yes on Marijuana and put no. I asked, then voted yes, and found out the party position was yes after I voted. So someone tampered with the sample ballots!! :) It's MAGA I tell ya!
No. of Recommendations: 2
I doubt that the Epstein tapes will change the minds of any Trumpers any more than the Access Hollywood tapes did in 2016.
Not who we're after at this point. I think all of us asked the question, "Why not bring this out earlier, when we heard it." Remember Comey's letter? That was Oct 28 and Nov 8 was the election. Trump surged and passed Clinton on 538, but then a few days before the election the surge reversed and they passed each other the other way. But it was so close, hard to call. We have 2 more days to snag whatever undecideds there are left, if there are any at all.
