• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    Last week: “We need to release the files.”

    This week: “Dear leader said no. I never implied anything different.”

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      Never trust anything they say, it was pure posturing. Judge them for their actions, or lack of them. So when one of those inbred sycophants says they are going against Trump, don’t believe them until they actually do (which will be never).

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        So I think this is actually a little bit of a naive viewpoint. The next level beyond it is to consider why they’re saying something. You don’t have to assume they’re telling the truth, but politicians say things for a strategically chosen reason.

        I do think the fact that Johnson even piped up about the Epstein files is meaningful. There is a break in the thinking between the coalitions of the Republican parties. Johnson was probably trying to woo some of them, got pressured, and then backed off. But even the fact that he had to be pressured means they had to expend effort to keep him in line. That can’t keep working forever.

        Which is also why I think the Epstein files are no mere distraction. There is a breakdown, and they’re not easily falling in line.

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      I think he didn’t realize how many of his donors don’t want the list released. I bet there’s a good number of billionaires on the list.

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    The more he runs away from this the more likely that nobody will believe whatever explanation he lands on to dismiss it. Even if there really isn’t a list, and he really isn’t on it, and they present some evidence that proves it conclusively, there’s zero shot anyone will believe it.

    The conspiracy vibes are so strong that even reality couldn’t kill them.

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    Actually, Michael, what he needs is to be fully outed as one of the pedos his base so vehemently abhors.

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    Just so we’re clear, he’s completely within his rights — per the landmark 1849 case Cowboys v. Indians, which famously established the “time-outs and tag-backs” precedent.

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        Us vs. them is a powerful tool to wield against you. Your neighbors are neither beneath you nor immovable, and nobody should stretch beyond your compassion. We live among the ghosts of ourselves, and some of those parts are bleeding and tangled in wire. It takes precision, patience, and gentleness to free those parts without nipping the skin.

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    If by space you mean being thrown into a black hole then yeah. But seriously trumps a child fucker and the GOP is trying to hide it.

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    “They haven’t deleted and scrubbed Trump’s name off the documents yet , so we need more time.”

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      Trump wants the story to die more. “Space” meaning more time and he needs more time to work on his base. He will repeat over and over that the files aren’t real and that they are a Democrat hoax and each time he does another MAGA will turn around and bend over for him until they are all docile again. Trump doesn’t care what the left see or believe anyway.