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Rene R. Rinaldi's avatar

Thank you for information I have not seen anywhere else.

Christine Lee's avatar

If someone in a crowd yells 'pedophile protector' and you assume they meant you, it's a confession 😄

John Gregory's avatar

but it's not others that he's protecting, primarily - it's himself. It is completely clear from many many accusations, some of them filed in courts, that Trump was abusing girls, not just sitting by while Epstein and their friends did so.

Beverley's avatar

You gotta be a genius, thanks for the great laugh.

J. Lombardi's avatar

Of course, absolute disgust as I watch trump threaten Greenland & trumpdeal over the oil from Venezuela, & hegseth plays video death games with people in boats on the Caribbean. Distract, distract, distract… and with each distraction., with each death, we KNOW how very damaging the EPstein papers are while OTHER people die along with our democracy. .

Susan Linehan's avatar

Nothing like bringing the Epstein case back into the public eye despite Greenland and Minnesota. How's your foot after you shot it, Bondi?

One argument is that the case is "closed and final." But Maxwell herself has a habeas petition before the court. Can the court refuse to consider that because the judgment is "final." Kind of messes up the idea of habeas corpus.

If Bondi's signature is on the position is that only DOJ can enforce that law, and DOJ refuses to sue themselves, doesn't everyone who signed that pleading have to withdraw due to a conflict of interest? It is pretty clear that the law wasn't passed to require DOJ to sue itself. We really need to be impeaching Bondi, too.

Ken C's avatar

Our rule of law is a social covenant, a deep, implicit agreement in our society based on shared values, trust, and moral commitment, focusing on how people live together. At his core, Trump is deeply antisocial and psychopathic.

Assembling a cohort of like-minded opportunists, this regime acts with dismissive impunity and reckless corruption. Trump does not play within our rules, he plays us with our rules. He substitutes governing with racketeering.

We remain stunned deers in the headlights of contemptuous dismissal. The convening 119th U.S. Congress now remains the current lifeline to contain this catastrophe. Pray that backbones, moral compasses, and serving the public will awaken in the near comatose GOP dominated legislative bodies, recognizing their passivity has been complicity.

Vi Mooberry's avatar

Little did the founding father's think we would arrive at this moment in time. The Department of Justice should not be under The Executive Branch of government where it is easy fodder to overturn, dismiss, misdirect anything a president does not agree with. It's a bit late, but when this debacle in our country is over, can we please add and delete from our constitution for safeguards in the tangled future?

Julie Bannerman's avatar

A good swear word or phrase is a sign of intelligence and sanity I hear…from my niece who knows them all!

Back to the topic: yes, the DOJ is simply stonewalling the release of the documents and daring anyone in Congress or the courts to stop it. Like Trump is daring Europe to defend Greenland from a U.S. takeover, and his loathsome minions are daring courts, Congress, states, cities, and Americans to stop Trump’s violent, lawless coup in targeted localities.

As Hitler asked the world almost a century ago: who’s going to stop me?

It’s a good question.

I also wonder how, in this digital age with technology that barely protects even highly classified information, “someone(s)” here or abroad haven’t found ways to access and publish more of the Epstein files. The coverup seems to extend far beyond the DOJ.

What’s in those files we can’t already deduce must be so damning even MAGA loyalists ready to forgive Trump for murders on 5th Avenue aren’t a sure bet to stand by him.

Ty Cobb's avatar

Thank you Mary! Please be gentle with that “mustache-twirling” diss!

Steve R's avatar

Thank you for a couple of things today. 1) I don't know how you gather up enough information, clarity, and energy to keep these posts going. They are overwhelming at times, especially the last couple of days for some reason...and they have to be overwhelming to write. But TG you do keep going. 2) I appreciate you ending most every post with the daily "get some fresh air" or "get the flashlights out" routine with Marz. It reminds me I need to do the same thing....every day...more than ever. BTW, please thank Marz for me as well!.

Catt woman's avatar

If this can’t be done the proper way, is it possible for the victims to release the names? If perpetrators insist they are innocent, let them prove it. In order to protect the victims from defamation charges, a Congressman can do what MTG insisted she was going to do—but didn’t. Every single one of those dirty bastards needs to be neutered in the most painful way possible, but, more important, their names need to be become public knowledge.

Sandra Forrest's avatar

I feel your frustration and downright ANGER! There was a broadcaster who said something like, “The DoJ continues to defy the stipulations of the law regarding the Epstein files…”. Wait, what? The agency to enforce law isn’t cooperating? Huh? Did I miss something? Grrr… (in lieu of profanity).’

Sandra Forrest's avatar

Oh yes, keep up your great commentaries. You can’t make up this sh*t.

Jay Wilson's avatar

You always hear that politicians stay in office because they like the power. Why is it then, that Republicans even WANT to stay in office after Trump has effectively turned them into Eunuchs?

Katy Bolger's avatar

Oh, the Supreme court. The case is going to the Marty Supreme Court? The one that hides little orange balls under their robes like their small-balled orange friend in the big white house on Pennsylvania Avenue? Are they all going to ping the pong at a billionaire friend's mansion in the clouds after they open the door and let Twump slither away again? That m-m-mockery of a court? Pshaw, Mary, we've lost their phone number.

Stephanie James's avatar

Did anyone really think the Epstein files would ever see the light of day? Seriously?

Irene Marshall's avatar

I couldn’t help wondering at the time of the passing of the bill, what the catch was.