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angrychair

(11,896 posts)
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 02:22 PM 2 hrs ago

Let me be unequivocally clear

Given the fact that this administration is telling us to "move on" from the Epstein files

Telling us there are absolutely no crimes depicted in the released Epstein files

Telling us they are refusing to release over 3.1 million more files saying they are not important or privileged

All while at least 10 different countries have announced investigations or other legal actions tied to the release of the Epstein files but not the US

We have not been told anything about a whistleblower report that is such a damning issue that it was deemed to sensitive to release and was locked away for over 6 months while they tried everything they could to stop it's release before only allowing the Gang of 8 to see it and I think there is still the question if they were even allowed to see the unredacted version. A scandal so bad its reported to make the Epstein files look like a speeding ticket.

That this morning, at fucking 1 am, the sitting president sent out literally the most overtly racist and disgusting message, ABOUT A FORMER PRESIDENT, that has ever been done by any president or senior administration official, since the invention of the Internet.

To be clear that isn't even anywhere near everything.

My point is this:

WE, AS AMERICANS, ARE NOT NEARLY UPSET ENOUGH.


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Let me be unequivocally clear (Original Post) angrychair 2 hrs ago OP
This IS America, after all. LuvLoogie 2 hrs ago #1
I remember a President saying something similar: rsdsharp 2 hrs ago #2
Different time angrychair 2 hrs ago #3
I didn't specify how he might be gone. rsdsharp 1 hr ago #4
I take solace in the fact MLWR 1 hr ago #5
Agree. We are under-reacting to the danger here. And I know of no one who is over-reacting. nt wiggs 54 min ago #6
It has been close to 11 years since he announced his candidacy debsy 7 min ago #7
While "at least ten different countries have launched Uncle Joe 4 min ago #8

rsdsharp

(11,863 posts)
2. I remember a President saying something similar:
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 02:34 PM
2 hrs ago

“One year of Watergate is enough!

Just over six months later, he was gone. May it be so for Trump.

angrychair

(11,896 posts)
3. Different time
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 03:08 PM
2 hrs ago

You would be hard pressed to get anyone in Congress to do anything when it comes to him. Some will just lower their heads and walk fast, some will do that while muttering "in really busy" or "I haven't seen it so I can't comment" or will do press conferences, Sunday morning news programs and write letters but nothing material that matters or changes anything.

MLWR

(889 posts)
5. I take solace in the fact
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 04:17 PM
1 hr ago

that the Obamas are not snowflakes like trumpelthinskin, that both of them are very intelligent unlike the orange abomination, that both are comfortable in their own skin and don't run around collecting grudges and grievances and that both of them are fully capable of considering the source of the vile racism being spewed by an inferior creature.

debsy

(821 posts)
7. It has been close to 11 years since he announced his candidacy
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 05:11 PM
7 min ago

And still, he has not been held accountable for any of the opprobrious acts he has committed at any time during his life. I’m not holding my breath for any traction on this either. Tomorrow, I am going to find - or start - a protest.

Uncle Joe

(64,535 posts)
8. While "at least ten different countries have launched
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 05:14 PM
4 min ago

investigations," and the "Democracy dies in darkness" motto loving Washington Post eliminated their international division.

Apparently Bezos doesn't want to cover that.

Thanks for the thread angrychair

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