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AverageOldGuy

(3,606 posts)
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 11:23 PM 11 hrs ago

Is the Epstein dam about to burst?

I've seen a few articles in the last 3-4 days stating the Republicans are reading bits and pieces of Epstein material and are coming out shaken, one was in tears.

Now we learn that Epstein owned a ranch in New Mexico and the state legislature has just ordered that the ranch be seized and searched.

In general, the constant drumbeat of Epstien, Epstein, Epstein just does not stop.

Am I being too optimistic, or, is there a dam about to burst?

If so, who will be swept away and who will survive the flood?

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AZ8theist

(7,174 posts)
11. Yup, she was about to say "dollars".
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 01:28 AM
9 hrs ago

Just proves that Dotard surrounds himself with "only the best people".

You know, MORONS.

Justice matters.

(9,581 posts)
12. Freudian slip. Re.: $50K in cash filmed by the FBI she is covering up.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 01:58 AM
9 hrs ago

The "guilty" feelings and the paranoia of ever being held accountable for that cover up of exactly 50,000 "dollars" is haunting her.

Deuxcents

(26,196 posts)
5. Once a dam starts to leak, it weakens and if not repaired, I'm pretty sure it will collapse but I'm not an engineer
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 11:40 PM
11 hrs ago

I’m just a citizen watching my country in real stress and don’t want it to crumble

Bread and Circuses

(1,778 posts)
8. No. Republican voters don't care is children are raped or disappeared.
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 11:50 PM
11 hrs ago

We keep expecting republicans to display moral outrage and fidelity to the constitution.

Forget about it.

This is fascism.

Initech

(108,145 posts)
9. In fact a lot of them are absolute giddy about it.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 12:01 AM
11 hrs ago

This hideous administration can and must be taken down From Trump himself to the nightmare rotation to the screaming toddlers in Congress to the lowliest school board members to the Fox News reporters. All who enable Trump are complicit in this nightmare.

Ilikepurple

(501 posts)
10. Or are we going to see just enough spillway discharge to return to same as it ever was.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 12:03 AM
10 hrs ago

Maybe a few notable people get shamed or charged with corruption in several countries and it just goes away? Better yet, the people stay vigilante in asking for answers, the dam bursts and we actually see enough evidence that justice is served by various nations’ courts or at least in the court of public opinion.

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