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BumRushDaShow

(167,401 posts)
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 06:39 AM 23 hrs ago

MAGA civil war erupts with Steven Bannon and Roger Stone in online feud over Epstein

Source: The Independent

Wednesday 11 February 2026 18:44 EST


Republican political operator Roger Stone is warring with a proxy of former Trump adviser Steve Bannon on social media after the Epstein files revealed the latter's close relationship to the convicted sex trafficker.

In recent days, Bannon has been the subject of criticism from some conservatives over emails he exchanged with Epstein, even after the disgraced financier was convicted for sex trafficking.

“That’s our stinky Steve,” Stone wrote in response to an article written about Epstein and Bannon texting each other on the day the former was arrested in 2019. Epstein was reportedly texting Bannon about a "redemptive" documentary the MAGA podcaster wanted to make about him.

Stone told his followers to look at the emails, claiming that Bannon "was very far up Epstein’s a** and was advising him on how to lie his way out of his criminal pedophile past.”

Grace Chong, the CFO and COO of Bannon’s War Room podcast, defended her boss on X, sharing an image suggesting Stone'

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/maga-bannon-stone-epstein-argument-b2918650.html

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MAGA civil war erupts with Steven Bannon and Roger Stone in online feud over Epstein (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago OP
Bannon lapfog_1 23 hrs ago #1
Aw, trouble in paradise? boonecreek 22 hrs ago #2
LOL, Roger Stone is claiming the moral high ground? 🤣 tanyev 22 hrs ago #3
LOL, yeah, but he seems to have been looking for consenting adults muriel_volestrangler 21 hrs ago #6
I'll bet Stone is pissed he was never invited to Trump-Epstein sex parties? travelingthrulife 21 hrs ago #8
Yes Roger Stone's weirdness used to be an open rumor, for years FakeNoose 21 hrs ago #7
Two more names from Donald's Cavalcade of Cringeworthy vying for top billing with KitFox 21 hrs ago #4
"let them fight" area51 21 hrs ago #5
"stinky Steve" Talitha 19 hrs ago #9
Been waiting for that snake head to pop up! 2naSalit 18 hrs ago #10
Yeah the mention of his name BumRushDaShow 18 hrs ago #11
Exactly!! 2naSalit 18 hrs ago #12
Stinky Steve fujiyamasan 17 hrs ago #13
"Stinky Steve" from the guy who dresses like a second-string Batman villain Rob H. 16 hrs ago #14
to convicted felons trying to out Epstein each other. Javaman 15 hrs ago #15

lapfog_1

(31,806 posts)
1. Bannon
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 07:00 AM
23 hrs ago

Epstein files allegedly suggest Steve Bannon was planning a favorable documentary about the sex trafficking New York financier

Instead he ran a favorable presidential campaign about a sex trafficking New York real estate dirtbag.

sort of a step down for Bannon... but at least he could manipulate the subject of his efforts.

tanyev

(48,918 posts)
3. LOL, Roger Stone is claiming the moral high ground? 🤣
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 08:01 AM
22 hrs ago
Roger Stone, 66, and his wife Nydia were regulars of notorious private sex club Capitol Couples in Washington D.C. in the mid-1990s

The club often was home to one big orgy with sex acts openly taking place on the dance floor, in back rooms, and even the bar, with porn running on TV sets

Not only were the Stones exposed as swing club aficionados, but they were also linked to personal ads to meet other couples and single men

An ad paid for using Stone's credit card, read: 'Hot, insatiable lady and her handsome body builder husband, experienced swingers, seek similar couples or exceptional muscular well-hung single men'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6640233/Inside-Roger-Stones-swinging-marriage-posted-ads-online-frequented-sex-clubs.html


muriel_volestrangler

(105,871 posts)
6. LOL, yeah, but he seems to have been looking for consenting adults
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 08:29 AM
21 hrs ago

so he does hold the high ground on sexual matters.

I also note that he's claiming the bodily hygiene high ground - contrasting unshaven, 2 shirts "stinky Steve" with, implicitly, his well-tailored and clean appearance.

FakeNoose

(40,830 posts)
7. Yes Roger Stone's weirdness used to be an open rumor, for years
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 08:42 AM
21 hrs ago

It's funny that Stone has managed to avoid scrutiny through this whole Epstein thing. Lately there haven't been many Roger Stone stories circulating in the gossip mill. Now it seems he's back trying to stir up the pot once again.

KitFox

(521 posts)
4. Two more names from Donald's Cavalcade of Cringeworthy vying for top billing with
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 08:21 AM
21 hrs ago

RFK, Miller, Noem, Bondi, Bovino, Hegseth, Vance, Patel, Homan, Gabbard, ………………………..

2naSalit

(101,207 posts)
10. Been waiting for that snake head to pop up!
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 11:42 AM
18 hrs ago

Fucking roger stone, probably just jealous of steve's more friendly relationship and easy access to the pervert class. Bet he shows up somewhere in the hidden files.

BumRushDaShow

(167,401 posts)
11. Yeah the mention of his name
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 12:00 PM
18 hrs ago

was like someone uttering “Beetlejuice” 3 times and then he appears out of the depths of hell!

fujiyamasan

(1,449 posts)
13. Stinky Steve
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 01:12 PM
17 hrs ago

I gotta admit I like that one.

Roger stone may be into his kinky sex stuff, but even an ass hole can still have enough sense not to hang out with a pedophile (or who knows maybe worse with Bannon).

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