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Old Sep 12, 2025 | 08:23 PM
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Powerful address from the governor of Utah.
Old Sep 12, 2025 | 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by cordycord, Oct 7, 2024
Part of why Kamala is getting so much support is that if Trump wins that Epstein client list is gonna become public.
(Trump subsequently wins)


Six months later:
Originally Posted by Joe Perez, Sep 12, 2025
Don’t forget about the Epstein files, which every GOP Senator just blocked the release of.
Originally Posted by cordycord, Sep 12, 2025
Powerful address from the governor of Utah.

(Genuinely heartwarming speech about Charlie Kirk)


So... are you just going to continue pretending like Trump did not make "release the Epstein files" a major part of his 2024 presidential campaign, and thus one of the reasons why we voted for him?


I ask seriously.

Old Sep 13, 2025 | 01:30 AM
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The tone is definitely changing on X. I'd say a "line has been crossed" with the assassination of Charlie Kirk, except I know how feckless Congress is. If anything happens, it will be a repeal of the Smith-Mundt Act, and maybe a giant RICO investigation into the NGOs and others who bankroll political violence. The Republicans never got the memo; Charlie Kirk was killed and not even a Hyundai got tipped over.

Yep, there are still some people who just aren't getting the memo.
Old Sep 13, 2025 | 03:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
Don’t forget about the Epstein files, which every GOP Senator just blocked the release of.


Remember back in 2024, when Trump made the release of the Epstein file a literal campaign platform?


Those were good times.

Here's one for you Joe.
Old Sep 13, 2025 | 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by cordycord
Here's one for you Joe.

Yeah, I've seen that one as well. Theories are really running wild right now.

It's far too early to be forming opinions at the moment. 95% of what's being said and written is misinformation, likely half planned and paid for and the other half typical pearl-clutching.

I speculate that we will learn the real truth about the Charlie Kirk assassination about the same time that we learn the real truth about the JFK assassination and the Epstein files.

Which is to say, never.


Despite all of the rhetoric about how "a turning point has been reached," within a few months this will mostly have been forgotten about. We'll all pay attention briefly when Tyler Robinson is sentenced, and most people will assume that he was in fact the killer, and that he acted alone.

A few people will still be asking questions, in much the same way that I continue to shine a light on the many ways in which president Trump has lied to his own electorate. And most people will ignore them, just as you ignore the bulk of what I write, because they've done the mental gymnastics to justify whatever explanation their opinion-provider of choice has told them to believe, and moved on to the next manufactured crisis.


It's interesting to reflect upon the fact that Kirk will likely be voting democrat in the next election.





Old Sep 13, 2025 | 10:15 AM
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I'm a big 2A believer but I'm starting to think "sensible" gun control is not a bad idea to end senseless gun violence.

If you consider yourself a liberal or are trans/homosexual, then you don't get a gun. And quite frankly, liberals and the gay community are heavily against the 2A so it's not like we aren't giving them what they want.

So there, sensible gun control. Keeping the guns away from the people who say they don't want them in your hands, yet when they have them they use them offensively. Easy.
Old Sep 13, 2025 | 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by hector
I'm a big 2A believer but I'm starting to think "sensible" gun control is not a bad idea to end senseless gun violence.

If you consider yourself a liberal or are trans/homosexual, then you don't get a gun. And quite frankly, liberals and the gay community are heavily against the 2A so it's not like we aren't giving them what they want.

So there, sensible gun control. Keeping the guns away from the people who say they don't want them in your hands, yet when they have them they use them offensively. Easy.

Old Sep 13, 2025 | 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
So... are you just going to continue pretending like Trump did not make "release the Epstein files" a major part of his 2024 presidential campaign, and thus one of the reasons why we voted for him?
You know that while Trump had every intention of releasing the files, that was before he became privy to what was actually in them.
Whether it embarrasses an ally, reveals a secret source or something else is immaterial. It is in the best interests of this country to keep them secret, so they have.

Even revealing why they are not being released could be enough to confirm to our enemies what is in them. I sincerely doubt that they weren't released because of any ulterior motives.
Trump is not a stupid man, and he knows this is hurting his reputation/approval numbers/credibility. Therefore, I conclude that it is more important they are not released.
Old Sep 13, 2025 | 01:56 PM
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Joe needs to let it go, those files are likely never going to see the light of day and anyone with a brain knows why.



He put on the hat and kissed the wall, his administation is littered with them and that's just the way the world works.


This is not a suprise to those paying attention.
Old Sep 13, 2025 | 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by hector
I'm a big 2A believer but I'm starting to think "sensible" gun control is not a bad idea to end senseless gun violence.

If you consider yourself a liberal or are trans/homosexual, then you don't get a gun. And quite frankly, liberals and the gay community are heavily against the 2A so it's not like we aren't giving them what they want.

So there, sensible gun control. Keeping the guns away from the people who say they don't want them in your hands, yet when they have them they use them offensively. Easy.
There's a 1995 study that (shockingly) is well-debated that says that Americans use guns defensively between 2.1 to 2.5 million times per year. This includes pulling a gun out but not using it. We've all seen the "gotcha" clips where the dumbass crook walks into a store full of gun owners, so you can imagine how this plays out nationally. More importantly, if guns aren't available then neither is dissent. Call it crazy, but the mindset that we have agency should the government go off the rails is important.

Old Sep 13, 2025 | 07:57 PM
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There are many that would be implicated in the Epstein files, not just DJT. I’m sure biden did not release them for some of the same reasons.

Originally Posted by Stock
Joe needs to let it go, those files are likely never going to see the light of day and anyone with a brain knows why.



He put on the hat and kissed the wall, his administation is littered with them and that's just the way the world works.


This is not a suprise to those paying attention.
Old Sep 14, 2025 | 03:25 AM
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https://globalnews79.com/lehieu/hear...nd-loving-dad/

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Old Sep 14, 2025 | 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by LeoNA
There are many that would be implicated in the Epstein files, not just DJT. I’m sure biden did not release them for some of the same reasons.
My post was about the rampant Jewish "influence" that exists in our government (on BOTH SIDES) but yeah, "jew" and "pedo" are interchangeable in this scenario (most scenarios, really).
Old Sep 14, 2025 | 06:03 PM
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Old Sep 15, 2025 | 12:54 AM
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The first video is San Clemente tonight (I was there). The crowd is where the largest weekly Cars n' Coffee meet in the nation is held.
Old Sep 15, 2025 | 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by cordycord
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Powerful address from the governor of Utah.
I didn't hear anything powerful.

The demons on the left that celebrated Charlie Kirk's assassination would cut off my granddaughter's head to punish me for wearing a MAGA hat.

We needed to hear something more like Ripley's speech in Aliens pointing out they can't be reasoned with.

They can't be.
Old Sep 15, 2025 | 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by poormxdad
We needed to hear something more like Ripley's speech in Aliens pointing out they can't be reasoned with.

They can't be.

So... we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit?

It's the only way to be sure.



Old Sep 16, 2025 | 03:27 AM
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Old Sep 16, 2025 | 08:19 AM
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The sheer amount of schadenfreude being displayed by BOTH sides is dismaying. People celebrating a death on one hand, and others celebrating getting fired or cancelled for such behavior. It's like there is no common ground at all anymore.
Old Sep 16, 2025 | 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by rleete
The sheer amount of schadenfreude being displayed by BOTH sides is dismaying. People celebrating a death on one hand, and others celebrating getting fired or cancelled for such behavior. It's like there is no common ground at all anymore.
This was my knee jerk reaction to the assassination:

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