• KnitWit@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Everyone did know back then. That’s what’s so frustrating about this entire thing. There are jokes about lolita island from 25 years ago. The video with Trump talking about his best friend Epstein who ‘likes them a little young’ is from like 1998. It has been an open secret for literally decades now and still both the perpetrators and the people who could hold them responsible are all still looking around pretending it’s news to them.

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    in any normal plane of existence, trump would have been sunk in 2015 by “grab them by the pussy”

    but here we are. rapist pedophile fascist con man in the oval office. and even this won’t turn his maga sheep followers. read any leopardsatemyface article: “yea, trump done ruint my life, but i’d still vote for him again”

    they’ll just continue to scream and bleat something about gay books in the library being the biggest threat to children

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      So many things about him are awful, but the one that definitely sticks in my craw is how so many people still think he’s good at business.

      It’s so demonstrably untrue.

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      they’ll just continue to scream and bleat something about gay books in the library being the biggest threat to children

      Because this is genuinely what they want.

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        of course. it was never about “protect the children,” but about blaming all the world’s problems on [insert marginalized group of people] to the point that the pridefully ignorant masses are afraid to even live in the same neighborhood, let alone let their kids read books about them. so while everyone is being robbed blind by the fascists, the blame is squarely on not-fascists, and freedom of speech is scrubbed out of existence

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      yeah I think about heart and al franken was even recent. its just so hilarious the way republicans comeback started with the moral majority. what a joke these folks are but none of us is laughing.

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    Hm. According to the then police chief of palm beach county, where maralago is. police chief was probably at some parties and is covering for his buddies.

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      “You know, I’m, like, a smart person.” “I am a really smart guy.” “I’ve been known as being a very smart guy for a long time.” “I have a very good brain and I’ve said a lot of things.” “I’m intelligent. Some people would say I’m very, very, very intelligent.” “And then people say oh, is he a smart person? I’m smarter than all of them put together, but they can’t admit it.” “My IQ is one of the highest — and you all know it! Please don’t feel so stupid or insecure; it’s not your fault.” “My two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart…. I went from VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star, to President of the United States (on my first try). I think that would qualify as not smart, but genius….and a very stable genius at that!”