No shit? Does he think we don’t know that?
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It's more that because of elon's single-mindedness and pettiness that we can measure his effect on the platform and extrapolate that to other social media. So this would give us a good basis of measurement for the forced memes that big tech companies want us to spread when they aren't being so obvious.
It's simply astounding the slop Americans will accept as "Journalism" nowadays.
Though Musk slammed Trump's handling of the Epstein files, his attacks themselves were riddled with false assumptions, including conspiracy theories about the existence of an Epstein "client list," which is unsupported by evidence.
So ABC "News" just straight up parrots the Trump administrations talking points as if they are objective facts. "Left Leaning" bias my asshole :(
And what is the "evidence" they use to back up this supposed fact, some lawyer hasn't seen it. As we all know, absence of evidence is evidence of absence. Good Job ABC, case closed.
Not to mention this lawyers story is full of holes.
First of all he claims to be representing Epstein's victims, but goes on to say that
"he is bound by attorney-client privilege and cannot ethically reveal the names of any of Epstein's alleged associates without permission from his clients."
Exsqueeze me? Admittedly I am not a lawyer, but what exactly would be the point of 'representing' the victims if they refuse to release the names of the people who assaulted them? Isn't the point to bring these people to justice? How would it benefit the victims in any way to not release the names? The only way that would make sense is if Edwards was only there to distribute hush money payments. Can anyone explain this to me?
Then he goes on to say
"It's difficult to even discern, when he would send a woman to one of his friends, whether that was even a motivation. What he was not is a person on the top of a sex trafficking operation that was sending women to powerful people around the world so that he could make money. It was not a business,"
but later in the exact same article the writer says
"And it raises questions whether those records, if made public, could finally lead to a better understanding of how a college dropout from Coney Island managed to accumulate astounding wealth and proximity to power -- a transformation that has long defied ready explanation."
Gee, its so weird how a guy who was a habitual child molester, who was friends with some very rich and powerful scumbags, who's partner was convicted of sex trafficking, and who was mysteriously able to accumulate "astounding wealth" is also clearly and unambiguously innocent of running a sex trafficking operation, because 'some guy said so'. If anyone read that sentence and thinks it sounds plausible please PM me, I just got some really nice bridges in famous cities and I'm willing to let them go for cheap.
Oh and here comes my favorite part:
Edwards describes the enigmatic Epstein as living, essentially, two separate lives: one in which he was sexually abusing women and girls "on a daily basis," and another in which he associated with politicians, royalty, and titans of business, academia, and science.
"For the most part, those two worlds did not overlap. And where they overlapped, in the instances they overlapped, it seems to be a very small percentage," Edwards said.
Ok? Edwards let's say that it was a 'very small percentage', WHO FUCKING CARES?! I don't care if it was one person, that person should be named and prosecuted. For Fuck Sake saying he only did 'a little bit' of pimping out underage children for the wealthy to molest as if that excuses it or diminishes it in any way makes me want to puke.
"There were occasions where a select few of these men engaged in sexual acts with a select few of the girls that Jeffrey Epstein was exploiting or abusing -- primarily girls who were over the age of 18."
Again, WHO THE FUCK CARES?! Why does this even need to be said? Even if we take what this clown is saying as absolute fact, that still means young women were being exploited and abused, and some % of them were underage. WHO WERE THE 'SELECT FEW' MEN? That is what we want to know, not hear excuses like "Well it was only a few men, and only some of the girls were underage". Get all the way the fuck out of here with that bullshit.
"That conduct was coercive, it was exploitative, and it was bad. But it's a small fraction of the men he was associated with," Edwards said. "And he was abusing hundreds of women, if not a thousand. And it's a very small fraction of those women that he was sending to men.
I'm not going to say it again. 🤮
he said he has seen no indication that Epstein kept a list of those men, or that he made it a practice to use those instances to blackmail or extort the men
The cameras in the bedrooms and the bathrooms were just there for the molesters safety and nothing else I'm sure.
"So the best thing would be: Protect the victims' names, release everything else, so that the world can see what is real, versus what is total fiction, and then everybody can move on."
Except that you and ABC have just spent an entire article regurgitating the Trump administrations excuses for not releasing them, so why in the fuck would they bother? But hey, now you can guys can pretend that you are for releasing the information even though you just gave them every excuse not to. Convenient.
There's more I could say but I'm getting sick just thinking about this crap. The whole damn thing is disgusting.
“Left Leaning” bias my asshole :(
Yeah, I have to chuckle at lots of "wellaxetually" types that like to play the Enlightened Centrist (TM) that pop up nearly on any given forum to lecture the likes of me when I openly mock the notion of a "liberal media".
When I ask just where the fuck this supposed "liberal media" is, I usually get a lot of bafflegab that leads almost nowhere. Often they point to bullshit sites like that one that do nothing to consider the broader spectrum or ideas like Chomsky's where he has pointed out that very strident arguments tend to be allowed between a very narrow and confined range.
And so a website like Wonkette is ranked as "far left" by such types, LOL. When nothing on Wonkette comes even close to the far left, LOL. It's just that most of the media landscape is dominated by extremists like Faux, and set up as a contrast to the news outlets of megacorps and their values...which both have nearly the same exact values. The Faux wing of that "spectrum" just comes with more homophobia, transphobia, race-baiting, misogyny, etc...
Yeah, someone connected with this shit got to his pockets. I'm guessing very shortly after he was named as representative to the victims.
always funny to see and popcorn worthy!
It's hilarious how obvious their falling out was going to be 6 months ago.
I'm surprised they lasted this long.
I hate musk, think he is a nazi, and will reject the world he creates. Glad he is taking this one on though. They deserve each other.
It's like watching two nasty creatures fight each other while you, who was going to be eaten by one of them, can get away, at least for a little bit. But if you had the ability, you stomp the fuck out of both of them.
I just watched whichever Jurassic Park has the spinosaur fighting the T-Rex, and this reminded me of it.
What else is on? I'm tired of Jerry Springer white trash theatrics we call governance.
We are watching the attempted ousting of a dictator in the world's most powerful country. But go on
Please, trump is just the lighting rod for your rage at a system that is in the final stages of being taken over by economic forces. He's the finger puppet on the hand of the general elite. Just because he's a moron doesn't mean he's not your equivalent of a WWE heel.
Fuck! Nail on the head with that comparison! It's literally like the worst white trash Nazi bullshit episode from Jerry Springer is currently squatting in the White House.
comeon Elmu, just put your money where the mouth is.
Tesla shares for everyone who brings/leaks hard evidence.
This dude practically bought votes for trump.
This is all bullshit theater unless he funds something.
Ew no money please. The only people who want Tesla shares are going to be worthless idiots.
those are the ones he needs to convince
I dunno, I'm almost out of toilet paper anyway
When was the year when they stopped issuing shares on paper?
Hey, now, don't ruin my joke.
(Also, 2013ish, depending on the company)
mind that he was willing to do all this together until he couldn't get enough shit from mango mussolini for his ~~pockets~~ companies. he can choke on a bag of dildos after he gets his nuremberg trial.
if these people, all of them, including the Dems who capitulate, owners of the media companies that censor in their name and push their fascist agenda, all ICE employees, don't get their own nuremberg trials, and examples aren't made of them, the US might as well throw the towel and declare itself a lawless land and a failed state.
Probably trying to distract from DOGE carving out the government.
Monkeys throwing shit at each other.
From their own social media platform. Thats the part that always gets me about their spats. They only post and read on the platform they own.
He just wants to be cool again.
That's not going to happen, but it's really gonna be fun watching them fight more while he tries.
Remember trumps a pawn… the game doesn’t die with his demise. It barely changes at all.
The truth is probably far more dark and fucked up than trump and Epstein.
Don’t let the drama take away your vision of the full spectrum of americas situation.
Watching them fight each other is the only moment of solace I get in the news these days. Don't take that away from me.
He's not going to change my view on anything.
With love, that speaks to a profound emptiness in our lives. We need something worth preserving.
The cult of personality behind Trump will shatter. And there will be cracks formed in the MAGA movement. New figureheads will try to take power and split the base.
They will still be racist republicans, but to say little will change is simply not true.