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Speaker Mike Johnson said he would send lawmakers home early for their summer recess in order to head off Democratic demands for votes on calling for the release of files from the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

Mr. Johnson implied that his concerns about transparency had been alleviated, for now, by Mr. Trump’s move to authorize Attorney General Pam Bondi to seek the public release of grand jury testimony from the prosecution of Mr. Epstein. That is a far cry from the breadth of information the president’s supporters have demanded, yet it appeared to be enough to persuade the speaker.

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This thread used to link to https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/22/us/trump-news/0d8c9050-dee0-5253-89b2-30e4737090c1, a live thread linked from NYT's "Breaking news" newsletter, which headlined it "Johnson Shutting Down House Early to Block Epstein Vote". Now that the NYT has made a standalone article, I've replaced this post's link with that article's gift link, courtesy of the relevant subcommag.

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[–] Wazowski@lemmy.world 201 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 130 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Mike Johnson loves pedophiles

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why else is he spying on his son like that? Creep behavior

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

He thinks that his son is cheating on him. So insecure.

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[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

The scary part is people are trying to argue that children can give consent, and they aren't Republicans.

[–] kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 day ago

Nothing says "Nothing to see here" like shutting down a portion of the government.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

He's stalling while republicans think of ways to sanewash pedophilia.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

Hopefully a hacker busts in and retrieves the list.

[–] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just wish the right-wing base held their representatives to a higher standard or at least to the standard they hold Dems.

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[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 101 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Pedophiles covering for pedophiles. It's the GOP way!

[–] thebeardedpotato@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So turns out this is the real reason they’re against abortions. I always thought it was the labor they could exploit. I guess it’s both

[–] 7355608@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Labor for the ugly kids, rape for the rest.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 points 2 days ago

Gamey Old Pedophiles

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 40 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What do we pay these people for?

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

We don’t pay these people, they do.

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean we do too, but its chump change compared to the kickbacks they get from those who are "too big to fail."

Talk about entitlement. "I simply can't be exposed. How would society ever carry on without my generational wealth pulling the strings from the shadows?"

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[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Might want to specify which they, just so people don't misinterpret it as (((they)))

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[–] crankyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 81 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The look you get when you run cover for pedos.

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Looks like a pedophile himself. Not doing any favors covering for them.

Everyone in the GOP looks guilty as fuck.

Tune in next week as we learn, yet again, that their supporters have literally no bottom they're not willing to dig past to show the world they can go even lower.

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[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 64 points 2 days ago

Republicans protecting pedophiles. Must be a day that ends in 'Y'

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 40 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I guess he figures that when they return, everybody will have forgotten about Epstein.

He's probably right.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 days ago (2 children)

First thing Democrats should do when they get back is demand the files be released again. Not like Republicans will allow anything that actually benefits the public to be done, might as well just troll them.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And they should absolutely run on that - "I will release (or support the release of) the Epstein Files on Day One."

Every Democratic candidate should say that over and over. Don't dwell on it, don't expand on it, just make that statement. Make the MAGAs blather about why it's good to support child molesters.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And they should absolutely run on that - “I will release (or support the release of) the Epstein Files on Day One.”

They should have run on that in 2024. Made a big huge issue of it during the campaign.

Instead we got "Look! dick cheney likes me!"

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago

It wouldn't have been as effective back then. Now that they've finally come to the moment of release, they refused to do it, after making it one of the center points of the campaign. For many, it WAS the campaign. Now that they've finally balked at the finish line, there is no speculation about their position.

NOW, is when the Dems can finally take real advantage of this situation of the MAGAs making, and they should seize this opportunity and explore it mercilessly. The MAGAs certainly would.

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[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Gaslight. Obstruct. Project (and also pedophilia apparently)

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

Guardians Of Pedophiles

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Wonder how many of these legislators are on the list.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Wonder how few aren't.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

how many word leaders, DONORS to both parties, thats who they are protecting.

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[–] j0ester@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

Waste of human flesh, Mike Johnson.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 35 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Trying to imagine how my employer would feel if I left my job early without doing the work.

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 days ago

This is him doing their work.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 7 points 2 days ago

Actually he is doing his job correctly. Protecting pedophiles is his job.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 days ago (4 children)

The most damning thing we're learning from all of this is how unbelievably gullible and stupid Trump sycophants are.

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The way Republicans are handling this is actually extremely unpopular with the MAGA crowd too, it's basically the first time that Trump's base has been in outright disagreement with him on an issue. Pretty much every political demographic in the country is in agreement re: Epstein disclosures. I think we need to show some critical support to the majority of Republicans who want the full files released, at least on this specific issue, in order to keep the pressure up until congress comes back from their big long vacation. Everybody is angry about this. They want it, we want it, let's keep the energy up.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How do you even justify NOT releasing the files? Nobody has offered a single believable reason to hide them, other than to protect bad people from responsibility. It's pretty hard to stand in the spotlight and claim you are doing the right thing.

[–] rainwall@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The only possible justifications are "to protect victims" and "to protect people from baseless accusations" if there really is no proof of anything.

The first can be done with retractions. The latter is the issue for MAGA, as trump and his boosters have been claiming for years that the files are full of vile, evil shit that is being hidden and that they would expose everyone. They claimed this for half a decade, and were saying the truth was about to come out just months ago. They claimed they put 10,000 FBI agents on the case to verify the files, and gave MAGA influencers a "part 1" dossier to splash around.

Suddenly, a few months later there is nothing to see, even as more and more leaks about Trump being a pedophile hit the news.

Now they are playing games about releasing "credible" reports (i.e nothing with Trump in them or any republicans) and releasing everything but the files.

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[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

He's an absolutely disgusting excuse for a human being and coincidentally has a terrible poker face. The first thing I noticed is that he'll have a shit eating grin on his face for the entire duration of an interview while talking about fucking people over (even while not talking) but on all the interviews about Epstein that shit eating grin is completely gone.

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

What a weak ass, pedophile protecting, pathetic little man, hiding behind self righteous claims of "family values" and a "strong patriarch."

You know what Moses would do in this situation? "Lead his people" by protecting kids from the pedophiles Johnson is unwilling to expose.

All after going on with that whole BS about going against Trump on this one. Weyrich was right when he said there was no longer a "moral majority." But not bc they lost a manufactured culture war. Bc the leaders of the movement were never motivated by morality. They were motivated by their desire for power and control.

This is exactly the outcome you would expect from a bunch of narcissists hell bent on forcing society to "return" to some idealised world that never actually existed, all in the name of "traditional values."

Those with power demanding everyone conform to their demands and live their lives by the rules they make up, while using their position of power to manipulate the majority with claims of being "chosen by God to lead." All while protecting the most evil, despicable scum of the earth. Satan himself couldn't have come up with a better way to cosplay as an angel of light.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 2 points 1 day ago

Johnson's a pathetic bussy.

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Johnson gives dicks a bad name.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Why is it ok that he can do this? Before you respond glibly, IT IS NOT OK THAT HE CAN DO THIS. We need to fix this shit.

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[–] teft@piefed.social 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Gaslight Obstruction ~~Projection~~ Pedophilia

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[–] 6stringringer@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Just try’na get a jump on stuff with all this busy summer weekend traffic & such. What a petulant little man he is. Given the opportunity, I’d happily show him what those tortoise shell frames look like in reverse.

[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Just the GOP protecting pedophiles like always.

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