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Is this the next phase? Because the only thing scarier than the situation we already have is that man getting the big chair
ok, I took one for the team and actually read the article. And the title (surprise!) is click-bait.
Vance casually informed a comedian over dinner what’s in the files connected to Jeffrey Epstein while trying to downplay their significance
They are now basically saying that the 10.000 hours of video evidence are all just commercial pornography, not videos of famous people. They are also saying Pam Bondi is not an idiot though, so I don't exactly trust their judgement (although I do trust Vance to watch 10,000 hours of commercial pornography to make sure his couch is not featured in there)
They are also saying Pam Bondi is not an idiot though, so I don’t exactly trust their judgement
They are incapable of evaluating the intelligence and competence of their own. When they say someone's smart or competent, what they actually mean is they are a compliant lap dog that is loyal to them.
I feel terrible for the people subjected to dinner with JD Vance they are victims not guests have a heart people.
Yeah, this is how you'd start a smear campaign. Follow this up by having a freshly pardoned / commuted convicted sex trafficker give an interview where the names are all magically the same.
Never mind that we already know who is on the list because the victims already fucking told us.
The top level of the current GOP is a pedophile chistofascist cult. Full fucking stop.
You forgot the part where he's not worried as only the 18+ year old couches have the softest cushions
if they are his dinner guests, he was probably just telling them "I saw your name in there! And yours! And yours! And... look, this one's me!"
What files?
"All my best friends are famous pedophiles" -JD Vance, probably
Only some of his best friends are famous pedophiles. Some are not famous at all.
That's such a fucking weird thing to do. Like bruh, put up or shut up. We don't think you're cool for this, we think you're running coverage for pedophiles
And has no qualms about letting his boss stay out of trouble from it. So basically a couch fucking pedo simp
So basically a couch fucking pedo simp
Yes, he's a republican.
That's over-generalising. Not every republican is a coach fucker.
Some prefer armchairs.
only because they don't have the balls to try it
you know they want to
Man that guy exudes asshole freak. Hes less likable than Hillary and Trump put together.
Like some weird golemn freak. A Gerber baby crossed with Duck Dynasty. Just ain’t got the beard nailed down yet.
Oh, he has the beard thing nailed down. Her name is Usha
“ Grew facial hair because he understood bein' a beard just fit him better “
Maybe now we really know why he killed the pope.
Funny pope selection drama, with the caveat I know about this mostly in passing: allegedly Francis was a compromise vote because the guy that a large (but not majority) faction wanted was too controversial a pick. So they voted in Francis because he was already old and only had 1 lung, so how long could he have to live anyway? Turns out longer than the guy said faction wanted to elect.
And I know it’s memes, but if Vance did kill the pope it’s extremely funny he was replaced with the guy from Chicago who is against basically everything Trump is doing.
Other than the fact that it spews out constant bullshit whenever he does, there's something physically irritating about the way he opens his mouth like that. Is it that I can't see his teeth? I can't figure out why, but it pisses me off so much.
Yeah, he looks like a giant baby but he’s got a beard and an “I’d kill your grandma for a dollar” suit.
He looks like the malfunctioning mask from Total Recall when he gobs like that.
Trump should be very worried, Vance is going after his job just like Musk was.
The same Vance who had dinner with the Murdoch’s just before the Trump letter to Epstein was released?
Noooo…
The Pope was just a practice run.
Nah, he was chosen specifically because he's one of the most feckless people there is. Certainly the most feckless couch fucker.
Vance is in the new evil empire crowd and has been for a very long time.
https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrifying-techno-authoritarian-ideas
Thiel, Musk, Vance, Yarvin, Masters and a cast of the worst people on earth have plans.
https://beforewewerewhite.substack.com/p/j-d-vance-gangs-and-scientific-racism
And people thought I was crazy
https://lemmy.ca/post/34947790/13364820
Consider that Peter Thiel bankrolled JD Vance and that he, musk, zuck, et al have essentially established a technocratic state within the new admin. https://www.ft.com/content/408fb864-5831-4b1d-beef-fd1966b3beed
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jd-vance-trump-vp-peter-thiel-billionaire/
The Wall Street Journal reported that Musk might support that PAC to the tune of around $45 million per month. Musk has denied that specific claim since, but the America PAC, which is run by Lonsdale, appears to be created to support the “PayPal Mafia” worldview — which includes (and indeed depends on) the bankruptcy of the United States.
https://washingtonspectator.org/peter-thiel-and-the-american-apocalypse/
At least PayPal had a suitably grand mission—the kind that post-bubble skeptics would later describe as grandiose: we wanted to create a new internet currency to replace the U.S. dollar.
~ Peter Thiel Zero to One https://archive.org/stream/zero-to-one-peter-thiel-and-blake-masters/Zero to One - Peter Thiel and Blake Masters_djvu.txt
I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.
~ Thiel The Education of a Libertarian https://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/peter-thiel/education-libertarian/
https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrifying-techno-authoritarian-ideas
And one final, very important thought:
I wonder if Murdoch promised him the keys to the castle if he can take Trump down via the Epstein case
Thiel finally let him out of the cage, after being mostly in the background or absent from the media.
Not surprising. Dude basically speed ran his way to VP, he never developed the social skills necessary for the role.
Isn’t a lack of social skills a necessary requirement to be part of Trumps administration?
Really anyone who seeks the amount of power upper government provides tends to be a sociopath. Same with billionaires. Well adjusted people call it quits at $10m or city mayor. I think the government needs to be way flatter than it is.
Thiel bought his role from senator to the VP.
"She’s not an idiot. She’s the attorney general"
Umm, these are not mutually exclusive.
Edit: for the idiots out there, "not mutually exclusive" means she can be both at the same time 😁
As an example of mutually exclusive...you can be well read, know all of the fancy words, and still be an idiot.
How does this dude look like he's wearing eyeliner while never wearing eyeliner. Like, he isn't right?
Vance is always wearing eyeliner, that's been his thing for years.
He's also a very sassy runner
Wow that's so metrosexual and post modern of Maga to embrace him doing that. Yaaasss nazi piggg 💅
I think he does wear eyeliner. No, it does not make any fucking sense.
Trump is spraypainted carrot orange daily and his combover is gelled/sprayed probably multiple times a day. A little eyeliner is honestly not much in comparison.
The files that clearly don’t exist?
Get outta here!
Alex Jones looks like a miserable piece of shit. I mean, even more than usual.
Guy on the left looks like he's just discovered micro transaction and his mum's credit card.
Wait, you mean this isn't a before-and-after pic?
Wonder if he’d have the balls to turn on Trump if he knew it would make him president today.