I tended to believe that Epstein killed himself in jail and that there wasn't much in his records that could further damage Trump, until I saw Trump's beyond-bonkers post at "Truth" Social.

Occam's Razor is making me wonder what's really there.

It may not even be Trump, or especially bad for Trump. The way he operates means he’s either in debt to, scamming, planning to scam, or just generally manipulating numerous important people for his benefit. Enough of them, or even just 1 or 2 key people could put Trump personally in jeopardy.
@dangillmor The <depraved idiot> doth protest too much, methinks.
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That's hella smoke for no fire
@dangillmor I can't shake that "a guy who never dies" line. It suggests that his old friend Jeff was a problem, but wasn't supposed to be one after he was dead. This wasn't the plan? It's just a very strange turn of phrase.
@dangillmor try as I may, I can’t bring myself to believe that Trump wrote that statement. It’s too long. The vibes are his, but I think staffer.

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My razor:
- if there is nothing in the files > he would release them
- if they have proof the files are made up (by democrats) > he would release them together with the proof

But, if the files would point at #Trump he would have to come with fabricated proof the files are made up. He would need a way to silence the accused through law, deportation etc.
That’s almost impossible.
So by NOT releasing the files the one conclusion is; he’s ALL OVER the files.
#uspol

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Calling him a 'guy who never dies' suggests that he thought a dead Epstein would be the end of a potential problem. Instead it's added a new angle (suicide or murder?) to his problem & he can't stop thinking about it. It implies that he knows/believes there's something in the records that could damage him.

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I didn't spot that but yeah, there's nobody quite like him for saying the quiet part out loud.

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I don't care about Jeffrey Epstein: he's dead.

I do very much care about the still-living people who commingled and conspired with him. We know who one of them is.

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It leads me to wonder if that, rather than the mythical "pee tape", is what Putin holds over Trump.

The US DOJ may claim they don't have a copy of Epstein's client list, but I bet the FSB do.

@dangillmor I would play their own game. If there is nothing to hide, you can live with showing everything. Just a nice throwback 😉
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"Thank you for your attention to this matter... Wait, NOT LIKE THAT!"
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It did seem Trump was hinting all along that his boys and in some cases gals would need to gaslight their followers past the #Epstein files.
@dangillmor someone please plug this into an ai system to get a 2 line summary….
@ijk64 @dangillmor "It wasn't me and even if it was -- look over there, a butterfly delivering tax breaks!" There, no AI required.
@dangillmor “Thank you for your attention to this matter” is the giveaway.

@dangillmor Trump made me care so much more about this list

They digged their own graves, and they're deep

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Not original to me but I love this:

"Schrödinger's Epstein List"

@dangillmor I think they lied about the existence of the 'files' to get elected. Now they're trying to get their own supporters to please forget the lies they told. Have we ever had any verification from sources not close to Trump that such things as a client list or expanded files (that we've not seen already) existed?
@BonehouseWasps @dangillmor On Feb 21, Bondi told Fox that the client list was "sitting on my desk right now to review." So yeah, she was either lying then or lying now. Or somehow lying both times, because that would be even less surprising. Every word they say is a lie, unless it's about how they want to hurt people.

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It could be as very little as how Trump emotionally requires continual adulation and absolute loyalty and suddenly one of his sources of adulation has dried up.

@dangillmor "THE TALK OF THE WORLD" doesn't mean what he thinks it does.

@dangillmor - when MAGA realises *they* are The Deep State they insisted existed and was against the US, and their Beloved Leader tries to distract them otherwise.
Kakistocracy at its best.

Feeling Great Yet America?

#MAGA #Trump #Deepstate #Epstein #USA #uspol

@bazcook @dangillmor Nothing appalling enough to get the masses off the couch yet, as it turns out. One shouldn’t hold one’s breath either.
@dangillmor I fixated on the "HOTTEST" country bit because I mean as things go it'll soon be hotter than ever...
@dangillmor Have to admit that I'm also curious why they were not released before if they contain this kind of dirt on him.
@crazyeddie @dangillmor I imagine they have dirt on all kinds of wealthy people from the left and the right. Previous administrations may have been working on selective prosecutions, but even that would make the documents available to defense council ... and ensure that a lot of your wealthy donors (if not members of the administration) would be exposed.
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Makes sense, and suggests that maybe the few Democrats in Congress that voted in support of any of Trump's travesties have something being held about them.

@dangillmor Epstein! Epstein! Epstein! The list was a hoax! It was all on Hunter's laptop, I tell ya!
He's trying this out before he pardons Ghislaine.

How is it that a guy who so strong is constantly everyone's victim?

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If there was ANYTHING in there that could have hurt the MAGA Movement, why didn't they use it?

https://clickhole.com/heartbreaking-the-worst-person-you-know-just-made-a-gr-1825121606/

Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point

ClickHole
@dangillmor I never thought he killed himself. Not that he wouldn't have wanted to but because the cameras, guards, etc conveniently were out.
@dangillmor qanons will have a field day with all the misspelled words and crazy capitalization.

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Republicans do nothing but donor maintenance for billionaires.

It's likely that Bill Barr's father is on the list. He was Epstein's patron at Dalton.

It's extremely likely there are the names of billionaires on Epstein's list.

Billionaires who would be very irked with Trump if he fails in his mission to shield them from consequences.

@dangillmor What I find most remarkable is that American citizens handed this man power, again, and this time with him winning the popular vote.

#democracy #Trump

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If your aged parent/grandparent was given to rants like that you'd be looking for 24 hour care wouldn't you? Is there no-one in the Trump family able to over-rule him? Call in the medics? Or a tame techie in the admin team who can set up a fake Truth page for him to post to that isn't publicly readable?