First, are a couple of commentaries on L'Affaire Epstein, the first from Amanda Marcotte, who explains in a rather succinct way why this is so important to MAGAts.
Quoting the sub-hed, "His base needs a story where they're the heroes, not the villains ."
This is the core of their fixation. In order to feel like heroes, rather than zeros, MAGATs need to believe that the other side is f%$#ing children and are about to be arrested for it.
Trump can be caught on tape joking about abusing women, or be found liable for sexual assault, but his followers believe that their support for him makes them protectors of innocent children, and instead they are chumps.
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But you can’t be a warrior for rape culture day in and day out without starting to ask yourself, “Am I the baddie?” That’s where Epstein and his imaginary client list come in. By hating on Epstein and fantasizing about political enemies being on the “list,” MAGA gets to play at being the heroes for once. Better yet, they can do so without the risk of bringing actual predators to justice, a precedent they don’t want to establish lest it come for their leaders. After all, Epstein is dead, and his “list” only existed in their fevered imaginations.
Or least, that felt true until Trump started visibly panicking about the Epstein files. But giving up on the Epstein case now that Trump is drenched in flop sweat would amount to MAGA admitting they never cared about pedophiles or justice for victims — that it was always just a fairy tale they told to conceal the ugly truth about themselves, even to themselves.
I recommend reading the whole article.
On the more humorous side, the invaluable Charlie Pierce observes that, "If you want Epstein out of the news, maybe don’t fire the person who prosecuted him," which is a good indicator just how much Trump and his Evil Minions™ are melting down over all of this.
In more "newsey" news, following her talk with Trump's former defense attorney, now Deputy Attorney General Deputy Todd Blanche, she was moved to a "Club Fed" prison in Texas, where no doubt she will be playing tennis with Elizabeth Holmes.
People convicted of sex-trafficking minors are not supposed to be in that sort of facility.
BTW, remember when Wired found irregularities in the surveillance tapes at the jail where Epstein was held when he commited suicide? Well, CBS News has found yet more irregularities in the video.
BTW, before declaring that there were, "No Epstein files," the FBI was planning to release the documents under the Freedom of Information Act, and it appears that Kash Patel directed the Bureau's FOIA team to redact all references to Trump.
That's all I have right now, sh%$-for-brains was consolidating the Epstein post, and deleted everything.
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