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Anonymous wrote:This story has broken my heart for life. I have an understanding I never had as a GenX woman regarding how power operates and I am devastated that this is the world my DD will live in for all of our lives. The architects, beneficiaries, and silent observers of the most grotesque acts of abuse are equally unforgivable if not legally equally culpable of specific cruelties. The lack of large-scale denouncement of Ivy-credentialed professors, of the language of supremacy, and of the governmental failure to appoint special masters to organize and explicate the material is damning. The failure to provide consistent, buildable coverage by the big networks, the NYT and the WaPo are part of an obvious choice to let the victims and those who always believed them still be reduced to conspiracists.

My political awakening is, I hope, similar to others here. This is a rupture, a marking of then and the future. We cannot be “regular” Democrats without being fully complicit with these crimes. The republicans are lost, and we have to accept that too, and prosecute and document everything possible.

I'm an old lady. As a teen, my dad would not allow me to wait tables because he had seen how some men treated them.

I don't think your DD has anything to worry about. i think the girls who fell prey to Epstein did not have the family support you likely give. but money talks. That was the way Epstein pulled them into his circle. And, it would appear that some families turned a blind eye.

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Anonymous wrote:Hillary testified that she is confident her husband was not aware of epstein's crimes. She really loves this man so much that she is willing to treat every American like a fool.

Her legacy and her daughter's are tied to that ship. She had numerous times to cut her losses and bail, although that would've meant not being senator or sec state. They sink or sail together.

Indeed. It's the reason she lost the Presidency. It's also the reason she rose to prominence in the first place, since despite great talent and intelligence, no woman of her time could climb up the political ranks easily without being married to a prominent politician.

I see her as an emblem of the glass ceiling, and the personal and moral sacrifices women of her time had to make if they wanted a seat at the table.

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Anonymous wrote:There’s a reason Hillary is doing this and not Bill.

Why isn't Trump doing this? Why is Trump only redacting his name?

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It’s so easy to miss things that I went back to dig this out again so we could talk about it… What do people think about this?

I only vaguely remembered the incident and had NO idea of the (extremely suspicious) Epstein tie. Looked up the judge on Wiki, and it said the perpetrator was someone who had lost a case before the judge and was a militant anti-feminist type. So it doesn’t seem strange that he would have committed an unexplainable crime. But the situation looks different for sure once you know that the judge was assigned to an investigation of Epstein’s finances.

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I would not be surprised if trump is involved. There is nothing he won't do for money.

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Anonymous wrote:This story has broken my heart for life. I have an understanding I never had as a GenX woman regarding how power operates and I am devastated that this is the world my DD will live in for all of our lives. The architects, beneficiaries, and silent observers of the most grotesque acts of abuse are equally unforgivable if not legally equally culpable of specific cruelties. The lack of large-scale denouncement of Ivy-credentialed professors, of the language of supremacy, and of the governmental failure to appoint special masters to organize and explicate the material is damning. The failure to provide consistent, buildable coverage by the big networks, the NYT and the WaPo are part of an obvious choice to let the victims and those who always believed them still be reduced to conspiracists.

My political awakening is, I hope, similar to others here. This is a rupture, a marking of then and the future. We cannot be “regular” Democrats without being fully complicit with these crimes. The republicans are lost, and we have to accept that too, and prosecute and document everything possible.

This is my litmus test for Dems. Either hold people accountable or get out of the way. Not just accountability for these survivors but for the trauma inflicted on our immigrant communities. Because it’s all the same! I’m so sick of Democrats being just a little better.

What is wrong with you? Are you simply abysmally stupid or is your head permanently up your derriere? MAGA is in charge of the White House, DOJ, and the FBI. Just what the H.ll more can Democrats do!

I’m talking about WHEN DEMOCRATS REGAIN POWER. Just wait for them to say we need to move on. NOPE. These people need to be in jail, and the camps need to close.

Anonymous wrote:Since Hillary has now testified, I wonder if the GOP will bring another First Lady who DID have a relationship with Epstein, in to testify, or nah?

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Anonymous wrote:This story has broken my heart for life. I have an understanding I never had as a GenX woman regarding how power operates and I am devastated that this is the world my DD will live in for all of our lives. The architects, beneficiaries, and silent observers of the most grotesque acts of abuse are equally unforgivable if not legally equally culpable of specific cruelties. The lack of large-scale denouncement of Ivy-credentialed professors, of the language of supremacy, and of the governmental failure to appoint special masters to organize and explicate the material is damning. The failure to provide consistent, buildable coverage by the big networks, the NYT and the WaPo are part of an obvious choice to let the victims and those who always believed them still be reduced to conspiracists.

My political awakening is, I hope, similar to others here. This is a rupture, a marking of then and the future. We cannot be “regular” Democrats without being fully complicit with these crimes. The republicans are lost, and we have to accept that too, and prosecute and document everything possible.

This is my litmus test for Dems. Either hold people accountable or get out of the way. Not just accountability for these survivors but for the trauma inflicted on our immigrant communities. Because it’s all the same! I’m so sick of Democrats being just a little better.

What is wrong with you? Are you simply abysmally stupid or is your head permanently up your derriere? MAGA is in charge of the White House, DOJ, and the FBI. Just what the H.ll more can Democrats do!

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Anonymous wrote:Hillary testified that she is confident her husband was not aware of epstein's crimes. She really loves this man so much that she is willing to treat every American like a fool.

Her legacy and her daughter's are tied to that ship. She had numerous times to cut her losses and bail, although that would've meant not being senator or sec state. They sink or sail together.