The only good thing trump as president has brought to the US is that every undecided issue are now under the microscope; the republicans are looking for loopholes and the Democrats are looking for new ways to enforce the law as intended.
ChaskaChanhassen on
Sounds like it could take years.
ecafyelims on
> Obviously the Justice Department will ignore the demand. But Senate Democrats can then try to take the administration to court. “The Justice Department has to comply,” congressional scholar Norman Ornstein told me. “If they refuse, Senate Democrats need to sue the attorney general and the Justice Department for failure to comply with the law.”
> Democrats seem to agree, as Democratic leader Chuck Schumer appeared to confirm at a press conference on Wednesday. “This is the law,” Schumer said. “This can be challenged in the courts.”
It sounds hopeful, but I won’t be holding my breath. I know who controls the justice department.
StoppableHulk on
Netflix put their chaos monkey program inside our government.
Endosymbionical on
Reminder:;: Donald Trump is not merely a client, , but he will be proven to be one of the main players in the Trumpstein files. ,. Guaranteed…
Due-Egg4743 on
It can’t just be Dems. Republicans need to join in this fight.
jedisquirrel171 on
Cool, maybe they’ll form a committee to discuss the possibility of considering to research whether it would be civil to maybe someday if the donors approve issue a non-binding resolution to ask the Trump regime to pretty please cooperate if he feels like it.
I don’t know, the signature MAGA counter “Nuh-uh” hasn’t been beaten yet
Dizzy_Swing1626 on
The GOP is, in no uncertain terms, enabling Trump and his history of sexual assault. Yet all of the headlines are about Trump. Enablers keep “victims victimised and reinforce the power and control of the abuser.” (Dr. Rachel Taylor, Abuse and the Enablers, 2023)
Mike Johnson, who shut down the House to avoid a vote to release the files, is the parent who says, “don’t take about it.” Pam Bondi and Karoline Leavitt are the siblings who choose to further victimize rather than upset their own world. Vance and hundreds of other Republicans are the friends and neighbors who don’t look too closely because they don’t want to know…but they know.
The Republican Party is shielded when we only focus on Trump. The entire party must be held accountable.
Xanderson on
They’ll find a way to shoot themselves in the foot with it and then put said foot into their mouths.
thelurrax on
i will say the same thing i say every time i see „ThE dEmS gOt A bIg WeApOn“:
What i want is for them to *have some goddamn balls* and *do something actionable.*
The current supreme court majority appears to be in his pocket as much as it can be, or at bare minimum, has a vested interest in keeping their party together. i will believe that this gets results when i see results. otherwise, this is just asking them nicely and hoping that the people – the very same people who are comfortable considering pardoning sex traffickers to cover their own crimes – might be willing to play by the rules.
oneseason2000 on
It’s not „Trump’s Epstein Fiasco“, and it’s not „Trump’s One Big Beautiful (Budget) Bill“, or „Trump’s Trade War“ (updated today … https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/major-developments-trumps-trade-war-2025-05-26/). They won’t, but Republican leadership can always push back, up to and including Impeachment and Conviction. These are the Republican Party’s policy scandals, and Republican Federal and State politicians should be tarred by all of them by sustained aggressive Democratic campaigning. Republican’s and their extremely wealth donors are backing Trump 100% where it counts for pushing the continued economic destruction of middle class and poor American citizens. Very minor push backs from Republicans haven’t and won’t impact their campaign, except to attempt to distance themselves somewhat from the results for the mid-term elections.
Taphouselimbo on
Will the politicized Supreme Court side with trump that abusing children far in the past was part of trumps official
Duties?
wifeofsonofswayze on
I’m seriously amazed at how long this Epstein controversy has been big news. Trump has always been masterful at redirecting to the next big controversy (whether intentionally or unintentionally), but this just ain’t going away. The fact that he can’t seem to keep his trap shut is making it all the worse for him.
Keep at it, Donny!
Whatever-That-Memes on
IMHO, they didn’t find anything new suddenly. They have a bunch of stuff on him because he didn’t care,lived a life of a scumbag, and used to get away with everything. Times change and now those things are getting a bigger caliber platform and become much louder. They’re playing it smart by driving every find to maximum and then throwing in new stuff.
ro536ud on
Weird that a weapon has to even be used. Why are republicans defending pedos
HeavenlyCreation on
I really don’t understand what they think they will find in the documents?
I’m pretty sure that by now the Orange Diddlers name has been removed and replaced. There are a lot of Trump lovers he hired that would hide the fact that he is a child molester😖
i_8_the_Internet on
How much do you want to bet that Thomas and Roberts are in the Epstein files too?
twothumbswayup on
thier balls?
NoClock on
I hate how this is being framed as a political issue. This is morality issue, it doesn’t matter what your political affiliation is.
discwrangler on
The Democrats in office aren’t doing shit. They’re fumbling the football but dont realize they even have it. Freaking Qanon MAGAs are keeping this alive as much as independent left media. MTG is doing more than any elected Democrat.
SearchElsewhereKarma on
I wish I could say that it’s bizarre that the rhetoric from the right is overwhelmingly NOT “we need to expose these pedophiles so we can get justice for these girls.” The barely-even-subtext subtext is always “the democrats will pay for doing pedophile things to these girls.”
It’s not a fiasco, it’s the truth.
We are genuinely fucked as a functioning country. Steven Hassan’s “The Cult Of Trump” is a great book but reading it in 2025 is incredibly saddening. He lays out almost exactly what will happen and it did. The goal posts will always be moved, the leader will always be exonerated. Even excluding independents who assumed a lying liar wouldn’t lie to them so he could stay out of prison, there are tens of millions of people who are going down with his ship
Deprogramming someone from Scientology or the Moonies will be a breeze compared to the colossal challenge of unplugging trumps core base from the ecstatic state of nothingness they’ve spent the last ten years of their lives in
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Nice to see a bit of effort by the Dems on this.
The only good thing trump as president has brought to the US is that every undecided issue are now under the microscope; the republicans are looking for loopholes and the Democrats are looking for new ways to enforce the law as intended.
Sounds like it could take years.
> Obviously the Justice Department will ignore the demand. But Senate Democrats can then try to take the administration to court. “The Justice Department has to comply,” congressional scholar Norman Ornstein told me. “If they refuse, Senate Democrats need to sue the attorney general and the Justice Department for failure to comply with the law.”
> Democrats seem to agree, as Democratic leader Chuck Schumer appeared to confirm at a press conference on Wednesday. “This is the law,” Schumer said. “This can be challenged in the courts.”
It sounds hopeful, but I won’t be holding my breath. I know who controls the justice department.
Netflix put their chaos monkey program inside our government.
Reminder:;: Donald Trump is not merely a client, , but he will be proven to be one of the main players in the Trumpstein files. ,. Guaranteed…
It can’t just be Dems. Republicans need to join in this fight.
Cool, maybe they’ll form a committee to discuss the possibility of considering to research whether it would be civil to maybe someday if the donors approve issue a non-binding resolution to ask the Trump regime to pretty please cooperate if he feels like it.
Non-paywalled article link: https://archive.ph/2025.07.30-174939/https://newrepublic.com/article/198613/trump-epstein-fiasco-democrats-new-weapon
https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/s/ELcDQ7KP07
Non-paywalled article link: https://archive.ph/2025.07.30-071150/https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/trump/2025/07/29/jeffrey-epstein-survivor-testified-she-met-donald-trump-at-age-14/85407198007/
https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/s/gb13EdtnD3
I don’t know, the signature MAGA counter “Nuh-uh” hasn’t been beaten yet
The GOP is, in no uncertain terms, enabling Trump and his history of sexual assault. Yet all of the headlines are about Trump. Enablers keep “victims victimised and reinforce the power and control of the abuser.” (Dr. Rachel Taylor, Abuse and the Enablers, 2023)
Mike Johnson, who shut down the House to avoid a vote to release the files, is the parent who says, “don’t take about it.” Pam Bondi and Karoline Leavitt are the siblings who choose to further victimize rather than upset their own world. Vance and hundreds of other Republicans are the friends and neighbors who don’t look too closely because they don’t want to know…but they know.
The Republican Party is shielded when we only focus on Trump. The entire party must be held accountable.
They’ll find a way to shoot themselves in the foot with it and then put said foot into their mouths.
i will say the same thing i say every time i see „ThE dEmS gOt A bIg WeApOn“:
What i want is for them to *have some goddamn balls* and *do something actionable.*
The current supreme court majority appears to be in his pocket as much as it can be, or at bare minimum, has a vested interest in keeping their party together. i will believe that this gets results when i see results. otherwise, this is just asking them nicely and hoping that the people – the very same people who are comfortable considering pardoning sex traffickers to cover their own crimes – might be willing to play by the rules.
It’s not „Trump’s Epstein Fiasco“, and it’s not „Trump’s One Big Beautiful (Budget) Bill“, or „Trump’s Trade War“ (updated today … https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/major-developments-trumps-trade-war-2025-05-26/). They won’t, but Republican leadership can always push back, up to and including Impeachment and Conviction. These are the Republican Party’s policy scandals, and Republican Federal and State politicians should be tarred by all of them by sustained aggressive Democratic campaigning. Republican’s and their extremely wealth donors are backing Trump 100% where it counts for pushing the continued economic destruction of middle class and poor American citizens. Very minor push backs from Republicans haven’t and won’t impact their campaign, except to attempt to distance themselves somewhat from the results for the mid-term elections.
Will the politicized Supreme Court side with trump that abusing children far in the past was part of trumps official
Duties?
I’m seriously amazed at how long this Epstein controversy has been big news. Trump has always been masterful at redirecting to the next big controversy (whether intentionally or unintentionally), but this just ain’t going away. The fact that he can’t seem to keep his trap shut is making it all the worse for him.
Keep at it, Donny!
IMHO, they didn’t find anything new suddenly. They have a bunch of stuff on him because he didn’t care,lived a life of a scumbag, and used to get away with everything. Times change and now those things are getting a bigger caliber platform and become much louder. They’re playing it smart by driving every find to maximum and then throwing in new stuff.
Weird that a weapon has to even be used. Why are republicans defending pedos
I really don’t understand what they think they will find in the documents?
I’m pretty sure that by now the Orange Diddlers name has been removed and replaced. There are a lot of Trump lovers he hired that would hide the fact that he is a child molester😖
How much do you want to bet that Thomas and Roberts are in the Epstein files too?
thier balls?
I hate how this is being framed as a political issue. This is morality issue, it doesn’t matter what your political affiliation is.
The Democrats in office aren’t doing shit. They’re fumbling the football but dont realize they even have it. Freaking Qanon MAGAs are keeping this alive as much as independent left media. MTG is doing more than any elected Democrat.
I wish I could say that it’s bizarre that the rhetoric from the right is overwhelmingly NOT “we need to expose these pedophiles so we can get justice for these girls.” The barely-even-subtext subtext is always “the democrats will pay for doing pedophile things to these girls.”
It’s not a fiasco, it’s the truth.
We are genuinely fucked as a functioning country. Steven Hassan’s “The Cult Of Trump” is a great book but reading it in 2025 is incredibly saddening. He lays out almost exactly what will happen and it did. The goal posts will always be moved, the leader will always be exonerated. Even excluding independents who assumed a lying liar wouldn’t lie to them so he could stay out of prison, there are tens of millions of people who are going down with his ship
Deprogramming someone from Scientology or the Moonies will be a breeze compared to the colossal challenge of unplugging trumps core base from the ecstatic state of nothingness they’ve spent the last ten years of their lives in