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It's insane to me that the Epstein files are used as a political football by both parties, as well as the voter base of both parties. "Look! Clinton is in the files!" says the red shirt. "Look! Trump is in the files!" says the blue shirt.

It shouldn't matter. Unspeakable things were done to underage girls (and boys) over a long period of time. Incredibly powerful people were (and are) involved. Politicians are implicated across the aisle, obviously, as are three-letter agencies. Some of the kids are ~5yrs old. Some of the photos show toddlers. What the fuck? "Disgusting" doesn't even begin to describe the situation. How broken is the current landscape if the only lens this is viewed through is the political lens?

One thing is worth remembering, however. It used to be a "conspiracy theory". Only a few months ago, talking heads and politicians would try to convince the public that there's no such thing as the Epstein files. Some high-ranking officials said as much under oath, even. What happened to perjury? Is it just a fancy word in today's day and age? I doubt that anyone will go to jail (except to commit "suicide"). And while perjury is a severe crime by most standards, it pales in comparison to what must have happened on the so-called "Lolita Express" that travelled so often to the "Virgin Islands". Oh, how funny. All these names. It would be comical if it wouldn't be so sad. Diabolical, even.

U.S. politics is a joke. The idea of justice as well as the legal system increasingly feels like a joke too. Innocent people are being jailed. Corrupt politicians and other officials are roaming free, because ... what? They are too powerful? Too influential? The system would destabilize too much if things would come to light?

Justitia holds a balance and a sword for a reason, and she wears a blindfold for a reason too. Today's reincarnation has no sword, no blindfold, and the balance she holds is obviously NOT using honest weights and measures.

What a laughable attempt at "transparency". I would laugh if it wouldn't be so horribly, horribly sad.
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Jake Woodhouse · 8w
It’s easy to get riled up by the politics of it You’re right As I reflect, WTF, especially as a man with young kids Even yday, in the park, a grandmother was clearly shaken up by a man who’d just been there, and as she explained, was now loitering in his car He’d been wandering around h...
ckpool_enthusiast · 8w
Totally agree. I don't care what party these perpetrators are part of, or what office they currently hold. Give those victims justice ASAP and remove predators from public life.
R · 8w
It’s only political on TV. Everyone I work with wants people to go to jail regardless of what side they come from. Ridding the world of child predators is a universal position of decent people.
rare · 8w
Pizzagate/Pedogate was real. It was dismissed as conspiracy. And people still don't understand the massive amount of corruption is in the system. And everyone's tax dollars went to fund this evil.
hodlbod · 8w
I have the feeling that our failure to bring high profiles to account comes from a sense of learned helplessness. Celebrities seem untouchable, and so we shrink back from touching them. But I can't imagine that it's as hard as we act to bring accountability. What if a single lawyer or journalist st...
Emperor Kuzco · 8w
I'm sorry the public is so ignorant they think that the Judicial system can give a fair trial. Shit, we can't even convict lieing ass Comey in the court of law, nor have a judge even hear the cut and dry case, and people think they can convict the high profile pedo's? Unfortunately to get the word ...