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Intelligence sources believe Epstein was running ‘the world’s largest honeytrap operation’ on behalf of the KGB when he procured women for his network of associates.

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    so not only is trump responsible for child abuse but it was a sanctioned KGB operation to put children in harms way and make them essentially into prostitutes. this world wasn’t created by a god or any other supernatural being. You humans are evil filthy animals that need another extinction level event. but who knows the actual truth, you? me? definitely not anyone who can actually make things better.

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    Is Trump owned by a foreign power? Maybe.

    Is Trump owned by the billionaire class? Definitely.

    This is a stupid article selling a sensationalist story when the truth is playing out everyday with shady crypto deals and ballroom “donations”.

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      In 1987, Krasnov placed several full page advertisements in the NY Times, Boston Globe and one other newspaper criticizing US foreign policy and NATO. The ads appeared shortly after his first visit to Moscow. The Russians own the sack of shit and they have the “goods” on him.

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      Ghislaine’s father was a triple agent for MI6, KGB, and Mossad.

      Epstein would have sold anything to the highest bidder, it’s in Russia’s interest to see America divided.

      Israel just wants to ensure the status quo of overwhelming military support from the US continues

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      At this point, what can happen? Congress is under the same sticky thumb as Trump, and there aren’t enough voters who are engaged enough to even know about it. The firehose of bullshit did exactly what it was supposed to do, and now there’s no public will left to keep fighting for freedom and democracy.

      • JohnnyFlapHoleSeed@lemmy.worldBanned
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        Military coup. A well respected general that still gives a shit about their country and their pride decides to say ‘not on my watch’, sends in the troops hot and hard, when least expected. Capture who you can. Eliminate those who can’t be. There would be no negative consequences for that person if they succeed.

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          Pretty sure they sniffed out anyone capable of that and sacked them in the purges. Hell, that was the reason for the purges.

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        There is actually a huge amount of public interest and engagement around these issues right now. The ground is very, very ripe for organizing, especially around class lines. The ICE OUT protests and general strikes have demonstrated that there are thousands of people ready to put their bodies on the line for what is right. Those people need to be organized, trained and armed. Then history will take its course.

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      RawStory: You’re not going to guess who is REALLY behind THE PRESIDENT! And they’re STILL using their WICKED INFLUENCES to CONTROL HIM!

      American Pleb: Is it rich people? Specifically, wealthy overseas special interests with ties to the intelligence services?

      RawStory: FUCK! We’ll have to FIND SOMETHING even more EXPLOSIVE to try and SHOCK YOU MORE next TIME.

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      This comment has some very

      Orange man bad updoots to the left

      Kind of energy

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        Hey man whatever floats your boat. I’m not even from the US and the world is watching this unfold aghast how much you would take until other things happen. But they did a good job on you to still take it.

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          I mean, it’s just a nothing comment. Like, what does it add to the discussion? It’s some defeatist bullshit that we really don’t need right now.

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            This is the internet. It’s not only the US. I can’t do anything for you. It’s an observation.

            What did you do against the illegal activities of your criminal government recently?

            Apologies, if you did and felt included. But we’re not seeing much. We’ve just recently defended greenland. For now.

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    Said it before. I’ll say it again. Read American Kompromat by Craig Unger. There is a string of circumstantial evidence that Trump has been a Russian asset since at least 1986. None of it is new or conspiratorial. Unger just put a bunch of publicly known facts into the book.

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    Boy, you sure don’t hear the words “deeply researched” used in reference to the Daily Mail very often.

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      Yeah, I’m really confused. This is pretty incredible stuff, but how trustworthy is it? Did they just leak the truth out to a questionable source, so they could later deny it, and disparage the source?

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    I have heard from multiple cia people that Epstein was likely a recruit for the Israelis. That said it’s entirely plausible it was for the KGB as well as but based on recent events Israelis seems way more likely

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    He repeatedly seeks an audience with Putin, but wouldn’t an agent have a direct line? He certainly had a direct line with Ehud Barak. They literally traveled the globe together making deals for Israel. Regarding Russia Epstein seems to be more of an opportunist. There’s an email where they are looking into an opportunity to support Ilya Ponomarev, who wanted to lead an “uprising against Putin”. Epstein was not a Russian agent. He was an Israeli agent.

    https://altmedia.house/post/189117/610441

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    Doesn’t matter. There is no longer any accountability in our government. It would take both Democrats controlling congress and getting their spineless shit together to start taking action. I could see the former happening, but I predict that they will pooch the latter, and most critical, step in the process because they are the reigning champions of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. The US has failed. Even if the dems somehow manage to step up, the flaws in the system are terminal. The wealthy won. The blood spilled is of the 99.9% and not those who drove the country off the cliff.

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        Hey, you still bringin your macaroons to the gun club potluck Dale? It’s this Sunday I called Nancy and she said she’d be at John Redcorns’ and didn’t know what your plans were.

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          I don’t know who Dale Gribble is, I don’t answer to that name, and frankly it sounds like the kind of identity the government invents so you’ll accidentally admit to owning a leaf blower.

          Now purely for the sake of accuracy, if this so-called ‘Dale Gribble’ were bringing macaroons to the gun club potluck, which I am not confirming, then let’s get one thing straight: they are almond-extract macaroons, not vanilla. He switched after 2004. Anyone saying otherwise is either misinformed or working off outdated surveillance notes as we all know ovens run on government-calibrated thermostats.

          As for the potluck itself—total psy-op. Food-based compliance exercise. Coconut is a known vector for trust-building. I’ve said this for years.

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    Not from the US: How reliable/credible is this publication? Rawstory?

    Just checking sources don’t pounce on me.

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      Well if you look at the landscape of modern media, it’s pretty clear that the line between “just the facts” reporting and passionate activism has gotten really blurry. Sites like Raw Story tend to lean into the tabloid or “fast-paced” side of digital news for sure.

      But when you talk about Thom Hartmann, you’re looking at a completely different animal. He isn’t just a talking head; he’s a incredibly prolific author (American) who has spent decades building a reputation on “advocacy journalism”—which is basically reporting with a clear moral or political goal in mind.

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        Ok so the publication is mixed, but this particular author has integrity and established credibility.

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          That’s the way I feel, although others might feel differently. However, from my point of view, if he’s referencing this and putting it up there as journalism, then I would think it holds some weight.

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    It’s Israel. Just because Epstein shared intel with Russia doesn’t make this a KGB operation. Wild how desperate the news media is to draw attention away from Israel and Mossad. They are very obviously still pulling the strings today.

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      Ghislaines dad was literally Mossad and the day it was revealed he was Mossad he died for some reason but yeah it’s spoooooky Russia and not the genocidal zionists that are destabilizing the world