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Scott Alan Swaggerty

(232 posts)
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 05:55 PM Feb 5

Everyone, I regret to inform you of this...

But it looks like apostrophes and contractions are apparently now national security concerns...



https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2011/EFTA02440040.pdf

It looks like the word "don't" is a grave national security concern. Be on the lookout for it, or its common typos like "don.t" or "dont" or even... "don t"

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Everyone, I regret to inform you of this... (Original Post) Scott Alan Swaggerty Feb 5 OP
EXACTLY! It is redacted exactly because it's Don T. AZJonnie Feb 5 #1
I'll bet even musk's whiz kids couldn't construct a PCRE. erronis Feb 5 #3
And here I thought it was just becuse they are illiterate idiots! niyad Feb 5 #2
It's that, too. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Feb 5 #4
Don't - as in Don(ald) T(rump) Wiz Imp Feb 5 #5
See the first reply (mine) AZJonnie Feb 5 #10
Maybe the redactions are done canetoad Feb 5 #6
apostrophe NBachers Feb 5 #7
Do not get it. Don't see many "don'ts" -- what does polo have to do with anything? We allegorical oracle Feb 5 #8
Yeah, there's the laughable situation where the DOJ is redacting ... 70sEraVet Feb 5 #9
Perp protecting too Clouds Passing Feb 5 #11

AZJonnie

(3,294 posts)
1. EXACTLY! It is redacted exactly because it's Don T.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 06:05 PM
Feb 5

EXCELLENT observation

I'd like to see some reporters (or better yet, Congressional Dems) ask some pointed questions about this OBVIOUS global search and replace job they did to remove Trump from the files. This is would be the search term "don*t", used in an attempt to find "Don T(rump)" or "Donald T(rump)". And these clowns are too dumb* to know how to search by RegEx

If this photo is not itself altered, people should search for more places where "don't" should've been there. If it's a lot of them, this is a straight up BUST on what they did

* not that regular people should know how to , but people in that job damn sure should!

erronis

(23,240 posts)
3. I'll bet even musk's whiz kids couldn't construct a PCRE.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 07:32 PM
Feb 5

For the youngsters, Perl Compatible Regular Expression. One of the top 10 wonders of our techno world.

allegorical oracle

(6,347 posts)
8. Do not get it. Don't see many "don'ts" -- what does polo have to do with anything? We
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 08:07 PM
Feb 5

know that stupid doesn't play polo. He's probably never been in Edmonston or Calgary -- or anywhere near a polo pony.

signed, just baffled.

70sEraVet

(5,372 posts)
9. Yeah, there's the laughable situation where the DOJ is redacting ...
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 08:08 PM
Feb 5

ANYTHING that might resemble trump's name.
But there's this other situation, where DOJ has redacted the name of this particular emailer. You know, the guy who is apparently VERY hot (horny) to spend his vacation with Epstein.
I thought just the names of VICTIMS were to be redacted!!

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