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IF true, OMG! It would make a lot of sense. (Original Post) Chasstev365 Sunday OP
A quick summary, please? mwmisses4289 Sunday #1
Trump has been using Epstein's videos to blackmail the men shown raping young girls. sop Sunday #3
Oh. Thank you. mwmisses4289 Sunday #8
Get protection NJCher Sunday #11
Trump administration maybe blackmailing people with Epstein evidence to remain loyal Chasstev365 Sunday #2
Thanks. mwmisses4289 Sunday #16
Does Lindsey Graham know about this ?? Fozzledick Sunday #21
;-{)..... Goonch Sunday #4
Thanks for posting Chasstev365 Sunday #6
James O'Keefe of Okeefe media has zero credibility and a lifetime of dirty tricks and deception against Dems lostnfound Sunday #7
O'Keefe's brand of vicious tricks and reich-wing propaganda markodochartaigh Sunday #10
This has gotten far far worse than anyone could imagine bucolic_frolic Sunday #5
So far this is exactly what I'd imagined. yardwork Sunday #13
Congratulations! You are the new Commissar of Imagining bucolic_frolic Sunday #17
It definitely explains why there are so many silent people ... GWB UpInArms Sunday #9
I just assumed this NJCher Sunday #12
It is perversion. yardwork Sunday #14
Maybe, but...the number NJCher Sunday #15
And the people who end up in such positions with the aid of sociopathic traits RockCreek Sunday #19
Yes, that's well established. yardwork Sunday #20
Sadly, this perversion has been normalized in many cultures even today. mwmisses4289 Sunday #18
DU'ers weighed in on this last year. usonian Sunday #22

mwmisses4289

(3,679 posts)
1. A quick summary, please?
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 07:42 AM
Sunday

I don't do rawstory or daily kos, as I always seem to end up with malware when I go to their sites.

sop

(18,023 posts)
3. Trump has been using Epstein's videos to blackmail the men shown raping young girls.
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 07:51 AM
Sunday

I suspect the term "graping" used in the article is a combination of "groping" and "raping."

mwmisses4289

(3,679 posts)
8. Oh. Thank you.
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 08:08 AM
Sunday

Confirmation of something long suspected. One of the many reasons he gets away with his criminal acts.
Seems evident the rumors he and j and g were more than friends, they were business partners, are more than just rumors. Which means that j and g were doing the same thing. Which begs the question, are t and his spawn still running that particular business?

lostnfound

(17,451 posts)
7. James O'Keefe of Okeefe media has zero credibility and a lifetime of dirty tricks and deception against Dems
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 08:03 AM
Sunday

He was funded by Donors Trust and trump. Do not trust or give credibility.

markodochartaigh

(5,251 posts)
10. O'Keefe's brand of vicious tricks and reich-wing propaganda
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 08:24 AM
Sunday

is well known and undeniable.
However it is also certain that the current regime's Department of Justice has a huge amount of the material which Epstein had, and which Epstein apparently was using to blackmail the rich and powerful. Under Trump the Department of Justice has been weaponized against the enemies of the president to an extent never before realized. Does it seem credible that the Department of Justice would not be using the Epstein material on Trump's behalf?

UpInArms

(54,523 posts)
9. It definitely explains why there are so many silent people ... GWB
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 08:21 AM
Sunday

has not spoken out against any of the atrocities …

I wonder how many he committed, or who he is covering up for

NJCher

(42,820 posts)
12. I just assumed this
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 08:52 AM
Sunday

Kinda’ goes without saying.

I’ve been clicking at the millions of docs from the latest release of files and there are already videos of stuff that doesn’t require much imagination. Videos of young girls in some really awful positions.

Tomorrow the Dems including Jamie Raskin will have access sans the redactions. That might just put a partial end to this, as Jamie showed on television that the redactions they are doing are to protect such people. He showed the memos and explained how the redactions could only have been to cover up the identity of the perpetrator.

I guess what puzzles me is that there would be that many men interested in girls. I’ve always thought of this as a perversion. It could have been a normalizing process, then an opportunity, photographed, and then blackmail.

I have researched how early an age this perversion shows itself and it is very early.

yardwork

(69,124 posts)
14. It is perversion.
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 09:01 AM
Sunday

With billions of people in the world, it's not surprising that there are at least thousands of wealthy and/or powerful men with this perversion. Epstein's business was finding them. I think he and Trump were in business together.

NJCher

(42,820 posts)
15. Maybe, but...the number
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 09:18 AM
Sunday

Of men in this position are few.

Maybe that is why Epstein had to take this worldwide—to increase the number.of men who would find themselves interested in this sort of thing. perversion.

RockCreek

(1,443 posts)
19. And the people who end up in such positions with the aid of sociopathic traits
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 10:00 AM
Sunday

May also be inclined to some sexual deviance.

yardwork

(69,124 posts)
20. Yes, that's well established.
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 10:21 AM
Sunday

People who seek power over others seek positions of power. Politicians, business people, judges, law enforcement, wealthy socialites - even academic stars. Even the town bully, the mean drunk who gets in bar fights. If you look for it you see it everywhere.

Of course not everyone in those positions seeks unlawful power over others, but if your primary goal is that, you'll gravitate to positions that give you power.

Some people have a strong urge for power over others, and they find ways to get it. The rest of us don't notice until we're the ones being abused.

mwmisses4289

(3,679 posts)
18. Sadly, this perversion has been normalized in many cultures even today.
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 09:33 AM
Sunday

asia, the middle east, india...they dress it up as marriage, on their books it is illegal, but it is not enforced. Bloody hell, even here in the u.s. there are several states where girls as young as 12 (or was it 10?) can be legally married with their parents permission. And the attempts in those states to raise the age to 18 were shot down because...fredumb.

usonian

(24,256 posts)
22. DU'ers weighed in on this last year.
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 11:37 AM
Sunday
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220735608

A fantastic read.

Trump was partners with Epstein in the biggest sex, Blackman and money laundering scandal in history.

Until his partner was partner no more.

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