The Question About the Wall Street Journal Trump/Epstein Revelation that I Wish People Would Ask:

[Chasstev365]

If you had this information, WHY THE FUCK DID YOU WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE 2024 ELECTION TO RUN THE STORY?

The American public had a right to know!

We know the reason, but by asking the question, we can further illustrate how biasd the media is for Trump and the GOP.

[Girard442]

1. I'd say it's because TSF's mental deterioration has progressed to the point he's no longer an asset.

[S/V Loner]

2. Bingo! n/t

[OldBaldy1701E]

7. Double Bingo!! (n/t)

[Raven123]

3. Yeah, big money likes the tax cuts, but everything else, not so much

[NJCher]

5. Oh, yeah

Lotsa’ baggage with those tax cuts, and especially now that everyone is about to realize he used to like to power broker little girls to sicko money hoarders.

[mzmolly]

17. That and he's already fulfilled a lot of their regressive

goals. The billionaires are done with this idiot.

[thucythucy]

4. They already have their tax cuts

and the trashing of Medicaid and all the other "socialist" programs they so hate.

Now it's time to move on to the next puppet--Vance--waiting in the wings,

[OldBaldy1701E]

8. Who is going to be much worse, I guarantee it. (n/t)

[allegorical oracle]

29. Vance lacks the cult's following. Would rather deal with him than battle with a djt who

has decided that the Constitution permits him to serve a third term, after all.

[OldBaldy1701E]

30. Vance is going to reinstate some form of indentured servitude.

He is going to heed the call from his oligarch handlers and make the country so expensive that one will either work to death or die before they reach double digits. He won't need a cult to do it. He has the backing of the wealthy/sycophants of the wealthy. Plus, every move that the orange gibbon makes, i.e.: executive orders, presidential decrees, etc., will just be more proof to him that he can go even further once the orange gibbon kicks off this mortal coil. ( I just don't see him making it three more years.)

You watch. (Even though I hope no one gets to see such a thing!)

[Trumpdumper]

6. This is silly

There is nothing to suggest that the WSJ knew about this until very recently.

[flying_wahini]

26. I think that they did know ; they wanted to sit on it until they got their tax breaks.

Call it a quid pro quo. “Somebody” at the top of WSJ held it over Trump’s head until they got what they wanted, a juicy tax break.
Seems too suspicious to discount now..

Remember who we are dealing with here.

[MadameButterfly]

9. I was thinking the same thing

And we shouldn't have needed the WSJ or other right wing publications to see the light. There must be enough left wing or non-partisan journalists out there who could have dug this up. It's not like it's a mystery that he has this history.

Maybe people thought after Access Hollywood, Stormy Daniels, and E Jean Carroll that people just didn't care. But those didn't deal with under age girls. Is that the difference here? Should we have known there was a line?

Maybe there still isn't a line. The issue seems to be the publication of what the right expects will reveal a vast conspiracy of Democratic pedophiles. If they don't find that, will they care what Trump has done?

[karynnj]

22. His going back stage when Teen beauty pageant girls were changing

and his comments on his then young teenage daughter were common knowledge. Ignoring the incestuous actions not taken, a more basic question is what it says about him when he
said if Ivanka was not his daughter he would be dating her. To me, he was saying he was attracted to under age girls.

[BlueKota]

28. Robin Williams included tsf in one of his performances

About how gross it was for tsf to say he would date his daughter, and his sexcapades. It's resurfaced on the Social Media site. Since Williams has been gone since 2014, before tsf ran for office it can't be claimed it was politically motivated.

It's not like it wasn't at least suspected for a long time.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

31. Also, in case anyone missed it, by "date"

he meant "fuck."

The RWers/MAGAts know this & are no less eager to have him as POTUS. This is misogyny on steroids. Women & girls are still the property of men in their eyes. Look at the popularity of that creep Charlie Kirk to see that even many young women today eagerly consume & serve this poison.

There was that case a few years ago when a (southern?) judge allowed a convicted rapist to stay in the home where the daughter who was the victim of his incest lived because it was important to have a man as head of the house.

Anyone remember that one? Do I have any details wrong?

[Arazi]

10. Murdoch is finally finished with Traitor. I bet threatening to fire Powell was the final straw

Murdoch is about protecting the money.

The tariff bullshit probably started the ball rolling and the threats to destabilize the Fed were the end.

Murdoch v Traitor is gonna be epic. 😈

[Zorro]

11. Wonder what Murdoch's marching orders to Fox News will be

[IbogaProject]

12. The powers that be are shifting the narritive

They want tariffs, but they dont want him extorting personal gain. They want stable trade policy. So they got their big bill and now they are done w MAGA, except maybe next election or two.

[LymphocyteLover]

15. something like that, yes... he played his part and now his usefulness is gone

[karynnj]

24. Worse than getting their very bad bill, they have achieved more power

than anyone has ever had. They control the Supreme Court, 6 to 3 including some of the most outside the mainstream Justices. This was not all Trump, Alito was confirmed at a point that he should have been filibustered. Kerry and Kennedy tried, but could not get all the Democrats needed to oppose him. Thomas should have been defeated when GHWB nominated him. But, the three Trump justices sealed their control and they have supported Trump and the right wing agenda.

They also control the House and Senate at least until the Midterms.

They also have been going after liberal states and cities

So, they are likely considering does Trump help or hurt them going forward. This would include economic and policy actions and whether he helps or hurts in future elections.

[Sailingdiver]

13. I agree

But, I doubt it would have changed any of the cult's opinions. Maybe encouraged a few more to vote who otherwise didn't.

[NNadir]

14. It would seem that the Murdochs, like the fascist Musk, have realized their Frankenstein monster is dangerous to them.

The total collapse of the United States which is now well underway isn't good for their businesses.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. You assume they had the info. The assumption confirms a bias against media. . . . nt

[Trumpdumper]

18. absolutely

This thread is nonsense. There is no reason to believe the WSJ has been sitting on this story. To the contrary.

[Chasstev365]

19. What proof do you have to the contrary?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. Ball is in your court. The claim they sat on it requires evidence. No evidence is required to ask the question

No evidence is required to ask the question "where's the evidence?" But evidence is required to make the claim that they sat on it. At least, evidence is required if someone wants to be believed.

The people (me included) asking for evidence to support the claim are not making a claim.

[Arazi]

21. Feels like the birthday book is a Ghislaine Maxwell keepsake

She pulled it together for Epstein and I wonder if it’s been in her family’s possession.

She’s angling for a new trial (or pardon) atm and maybe she’s starting to put pieces on the playing board.

It’s certainly a message to Traitor. He’s got to know she has more evidence.

This is just spicy enough to inflame his cult but just short of a full confession.

I put nothing past her or the Maxwells

[NJCher]

23. article link

for those who want to refresh their memory:

https://archive.md/6Tsa1

It was also posted in Latest Breaking News.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143497550#post1

[W_HAMILTON]

25. They wanted their big beautiful billionaire tax cut to pass first.

[BlueKota]

27. Rupert Murdoch is finally tired of letting tsf

think he's in charge.