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hookaleft

(1,075 posts)
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 01:20 AM Jul 2025

I think Epstein might be what takes that fucker down

Everyday another juicy tidbit gets released. I was just over at the NYT and they have an expose on the "Long Friendship Between Trump and Epstein". https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/us/politics/inside-trump-epstein-friendship.html

This story is not going away.

I was over at rawstory and saw a CNN clip by Erin Burnett titled: 'Significant': Erin Burnett catches Trump in Epstein 'lie' with devastating clip https://www.rawstory.com/trump-epstein-2673714608/?utm_source=superhead
It looks real bad. He gets caught in a lie and then pivots

Anyway....this just might be it.

Let's see what tomorrow brings.

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I think Epstein might be what takes that fucker down (Original Post) hookaleft Jul 2025 OP
Its up to the public and people here kennyperkins Jul 2025 #1
As usual NJCher Jul 2025 #2
so we get j d, ??? elleng Jul 2025 #3
No NJCher Jul 2025 #4
an interim government????? elleng Jul 2025 #5
Yeah, like a panel of NJCher Jul 2025 #6
That certainly doesn't sound constitutional - there's only four ways the president vacates the office: Midwestern Democrat Jul 2025 #8
That assumes JustAnotherGen Jul 2025 #10
"Flame throwers. We need flame throwers." Hugin Jul 2025 #14
I keep imagining JustAnotherGen Jul 2025 #16
Until there's a new Constitution ITAL Jul 2025 #19
Again JustAnotherGen Jul 2025 #21
Until there's a new Constitution ITAL Jul 2025 #22
you read NJCher Jul 2025 #23
I do ITAL Jul 2025 #24
Please continue NJCher Jul 2025 #25
Could you please share the link? Thanks in advance. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Jul 2025 #9
Iirc NJCher Jul 2025 #15
I tried to find it. No luck. I'll try again later. Thanks. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Jul 2025 #17
I did find this... littlemissmartypants Jul 2025 #18
not so sure about that NJCher Jul 2025 #20
DOJ is busy covering for him iemanja Jul 2025 #7
I predict that the G.O.P. Felon-In-Chief will lie again today about his sex crimes BoRaGard Jul 2025 #11
Right now they're calculating whether he'll still be helpful for the midterms ecstatic Jul 2025 #12
As my late husband would say about Trump...."Hang the fucker!" ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2025 #13
It could be what takes a lot of people down. I bet some rich and elites in other countries are sweating. Hotler Jul 2025 #26
Let's hope it does... Mark.b2 Jul 2025 #27
You mean the in-bred hillbillies who form his most fervent admirers draw the line at his creepy sexual practices? Aristus Jul 2025 #28
Yes and no themaguffin Jul 2025 #29

NJCher

(42,299 posts)
2. As usual
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 01:49 AM
Jul 2025

He’s doing a grand job of shooting himself in the foot.

Now that he’s full blown senile, even more so.

I’ve always known he would not finish his term.

NJCher

(42,299 posts)
4. No
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 02:18 AM
Jul 2025

At the same time as the House returns, the election case is being heard.

This will lead to a double whammy and there is something like an interim government that runs things until this mess is straightened out. Biden set that up before he left office. I read it at the WH web site.

NJCher

(42,299 posts)
6. Yeah, like a panel of
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 02:28 AM
Jul 2025

Former presidents. Also certain court people. It goes into effect when it’s determined that the government is no longer functional.

Pretty amazing that Biden would see this, you think?

Midwestern Democrat

(1,029 posts)
8. That certainly doesn't sound constitutional - there's only four ways the president vacates the office:
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 04:04 AM
Jul 2025

1) death 2) resignation 3) impeachment/conviction 4) the 25th Amendment and in each case, the constitutional line of succession applies.

JustAnotherGen

(37,475 posts)
10. That assumes
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 05:45 AM
Jul 2025

A return to the status quo. That's unacceptable.

We have a cabal of unAmerican anti constitution people who cheated and stole our country via an immoral and undemocratic Electoral College.

We don't HAVE to play nice like it is 1877.

The only way to crush their souls is to inflict Intolerable Acts on them. They had their way for 100 years. They laid dormant for 12. 1976 Ray-Gun pops off at the mouth about welfare queens. 1980 - he wins. We move forward on the board in 1992.

The fuckers did it again with the Contract On America (Black Women the key target). Biden wins and does his absolute best (LOVE HIM) to reset to January 19, 2017.

They cheat and steal in 2024.

You can't bring a piece of paper to defeat them.

Flame throwers. We need flame throwers.

Hugin

(37,294 posts)
14. "Flame throwers. We need flame throwers."
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 06:55 AM
Jul 2025

Oh, THAT one is definitely going in my collection of motivational quotes!

JustAnotherGen

(37,475 posts)
16. I keep imagining
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 07:46 AM
Jul 2025

DiCaprio in Once Upon A Time in Hollywood!

Or - Inglerious Bastards. Like when this is over, can we pull a Brad Pitt and carve maga pub on their foreheads?

ITAL

(1,250 posts)
19. Until there's a new Constitution
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 08:57 AM
Jul 2025

Which btw - would have to be ratified by the requisite number of states (which ain't happening - I doubt we could even get all Democrats to agree on one), we're under the one we have. Anything else is just dreamland.

JustAnotherGen

(37,475 posts)
21. Again
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 02:15 PM
Jul 2025

You are assuming that we are going back to the White Supremacist Constitution.

You are assuming that this Regime does not end in violence.

You need to be a fly on the tree at one of my Black gun club meetings. That trickster shit of 1877? You want violence and unrest?

You keep thinking we are going to accept that.

We aren't. It's our turn to water the tree of liberty. Or - Democrats wake up and realize it's going to take severe punishment of the maga Pubs, tribunals, truth and reconciliation and radical change. If any member of SCOTUS tries to stop that - then they were obviously in on the coup.

ITAL

(1,250 posts)
22. Until there's a new Constitution
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 04:47 PM
Jul 2025

Whatever you're saying is nonsense. And good luck getting enough states to ratify a new one.

ITAL

(1,250 posts)
24. I do
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 08:22 AM
Jul 2025

That was like reading some of the far right stuff that gets posted on the net, just in reverse. And I treat it the same way.

NJCher

(42,299 posts)
15. Iirc
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 07:15 AM
Jul 2025

It’s in Biden’s executive orders at .gov. If I had it handy I’d post it, but it would take a search to find it now.

littlemissmartypants

(31,380 posts)
18. I did find this...
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 08:56 AM
Jul 2025
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_executive_actions_by_Joe_Biden

President Biden signed a total of 162 executive orders during his singular term, from January 2021 to January 2025. As of January 22, 2025, 67 of them (41%) have been revoked by his successor, Donald Trump.[9]

If it was an EO it's probably been revoked by now. That's all President Psychopath has been doing for work, revoking Biden. So unoriginal.

NJCher

(42,299 posts)
20. not so sure about that
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 09:26 AM
Jul 2025

because I figured he would, and I've been watching.

However, even if he did, I think most of the stuff he did will not be legally binding because it will be found that he stole the presidency through vote tampering.

iemanja

(57,313 posts)
7. DOJ is busy covering for him
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 03:42 AM
Jul 2025

That’s what the visit with Maxwell is about. It will be extremely difficult to take Trump down, especially since a good percentage of MAGAs would support him even if videos of Trump with underage girls was released.

BoRaGard

(7,591 posts)
11. I predict that the G.O.P. Felon-In-Chief will lie again today about his sex crimes
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 05:56 AM
Jul 2025

Any suckers want to take that bet ?

ecstatic

(35,003 posts)
12. Right now they're calculating whether he'll still be helpful for the midterms
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 06:38 AM
Jul 2025

Once the answer becomes NO, he's outta there.

Jd it's maybelline will strike.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,545 posts)
13. As my late husband would say about Trump...."Hang the fucker!"
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 06:41 AM
Jul 2025

I am certain he is saying that now even in death. He despised him with all his being and was very blunt when someone said they were MAGA!

I miss him so much now.

Hotler

(13,717 posts)
26. It could be what takes a lot of people down. I bet some rich and elites in other countries are sweating.
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 08:50 AM
Jul 2025

I could be the largest kid touching crime in the world.

Aristus

(71,535 posts)
28. You mean the in-bred hillbillies who form his most fervent admirers draw the line at his creepy sexual practices?
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 09:51 AM
Jul 2025

Talk about selective outrage...

themaguffin

(4,885 posts)
29. Yes and no
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 09:58 AM
Jul 2025

The GOP is still fully in bed with him. I don't see much changing any time soon other than public opinion and that it's holding up the House.

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