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[-] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 163 points 2 months ago

The judge literally ordered that political consequences were not an excuse for redactions. I hope he starts putting people in jail

[-] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 64 points 2 months ago

He will do nothing! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! The judges in the Untied States are like the parents who say they're going to count to three, and the Trump administration are the kids who have figured out that nothing happens when they get to three.

[-] Rolder@reddthat.com 9 points 2 months ago

At the end of the day, the folks who actually enforce rulings are beholden to Trump and his cronies, so they kind of can’t enforce shit

[-] tym@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

If only there were a way to separate the judicial and executive branch.. why didn't the founding fathers think of that?!

[-] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 59 points 2 months ago

That would be a first. I'm not holding my breath.

[-] Triumph@fedia.io 30 points 2 months ago

What's this, another court order shamelessly ignored? Fourth box.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

They were also supposed to release all the files and not some of them, yet here we are.

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 143 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Politically exposed individuals.

Here's the question, why are they in the files doing something that merits redacting them?

Call it what it is. You aren't "redacting the names of politically exposed individuals". You are "protecting the reputations of politically-aligned pedophiles".

It's even exactly the opposite of what the term says.

Keeping the those politicians secret means they remain politically exposed to extortion by any person or government that knows that secret, to the detriment of US national security. Revealing those secrets eliminates any leverage for bad actors.

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago

Revealing that secret means the people can't be extorted anymore. There's a narrow window when they can speak freely before....

Well....do you remember The Red Wedding episode of Game of Thrones? Sort of like that, but defenestrations.

[-] Hayduke@lemmy.world 97 points 2 months ago

Did anyone really expect them to release documents that implicated republicans or their puppeteers? These assholes are blatantly corrupt. As long as they are the gatekeepers, nothing can be trusted.

[-] alias_qr_rainmaker@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Republicans are amoral and shamelessly corrupt, and, in related news, the sky is blue, and grass is green.

[-] Soulphite@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago

Also, water is wet... that is breaking news.

[-] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 34 points 2 months ago

They were never, ever going to release the files with Trump in them or anyone Trump adjacent.

[-] Soulphite@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago

At least we know without a shadow of a doubt the dumb pedophile rapist piece of shit is unmistakably in those files... this completely seals the deal. Legally nothing will be done but, yeah.. the childfucking piece of shit is DEFINITELY in those files. For sure. No doubt. Undoubtedly. No contest. The President of the United States of America is a disgusting pedophile rapist piece of shit.

Just look at him... ugh! [shudder]

[-] Redditsux@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago

This is bullshit.

[-] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 months ago
[-] dumbass@piefed.social 14 points 2 months ago

Add it the pile.

[-] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 months ago

Surprising no one.

[-] MonkeyDumpster@lemmy.org 16 points 2 months ago

is the DOJ acting on the names they've redacted? like, are these people going to jail?

[-] Babalugats@feddit.uk 13 points 2 months ago

I think I love Trump and his government purely because they are so blatant at corruption, they expose all of those before them and will surely make everyone question those that follow.

If not.. Then I guess that's it.

If there is an option for Americans to disrupt the republican - democrat party swap, then please, please disrupt the hell out of it in the next election.

[-] Professorozone@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

This is a big surprise. I'm sure it was a mistake and they meant to redact something damaging in a different document.

/s

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago
[-] ferrule@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

This is such a crazy timeline. Everyone knows our president is an ephebophile (pedo into teens). He has flat out stated it. No one is unaware of this fact anymore.

And yet we live in a system where good people are being deported or tortured in prison camps. We can't have government that actually works because our laws are so fucked up that good people get hurt while we all know a pedo rapist is running the country.

[-] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

It's time we realize as a species that this world is ran by pure evil. We need to begin responding differently. I don't know what that means, but even after a revolution there are still charismatic psychos that come along and fuck shit up again. People are just too dumb and fall for it over and over and over. How many times does this process need to be repeated before we evolve as a species?

[-] ferrule@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago

It is that damn moral highground the left wants to stick to. They will shoot themselves in the foot over and over and while bleeding out ask "what could we have done?"

There no longer is a slippery slope. Outlaw the shit republicans do and lock them the hell up. Cuz you know what, they are tryinging their hardest to do the same.

[-] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

Obviously that is the correct step in the interim. But how do we prevent this repeating over and over?

[-] ferrule@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

honestly i don't know if humans can.

when you look at stories of (semi)utopian societies there is this drive in nearly all people to be good to a fault. people want to work and learn and do things for the betterment of society. real humans will find a way to be shitty no matter how good they are.

i think the only way to get things to work is to define a good but rigid stance on all thing shitty. shame the fuck out of stupid religous and political views. anti science and anti facts should cause your voice to be silenced. this wave of stupidity and hate needs to be treated like cancer.

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

He is into 13 year olds. 13 year olds are not 'teens'. Yes, I know how 13 is pronounced. He's still a pedo.

[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Republican child rapists

[-] g0nz0li0@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago

Motherfucker Trump. He’s so obviously implicated and covering. The very thing all those Magat’s claim to fight against: he’s that.

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

No record shall be withheld, delayed, or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary.

[-] lemmyausmister@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago
[-] Redditsux@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Headline meant republicans

[-] beemikeoak@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 months ago

Gotta redact appropriately:

[-] MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

No they didn’t. They redacted the names of Trump, his allies, and people who bribed him.

The media needs to say what’s actually going on, not just feed us bullshit Trump says.

[-] davidagain@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Ain't no-one more politically exposed than one Donald J Trump.
So, probably, and as far as we know,
Ain't no-one more redacted in the Epstein Files than that Donald J Trump.

I'd put the word president in front of his surname, but he's not worthy of the honour, and he's not worthy of the presidency.

I didn't think there was anyone in the world who could make George W Bush look statesmanlike, well-informed, wise, responsible and honest. I was wrong.

[-] ItsMeForRealNow@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

People in politics SHPULD BE FUCKING EXPOSED because it's about GOVT POLICY that affects EVERYONE. NOBODY IN POLITICS SHOULD BE HIDDEN.

[-] BC_viper@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago

And what are you going to do about it? Until bullets start flying in large numbers nothing will change.

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