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[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 66 points 2 days ago
[-] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Censoring everyone but Bill Clinton

On the one hand it's obvious ghoul shit, on the other... It is also incredibly funny

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 29 points 2 days ago

If my math is right - Trump released ~1% unredacted, new material.

[Representative Robert Garcia]: "In our initial estimation—It could be that we're only getting about 10% of what the DOJ has. And of that 10%, 5% of that has already been released. And the other 5% is highly redacted. So we're getting very little so far."

https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3maeujkv3rk2k

[-] TheVelvetGentleman@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago

10% - 5% - 5% ≠ ~1%

[-] dead@hexbear.net 48 points 2 days ago

DataSet 3/EFTA00003933.pdf

Frame photo shows Epstein holding a comically large cheque signed by Trump. This looks similar to one of the photos in the Birthday Book.

[-] WIIHAPPYFEW@hexbear.net 30 points 2 days ago
[-] larrythecabalguy@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
[-] JohnBrownsBawdy@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

All the greatest investors have ONCE IN A BLUE MOON picture frames. Diamond hands.

[-] vegeta1@hexbear.net 24 points 2 days ago

Hmmmm Russia must have redacted these files too blob-no-thoughts

[-] itsPina@hexbear.net 43 points 2 days ago

They got him this time!!!!! It's happening!!!!!! China will collapse any day now!!!!

[-] thefunkycomitatus@hexbear.net 19 points 2 days ago

The walls are closing in.

[-] dead@hexbear.net 44 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

They used a separate redaction method for CSAM. Pages which contained CSAM are replaced with a blue sheet that says "CSAM not scanned", but there are also a bunch of pages that are just fully black redacted. There is no explanation for why there are so many full black bar pages.

[-] dead@hexbear.net 53 points 2 days ago
[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 25 points 2 days ago

That actually made me laugh!

[-] WIIHAPPYFEW@hexbear.net 20 points 2 days ago

that was his backup black book

[-] seas_surround@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago

when they called it a 'black book' somehow this isn't what I was expecting

[-] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

Oh neat 55 maps of everything

[-] viva_la_juche@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago

Basically Rothko inspired performance art atp

[-] Elysia@hexbear.net 36 points 2 days ago

There is no explanation for why there are so many full black bar pages.

On the 10th anniversary edition of the Epstein Files they're going to reveal that You, the Reader were the true pedophile all along

[-] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

What possible reasoning could they have redact anything other than names? Not that it matters but I'm curious what their excuse will be.

[-] superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 days ago

They will say there is an active investigation and that it will compromise it

[-] sempersigh@hexbear.net 8 points 2 days ago

“National security” and “foreign policy” were also reasons the bill lets them redact which could be used for virtually anything

[-] dead@hexbear.net 30 points 2 days ago

I find it strange that Fox News would report that government officials were protected by redactions. I'm always skeptical to trust Fox News but they did include a leaked memo document.

It seems like the DOJ tried to redact any mention of Trump, there were a few instances that they missed.

[-] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 32 points 2 days ago

They position the Republican party as "outsiders" opposed to "big government" so for their target audience "government officials" just means "democrats."

[-] dead@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago

The Fox News article cites Todd Blanche as the evidence that the US DOJ is redacting government officials. Todd Blanche is appointed by Trump. The Fox News article quoted the Todd Blanche memo and said that it was Todd Blanche doing the redaction.

[-] dead@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Your analysis is not correct. Even MTG (the congressmember who got elected for being a qanon conspiracy theorist) is quoting the Fox News digital reports to say that names of government officials were protected. MTG has made herself into a Trump rival and Trump even retracted his endorsements of MTG. Trump started saying that MTG's new name is 'Marjorie Traitor Brown'.

This tweet does not indicate that Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks that Trump's US DOJ is protecting Democrats. MTG is not making the association of "government officials" being "only democrats". Your assumption is entirely baseless.

https://xcancel.com/mtgreenee/status/2002205891156709615#m

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago

Wouldn't that lead them to conclude the Republicans are protecting the Democrats?

[-] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

No, because according to their worldview, the republicans aren't the ones censoring things, it's "the government" censoring things.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 days ago

I guess "the government" isn't the people that get elected or appointed. That's just what happens on TV. "The government" is the hidden cabal of Democrats that control everything behind the scenes while the Republicans on TV valiantly fight against them, but somehow never succeed despite winning all the time. They're the plucky underdogs fighting the deepstate!

At least until they give up on Republicans too, and then they just blame the Jews.

[-] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

Now you're thinking like the average Fox news viewer!

[-] dead@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think your analysis is inaccurate because we are not talking about the "average Fox News viewer". There are different branches of Fox News. There are even local Fox News channels which are not similar to the reporting of Fox News National. We're talking about an ARTICLE on the Fox News WEBSITE.

The article published on Fox News Digital which says that politician names have been redacted was not reported on the Fox News television channel. The extent of the reporting on the Fox News television segments was spotty and ranged from sparse photos of Bill Clinton to briefly mentioning that the files were overly redacted. The Fox News television channel tried to report the release as little as possible. The Fox News channel aired interviews with Todd Blanche himself saying that the release was lawful. Fox News television even had a segment where they claimed that the release had 'too much information'.

Do you think that the average Fox News viewer also reads the Fox News website? Does the average Fox News viewer even knows how to read?

I know what the mind of an American hog is like. Why do you think that you're the hog whisperer?

[-] dead@hexbear.net 29 points 2 days ago

Congressman Ro Khanna (author of the Epstein files bills) responds to the USDOJ file dump. He says that he wants to prosecute or impeach people if they don't comply with the Bill.

https://xcancel.com/RoKhanna/status/2002150152690348438#m

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 34 points 2 days ago

He wants to prosecute or impeach people if they don't comply with the Bill.

Good luck with that!

[-] Des@hexbear.net 21 points 2 days ago

"arrest yourselves, immediately!" ro khanna, while hanging out with Elon Musk

[-] YEP@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago

I'm not sure if that's the right avenue. I think they would pursue a writ of mandamus or I'm mixing up my early American history lessons. The writ compells a government official, this case the ag, to execute their duties and they are subject to arrest by the marshals of the court.

Will the us marshalls execute a court order. Who knows.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

Will the us marshalls execute a court order.

I don't think so. The marshals work for the DOJ. If a large group of marshals thought of themselves as Justified badasses and we willing to try to arrest the AG - it would be insane. As soon as Trump learned who they were - he would mention them by name. Maybe every member of their family: ...and Little Jimmy is six years old and he goes to Podunk Elementary School. It's a shame that their daddy is a traitor who deserves bad things. Very, very bad things.

They and their families would get death threats. Trump would get them fired, and their lives would be ruined. All of that would happen at an insane speed - within hours. Plus they'd be 100% guaranteed to fail.

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In other news - is a marshal actually called a deputy? Or is that a Justified artifice?

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[-] dead@hexbear.net 16 points 2 days ago

US DOJ made a statement denying the Fox News claim that government officials are redacted in the files.

https://xcancel.com/TheJusticeDept/status/2002205851285594614#m

[-] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago

"And when you think about it, aren't the politicians the real victims here?"

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 29 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

How do you rate the limited drop on a scale of zero to 100 - zero being utterly pointless and 100 being great (even though limited).

Basically the Trump administration is violating the law by not releasing all of the files but some were made available.

The poor libs are going to rend their garments. He broke the law!

Wow, shocker!

Also - I thought they'd wait until tonight so the stuff gets missed in the Friday night news dump. I don't understand why they didn't wait until 11:59 DC time.

[-] towhee@hexbear.net 24 points 2 days ago
[-] Kefla@hexbear.net 15 points 2 days ago

theory-gary do not jam your fingers in the hollow between the ear and jaw

I'm learning so much

[-] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago

I learned that in middle school on account of someone coming up behind you and jamming their fingers in that precise spot being a common prank. It ain't pleasant, I can tell you that much!

[-] The_hypnic_jerk@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago
[-] christian@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

Remodeling your body for fun and profit

[-] FugaziArchivist@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago

what bullshit statement is Clinton gonna make?

[-] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 12 points 2 days ago

id like to see bubba wriggle his way out of this one

[-] segfault11@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago

no redactions refused jeffed out file dump

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