Politics

866 readers

161 users here now

For civil discussion of US politics. Be excellent to each other.

Rule 1: Posts have the following requirements:
▪️ Post articles about the US only

▪️ Title must match the article headline

▪️ Recent (Past 30 Days)

▪️ No Screenshots/links to other social media sites or link shorteners

Rule 2: Do not copy the entire article into your post. One or two small paragraphs are okay.

Rule 3: Articles based on opinion (unless clearly marked and from a serious publication-No Fox News or equal), misinformation or propaganda will be removed.

Rule 4: Keep it civil. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a jerk. It’s not acceptable to say another user is a jerk. Cussing is fine.

Rule 5: Be excellent to each other. Posts or comments that are homophobic, transphobic, racist, sexist, ableist, will be removed.

Rule 6: Memes, spam, other low effort posting, reposts, advocating violence, off-topic, trolling, offensive, regarding the moderators or meta in content may be removed at any time.

Rule 7. No conjecture type posts (this could, might, may, etc.). Only factual. If the headline is wrong, clarify within the body. More info

The Epstein Files: Trump, Trafficking, and the Unraveling Cover-Up

Info Video about techniques used in cults (and politics)

Bookmark Vault of Trump's First Term

USAfacts.org

The Alt-Right Playbook

Media owners, CEOs and/or board members

Video: Macklemore's new song critical of Trump and Musk is facing heavy censorship across major platforms.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

pelespirit@sh.itjust.works

Justice Department to begin giving Congress files from Jeffrey Epstein investigation, Comer says (www.pbs.org)

submitted 8 months ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

8 comments fedilink hide all child comments

The records are to be turned over starting Friday to the House Oversight Committee, which earlier this month issued a broad subpoena to the Justice Department about a criminal case that has long captivated public attention, recently roiled the top rungs of President Donald Trump’s administration and been a consistent magnet for conspiracy theories.

“There are many records in DOJ’s custody, and it will take the Department time to produce all the records and ensure the identification of victims and any child sexual abuse material are redacted,” Kentucky Rep. James Comer, the Republican committee chair, said in a statement. “I appreciate the Trump Administration’s commitment to transparency and efforts to provide the American people with information about this matter.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wow, trump must have been in there a lot if it took them this long to scrub them.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

He touched a lot of kids. It took numerous agents many months with the scrub as their number one priority.

[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

~1000 agents, that's a lot of editing

[–] SoupBrick@pawb.social 7 points 8 months ago

I mean 100k pages is a bit much. Especially when you have the threat of right wing terrorists over your head.

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-name-redacted-epstein-files-public-figures-2107647

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 3 points 8 months ago

That must’ve been thousands of kids! Wow, I didn’t even know he could abuse that many.