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My god the Epstein Files just get….. WORSE

If just half of this is true then 😶😶😶😶😶

And this is the REDACTED version??

Trump could fall because of this. I can see a general revolt against the entire elite. À la Francaise

There's a lot of this sort of discourse on X.

Democrats thought the Jeffrey Epstein files would prove a magic bullet against Donald Trump. But look who, among other Democratic luminaries, the bullet has hit: she was Obama's WH counsel and is now chief counsel at Goldman Sachs.
https://x.com/brithume/status/2017397179636220223

No one cares. Everyone normal just wants accountability for anyone who was in collaboration w/ or looking the other way on Epstein. The only people who even think the way you do are partisan-brained pundits that can’t imagine other people don’t think as cynically as they do.
https://x.com/SarahLongwell25/status/2017666819314643435

Yes, this is why it's so tricky for Trump and the MAGA gang. No on "the left" gives a damn if the likes of Bill Clinton, Gates etc gets taken down by this too. It's not partisan, it's the elites getting away with child rape (alleged) or even worse (speculated) and unfortunately for the likes of Musk, Trump and the rest they are just members of that group.

If Andrew is extradited to the US for these photos it will heap even more pressure on Trump - a British Prince more accountable than a US President.

The Americans refused to send Anne Sacoolas here so we should refuse to send Andrew there, not that they have found anything to charge him with yet anyway

Surprised you are defending Andrew in this shocking story of debauchery

And what about the victims who need answers ?

Harry Dunn's parents got no answers from Anne Sacoolas in the UK, only after much effort from a US videolink to a UK court

You comparing the Harry Dunn case to this is extraordinary

They are two separate issues

You need to stop defending the indefensible

BBC News - Second Epstein victim claims she was sent to UK for sex with Andrew, lawyer says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clymxxlm3xzo

No they are the same issue, the Americans refused to allow the woman who was convicted of killing Harry Dunn to come to the UK so we must refuse to allow Andrew to go to the US, even in the unlikely event he is charged.

Otherwise we just look weak to the Yanks. The second woman in question was in her 20s, the UK age of consent is 16

My god the Epstein Files just get….. WORSE

If just half of this is true then 😶😶😶😶😶

And this is the REDACTED version??

Trump could fall because of this. I can see a general revolt against the entire elite. À la Francaise

There's a lot of this sort of discourse on X.

Democrats thought the Jeffrey Epstein files would prove a magic bullet against Donald Trump. But look who, among other Democratic luminaries, the bullet has hit: she was Obama's WH counsel and is now chief counsel at Goldman Sachs.
https://x.com/brithume/status/2017397179636220223

No one cares. Everyone normal just wants accountability for anyone who was in collaboration w/ or looking the other way on Epstein. The only people who even think the way you do are partisan-brained pundits that can’t imagine other people don’t think as cynically as they do.
https://x.com/SarahLongwell25/status/2017666819314643435

Yes, this is why it's so tricky for Trump and the MAGA gang. No on "the left" gives a damn if the likes of Bill Clinton, Gates etc gets taken down by this too. It's not partisan, it's the elites getting away with child rape (alleged) or even worse (speculated) and unfortunately for the likes of Musk, Trump and the rest they are just members of that group.

Nice attempt to lasso Musk but AFAICS there is not a shred of evidence Musk went to pedo island. Just a few emails talking about parties

If a photo or flight log appears, then that’s different. But Musk has a lot of enemies - he rubs people the wrong way - and if there really was something, I imagine it would have emerged by now

Result now confirmed.

It certainly appears that Democrat Taylor Rehmet will defeat Trump-endorsed Leigh Wambsganss, and flip Texas SD-9, a seat held by Republicans for 35 years and carried by Trump by 17 points in 2024.
https://x.com/travisakers/status/2017785295853236311

Also, Wambsganss is a real name then ?

Latest vote count:

Dem 57.2%
Rep 42.8%

The Dems have today won a seat by 14% which Trump won by 17% in 2024.

Result appears final - though worth noting turnout was only 15%.

https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/TX/Tarrant/125768/web.345435/#/detail/1

One problem with Gerrymandering is that there is a point in swing where large numbers of seats flip.

AND That point moves. If the electorate wants change but change is denied because of an unfair electoral system then the pressure builds for change and so there is a bigger shift in the electorate itself. This shows itself all the time but is rarely remarked upon. A good example would be the next election where at least in theory (but I don't believe it myself) the present government would gerrymander the system to their own advantage and so they might just hold on. Now if that did happen then that truely would be the end of Labour AND its sympathisers. But if there is a Farage / Con government then support for the right will fall pretty quickly. If bizarrely there is a very hung parliament with the LDs in charge and maybe with the PM then I doubt the LDs will ever recover.

One of the biggest problems for the left is they are unable to distinguish between equality and fairness. They think that an equal society is a fair society - it certainly isn't.

Result now confirmed.

It certainly appears that Democrat Taylor Rehmet will defeat Trump-endorsed Leigh Wambsganss, and flip Texas SD-9, a seat held by Republicans for 35 years and carried by Trump by 17 points in 2024.
https://x.com/travisakers/status/2017785295853236311

Also, Wambsganss is a real name then ?

Latest vote count:

Dem 57.2%
Rep 42.8%

The Dems have today won a seat by 14% which Trump won by 17% in 2024.

Result appears final - though worth noting turnout was only 15%.

https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/TX/Tarrant/125768/web.345435/#/detail/1

One problem with Gerrymandering is that there is a point in swing where large numbers of seats flip.

We all know how much the UK political establishment love to ignore Wales - and the PB Predictions Competition is continuing this trend.

Apart from the competition itself using the incorrect term AM instead of MS(or AS), some of the entries are delusional. While current polling predicts the Plaid MSs to be around 40 +/-5, some punters are predicting around 20 ... I think the lowest prediction I saw was 15!!! I can only think that someone has looked at the existing number and just tweaked them a little - Ignoring the Plaid surge, the Caerffili bye-election, or most importantly the increase in seats from 60 to 96.

Ignore Wales at your peril!

*Anxiously checks prediction*

Oh I predicted 41. Looking forward to being completely wrong but in good company.

43 for me, and Ref +16 on Q5.

https://vf.politicalbetting.com/discussion/13332/we-changed-prime-ministers-during-both-world-wars-politicalbetting-com#Comment_5431575

I am not the only one who didn't go for +14 on that one, though those going for Ref less than 14 don't seem very on the ball.

Thanks @Benpointer for organising.