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[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 68 points 1 day ago

Why? The files are meaningless at this point. Nobody was prosecuting trump or anyone else in the US over this.

I can’t stress enough how little the files matter to him. The only people constantly relating the files to this war are people on social media and a few offhand quips by public figures.

Trump is going after oil. Both Venezuela and Iran were attacked (depending on what minute you were listening as it changed a dozen times) ostensibly for regime change, but everyone knows that’s bullshit. He’s trying to control oil and energy prices. Multiple sources point this out, meanwhile the US press is saying shit like “Here's what the Trump administration is doing to lower oil and gas prices. Is it working?” CBS news, “Trump’s unshackled presidency puts him at the center of the economy.” CNBC.

It’s another, giant grift attempt to put himself in charge so he can coerce and bully other countries to get what he wants.

[-] stenAanden@feddit.dk 11 points 1 day ago

It would be the ultimate PR soft power move.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

What power is it over someone who is under no threat from it? I mean, if they actually did it and trump was immediately removed from power for it I’ll eat my hat, but from the look of things my hat is completely safe.

[-] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 5 points 21 hours ago

Well, this is a recent shot from CPAC, so they’ve moved on to full-blown normalizing it, so I agree that your hat is quite safe.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 68 points 1 day ago

What? No? Why would they do that? I mean it'd discredit the American political class even more than it has been, but that's not really their immediate goal right now.

[-] mirshafie@europe.pub 10 points 1 day ago

I'd rather see them demanding that Israel joins the NPT, but they don't want to legitimize the existence of a genocide state by asking it to do things.

[-] zxqwas@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

The Biden administration had the Epstein files. If they contained damning evidence why would they not use the files against Trump after they lost the election?

And if the files are that damning to the Trmup admin what is stopping him from just keeping up dropping bombs?

Currently it's a question on how much consessions Iran have to offer for US to stop bombing. Not what demands they can issue to not block the strait.

[-] Mk23simp 30 points 1 day ago

Because Democrats are complicit in everything that Republicans do. Democrats exist to create the appearance of opposition, while in reality both parties serve the interests of the wealthy. Uncovering the wealthy class's depraved deeds does not serve those interests, which is why neither party really wants that.

[-] WhoIsTheDrizzle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

We need to delineate here. It's not all Democrats, it's ones that are taking corporate, AIPAC and other dark money. Grassroots campaigns are the only successful way to get candidates that represent working class constituents because that's where the money comes from. This all goes back to Citizen's United, which was the largest attack on democracy in my lifetime.

[-] Mk23simp 3 points 21 hours ago

When I say Democrats here what I mean is the party leaders and the politicians who align with them (that is, the vast majority of them). There can be individuals who run as Democrats who don't align with the party, but the party leadership is actively against them. For instance, Zohran Mamdani's run was opposed by Democrat party leadership. He's more of an independent than a true Democrat.

[-] luthis@lemmy.nz 29 points 1 day ago

Because it screws politicians on both sides.

Realistically Biden probably cared more about all the Israeli officials showing up in there and the appearance that Epstein was a Mossad asset than it being embarrassing for like the Clintons, etc.

[-] zurohki@aussie.zone 8 points 1 day ago

Because it screws donors on both sides and the politicians serve the people who pay them.

[-] stenAanden@feddit.dk 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Wasn't this because:

  1. The investigation into Maxwell was in process so it would hurt the case against her to release them?
  2. They were legally sealed until 2024?

Edit: srsl, correct me. I could very well be wrong

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Because Biden loves Israel more than he wanted to stop Trump. That's why he decided to do genocide instead of win reelection.

[-] WhoIsTheDrizzle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Also, the attorney general isn't supposed to be a lapdog for the president, they're supposed to act autonomously to enforce checks and balances and.... The law. I know, silly notion. This is a huge shift in corruption that sadly, the American people have come to accept due to propaganda and normalization. The files were sealed due to the Maxwell investigation by a federal judge, which is normal during an ongoing investigation. Then they were reopened by Congress during the Trump regime and the attorney general doesn't follow the law and there's no accountability due to the aforementioned efforts.

[-] First_Thunder@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

The question is also, why weren’t they deleted to in the first Trump admin

[-] karashta@piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago

Because our entire government has been corrupted by the same capital class that are the Epstein class.

[-] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

If Iranian elites aren't in the Epstein files it is just because they had a better source fir it.

[-] chaogomu@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Better? I'm not sure you'd qualify that, but local, that I'm sure of.

[-] Klox@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Strongest card to get nuked? Wut...

[-] e8CArkcAuLE@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago

totally, they’d rather have the whole world burn than stop protecting their god-chosen elite

[-] Obnomus@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

Thanks I'll be stealing this.

[-] Beep@lemmus.org 8 points 1 day ago

🥺 Will you at least mention me as the source?

Or will you do as me and steal without linking to the source?

[-] Obnomus@lemmy.ml 2 points 18 hours ago

I always pray for whose meme I'm sharing.

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