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[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago
[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Yo where the Epstein files at

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I bet Sandy wants to know too!!

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 1 points 56 minutes ago

She does!

Also omg I love how you brought her up outside of her posts. Old girl is famous. 🥹

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 15 points 9 hours ago

I assure you, rawstory, it is not.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 124 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

They're saying we forgot Jan 6.

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 13 hours ago (3 children)
[–] Poojabber@lemmy.world 82 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

...I care. Seeing the capitol attacked by terrorists, may not be a 1 to 1 comparison to pedophilia, but its still kind of a big deal.... He should be punished for all his crimes. However, Im pretty sure I have better odds of winning hundreds of millions playing the lottery, than I do of see justice for any of our crooked politicians.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago

He won't live long enough to serve all the prison time he deserves

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 11 hours ago

I agree, I was joking. It's just that this guy manages to top his idiotic dystopian criminal actions with even worse ones. We should never forget what happened, we should learn from it. But in general, we're living in Idiocracy and most don't give a shit.

[–] dude@lemmings.world 3 points 8 hours ago

You mean the Trump-Epstein files, right?

[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The official presidential portrait should have him wearing that stupid hat. I bet he would even agree to it. I can't believe he likes wearing it. Also, where are the Epstein files, coward?

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago

His mugshot should be the picture of him used in all future textbooks

[–] molestme247@lemmy.world 45 points 12 hours ago (2 children)
[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 hours ago

Name checks out

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 39 points 13 hours ago

Someone objected to the picture I've been posting, and I said I'd see what I could do. So, here's my lazy attempt to give some more examples.

[–] molestme247@lemmy.world 27 points 12 hours ago
[–] al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 15 points 13 hours ago

He grabbed you all by the pussy and you just let him.

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 12 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

If you think Jan 6th was the worst thing he's done then you need to look deep inside yourself.

They’re both horrifyingly bad, just for very different reasons.

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I'd say raping a 13-year-old girl would be higher up in the list.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

You really think that violence against one person is worse than attempting to violently overthrow a nation of 330 million people?

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 hours ago

Let's not rank his criminal actions but judge each one seperstely.