Hard To Explain the Difference

• Pedophilia
• Hebephilia
• Ephebophilia

Splitting hairs is a way to discount the whole thing - to make it sound like it might actually be reasonable to pressure underage girls (who are 40 years your junior) to have sex with you - and sometimes forcing yourself on them - if they're 15 instead of 12.

"Yeah, OK - he was guilty of Statutory Rape because he was diddling underage girls, but at least he wasn't fucking children!"

No, asshole. Sex with underage girls is fucking children. You fucking pervy fuck.

It Gets Worse

It's almost literally nothing but a game to these assholes.

Makes my blood boil.

IF WE TAX THEM NOW

WE WON'T HAVE TO EAT THEM LATER

Today's Robert

We can build a world where innocence is not a commodity.

OK - Next?

Epstein in newly released email said Bill Clinton was never ‘on the island’

Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2011 email released by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday that former President Clinton “never” visited his private island.

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“[T]hese stories are complete ant utter fantasy,, I don’t know and have never met Al gore, CLinton was never on the island.. the telephone book is not mine, it was stolen by my houseman that is currently in prison for doing so,” Epstein wrote to someone dubbed “The Duke,” whose email address is redacted.

This email is among 20,000 pages of documents released Wednesday from Epstein’s estate. The push for more information about Epstein escalated this week, as House members returned to Washington to end the government shutdown.

For months, Democrats and Republicans in the lower chamber have advocated for the release of information about Epstein. A discharge petition on Wednesday successfully teed up a vote on the House floor on the matter for as soon as next week.

Global figures and top businessmen, including Clinton, President Trump, former Prince Andrew and Elon Musk, among others, have come under scrutiny for reported links to the disgraced financier.

House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) previously said Clinton’s alleged links to Epstein should be unveiled after he subpoenaed the former president for testimony before Congress this summer.

“Everybody in America wants to know what went on in Epstein Island, and we’ve all heard reports that Bill Clinton was a frequent visitor there, so he’s a prime suspect to be deposed by the House Oversight Committee,” Comer said on Newsmax in August.

The Kentucky Republican also subpoenaed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for testimony in House Republicans’ investigation on matters around Epstein.

The Hill reached out to Clinton’s office and a press representative for former Vice President Al Gore.

Today's Rich

Extinction Burst Redux

Is It legal?

Trump's fondness for pushing up to, and through, legal limits has the military wrestling with questions of whether or not they're being ordered to do things outside of the authority of their commanders.

Amanda Wraps It Up

(via Sons Of Liberty)

History Explains

Holy fuck - it's been right there in plain sight the whole time. These "Alpha MAGA" boys are closeted submissives!?

No wonder they've been totally absorbed into Daddy Trump's cult.

A huge Thank You to this darling girl - she's made another piece of the puzzle fall into place for me.

A Quick History

America's healthcare system isn't broken - the part that treats patients when they need care, and helps us stay healthy - that part is working pretty well.

But America's healthcare insurance system is a fucked up anything-for-a-buck racket.

Closer And Closer

It's not a terribly smart thing to hold your breath on this shit.

• Trump is pressuring Boebert and Mace hard to get their names off the discharge petition
• Even if the vote is called, there's bound to be delays - debate, conference meetings, etc
• If the thing passes, there's no guarantee Johnson will act quickly to deliver the demand to Bondi
• Bondi almost absolutely fight it and stall and do whatever Trump instructs her to do
• This is Trump, so he'll take it to court and we'll spend a year waiting - unless enough Republicans get antsy enough about the re-election chances if it drags out and remains an issue during the mid-term campaigns

So yes, it's pretty damned close to being the smoking gun, but since there's no honor in MAGA, the GOP, or the White House - we can't reasonably expect any of them to act honorably.