Epsteinphiles Vs. Distraction

CAUTION: this is a politically themed post.

It will mention Charlie Kirk.

If you wish to not deal with this, I will talk about Star Trek tomorrow, a personal post about what I did on Saturday follows on Wednesday and there will be a comic book themed post coming up on Thursday.

Or you may proceed with today's post at your own peril.

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The Jeffrey Epstein files are still a thing? Really?

Of course they are still a thing because Donald Trump keeps insisting they are not a thing.

Li'l Donnie insists the whole thing is a hoax.  

The woman abused by Jeffrey Epstein and his partner in crime Ghislaine Maxwell have taken exception to that description. 

Li'l Donnie's co-conspirators FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi insists they've released everything and there's nothing else there. 

Then a Congressional committee finds more stuff. Which appears to be not all the stuff. Gee, I am confused. Didn't Patel and Bondi say there was no more stuff? 

Trump can't get away from the Epstein Files and could really use a major distraction.

Like Charlie Kirk getting assassinated? Yeah, that might do it

You gotta admit the murder of right wing activist Charlie Kirk has sucked a lot of air out of the room what with snivelling sycophantic Trump stoolies running with Li'l Donnie's narrative that Kirk's death was the result of a left wing activist cabal. 

So far there is no evidence that the accused shooter Tyler Robinson was involved with any organization with all the evidence indicating he acted alone.

That didn't stop JD Vance and Stephen Miller from grabbing the late Charlie Kirk's podcast mircrophone and declaring it's a FACT that most political violence is instigated by the left.

When Jimmy Kimmel actually called that out in his monologue on Monday, he wound up being suspended by Disney/ABC. 

FCC chair (and Sopranos mafia wannabe) Brendan Carr called on ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel for saying bad shit about Charlie Kirk or the broadcast licenses for the ABC network and it's affiliates would get yeeted.  A government agency telling a private entity to do something over an objection to something said is the very epitome of a First Amendment violation.  

There have been demands that Jimmy Kimmel needs to apologize to Charlie Kirk's family for what he said.

But Kimmel said nothing about Kirk or his movement or anything about his murder. 

What he did say was there were people trying to score political points for their own benefit and power from his murder.

Which I consider to be a FACT but let's be fair I suppose and call it an opinion which he still had every right to express.  

By all accounts, executives at ABC and Disney did not think what Kimmel said was really all that bad but had to act because the FCC was threatening the viability of the network and it's affiliates.  

Also in the wake of Carr's comments, employees of Disney and ABC began receiving death threats.  

ABC can fire Jimmy Kimmel if it wants but the government can't threaten ABC into firing Kimmel because those people in the government object.  Which is what Brendan Carr did. 

"Nice little network you have here. Shame if something... happened to it."  

And Pam Bondi has gone on record of getting the DOJ to come after other people who engage in "hate speech".

And Li'l Donnie is in a tizzy of a snit to start revoking licenses for all networks who say bad shit about him.  "Donald Trump is a fucking moron" is hate speech? I don't hate saying that it. I'm happy to express that FACT (or opinion if you must).   

Hey, Li'l Donnie, you don't like negative shit about you? Then STOP doing stupid, unethical, illegal shit! 

But you're too stupid to figure that out, huh? 

Meanwhile, the United States is on fire because people are trying to elevate Charlie Kirk to sainthood and to pillory Jimmy Kimmel as the devil that did him in? Or something? 

The MAGA heads themselves aren't sure. They're just mad and Kimmel is a convenient target. He said bad shit about Charlie Kirk! (No, he didn't!) Well, he's insulted Donald Trump a lot so there you go! 

Who knew Jimmy Kimmel of all people would be the crucial lynchpin in the fall of American Democracy.

And there's still the matter of those dang Epstein Files.

Damn it! I mentioned the Epstein Files.

Distraction!

Distraction!

Distraction!

Howzabout a jaunt to merry olde England, eh?

Donald Trump goes to the United Kingdom for a state visit with King Charles.  Now apparently the royal family rolled out a lavish and reverential visit with the orange man who would be king.

Except...

Unlike with other visiting heads of state, Trump did not get a public welcome by the Prime Minister. A low level foreign secretary was sent to greet Li'l Donnie when he got off the plane.

Where there was no red carpet.

Unlike other visiting heads of state, Trump did not get a public processional through the streets of London, instead shunted off with no fuss and no muss to Windsor Castle.

Instead of the more public Buckingham Palace.  

And unlike other visiting heads of state, Trump was not afforded an opportunity to speak to Parliament.  

The royals fawned all over Li'l Donnie and he ate it all up like the egomaniacal narcissist he is without noticing he was not getting a more public welcome.

Due to the likelihood of not getting one. People in the U.K. fucking hate Donald Trump. 

Expressed through unfurling a giant banner of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein as well as projecting a image of the two men on the side of Windsor Castle.

Crap! I mentioned Epstein!  

Can we get a distraction?

How about Charlie Kirk's funeral? 

Yeah, that might work.

Donald Trump along with JD Vance and other Trump syncophants and 60,000+ mourners gathered at State Farm Stadium in Phoenix for a memorial to their dearly departed white Christian nationalist. 

You might think being a white Christian nationalist is bad thing and you would be right.

This was 60,000+ people who think being a white Christian nationalist is a good thing and they're sad and angry their young acolyte is dead and wondering how to make liberals pay for that.

Like who else can Trump get fired besides Jimmy Kimmel.

Or how to keep those Epstein Files hidden....

Damn it! I mention Epstein again. 

Distraction?

Nope, we're done!