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Linda C's avatar

It’s ALL about money and power…keeping each other’s secrets and using them against each other. And us. Everything else is negligible to them. They’re depraved sickos….birds of a feather. We are less than dog crap to them…obstacles and nuisances.

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Mj 💙🇺🇦 🐸's avatar

If the Epstein files were chock full of Democrats, they would have been screeching from the mountaintops already.

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Bob McKeown's avatar

Which is explained by their new conspiracy theory that the files _were_ full of Democrats but the Biden Deep State expunged all those records and faked dirt on Trump instead ;)

Which is so stupid none of the pod bros appear to be buying it.

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Mj 💙🇺🇦 🐸's avatar

Gotta love the conspiracies. So the pod bros are going to help lead some people out of this fiction? Huh. Didn’t see that one coming LOL

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Bob McKeown's avatar

Not exactly. The point is that there are different sorts of MAGA influencers. Some of them will remain glued to Trump's ass no matter what he does because Trump has them on speed dial. If Charlie Kirk, e.g., has to justify the pardoning of Ghislaine Maxwell and call her a "victim" because Trump does, he'll do it. The MAGA influencers who live and die by access to the WH are basically hopeless.

But there is an outer ring of MAGA influencers who were around before Trump and will remain long after he's gone. Alex Jones, Glenn Beck, Tucker Carlson have all built their own audiences. And beyond that ring of OG right-wing influencers come the manosphere pod bros who aren't highly political. What this group has that the MAGA personality cultists don't is that they're not so much dedicated to Trump himself as they are to being anti-establishment. Most often that aligns with Trump when they see him fighting the "deep state" or pushing back against "wokeness." But not always, as with Epstein. These bros are the most skeptical on the Trump line about Epstein and want the damn files released.

Joe Rogan has one of, and at times the, most popular podcast in the country. The WH is desperately trying to get him on board with their Epstein story. He's the canary in the coalmine. Keep your eyes on him if he ceases to be skeptical.

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Mj 💙🇺🇦 🐸's avatar

Thank you for the thoughtful comment - appreciated.

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Bob McKeown's avatar

It takes three to tango. Without Zelenskiy, the meeting is meaningless, as Volodymyr will stiff arm any territorial concessions Trump and Daddy Vladdy "agree" to and NATO / EU won't go along with them, either. Everybody other than Trump knows that Putin will not stop with Ukraine.

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Carol Moore's avatar

Appreciate your candor ❤️❤️❤️

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Ben's avatar

A real basic question, why Alaska as the site of the meeting? Did Putin suggest it?

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Bob McKeown's avatar

Anywhere else in the world Putin would be arrested for war crimes (and it goes without saying he should be arrested for coming here). Putin could've suggested it, but even if not, it's so obviously bending over backwards for the guy. Alaska is certainly the most convenient location possible for him.

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Laura Havranek's avatar

Evil compounded by these two horrible people. Sickening

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Patty Smith's avatar

Oh man, Rick.I so hope you are wrong. I so hope for the future of the free world that you are wrong. I have so little faith in dt doing anything wise. Because he is evil, and he is also a fool. And we've seen Putin play him over and over and over. I shudder to think what may happen.

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Andrew Rich's avatar

He's gonna give Alaska back, isn't he

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Mombeka's avatar

Trump is such a sicko.

Sexually

I can’t even imagine the depths of depravity this guy is capable of.

I heard he just FELL DOWN TODAY which is 11 August 2025.

I hope he seriously injured himself.

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Patty Smith's avatar

I think we all do.

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Jane in NC's avatar

When Trump rolls over for Putin, and he will, our new narrative must be: First, he rolled over for Ghislaine Maxwell because she knows all the dirt Trump's hiding on Epstein; now, he's rolled over for Putin. Is it because Putin knows what's in the Epstein Files, too? RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!

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Cherie Alvarez's avatar

Trump said he was going to Russia, maybe he's going to annex Alaska for Putin.

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LadyHistorian's avatar

Melanie translated in Helsinki. Guess why, according to news reporting, the translator’s notes were destroyed.

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Jo Burns's avatar

Rick, you are absolutely correct! Trump is going to meet Vladimir and kiss his kassock. He'll cow to whatever putin says. I think the international court should be eyes up and ready to arrest putin when he steps on US soil.

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Patty Smith's avatar

Oh - if only...

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Casey Burns's avatar

Hey rick, I am selectively hard of hearing. Can you put the script of these podcasts down somewhere?

I suspect that Trump's folly will be simply handing Alaska back, or part of it. Its either that or Putin will show the Pee Tape, not to mention hard to unsee photos and videos of old Mushroom-Pecker raping some poor unfortunate and underage model, as he tries to convince her that she should be enjoying this.

I just hope the part he returns includes Sarah Palin and Lisa M.

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Julie Smalley's avatar

Hasn't the US stopped helping Ukraine all together or are we still just giving them crumbs?

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Linda Silfven's avatar

Rick, you kill me! “giving each other a tongue bath”. ( I have cats so am very familiar.) if our asshole President does halt all weapons to Ukraine I hope to god Europe shoves his tariffs right up his ass, and everything else besides. Since Republicans in Congress will do absolutely NOTHING, other countries will have to punish him however they can.

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Patty Smith's avatar

Yes. 100%

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