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Release from Epstein files

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The Democrats had 4 years to both release the Epstein files and develop a better health plan.
Unlike the GOP, Democrats didn't have conspiracy theorists driving anything Epstein. Despite the circus when it's all said and done, the files won't reveal anything substantial. Nor has anyone Democratic claimed they have a better and cheaper healthcare plan than what exists today.
 
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Unlike the GOP, Democrats didn't have conspiracy theorists driving anything Epstein. Despite the circus when it's all said and done, the files won't reveal anything substantial. Nor has anyone Democratic claimed they have a better and cheaper healthcare plan than what exists today.
Well we can't really say what this administration didn't accomplish along those lines when it isn't even a year old yet. As for the files not likely revealing anything substantiel, I agree.
 
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The Democrats had 4 years to both release the Epstein files and develop a better health plan.
The Democrats did release a better health plan. That’s the ACA.
 
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Well we can't really say what this administration didn't accomplish along those lines when it isn't even a year old yet. As for the files not likely revealing anything substantiel, I agree.
What someone will or won't think substantial of course depends, in the case of Epstein, their moral values. Because I doubt there will be bombshell of illegalities. However the files will show Trump, and maybe others, knew exactly what Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were doing with underage girls. Yet its clear Trump wants no part of a release.
 
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Better than nothing? Thats debateable. My friend got on and got nothing. It dodnt cover anything.
There's a lot that isn't covered and premiums and deductibles can be huge. ACA seems to only work okay when you're unemployed.
 
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I don’t see how anyone can expect this administration to release anything that might be damaging to the president or anyone loyal to him.
But the Denocrats sure could have. And from everything they gave done to him over the years we know they good and well would have if they had anything. There isn't.
 
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FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino was outraged this week during a closed-door White House meeting about the Department of Justice's review of Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking case files, according to multiple sources.

Bongino raised his voice during a discussion with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles before storming out of the meeting, according to two sources close to DOJ leadership. Bongino also exchanged heated words with Attorney General Pam Bondi during the meeting, and the whole ordeal has led him to consider resigning from the FBI, another source said.

Dan Bongino Clearing Out His Office in Preparation for FBI Exit: NY Times

Bongino has told associates he could leave “as soon as this week or as late as mid-January,” people familiar with his plans told The Times on Wednesday. He has not yet made a formal announcement.

To back the claims, however, the newspaper’s sources further revealed that Bongino has begun shipping office “knick-knacks” and other personal belongings back to Florida, where he plans to resume his broadcasting career in time for the 2026 midterm elections.

At that time, [quoted post] he reportedly threatened to resign after Bondi’s department released a memo concluding that the much-hyped “Epstein client list” did not, in fact, exist – a topic that had been a focus of Bongino’s podcast before his tenure.
 
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pretty depressing that people tolerated someone clearly predatory
I have taken
Clinton, Trump, Bannon, Chomsky
off my Christmas list
Sounds like Krampus is going to be busy this year.
 
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pretty depressing that people tolerated someone clearly predatory
I have taken
Clinton, Trump, Bannon, Chomsky
off my Christmas list
This was the last straw for Chomsky? The denial of any atrocity so long as it was done by a group opposed to US foreign policy wasn’t enough?
 
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Sounds like Krampus is going to be busy this year.
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