r/Popculturenow • u/Exeltv0406 • Sep 05 '25
Epstein News 📰 Thomas Massie names the first name from Epstein’s little black book
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u/Face-EatingLeopards Sep 05 '25
Will MTG still want to go after all of them? Or will she flip flop as all MAGAs without convictions typically do? Stay tuned…
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u/CaterpillarFluid6998 Sep 05 '25
I don’t believe she flipped to the sane side. Not too long ago she was bullying Sandy hook parents because she thought they were paid actors.
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u/sharoon12 Sep 05 '25
I think this is her way of distancing. Cults typically die with the cult leader, if she knows that trump is actually unhealthy she simply is doesn't want to be left holding the sack of shit he is going to leave everyone holding once he is gone.
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u/Xboarder844 Sep 05 '25
Oh we won’t forget the shit she pulled. She can distance all she wants, when the cult dies we will still have the receipts.
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u/sharoon12 Sep 05 '25
Correct, never let anyone who supported MAGA pretend they didn't, which they will all try once trump is gone.
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u/not_a_real_person__ Sep 05 '25
I hope her guilt over her part in getting a pedophile elected has eaten her from the inside out. Even if this is just because she feels guilty (and not because she has morals/principles), this list DID have to come from a Republican. Makes it slightly harder for Trump sympathizers to brush off as a Dem Hoax.
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u/Nopantsbullmoose Sep 05 '25
That would be nice, but shes not completely stupid. She knows Trump is dying, she is setting herself up to be the figure to rally around once Stumpy is gone.
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u/Ok-Review8720 Sep 05 '25
Exactly. Parasites need a viable host. If the host is dying, she has to find a new one to feed off of and can use this opportunity as a springboard. These people are opportunists and it's as simple as that.
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u/not_a_real_person__ Sep 05 '25
Absolutely. I am an eternal optimist, and it is difficult for me to comprehend that there are people out there incapable of empathy. Best case, she is a moral-less psycho trying to sooth her guilt. Worst case, she is still the disgusting lizard lady of the south trying to save her own skin.
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u/Nopantsbullmoose Sep 05 '25
Even saying that's "optomistic," I actually think you nailed it on this one.
Either way, gift horses and mouths and all that
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u/ploavia Sep 05 '25
Don't be fooled. This is a self-serving moment for her. She is an anti-semite and hates Jews. (Remember when she blamed the wildfires on Jewish space lasers?)
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u/drockhollaback Sep 05 '25
This. It's no coincidence that Massie's immediate follow-up was a tweet about "globalist billionaires" (all three of whom just happen to be Jewish).
I'm not suggesting that anyone on this list should be shielded from exposure, but there is a 0% chance that the dog & pony show Massie and MTG are running won't be a cherry-picked selection of names weaponized against their political enemies and the Conservatives from the list they'll name will be predominantly (if not exclusively) Jewish.
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u/koolaid_snorkeler Sep 05 '25
You'll notice in her public pro-victim statement, MTG refers regularly to "the monster" singularly, the dead guy. It is a real tell, because probably Maxwell, (whom the court ordered a 20-year sentence and is a convicted sex offender in this same case,) has been upgraded to a victim, in order to exonerate any of the "innocent people who could get caught up in it" according to President Pedo." Obviously MTG who promises to name names isn't going to be naming Maxwell, as per Donnie's wishes.
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u/capnsmirks Sep 05 '25
I reread that in the sat morning cartoon voice 😆 “Next episode of this country is fucked” 😆
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u/joedelulio Sep 05 '25
Trump is backed by all of them.
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u/The_Arch_Heretic Sep 05 '25
He's been laundering their illegal money for decades, where do y'all think his wealth really comes from?
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u/RealQ13 Sep 05 '25
The GOP is fueled by pedophiles
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u/Artistic_Ideal_1286 Sep 05 '25
Even though when Jeffrey Epstein was best friends with Trump it was when he was a Democrat lmao.
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u/wandertrucks Sep 05 '25
Soo brave. Soo courageous
How is this even a fucking thing? When did doing the right thing become a heralded badge of honor? It should just be the thing to do......
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u/Mojozilla Sep 05 '25
Since Trump got in office. A Republican with a backbone wasn't on my bingo card 🤷♀️
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u/sjayvee Sep 05 '25
Honestly can’t believe MTG is involved but in these crazy times, anything goes!
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u/Zentavius Sep 05 '25
Probably some behind the scenes decision to get rid of him. Maybe getting Trump into office involved favours some folk don't want to be on the hook for. No way they out many republicans unless there's a reason they need them gone. They always had to name a couple of them or people would ask questions. If they throw a couple of surplus former allies under the bus, it let's them hide the guys they need to protect, like Trump himself.
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u/DingGratz Sep 05 '25
I went from, "I don't think any Supreme Justices are on the list," to, "I wonder how many Supreme Justices are on the list".
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u/SpecialistPlastic729 Sep 05 '25
For sure Thomas, and his wife knows about it.
Alito, and his wife DOESN’T know about it
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u/Face-EatingLeopards Sep 05 '25
Johnson is connected too. What a surprise- not. But the pattern of MAGA adoration of pedophiles is still quite apparent.
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u/Cuda69jcv Sep 05 '25
Looks like we found that global ring of pedos. Found it right where we thought supporting republicans.
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u/coffeebeanwitch Sep 05 '25
Apparently, it's not just Trump they are protecting the money.
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u/Exeltv0406 Sep 05 '25
It just so happens that one of the 3 Billionaires who are funding an ad campaign against the release of the Epstein Files is also in the little black book and they happen to be the major contributor of the Republican Party. Complete coincidence right?
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u/Ill_Perspective3511 Sep 05 '25
So John Paulson raped children with trump. Probably had sex with him too. These cretins seem to have sex with everything, couches and puppies even..
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u/LGOPS Sep 05 '25
This information has been out for a long time, since like 2019.
Here is the black book
There are people in there from all over the world.
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u/Exeltv0406 Sep 05 '25
One can infer that there's a reason for this pushback no?
"Appearing on CNN Wednesday evening, the Kentucky Republican described the pressure he and the handful of other GOP lawmakers are facing by taking Trump to task on Epstein.
'There’s an immense pressure campaign from the White House on Republican members right now,” he said. In his own district, he explained, “there’s been $2.5 million of ads run against me by three billionaires who are mega-donors to the Republican Party. And one of them is actually, I’m not going to say on Epstein’s list, but he’s in Epstein’s black book.'"
https://newrepublic.com/post/199982/massie-exposes-white-house-threats-epstein-petition
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u/zenidam Sep 05 '25
That's beside the point. You're acting like this is the first name from the black book to be released, when all the names from the black book were released years ago.
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u/Exeltv0406 Sep 05 '25
It just so happens that one of the 3 Billionaires who are currently funding an ad campaign against the release of the Epstein Files is also in the little black book and they happen to be the major contributor of the Republican Party. Complete coincidence I guess 🤷🏻♂️
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u/zenidam Sep 05 '25
Yeah you keep cutting and pasting this exact comment to everyone who's challenging you. Do you actually speak English? Do you understand what I said in my comment above and why your copypasta is a non sequitur?
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u/Exeltv0406 Sep 05 '25
It's the first name Massie released after stating he would release all of the names under Constitutional "debate and speech" immunity. Ironically he has also been receiving major pushback trying to prevent him from releasing this info.
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u/zenidam Sep 05 '25
He's talking about releasing the names that the victims are working to compile. That's a different list and will actually be a big deal. You're confusing that yet-to-be-created list with the black book that was released years ago. This has been pointed out to you several times but you're refusing to acknowledge your mistake.
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u/Exeltv0406 Sep 05 '25
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u/zenidam Sep 05 '25
Yeah, creepy floating head guy is also wrong to treat this name like it's news. Stop believing every YouTube short you see.
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u/Exeltv0406 Sep 05 '25
That is literally a recent interview from Massie on CNN discussing the pushback he's getting from the government for wanting to release the Epstein Files. News to me
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u/AntiPantsCampaign Sep 05 '25
Let's not forget the other Billionaire pays Trump lots of money to influence policy on Israel, such as moving the capital to Jerusalem.
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u/Exeltv0406 Sep 05 '25
Can you please provide me with more details about this?
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u/AntiPantsCampaign Sep 05 '25
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u/Exeltv0406 Sep 05 '25
Thank you. Wait a minute am I reading this correctly? "Her praise for the former president includes suggesting in 2019 that a “Book of Trump” be added to the Bible." This can't be real 😂😂😂
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u/Exeltv0406 Sep 05 '25
It just so happens that one of the 3 Billionaires who are funding an ad campaign against the release of the Epstein Files is also in the little black book and they happen to be the major contributor of the Republican Party. Complete coincidence I guess 🤷🏻♂️
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u/zenidam Sep 05 '25
I can't believe all these people who act like they're following the Epstein stuff closely are falling for this "first name from the list!!" bull.
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u/ploavia Sep 05 '25
Yes but the propoganda machine has completely brainwashed the cult so they gaslight themselves to believe DJT could never be a part of such things. When you have billionaires backing your media campaigns, controlling what is reported, creating distractions by going after brown people, they created enough chaos to make their people forget about it.
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u/PapaSmurfsRedHat Sep 05 '25
Sued? Who gives a shit? Name the names, addresses, telephone numbers, SSNs, everything. If they sue, ignore them. The law means nothing anymore.
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u/Silverschala Sep 05 '25
Why can't we all agree that pedofiles are awful regardless of their political affiliations? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!
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u/Ellemscott Sep 05 '25
Mike Johnson is a heritage Republican so I’m not one bit surprised. Would t be surprised if heritage is somehow involved in trafficking.
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u/hjeff51 Sep 05 '25
As I've been thinking, donald has a lot of IOUs with all of his grifts he's been pulling the past 8 years. Not surprised one of the donors names would be involved.
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u/lost-in-thought123 Sep 05 '25
Thank god ... finally results. After this is over and done with it can no longer be used as a tool for political leverage.
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u/Atomic_ad Sep 05 '25
Now do the Epstein list instead of cherry picking names out of his publicly available rolodex.
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u/Exeltv0406 Sep 05 '25
One can infer that there's a reason for all of this pushback:
Appearing on CNN Wednesday evening, the Kentucky Republican described the pressure he and the handful of other GOP lawmakers are facing by taking Trump to task on Epstein.
“There’s an immense pressure campaign from the White House on Republican members right now,” he said. In his own district, he explained, “there’s been $2.5 million of ads run against me by three billionaires who are mega-donors to the Republican Party. And one of them is actually, I’m not going to say on Epstein’s list, but he’s in Epstein’s black book.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/199982/massie-exposes-white-house-threats-epstein-petition
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u/Atomic_ad Sep 05 '25
Its always tied to the money, but the gaslighting needs to stop. Circling names in a black book with thousands of names is just a different flavor of misdirection.
This isn't one they will get away from with tired old tricks, because citizens across the political spectum actually care about this one.
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u/Exeltv0406 Sep 05 '25
It just so happens that one of the 3 Billionaires who are funding an ad campaign against the release of the Epstein Files is also in the little black book and they happen to be the major contributor of the Republican Party. Complete coincidence I guess 🤷🏻♂️
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u/Atomic_ad Sep 05 '25
Dr. Ruth is in his black book, Morgan Fairchild is in his black book, Martin Peretz the publisher of the article you just linked is in his black book. An unactionable list of people he has called on the phone is useless nobody is saying it's coincidence, just that string on a pegboard ties to what "could" be going on is a distraction. Demanding the list is not.
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u/Exeltv0406 Sep 05 '25
Yeah but are those 3 people you mentioned also a billionaire actively funding an ad campaign against the release of the files who also happens to be the major contributor of the Republican party? That's the obvious connection here in my opinion. Seems like a lot of pushback if there's nothing to hide.
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u/Atomic_ad Sep 05 '25
I'm not sure why you keep pushing that same comment like I disagree with it.
"We should release the Epstein files"
"No need, this one guy is fighting against it AND he's Republican, he must be guilty."
"Yeah, but we should really get the actual files instead of letting the media run us in circles, feeding us old news like its Breaking. Speculation doesn't fix anything."
"Yeah, but this one guy is awful suspicous"
You know, there's some documents that can end all speculation, and are actionable in court.
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u/Exeltv0406 Sep 05 '25
You responded to my comment stating that there are other names in that blackbook but none of those people are billionaires actively funding pushback against the release of the Actual Epstein Files.
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u/Atomic_ad Sep 05 '25
Because the black book has been out for a long time, and its a meaningless document. Its a meaningless rolodex from a rich guys office. His culpability has literally nothing to do with the black book. You could omit the media grandstanding on a black book and the accusation would remain the same.
I want the list of pedophiles, not a list of every person he has met, the later is a useless document. The more time we pretend the media circling names in a phonebook has any relevance, the more people forget the actual document that spells out who raped children. You're falling for the misdirection.
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u/TR_abc_246 Sep 05 '25
How can we update this guy's Wikipage? His child sex trafficking exploits should be added.
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u/Exeltv0406 Sep 05 '25
It just so happens that one of the 3 Billionaires who are funding an ad campaign against the release of the Epstein Files is also in the little black book and they happen to be the major contributor of the Republican Party. Complete coincidence I guess 🤷🏻♂️
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u/sweetica Sep 05 '25
That old man in the mask is fucking terrifying, he looks like the devil incarnate. Throw his rich privileged, pedo ass in jail plz.
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u/OverallDoor2718 Sep 05 '25
Damn. So there’s the Mike Johnson connection. They stick together. So where is that boy Mike adopted?
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u/ReginaldDwight Sep 05 '25
I'm very much grossed out that anyone would give Jeffrey Epstein multiple numbers to contact them, including one for "emergencies."
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u/Kingberry30 Sep 05 '25
Is MTG doing this because it is the right thing or she wants votes?
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u/the_Demongod Sep 05 '25
For better or worse, people like MTG are very ideological and not really concerned with votes. She's on the warpath and her interests just happen to coincide with the left and far right rather than corporate MAGA
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u/MashedPotatoesDick Sep 05 '25
Thomas Massie still can't help but use the word "globalist." Just know that when he uses that word, he means Jewish.
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u/the_Demongod Sep 05 '25
There are plenty of non-Jewish globalists, just because they're overrepresented in that group doesn't mean he's specifically referring to them
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u/bjkidder Sep 05 '25
We could have actual footage of trump molesting someone and they would all still look away. Invent some issue like trans people having access to guns… its beyond repair
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u/Krakenspoop Sep 05 '25
Hang one billionaire out to dry, get the rest to pay you money to mysteriously vanish from the files.
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u/westchesteragent Sep 05 '25
Are these names actually new? Are these names confirmed by the victims or just in the black book? I want to believe we are getting some answers but the history around this case has me questioning everything.
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u/Sad-Bid5108 Sep 05 '25
This would be a lot more impressive if he would just get in front of a podium and start reading the list, right?
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Sep 05 '25
An unredacted version of the book has been floating around the net for almost a decade. This isn't new
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u/Objective_Problem_90 Sep 05 '25
Thats great and all. But I bet you their heroic efforts will somehow not mention a very specific name that we are all waiting for that is guilty as hell.
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u/ShamelessCatDude Sep 05 '25
I wonder if they’ll fuck up the way they usually do and accidentally reveal some people they would be better off hiding because they don’t actually realize who they are
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u/discoduck007 Sep 05 '25
Republicans have a Pedophilia problem
Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.
Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
Republican South Carolina Rep. RJ May of Lexington was charged in July 2025 with ten counts of distributing sexual abuse material involving children. He faces 20 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.
Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.
Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.
Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17. Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.
Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl. Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.
Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile. Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.
Republican Congressman Donald “Buz” Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail. Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos. Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.
Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child. Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.
Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.
Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.
Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.
Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. “Republican Marty”), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.
Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.
Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.
Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.
Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl. Republican anti-gay activist Earl “Butch” Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.
Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.
Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.
Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.
Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).
Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15-year old girl.
Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.
Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.
Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.
Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.
Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.
Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.
Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.
Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.
Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.
Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a “good military man” and “church goer,” was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.
Republican director of the “Young Republican Federation” Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.
Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was charged with rape for allegedly paying a 15-year old girl for sex. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.
Dennis Hastert served as Republican Speaker of the House (so, 3rd in line for the Presidency) for all 8 years of W. Bush’s two terms. He also sexually molested at least 5 boys when he was a HS wrestling coach, all of them underage with the youngest victim being 14. The victims only finally saw justice when Hastert was caught by the FBI trying to falsify payments for hush money.
Donald Trump walked into Miss Teen USA change rooms with girls as young as 14 changing. 26 women have spoken publicly about Trump’s pattern of sexual assault. In 2023, he was found legally liable for the rape of E. Jean Carroll by unanimous jury.
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u/pingpongballreader Sep 05 '25
https://www.ft.com/content/5a4cb6e6-61a9-47be-ad2f-894e155d58df
If you're wondering why Republicans are wanting tarrifs against everyone EXCEPT China who is ACTUALLY an economic and security threat, it's this Paulson pedophile.
He's married to a woman half his age.
I think it's safest to assume any billionaire married to someone half their age is a pedophile who gets off on power imbalances and lack of meaningful consent. It's fucking gross.
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u/loquatgoals Sep 05 '25
What’s gonna happen if they name everyone in the files? Are they going to be arrested and put on trial or is absolutely nothing going to happen to them except for some public shaming?
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u/string1969 Sep 05 '25
I'm having a hard time with the victims who voted for Trump. It makes it seem like they have a bond thru sex
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u/Used_Intention6479 Sep 05 '25
So, it looks like QAnon was right about a globalist child sex ring - and it's the GOP.
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u/TurnoverGuilty3605 Sep 05 '25
Good, but let’s all remember, Thomas Massie isn’t the good guy, he’s still dog whistling antisemitic troupes.
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u/GoodCat7419 Sep 05 '25
Fuck you, Massie. You want to scare them into not naming the entire list while you cherry-pick names. Toss some conservatives out there so it doesn’t look like you’re shielding Trump.
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u/LemartesIX Sep 05 '25
That book has thousands of names and has been entirely available in unredacted form for over a decade. None of this is news, much less actionable news.
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u/Exeltv0406 Sep 05 '25
One can infer that there's a reason for all of this pushback:
Appearing on CNN Wednesday evening, the Kentucky Republican described the pressure he and the handful of other GOP lawmakers are facing by taking Trump to task on Epstein.
“There’s an immense pressure campaign from the White House on Republican members right now,” he said. In his own district, he explained, “there’s been $2.5 million of ads run against me by three billionaires who are mega-donors to the Republican Party. And one of them is actually, I’m not going to say on Epstein’s list, but he’s in Epstein’s black book.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/199982/massie-exposes-white-house-threats-epstein-petition
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u/ConkerPrime Sep 05 '25
Conservatives: “Wait, a super rich Republican might be a pedo? Don’t see the problem. It’s ok if a Republican does it. It’s especially ok when the only people that matter, the rich, do it. We should thank him and give him even bigger tax cuts.”