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Chasstev365

(6,338 posts)
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 05:54 AM Jul 18

The Question About the Wall Street Journal Trump/Epstein Revelation that I Wish People Would Ask:

If you had this information, WHY THE FUCK DID YOU WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE 2024 ELECTION TO RUN THE STORY?

The American public had a right to know!

We know the reason, but by asking the question, we can further illustrate how biasd the media is for Trump and the GOP.

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The Question About the Wall Street Journal Trump/Epstein Revelation that I Wish People Would Ask: (Original Post) Chasstev365 Jul 18 OP
I'd say it's because TSF's mental deterioration has progressed to the point he's no longer an asset. Girard442 Jul 18 #1
Bingo! n/t S/V Loner Jul 18 #2
Double Bingo!! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jul 18 #7
Yeah, big money likes the tax cuts, but everything else, not so much Raven123 Jul 18 #3
Oh, yeah NJCher Jul 18 #5
That and he's already fulfilled a lot of their regressive mzmolly Jul 18 #17
They already have their tax cuts thucythucy Jul 18 #4
Who is going to be much worse, I guarantee it. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jul 18 #8
Vance lacks the cult's following. Would rather deal with him than battle with a djt who allegorical oracle Jul 18 #29
Vance is going to reinstate some form of indentured servitude. OldBaldy1701E Jul 18 #30
This is silly Trumpdumper Jul 18 #6
I think that they did know ; they wanted to sit on it until they got their tax breaks. flying_wahini Jul 18 #26
I was thinking the same thing MadameButterfly Jul 18 #9
His going back stage when Teen beauty pageant girls were changing karynnj Jul 18 #22
Robin Williams included tsf in one of his performances BlueKota Jul 18 #28
Also, in case anyone missed it, by "date" Dark n Stormy Knight Jul 18 #31
Murdoch is finally finished with Traitor. I bet threatening to fire Powell was the final straw Arazi Jul 18 #10
Wonder what Murdoch's marching orders to Fox News will be Zorro Jul 18 #11
The powers that be are shifting the narritive IbogaProject Jul 18 #12
something like that, yes... he played his part and now his usefulness is gone LymphocyteLover Jul 18 #15
Worse than getting their very bad bill, they have achieved more power karynnj Jul 18 #24
I agree Sailingdiver Jul 18 #13
It would seem that the Murdochs, like the fascist Musk, have realized their Frankenstein monster is dangerous to them. NNadir Jul 18 #14
You assume they had the info. The assumption confirms a bias against media. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 18 #16
absolutely Trumpdumper Jul 18 #18
What proof do you have to the contrary? Chasstev365 Jul 18 #19
Ball is in your court. The claim they sat on it requires evidence. No evidence is required to ask the question Bernardo de La Paz Jul 18 #20
Feels like the birthday book is a Ghislaine Maxwell keepsake Arazi Jul 18 #21
article link NJCher Jul 18 #23
They wanted their big beautiful billionaire tax cut to pass first. W_HAMILTON Jul 18 #25
Rupert Murdoch is finally tired of letting tsf BlueKota Jul 18 #27

Girard442

(6,770 posts)
1. I'd say it's because TSF's mental deterioration has progressed to the point he's no longer an asset.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 06:01 AM
Jul 18

NJCher

(41,546 posts)
5. Oh, yeah
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 07:31 AM
Jul 18

Lotsa’ baggage with those tax cuts, and especially now that everyone is about to realize he used to like to power broker little girls to sicko money hoarders.

mzmolly

(52,474 posts)
17. That and he's already fulfilled a lot of their regressive
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:47 AM
Jul 18

goals. The billionaires are done with this idiot.

thucythucy

(8,994 posts)
4. They already have their tax cuts
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 07:05 AM
Jul 18

and the trashing of Medicaid and all the other "socialist" programs they so hate.

Now it's time to move on to the next puppet--Vance--waiting in the wings,

allegorical oracle

(5,750 posts)
29. Vance lacks the cult's following. Would rather deal with him than battle with a djt who
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:41 AM
Jul 18

has decided that the Constitution permits him to serve a third term, after all.

OldBaldy1701E

(9,147 posts)
30. Vance is going to reinstate some form of indentured servitude.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 12:43 PM
Jul 18

He is going to heed the call from his oligarch handlers and make the country so expensive that one will either work to death or die before they reach double digits. He won't need a cult to do it. He has the backing of the wealthy/sycophants of the wealthy. Plus, every move that the orange gibbon makes, i.e.: executive orders, presidential decrees, etc., will just be more proof to him that he can go even further once the orange gibbon kicks off this mortal coil. ( I just don't see him making it three more years.)

You watch. (Even though I hope no one gets to see such a thing!)

flying_wahini

(8,202 posts)
26. I think that they did know ; they wanted to sit on it until they got their tax breaks.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:50 AM
Jul 18

Call it a quid pro quo. “Somebody” at the top of WSJ held it over Trump’s head until they got what they wanted, a juicy tax break.
Seems too suspicious to discount now..

Remember who we are dealing with here.

MadameButterfly

(3,588 posts)
9. I was thinking the same thing
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 07:41 AM
Jul 18

And we shouldn't have needed the WSJ or other right wing publications to see the light. There must be enough left wing or non-partisan journalists out there who could have dug this up. It's not like it's a mystery that he has this history.

Maybe people thought after Access Hollywood, Stormy Daniels, and E Jean Carroll that people just didn't care. But those didn't deal with under age girls. Is that the difference here? Should we have known there was a line?

Maybe there still isn't a line. The issue seems to be the publication of what the right expects will reveal a vast conspiracy of Democratic pedophiles. If they don't find that, will they care what Trump has done?

karynnj

(60,569 posts)
22. His going back stage when Teen beauty pageant girls were changing
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:58 AM
Jul 18

and his comments on his then young teenage daughter were common knowledge. Ignoring the incestuous actions not taken, a more basic question is what it says about him when he
said if Ivanka was not his daughter he would be dating her. To me, he was saying he was attracted to under age girls.

BlueKota

(4,644 posts)
28. Robin Williams included tsf in one of his performances
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:17 AM
Jul 18

About how gross it was for tsf to say he would date his daughter, and his sexcapades. It's resurfaced on the Social Media site. Since Williams has been gone since 2014, before tsf ran for office it can't be claimed it was politically motivated.

It's not like it wasn't at least suspected for a long time.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(10,462 posts)
31. Also, in case anyone missed it, by "date"
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 04:33 PM
Jul 18

he meant "fuck."

The RWers/MAGAts know this & are no less eager to have him as POTUS. This is misogyny on steroids. Women & girls are still the property of men in their eyes. Look at the popularity of that creep Charlie Kirk to see that even many young women today eagerly consume & serve this poison.

There was that case a few years ago when a (southern?) judge allowed a convicted rapist to stay in the home where the daughter who was the victim of his incest lived because it was important to have a man as head of the house.

Anyone remember that one? Do I have any details wrong?

Arazi

(8,394 posts)
10. Murdoch is finally finished with Traitor. I bet threatening to fire Powell was the final straw
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 07:46 AM
Jul 18

Murdoch is about protecting the money.

The tariff bullshit probably started the ball rolling and the threats to destabilize the Fed were the end.

Murdoch v Traitor is gonna be epic. 😈

IbogaProject

(5,046 posts)
12. The powers that be are shifting the narritive
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:07 AM
Jul 18

They want tariffs, but they dont want him extorting personal gain. They want stable trade policy. So they got their big bill and now they are done w MAGA, except maybe next election or two.

karynnj

(60,569 posts)
24. Worse than getting their very bad bill, they have achieved more power
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:09 AM
Jul 18

than anyone has ever had. They control the Supreme Court, 6 to 3 including some of the most outside the mainstream Justices. This was not all Trump, Alito was confirmed at a point that he should have been filibustered. Kerry and Kennedy tried, but could not get all the Democrats needed to oppose him. Thomas should have been defeated when GHWB nominated him. But, the three Trump justices sealed their control and they have supported Trump and the right wing agenda.

They also control the House and Senate at least until the Midterms.

They also have been going after liberal states and cities

So, they are likely considering does Trump help or hurt them going forward. This would include economic and policy actions and whether he helps or hurts in future elections.

Sailingdiver

(298 posts)
13. I agree
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:18 AM
Jul 18

But, I doubt it would have changed any of the cult's opinions. Maybe encouraged a few more to vote who otherwise didn't.

NNadir

(36,649 posts)
14. It would seem that the Murdochs, like the fascist Musk, have realized their Frankenstein monster is dangerous to them.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:22 AM
Jul 18

The total collapse of the United States which is now well underway isn't good for their businesses.

Trumpdumper

(199 posts)
18. absolutely
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:48 AM
Jul 18

This thread is nonsense. There is no reason to believe the WSJ has been sitting on this story. To the contrary.

Bernardo de La Paz

(58,903 posts)
20. Ball is in your court. The claim they sat on it requires evidence. No evidence is required to ask the question
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:23 AM
Jul 18

No evidence is required to ask the question "where's the evidence?" But evidence is required to make the claim that they sat on it. At least, evidence is required if someone wants to be believed.

The people (me included) asking for evidence to support the claim are not making a claim.

Arazi

(8,394 posts)
21. Feels like the birthday book is a Ghislaine Maxwell keepsake
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:48 AM
Jul 18

She pulled it together for Epstein and I wonder if it’s been in her family’s possession.

She’s angling for a new trial (or pardon) atm and maybe she’s starting to put pieces on the playing board.

It’s certainly a message to Traitor. He’s got to know she has more evidence.

This is just spicy enough to inflame his cult but just short of a full confession.

I put nothing past her or the Maxwells

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