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[Opinion] The Epstein Case Is Not a Distraction. It Shows How Elite Impunity is Sustained. (truthout.org)

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The sustained attention around the Epstein files lets us shine a light on the bipartisan architecture of impunity.

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[–] lefaucet@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Few folks are discussing the implications of the Budget and ways to counter it

[–] grue@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (3 children)

The implications of the budget are the creation of a totalitarian hellhole; a boot stamping on a human face forever. It's not just "people [losing] healthcare and food benefits" like the article mentions; it's also the transformation of ICE into Trump's own lavishly-funded personal Gestapo, able to disappear people and otherwise terrorize the public into submission at-will.

The way to counter it is to take down Trump, via the Epstein scandal (because the fact that Trump is a child molester is the only thing that seems to get through to his cultist base).

Anything else -- such as pretending there's some other viable strategy to stop the implications of the budget after it's already been passed -- is a distraction from that.

[–] lefaucet@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago

Well said

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