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Leopards Ate My Face

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For weeks, Trump and members of his administration, some of whom spread anti-Democratic conspiracy theories about Epstein, have been trying to quiet the MAGA base after the FBI declared there was no client list and that the disgraced financier died by suicide. The same manosphere that boosted Trump isn’t letting his administration off the hook on Epstein, even as Trump has tried to dismiss the whole thing as a hoax.

The young men in his base aren't doing better economically, and also feel stabbed in the back by Trump's refusal to RELEASE UNREDACTED COPIES OF THE EPSTEIN FILES.

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[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I feel like for a lot of people they thought the status-quo was so dogshit that they voted to burn it all down, so to speak.

Notwithstanding the fact that the American status-quo is actually pretty damn good compared to most of the world and propaganda influenced people's opinion on that.

[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I could buy that for the first term. But now? You gotta be dog shit stupid.

[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Yes. A lot of people are dog shit stupid. We need to do something about that.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

That might have been an excuse in 2016, but sure as Hell wasn't one in 2024!