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Europe doesn't like pedophiles and corrupt politicians.
We still have them, of course, but we make a bit more of a show of getting rid of them. In the US it seems they mostly stay where they are until people forget about it. I hope they never forget.
Thats true, but I wonder if the release also biased that way. Releasing the names of more europeans to disrupt the region, which would align with their recently published foreign policy
More muted. What a title. You mean, there were zero fucking consequences.
The Norwegian Royal family is in complete shambles.
The Crown Princess has been implicated in the Epstein files and her son (before being wed into royalty), is currently in a very public trial for rape and sexual misconduct.
Let it burn.
Despite the apparent rise in republican sentiment and the unusual prime ministerial intervention, the dial hasn’t moved on the status of the monarchy among Norway’s wider political class. In a strange coincidence, a vote that takes places every four years in parliament on making Norway a republic was held on Tuesday. Just 26 MPs voted in favour of getting rid of the monarchy, against 141 who voted to keep it. Support was in fact lower than the last time a vote took place, in June 2022, when 35 voted in favour of a republic. The measure requires a two-thirds majority to pass.
Shame people that can do something about it don't care.
Trump, too, has repeatedly faced questions about his ties to Epstein. Neither he nor Clinton has ever been accused of wrongdoing by Epstein’s victims.
Read: the secret service are really doing an amazing job. They are clearly the best most competent agency if they can keep their disgusting reprobate leaders out of the mud. Bill may have been balls deep, but Trump is up to his puffy little eyeballs in this shit. And they’re all just la de da wandering around scot free. Great job USSS!
I love that the toppling of the top figure of prince Andrew was... No more free house, now your family has to secretly pay for your living with tax payer money instead of it being out in the open.
This is the theme of almost all of the "toppling". Mostly they've just... resigned. They probably keep all the perks, and then take up a corporate advisor position once there's less heat.
Headlines like this make it sound like there's been real impact beyond generating articles about a few of the more public figures. But reading article, it's really just a few politicians and bureaucrats resigning. Mandelson's firing was already months ago. The investigation into a former Norwegian PM sounds like that's as harsh as it's got so far for politicians this time. And nothing except one law firm board member resigning for private companies?
They're all getting away with it, and all the victims get is a hundred headlines about Musk being named in the files, and having their lives endangered from the terrible Don-centric redaction.
Resignation is often used in these kinds of cases, because there's really no framework to fire them, since they didn't actually violate any of the terms on which they're hired. They should be tried for the crimes they've committed under the jurisdiction of the place where the crime was committed. Not in some random board meeting in a different country.
What happens is that the board says "even if you didn't violate our terms or any local laws, we don't see our organization being able to work with someone like you, so we urge you to do what is best for both parts, which is that you resign voluntarily."
If they don't, then the board can say "the existence of potential criminal cases against you can harm the reputation of our organization, so now you're fired." The outcome is almost the same, but this could create a lot more negative attention to what the company knew about.
Oh yes, I understand how they go about smoothing everything over.
But, given the details we know, don't you think:
• one corporate resignation,
• one months-prior bureaucrat firing, and,
• one investigation into a former PM,
is pretty far removed from could be considered a proportional fallout?
Absolutely, but it isn't up to their employers to punish them.
Europe still has shame and deals with it. The U.S is shameless and closes their eyes.
Fucking duh! Did you see who my countrymen elected‽
We have a pedo controlled by pedos .
“Muted” is a weird way of saying that there will be no consequences at all and if you disagree masked men will show up and disappear you or shoot you in the face and call you a terrorist on tv if you’re lucky enough to have someone catch your execution on video
The elites are so fucked up. They really think they are something better than the people.
From my pov the parallels to the kings and Queens of feudalism are just to strong. We need powerful rules to cut down power of individuals not just politicians. We need to trim billionaires, trim their money and their influence.
Well it would help if you stopped calling them "elites".
Yeah
The elites isn't the main problem. It is that we put narcissistic sociopath in power because of our tendencies to follow the group and vote because of the party we usually vote for instead of looking at the program.
Who do you think influences the masses to vote this way, and who put people like trump in the position to be elected?
Except that they’re not putting anywhere near the amount of effort I’d hope they would need to influence people. Look at how awful Trump is, how openly disgusting he is, and yet them just saying “no that’s fake actually” is enough.
People like these awful things and they want to be “influenced” so they can pretend, amongst themselves mostly, that they were fooled.
Yeah, because they've been doing so for decades. Most of what's happening today would likely not have been accepted 30-40 years ago, but people have been desensitized by constant, subtle and not so subtle influencing.
They released this tranche of Epstein files Friday, January 30, 2026 -- the same day many people across the US were spontaneously protesting against ICE.
It's one thing when you feed the drama mill and send everyone scurrying for whatever little tidbits of meat there are to find in a set of dead files.
It's quite another when across all fifty states people are just showing up voluntarily to reject your claim to power.
Don't be deceived. They released them when they did and in the way they did because the Epstein files, as bad as they are and as wide in scope as they reach, are by far the LESSER danger to this regime and their absolute need to stay in power.
It's because Americans don't give a shit about anything. Europeans actually have the balls to do something if their governments but Americans will just let their government do anything as long as the marvel and Disney slop keeps flowing into their troughs.
"Muted"! Hah!
Hahaha!
(clawing at eye sockets) HAHAHAAA!
I will say, that even en the EU (political zone) the files didn't do as much as they should have. What they revealed, besides the horrific abuses, is the level of political meddling of a certain side to bring al right leaders in position of power (see the Steve Bannon records on the lists).
Has nothing to do with which country is doing the redactions, of course.
Because MAGA loves pedophiles ... mostly because it is self love.
That’s because Project 2025 flooding the zone blew out our Overton Window like the fucking Kool-Aid Man.
I watch a lot of YouTube about this stuff. Neither the randos nor the mainstream have asked the question I'm thinking 24/7 - how does any other sovereign nation know these files are compiled, involving their own leadership, and aren't suing the US for access?
Because.... that's not how that works, ever. The ICC is opt-in, and the US opted out.
Well, with the biggest fish in the Epstein sea is protecting his own flock in the US. Here in Europe, there is still public scrutiny and there is justice.
US is the new pedo island from the looks of it
That's because the unredacted European names are distractions from the redacted mentions of the orange lardsack.
Those sick bastards should lose everything and then some. Their assets and finances should be used toward education, healthcare and public services which help the lower class.
Yeah, I notice they've only "toppled" centre-right parties though, with far-right parties waiting in the wings.
Is that what we call a fallout these days? A couple of fall guys here and there and a prince who dug his own hole with that moronic BBC interview and only lost his title? Gtfo
I'm not satisfied at all. I expect governments to fall, people to go to proper prison (not resorts like Gislaine), institutions to change.
I expect revelations about the role of all the intelligence agencies involved and subsequent reforms.
Who was JE working for? Say it out loud for people to hear.
Why was he blackmailing all these people?
How many like him are out there right now doing the same thing?
What decisions were made by all these compromised people?
Why isn't Andrew being tried?
Why is nobody being tried?
Where's the compensation for the victims?
I didn't read the article but if it's supposed to make us feel good that Europe is doing things, well it isn't.
I wonder why they redacted the word "don't" 🤔. Almost like someone called don with a last name beginning with t appeared so many times they needed to automate the redaction of his name.
toppled top figures
Who? I know of one guy from the UK - Peter Mandelson, as named in the article and summary. Who else?
edit: Have the Norwegian Royals been kicked yet?
edit: Oh, I forgot about Prince Andrew!
edit: Was that it?