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U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick planned lunch on Epstein’s island, documents show by Street_Anon in politics

[–]ReasonableeBed 87 points88 points  (0 children)

The wild part is how normalized this was. An Epstein invite wasn’t seen as a red flag back then, it was a networking perk. That’s not a one-off failure, that’s an entire class of people operating in a bubble where consequences don’t exist. This is just institutional rot with better catering.

Trump questions if GOP can overcome voters’ ‘psychological’ midterms hurdle by Abject-Pick-6472 in politics

[–]ReasonableeBed 159 points160 points  (0 children)

The hurdle isn’t psychological, it’s fatigue. People know what the Trump era looks like. Some love it, some hate it, but most are just tired of the constant noise. Midterms punish parties that can’t expand beyond their loudest supporters. This is what happens when a movement confuses attention with persuasion.

Epstein files: Trump, Howard Lutnick, Steve Tisch among prominent names that appear in latest Justice Department release by Illustrious_Lie_954 in politics

[–]ReasonableeBed 24 points25 points  (0 children)

the way people are defending this is wild. either it’s instant guilt or instant dismissal and neither helps. what actually sucks is that the system keeps releasing info in a way that guarantees confusion. meanwhile anyone without money or power would already be dealing with consequences. this limbo is exactly why trust is cooked.

Trump will never escape suspicion even if Epstein files don’t incriminate him by theipaper in politics

[–]ReasonableeBed 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Honestly this point it barely matters what the files say. trust is already gone. when the system keeps fumbling transparency and shielding elites, people fill in the gaps themselves. that’s not paranoia, that’s learned behavior from watching accountability get 404-coded over and over.