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Bernice's avatar

I wonder if Elon knows more. him and trump were pretty thick like Epstein & trump . trump probably shared stories with him. Of course that would be here say but it might spark other memories with the victims.

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Jack Hopkins's avatar

You’re right, Bernice...even “offhand” stories can be gold if they jog a survivor’s memory or point investigators toward a pattern. And yes...Trump and Musk ran in overlapping circles at moments that matter. If anyone has fragments that connect dots...it’s people in that orbit. The key is getting them talking!

-Jack

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Libbey Dem's avatar

Have you noticed how all is quiet on the Musk front? 🤔

I am curious as to what is going on behind the wall of silence.

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Rachel C's avatar

Tesla judging gave Muskrat more money. God knows why 👹

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Philip's avatar

Thank you Jack, this is heartening. I have seen stories of more victims speaking out. I can't imagine the courage it takes. I truly do hope that this will move the needle farther toward emptying the gas tank for this vile piece of trash in the white house and all his enablers and accomplices. For some reason I find it even more deplorable that any woman would participate in the cover up or even in supporting him at all. The black hole of amorality/immorality in these people, their absolute vacancy of empathy, disgust, outrage, is nothing like I've ever seen. And it blows up the myth of America as a moral, decent new experiment in self governance according to a rule of law developed by an ethical people. JFC.

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Kathy's avatar
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If I hear “the greatest country on earth”…. One more time … we are a pariah nation. We want what we want at any cost, against anyone standing in the way. The Native ppl know this all too well. Power is a motivator for the few but only if we give it to them

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Jack Hopkins's avatar

Exactly, Kathy. “Greatest country on earth” has become a reflexive lie we tell ourselves to avoid looking in the mirror. The people who’ve been on the receiving end of that “greatness” ...Native communities especially...have always known the truth. And you’re right: the few only hold power because the many let them. That’s the part we can change.

-Jack

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Philip's avatar

In agreement with you there! There's nothing wrong with realistic appraisals of success and achievements; it's when it is in the name of some false or distorted myth that it is problematic. When it is aggressively foisted on others and patently problematic and conflicts with multiple other realities then it is dangerous and malevolent. These people aren't even fooling anyone other than maybe themselves. I just hope it's not too late to explode all their fancy bubbles.

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Jack Hopkins's avatar

Well said, Philip. Honest appraisal is how a country grows...myth-making is how it rots from the inside. And you’re right...when those myths are weaponized and shoved down people’s throats...they stop being harmless stories and start becoming tools of control. Bursting those bubbles is exactly the work we have to do… and the clock is running!

-Jack

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Jack Hopkins's avatar

I feel every word of this, Philip. The courage these women are showing is staggering... and the fact that it’s needed at all is an indictment of how far we’ve fallen.

You’re right: the women enabling him are proof that depravity isn’t bound by gender. Every voice that breaks the silence helps drain the gas tank...and the more we amplify them...the closer we get to leaving this whole rotten machine on the side of the road!

-Jack

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Kathy's avatar

Women harming women has a long and deep painful history wrapped in an insecurity brought on by men salivating for power. This demonstration today by the followers of MAGA and the like is a return to the darkest of times when the real power was with the Holy Earth Mother, the Wise Crone, the Holy Whore. Men feared that which they had no understanding so the tools of control were instilled towards women so they would obey what was then warped from the holy books. It’s sick and pathetic in the 21st Century women look away and practice the adage “it’s not any of my business”. My brothers… your understanding and outrage are a powerful and much needed movement in this age of toxic masculinity and subservient women who KNOW BETTER!

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Barbara Agness's avatar

It’s always up to the women to save us. Too bad we couldn’t elect a woman President.

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Jack Hopkins's avatar

History sure makes that case, doesn’t it, Barbara? When the fire alarms go off...it’s women who grab the hose while half the men are still arguing about whether there’s really smoke. And yes ...we had the chance to put one in the Oval Office. We didn’t. Now we’re paying for it...and it’s on us to make damn sure we don’t blow that chance again.

-Jack

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NK's avatar

Jack: This is what they did to explicit testimony. In plain sight. Don't need Epstein files. Just ask the victims:

https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/08/fact-check-doe-v-trump-epstein-filing-is-not-proof-trump-is-a-rapist.html

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Jack Hopkins's avatar

Absolutely!

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Jack Hopkins's avatar

If am reading this correctly...and you are ill, I wish you the speediest healing possible, Joan!

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Kathy's avatar
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I have yet to see stories that I can post but I’m on the lookout! Thx for this bit of encouraging information

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Jack Hopkins's avatar

That's the spirit, Kathy!!

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Kathy's avatar

Trying. I’m not as “in it” as you. However your information is invaluable. Empowering. I’m just so sorry it’s unraveling so fast at the hands of these beasts

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Beverly Smiles ga's avatar

Can you share with us the survivor network name, and how to reach them, for keeping updated on if they are close to testifying to the world. Thanks.

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Jack Hopkins's avatar

Hi Beverly...certainly! The primary survivor-led organization founded by a victim of Jeffrey Epstein is Speak Out, Act, Reclaim (SOAR). Initially launched in 2015 as Victims Refuse Silence...it was rebranded in November 2021 as SOAR to continue empowering survivors of sex trafficking to speak up, act for justice, and reclaim their agency. 

If you're looking to connect with a broader coalition of trafficking survivors or find additional support networks....there's also the National Survivor Network...a members‑led association focused on anti‑trafficking advocacy...education...and survivor-led public policy. https://nationalsurvivornetwork.org

-Jack

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Scott Whitmire's avatar

We know Trump was an abuser of girls, one of Epstein’s “clients”, but that isn’t enough to scare Trump as much as he’s scared. He abused over two dozen others, so what’s a few more? I think we’ll find out he was in on it, he allowed Epstein and Maxwell to “hunt” at his pageants and at Mar-a-Lago, that he is an actual co-conspirator and trafficker himself. That would be enough to scare him shitless.

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Mo Robinson's avatar

Forgive me if I seem obtuse, but why are there no charges being laid, based on these women’s claims? What has happened that nothing is being done? It can’t ALL be being ignored.

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Masser's avatar

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Jack Hopkins's avatar

Translate please.

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