• dipcart@lemmy.world
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    Not to get too tinfoil hatty, but I imagine this is a bluff. He can say let’s do this in public because he’s not in power. Trump/republicans can’t really agree because then Bill will expose Trump. Bill gets to say I have nothing to hide and Trump can’t make Bill actually testify publicly because then they would both be exposed. At any time, Bill could go to any journalist and explain everything. Its honestly pretty smart if you know that the republicans will never sell trump out, which is a pretty safe bet.

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      He just wants to clear up the trump blow job allegations. If only he could explain it’s not sex because after Donny did the work he took over to finish himself off.

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    lol if republicans are not acting on the opportunity for shitting on a previous dem president, then the actual shit on them is piles and piles higher

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    First of all, it’s not only the American people. Several peoples deserve answers, I’d say many, considering the influence of countries like the USA and the UK, and known victims from over the world.

    Second, fuck Bubba. He does not need a political scenery to spell what he knows. Any respectable journalist would do, if he is so inclined to reveal the truth as he knows it.

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      16 hours ago

      And you trust with the government to decide what happens behind this closed doors?

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        Of course not, but it’s not an isolated discourse. There are already tons of evidence and testimonies out there.

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      What is there to lie about really. When a 79 year old man is asked a question and he responds, “I don’t know or don’t remember” there is little reason it shouldn’t be believed. There is a reason that air traffic controllers are forced into retirement at ~56, because studies found people’s mental acquity starts declining rapidly and they can’t be found reliable for important roles. This guy hasn’t held office in 25 years now, it would be hard to find anything you can guarantee he remembers accurately during his time in office without having to review documentation and fill in gaps and let his brain believe it remembers.

      It’s the whole thing about a person will run a red light, remember it being green, witness says it was green, video feed shows it was clearly red. And that testimony happens within minutes to months. Witness testimony isn’t worth much, let alone years later.

      Kind of like when Trump did a testimony back in 2019, like all of his responses were “I don’t recall”

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        Not really, it’s just it turned out that while we’re focusing on him getting a blowjob from a consenting adult almost 30 years ago, we don’t focus on politician that are currently in power, and which were and are doing heinous shit to literal children. Priorities, you know.

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          Trump was impeached twice in his first term and if the Democrats gain a majority this year I’m sure he’ll be impeached again. Turns if you let one party get a stranglehold on all 3 branches the whole checks and balances thing kind of falls apart.

          Maybe if Clinton had been held accountable back then it would be easier to hold the president accountable now. Precedent and all that.

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        The perjury charge was a stretch due to a perjury trap set up be the Republicans, which is why 10 Republicans in the Senate rejected it along with the Dems.

        However, the blowjob was the bigger issue. It’s unethical for a retail manager to get a blowjob from a floor associate because consent is more complicatedwhen there’s a power imbalance. I don’t understand how people can defend the President of the United States getting oral sex from an intern.

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      About 1/3 will believe whatever they’re told as long as that person shows they’re on the “right” team first.

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        another 1/3 will believe what they see online as long as it is repeated confidently and by enough people. A couple studies show this pretty well. The best way to change that 1/3 of peoples opinions who are not die hards is to show that you’re strong by being unmovable and by reading the same opinion over and over and over again. It rewires the brain.

        Which is good because the left has a very strong presence on social media and they actively contest this government by challenge it in the space that the government puts all it’s eggs in. Because if your enemy is putting all this effort into an area, it would be dumb to let them set up in that area. You’d have to be dumb as shit to just concede that area because it’s “too hard to deal with”

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    “yes, Trump did suck my dick. Only once, and it wasn’t great, but it did happen. I am ashamed but am willing to state the actual facts above all.”

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      What a dilemma. I want to upvote this comment but it’s at 69 upvotes right now and I don’t have the heart to ruin it.

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      I try to remember that “unless we know everything we dont know everything”

      I AM NOT DEFENDING BILL BUT as much as I believe Puff Daddy got away with a bunch of shit he definitely did that was illegal so much of what came out was just raging narcissism, hedonism, drug use and homosexuality. Most of their case was based on morality. They might have enough on Bill to “Ruin” him publicly but he draws a line at the pedophile tag. He might have loved doing coke and fucking ladyboys, he had a thing for African bisexual threeways who knows.

      Id plead guilty and go to jail over a lot of things before I’d wear a pedophile conviction in the court of public opinion.

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      I hope he brings the polaroids for that retro 90s porn sheen of “the incident.”

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        part of me wants to see it, but the other part of me doesnt want to see trump looking up at the camera all cock drunk with a huge presidential sized dick in his throat. fuckin blowin snot bubbles, all cross eyed and shit. orange makeup just congealed with cum and sweat, dripping down his chins. wearing a fucking jester hat or something.

        shutters yick.

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            “People want to feel important.”

            “You have to appeal to people’s fantasies.”

            “I play to people’s fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they can get very excited by those who do"

            “People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest.”

            “You have to give people something they want.”

            “I want the other side to feel good about the deal.”

            • Donald J Trump, The Art of The Deal.
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      It’s a matter of getting everything out in the open. You know the r’s wouldn’t talk about Clinton revealing anything about trump, or anyone they’re covering for, if it was behind closed doors.

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    This guy got impeached for getting a BJ from his secretary. Can you believe how far we’ve come? Er…how far we’ve…fallen?

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    Nothing to see here, just Bill making sure he’s either going to swim by himself or sink with the lot of 'em. My current prediction is: absolutely nothing will continue to happen.

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      “I did have sexual relations with Donald Trump in the oval office”

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        “i did not have sexual relations with donald, but he did give me head a couple times”

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      Sorry, I don’t understand who benefits from writing

      absolutely nothing will continue to happen

      Even if we think this may possibly be true or have been true, what virtue is there in us publicly signalling this kind of defeatism?

      The reality is that a lot has happened already. The EFTA is a solid piece of legislation. They were forced to push it through unanimously. We have over 3,000,000 documents to go through. We maybe have gone over not even 50% of them and consorting pedophiles and associates in high politics and diplomatic circles have resigned and or are being investigated. This was unthinkable just 2 months ago.

      He tried to capture Greenland, kidnapped a head of state, killed two citizens and this scandal is not going away.

      And they have admitted they are withholding (even in the closed room session with congress) 3,000,000 documents.

      This isn’t over and this will cause a very serious problem for a long time to come.

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        Nothing is going to happen. Like nothing has happened. It just facts bro

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      I mean, I can at least respect going into a negotiation holding a hand grenade tactic. I dont care how guilty I am if my co-conspirators try to make me a patsy I’d do the same thing.

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        It feels like an easy choice when everyone is calling you a pedo. I feel like most people could be a 100x worse than Bill and would still pull the same method if it might get the public to, bare minimum, think you aren’t a pedo.

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          But its also an easy choice especially if you arent.

          I’ve seen a fair bit of “Denying you’re a pedo… that sounds like what a pedo would do!”

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    Our world is so weird. Why is this a set of tweets posted on a platform that is capable of generating CSAM?

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    Dude, just use the platform you’re already reaching billions of people with.

    Just upload your own video.