• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    I call bullshit on 2/3 of Congress. I believe they’re not nearly as wealthy or powerful as the people being protected.

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      call bullshit on 2/3 of Congress.

      Yeah… It really doesn’t have to be that dramatic. The GOP would be more than willing to bury any kind of evidence if it only endangered a couple of their mega donors.

      I mean I’m guessing that the people wealthy enough to partake in pedo island probably aren’t a fan of paying taxes.

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        Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans will ever release the Epstein files. Yes, this is a case in which “both sides” applies. I don’t understand why we didn’t pressure Biden to release this shit before the election.

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      Yeah in fact a lot more than 1/3rd of Congress voted to release the files. 211 Republicans voted to shut down the release. Seems more like a simple majority of congress is negatively impacted by the pedophile ring being exposed.

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      I think what they don’t want to say: enough Republican politicians will be in the files to remove the Republicans from power.

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      I think we should expel 2/3 of Congress based solely on if they take corporate/billionaire money or not. That number would probably be higher than 2/3, though.

      But also expelling violent criminals would be nice, even though likely all the violent criminals in Congress are also corrupt.

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        Every House seat and 1/3 of the Senate seats are up for reelection next fall. The primaries are the only place you’ll find small donor-funded candidates.