A bit of context: Eitan Fischberger, the guy who embedded with the IDF to get this story, is a former IDF sergeant known for a strong rightist stance.

Seems a fair number of Trumpers embrace a radical take on Jesus's "Let the little children come to me" statement.
Alternative facts, alternative realities.

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The US had free-fire zones domestically long before inflicting that idea on Vietnam.
You'll find the victims' descendants on Pine Ridge, Wind River, etc., etc.

Trump seems to think losing an employee - not the real story, of course, but I digress - allows him as an employer to invoke the Fugitive Slave Act.

So Peyote Road, good to go? Haho!

Interesting, isn't it, Laura, how believers in a Manichean model tend to place themselves among the Children of Light opposing the Children of Darkness? We can often thank organized religion, ignorance, and poor critical thinking skills for that.

Even after Trump's yapping, his frantic to-ing and fro-ing ...

Still, the files remain a silent but looming presence. They are the ghost who might tell the truth at Trump's banquet. Trump fears those files. But he has confidence in his ability to talk. His fear and confidence combine to lead him to keep on talking.

Some of his staff must be worrying that the president doth talk about Epstein too much. To which all I have to say is this: Mr. President, don't listen to them. Keep on talking!

By the by, that is what is known as a "headline triumph." Kudos!

Just keep opening yer yap, Donnie, piling it high, digging deeper.

Somebody has to pay, AU, and it sure won't be them.
After all, they have the government they bought and paid for.
Which remains just that: bought and paid for.
But the payback, when it comes?
Revolutionary.

"Trump says he Turned Down Invitation to Epstein's Island"

For which we have Trump's word.
No, really, pull the other one; it has a bell.

"what does "ran the federal government" mean?"

Within the context of the subject at hand? Epstein was under Executive Branch control, and the Executive Branch was headed by Donald J. Trump.

"this place declared"
What size is that broad brush, anyway?

Here's a MAGAt brain tickler.
Jeffrey Epstein was in federal custody when he, one way or the other, died.
Any idea who ran the federal government at that time?
You know, when Donald Trump's "former" friend died while in federal custody?
The envelope, please ...

Most MAGAts will be fine with whatever Trump says.
It's not like they're good critical thinkers with an insatiable independent streak.
Should he turn out to be a pedophile, they'll be good to go.

"Avaunt and quit my sight! Let the earth hide thee!" said Shakespeare's Macbeth to Banquo's unwelcome ghost.

Minus the eloquence, Trump faces his own haunting in the not-going-away spectre of ...

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Bon effin appetit, MAGAts.

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You might want to spend more time catching up. Or not.

Collins and Mukowski voted to deny this thug a lifetime appointment.
No other GOPer goober grabber grifters could go that far.

Another tidbit:

At 12:05:48 a.m., an unidentified individual passes through the SHU.

The inspector general's report says only two staff members entered the unit after midnight: one is a corrections officer, identified only as "CO3," and the other is described as the Morning Watch Operations Lieutenant. The presence of a third unidentified individual seen on the video is not addressed by the inspector general's report.

From the article:

The FBI claimed "anyone entering or attempting to enter the tier where Epstein's cell was located from the SHU common area would have been captured by this footage."

The video, cross-referenced with diagrams of the Epstein holding area, does not appear to support that finding. That becomes obvious in the first 10 minutes of the video. Epstein's cell was in the L Block, accessible via a staircase from the Special Housing Unit's common area. When Epstein appears on camera, he is seen walking toward the stairs leading to his cell, but since the staircase is almost entirely out of view from the camera, he is never seen ascending.

The entrance to Epstein's cell, as well as the primary entrance to the SHU, are off camera in the same direction, meaning there's no way to tell from the video if he went to his cell or exited the SHU.

Why are the goobers so insecure?

Didn't Bondi, who said she had Epstein's client list sitting on her desk until that claim became "inoperative," also claim she released the"full raw" video?

"Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!"

"I never had the privilege of going to his island, and I did turn it down"

Oh, goody, another Trump denial.
Okay, let's play:
So when did he go?

AU
He's as fake as those ridiculous "gold" props in his "office."
Baker Act, paging Baker Act.

Well, we've got Trump's word for it, case closed.

Oh, wait ...
What's this?

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