Has nothing to do with which country is doing the redactions, of course.
not a democracy.
They released this tranche of Epstein files Friday, January 30, 2026 -- the same day many people across the US were spontaneously protesting against ICE.
It's one thing when you feed the drama mill and send everyone scurrying for whatever little tidbits of meat there are to find in a set of dead files.
It's quite another when across all fifty states people are just showing up voluntarily to reject your claim to power.
Don't be deceived. They released them when they did and in the way they did because the Epstein files, as bad as they are and as wide in scope as they reach, are by far the LESSER danger to this regime and their absolute need to stay in power.
Or instead of waiting we can all look at the Luigi inside of us
More muted. What a title. You mean, there were zero fucking consequences.
US is the new pedo island from the looks of it
Those sick bastards should lose everything and then some. Their assets and finances should be used toward education, healthcare and public services which help the lower class.
“Muted” is a weird way of saying that there will be no consequences at all and if you disagree masked men will show up and disappear you or shoot you in the face and call you a terrorist on tv if you’re lucky enough to have someone catch your execution on video
I watch a lot of YouTube about this stuff. Neither the randos nor the mainstream have asked the question I'm thinking 24/7 - how does any other sovereign nation know these files are compiled, involving their own leadership, and aren't suing the US for access?
Because.... that's not how that works, ever. The ICC is opt-in, and the US opted out.
Because MAGA loves pedophiles ... mostly because it is self love.
Well, with the biggest fish in the Epstein sea is protecting his own flock in the US. Here in Europe, there is still public scrutiny and there is justice.
And Israel
"Muted"! Hah!
Hahaha!
(clawing at eye sockets) HAHAHAAA!
toppled top figures
Who? I know of one guy from the UK - Peter Mandelson, as named in the article and summary. Who else?
edit: Have the Norwegian Royals been kicked yet?
edit: Oh, I forgot about Prince Andrew!
edit: Was that it?
I’ve seen political pundits saying how bad the feeling in the Labour Party is and how no prime minister has ever managed to survive anything even remotely similar
But it hasn’t happened yet, Starmer has historically low polling numbers anyway, and i don’t think that many political wonks believed he would still be leader come the next election anyway
Now do the US.
Far less changes in the same unreasonably short amount of time since these files dropped.
I wonder why they redacted the word "don't" 🤔. Almost like someone called don with a last name beginning with t appeared so many times they needed to automate the redaction of his name.
Oh surely not. It would literally be illegal to teach a name like that. I’m sure they wouldn’t…
That’s because Project 2025 flooding the zone blew out our Overton Window like the fucking Kool-Aid Man.
That's because the unredacted European names are distractions from the redacted mentions of the orange lardsack.
"Why isn't the US government prosecuting the pedophilic billionaire death cult?"
My dude, the US government IS the pedophilic billionaire death cult.
You’re leaving out Israel
Shame if international agents swarmed America to capture all these pedo billionaires.
It's a shame that the US population is STILL waiting for someone else to come and fix the quagmire they have gotten themselves into.
And it's a shame that the rest of the world is waiting for the US population to fix this quagmire. When has a fascist movement ever been taken down from the inside, or been contained just in one country?
yeah, like any good gangster tramp hires nobody that he hasn't got some leverage over. They're all covering for each other's bodies in the closet.
If I were a conspiracy theorist I would say that the release of the Files were redacted in such a way to topple political adversaries in Europe. I mean that goal is part the Heritage Project 2025.
They very obviously redacted things like “don’t” in some PDFs I’ve seen. Hmmm. Don’t. Don T. Wonder why that was done.
I'm just waiting for the Michael Scarn - Dwigt case where something like Domald Trumo shows up.
What's with the constant use of = throughout the emails? What am I missing there?
TLDR
quoted-printable encoding standard used in emails, combined with legacy line-ending conventions and Windows-specific file processing.
https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2026/02/02/whats-up-with-all-those-equals-signs-anyway
So it's pretty much a %20 situation, whoever decoded it just did a crappy job at it, maybe even intentionally so all the redacted stuff is still actually there? Just that the redactions are on the decoded stuff, and not the encoded files?
I have been following British media a bit and unless I am mistaken, this Mandelson chap ran afoul of his Epstein conduct back in September, which was before the DOJ even started releasing the Epstein files as part of the Epstein act, which hadn't passed at the time. The subsequent release and redactions seem to have exposed even more, but his goose was cooked before that.
Current allegations are that Mandelson handed Epstein extremely sensitive government information. I forget what Brits call it, but we'd say it was classified.
And it currently seems like PM Kier Starmer is probably going to fall with him, since he apparently knew about Mendelson's continuing association with post-conviction Epstein.
Anyways, that one particularly seems somewhat unrelated to the redaction choices.
"And it currently seems like PM Kier Starmer is probably going to fall with him, since he apparently knew about Mendelson's continuing association with post-conviction Epstein."
we can hope.
The problem is that unless Labour finds the most competent prime minister in British history, the clock is ticking until Brits elect Prime Minister Farage. Association with pedophiles and bribery is only toxic for left wing politicians (including pretend-left like Starmer).
Trump never would have reversed course and encouraged the release unless his team had figured out how to weaponise them.
It's almost as if the US is an oligarchy and that the ultra wealthy are able to govern the nation with political influence and shield themselves from the law.
This should be a wake up call to all citizens. It doesn't matter who you elect. Your interests will never be represented until this oligarchy is broken up or destroyed.
Exactly. They own the US and are not subject to laws. Only you are.
til
More muted = nonexistant !
"Muted" is one word for it.
Nonexistent is another.
The only person who seems to have suffered any real blowback is the "pussy is low carb" guy, who probably wasn't raping kids, based on his presence in the files. Larry Summers had to give up his teaching job, but he'll be fine. He's got generational wealth.
Also, this is why Donald wants you all posting about him being a racist. Stay focused on Epstein.
Sure, censure is also biased...
muted = nothing.
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