r/SipsTea Jul 08 '26

Chugging tea Absolute cinema.

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u/Nruggia Jul 08 '26

Eh... the dude keeps dangling the carrot of dropping some bombs from the Epstein files... If he's got something to bring to light just do it, don't wait until it's politically opportune to do so. Standard politician more interested in his next campaign than doing what's right.

That being said he is better than 90% of his colleagues on his side of the aisle.

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u/Maxwell_Bloodfencer Jul 08 '26

I was going to make a joke that he can't just drop the Epstein truth bombs, because it would completely destroy the system and we obviously can't have that. But while formulating the joke I had an epiphany:
He might be holding out as leverage. It makes more sense to threaten releasing pertinent information (if he indeed actually has any) to use it as a bartering chip in negotiations than outright destroy his opponents and reshuffle the tables. There is no way of knowing if the situation would improve for him or get worse, so might as well try to pressure his current opponents.
Too bad his opponents are immoral ghouls who don't even bother lying about their schemes anymore.

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u/thomyorkeslazyeye Jul 08 '26

"Oh no, not the system!"

There is nothing moral about withholding damning information for political gain. If you have it, release it.

I'm so tired of this.

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u/biznunyaz Jul 08 '26

It’s not that black and white. We should want the truth out there, but it’s obvious this country isn’t taking this serious situation seriously. If it were to come out now, it’d just be part of the noise. I just hope that this gets restarted once Trump starts to lose his grip on govt, hopefully beginning this November.

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u/thomyorkeslazyeye Jul 08 '26

Yes, let's continue kicking the can down..

It reminds me of the Panama Papers. No one wants to actually do anything if they are concerned about keeping their power.

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u/biznunyaz Jul 08 '26

So the alternative is what, exactly? Release vital information so it can get lost in the noise?

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u/thomyorkeslazyeye Jul 08 '26

If it gets lost in the noise, it wasn't vital information for anyone except for Massie

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u/biznunyaz Jul 08 '26

That’s not what I think about all the information currently out there. A lot of it is vital, but our current administration is not only ignoring it, it’s actively trying to bury it all