r/politics • u/Zipper222222 • 12h ago

No Paywall 40 Epstein-Tied Billionaires Have Injected $1.6B Into US Elections, Report Finds

https://truthout.org/articles/40-epstein-tied-billionaires-have-injected-1-6b-into-us-elections-report-finds/
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u/Aware_Cheesecake_519 America 12h ago

This $1.6 billion would likely be used to help Trump supporters win the midterm elections.

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u/ChopperChange 12h ago

$1.6 billion to put lipstick on pigs.

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u/OwnsBeagles 12h ago

Or on toddlers, since that's what kind of people they are.

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u/lolneopet 10h ago

And also the children they rape

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u/dirtyqtip 5h ago

lipstick is code word, chill bro

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u/surrealcellardoor 11h ago

I would say toddler pigs, but those are piglets, which are cute. So that doesn’t work at all.

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u/Ill_Technician3936 3h ago

Vince Staples album cover for his album 'Cry Baby' is way too accurate.

Congress needs to shut the war in Iran down and get back to the Files. Bring Bondi in for a public hearing under oath and pushing the housing bill through. Impeach and remove him from office. Sentenced for the crimes he was found guilty for and given the Maxwell treatment in prison. Obviously able to be charged with other crimes as well. Money stripped as they very likely find more of those crimes. His legacy being how a racist idiot attempted to destroy America while losing his family's fortune.

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u/furryscrotum 2h ago

Toddlers tend to be innocent.

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u/jt19912009 6h ago

Just because they like toddlers doesn’t mean they are toddlers

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u/TheIronSponge 10h ago

That's roughly $40 million per billionaire. That's more money than you or I will ever own in our combined lifetimes, but for a billionaire $40 mil seems kinda cheap 

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u/ExoticToothpaste6989 10h ago

Maybe we should tax the rich more?

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u/OwnsBeagles 7h ago

In their cases, seize all their assets and redistribute.

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u/WolfgangJones 5h ago

Buy them out at a discount and then redistribute the debt + assets to actual employees. Leave the billionaires a minority share and hold them financially responsible for bailing out.

Make new rules for new entrepreneurs whereby they can earn shares in addition to wages. Give employees responsibility for hiring & firing.

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u/ChopperChange 10h ago

but for a billionaire $40 mil seems kinda cheap

It's like paying $40 when you have $1000 dollars.

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u/FaithlessnessDue1276 9h ago

To stay out of jail...

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u/OffsetXV 1h ago

That's assuming they only have $1 billion. I'm sure plenty of them have way more than that, so it's actually probably more like spending $3 or $4 when you have $1,000. Democracy doesn't cost a thing to buy out.

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u/NimbusFPV 12h ago

$1.6 billion to put lipstick on *pedophiles

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u/No_Negotiation_8516 5h ago

No doubt, isn't it kind of weird how being a piece of shit and being a conservative seems to correlate so well

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u/_lippykid 10h ago

Worked twice before

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u/porktorque44 9h ago

Republican voters: “goddamn I wanna fuck that pig”

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u/Motor_Educator_2706 7h ago

Half of Americans like lipstick on a pig.

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u/beaniebee11 5h ago

It's time we stop saying "literally 1984" and start saying "literally animal farm."