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In reply to the discussion: Melania was an Epstein Escort [View all]Kid Berwyn
(25,241 posts)76. "...mean-spirited attempts to defame my reputation."

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, venture capitalist Joi Ito, and others dined with Epstein in 2015, as pictured in this photo from the Epstein files. / Department of Justice
I know how Epstein groomed Americas corrupt elite
Story by Erkki Forster
The Daily Beast, March 17, 2026
Excerpt...
Everyone is talking about whats in [the Epstein files]. Heres whats not in there. We have all these emails. We have all these people emailing about everything. Theres no breakup emails, Giridharadas, author of Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World, said.
Giridharadas continued, Theres no one saying, F---, I didnt know, but I read the story now. You are despicable. Never call me again. Not one email that Ive seen.
Giridharadas, who has written extensively on the Epstein class on his Substack The.Ink, told host Joanna Coles that Epsteins crimes were enabled by the silence and complicity and overlooking and looking away of a much larger number of people. And I dont think you get the former without the latter.
The best-selling author argued that Epstein exploited a lack of courage that he said defines the age of hyper-connected networks, where connections in elite circles is the ultimate currency.
Your wealth is your connections and the density and breadth of your connections to all these other people, he explained.
Continues...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/i-know-how-epstein-groomed-america-s-corrupt-elite/ar-AA1YN956
"Connections" -- plus Epstein's "Leverage" to move them into action or non-action.
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Yes, but her last name isn't Harris, Biden or Obama, so the corporate media looks the other way.
Chasstev365
Yesterday
#2
No picture credit? Who's photo is it and who are the people who aren't recognizable by everyone? TIA
littlemissmartypants
16 hrs ago
#71
That picture is still amazing. As Melania hand is in Trump's clutches she is warm for P.M. Justin form.
Botany
7 hrs ago
#75
Don't know why this hasn't gotten more coverage on CIABCNNBCBSFoxNutworks,
republianmushroom
Yesterday
#17
So why did Uncle Sam protect Epstein since Ronald Reagan was handing out jelly beans?
Kid Berwyn
6 hrs ago
#83
And he is still paying for her but now all he gets is an occasional attendance at one of his dinners or events.
Bev54
Yesterday
#46
Oh that can't be true...she arrived in the U.S. brandishing an Einstein passport.
allegorical oracle
Yesterday
#52
FETUS* looks like a deer in the headlights in the photo that accompanies this article.
Blumancru
7 hrs ago
#73
Paolo Zampolli got ICE to deport her -- the handpicked mother of his child.
Kid Berwyn
6 hrs ago
#81