Epstein cover up on a global level

[Yoda]

Donald Trump is now taking his cover-up efforts to an extreme level.

He is having his lapdogs in the US Congress summon witnesses to testify in closed door depositions as to what they know ..... Yet, the people being summoned had nothing to do with the Epstein affair. These Congressional morons are at a loss of what to ask, probably asking questions generated for them my the orange ape himself. They questioned Hilary Clinton about flying saucers and aliens from other planets.  Why don't they depose those who we all know had close working relationships with the child sex marketer.  I can think of two I'd like to question under penalty of death ... The Donald and Melania who were mentioned several thousand times in thee files ... not including the over 3000 pages still hidden by the Trump Department Of Injustice.

World wide we are seeing governments taking strong action against powerful public figures as well as members of their governments.  Why is the USA is pussy footing around .... We all know the reason . . .  Donald is protecting his contributors, cronies as well as himself.

Now in the ultimate move to divert attention from the files, HE has unilaterally declared war on Iran ... while being in negotiations to guarantee that Iran would never have a nuclear device. The USA had such a treaty previously but in 2016, Donald withdrew from it.  He's a dangerous  half-Witt who would be dictator. He worships Putin and the like. So, he and his criminal co-conspirator Benjamin Netanyahu have attacked Iran without provocation.  Not that I'm saying Iran is the "good guy" here but the attack was unwarranted. More importantly, ONLY THE US CONGRESS CAN DECLARE WAR.  

Trump's tariffs were illegal, his attacks on fishing boats were illegal, his kidnapping of a foreign president was illegal, the stealing of oil laden ships was illegal and this war is illegal.

When will the AMERICAN PEOPLE STAND UP AND SAY ENOUGH

[JohnD]

For goodness sake!   Forget that.

TRUMP HAS DECLARED WAR ON IRAN.

[RogerH]

That's what Yoda said.

The man is a nutter and the world is affraid to come face to face with the nutter.

Roger

[NickyT]

The only one who seems to be standing up to him - and European leaders are noticing it - is Mark Carney. 

Possibly to our detriment. But he's made it clear there are lots of other options to making deals with Trump. 

I was dubious at first. After Trudeau, I was afraid Carney might be "more of the same". I should have known better. 

Carney is in India right now. The first major improvement I've seen, is not one single picture of Carney looking like these.

The difference between electing a Financial genius as a PM, than a Drama and Gym Teacher. SMH

[NickyT]

4 hours ago, RogerH said:

That's what Yoda said.

The man is a nutter and the world is affraid to come face to face with the nutter.

Roger

It's all about optics. The name of the game is diverting attention from the Epstein files.
Not sure what anyone thinks about CBC but I really like this guy. He figures every minute of the State of the Union Address, was planned, choreographed and rehearsed.

 

[NickyT]

Just watching some live video on the evening news here. 

The American People don't want this. 

Congress has NOT approved it.

The President does NOT have the power to unilaterally declare war. 

All countries in the middle east are concerned about the "fallout" from this.

Can you imagine Macron or Starmer declaring war on another nation with no government approval?

This is very worrying.

[Nick Jones]

10 hours ago, NickyT said:

This is very worrying.

It is. 
Bottom line is that it is for Americans to deal with this lunatic and his enablers.

All the rest of the world can do at this point is to make their disgust very clear.

[JohnD]

Today's Observer has an article The age of American fascism | The Observer by Ian Buruma, the Dutch-American academic and journalist.    He analyses what "fascism" means today, and concludes that Trump's America is not Fascist. Not yet.

John

Edited March 1 by JohnD

[Yoda]

On 2/28/2026 at 6:42 PM, NickyT said:

Just watching some live video on the evening news here. 

The American People don't want this. 

Congress has NOT approved it.

The President does NOT have the power to unilaterally declare war. 

All countries in the middle east are concerned about the "fallout" from this.

Can you imagine Macron or Starmer declaring war on another nation with no government approval?

This is very worrying.

Yes, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was a VERY bad person and may have deserved to be killed, but the actions taken by Donald Trump were totally illegal. America is a NATION GOVERNED BY LAWS ..... The Congress and ONLY the Congress can declare war.  Even one of the most criminal men in government, Putin, has called Trump out. Isn't that sort of like the pot calling the kettle black .......

Edited Monday at 08:07 PM by Yoda

[Nick Jones]

42 minutes ago, Yoda said:

America is a NATION GOVERNED BY LAWS .....

Not so much just now it seems….. Hopefully there’s a way back!!

[Hamish]

Let’s start a war to deflect from domestic issues and Epstein associations ……..

[PaulAA]

Disappointing this morning to see that Starmer has agreed to allow the US to use RAF Akrotiri in their ME folly. Recent history is at risk of repeating itself.

The Iranian regime could actually do some good if they follow through with their threat to publish unredacted chunks of the Epstein files, showing Trump's complicity. Given that they are closely allied to Russia and the probability of Putin NOT having the a complete copy of the documentation is very, very slim...

[andymcp]

16 hours ago, Yoda said:

Ayatollah  Khomeini was a VERY bad person

He was, but I think you might have your Ayatollahs mixed up...

[RogerH]

3 hours ago, andymcp said:

He was, but I think you might have your Ayatollahs mixed up...

Don't let the facts destroy  a good story.

 

Roger

[Nick Jones]

4 hours ago, PaulAA said:

Disappointing this morning to see that Starmer has agreed to allow the US to use RAF Akrotiri in their ME folly. Recent history is at risk of repeating itself.

The Iranian regime could actually do some good if they follow through with their threat to publish unredacted chunks of the Epstein files, showing Trump's complicity. Given that they are closely allied to Russia and the probability of Putin NOT having the a complete copy of the documentation is very, very slim...

Absolutely this, on all points. One suspects that Putin has dirt of his own on Trump - possibly even worse than any Epstein material…..

[Yoda]

Paul,

Thanks for your post. I have developed a habit of watching the BBC or Euro News via cable as the majority of USA news outlets have been subverted by the Trump Conspiracy.  Americans can no long trust what they hear through Trump's filter machine. It's only getting worse with the sale of Warner to a MAGA Billionaire. this war has nothing to do wit freeing the Iranian People or spreading Democracy.

Trump is only interested in his own gain ... totally transactional. Jared got 2 Billion at the end of the last Donald administration. Donald himself got an "investment" of 2 Billion for his bit coin scheme ... along with a 470 million dollar aircraft that American tax payers are footing a 1 billion dollar tab to have it retrofitted. 

This is all about Donald and his chum buddy BiBi ... both convicted criminals and both still in office.

Donald is already throwing election conspiracies in to the mix for November Election. He wants to require a valid and current US Passport and a Raised Seal birth certificates. Of which, most adult Americans don't have. My birth certificate was lost when I was ten and I only got an official replacement when I was in my late twenties. I had to fill out a form that required the first and last name of both parents, place of birth, date of actual birth and a fee of $45.  I then waited 60 days to receive it.  I got my first US Passport when I was in my late thirties and finally had a few extra dollars to travel to Europe.  

To get your first U.S. passport, you must

apply in person at an authorized facility—such as a post office, library, or county clerk—using form DS-11. You will need to provide proof of citizenship,  a passport photo, and pay fees of $130 plus a $40 execution fee. ( so you need the raised seal birth certificate before you can get a passport.

This amounts to a POLL TAX:   The 24th Amendment, ratified in 1964, abolished the use of poll taxes as a requirement for voting in federal elections. Subsequently, the Supreme Court ruled in 1966 that poll taxes are unconstitutional in state elections as well, violating the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.  Historically used to disenfranchise African American and poor white voters.

I'm willing to wager that over 75% of  Americans do not have instant availability to these documents.

Are we going to be permitted to even have an election in November ... this President is already sowing doubt and may declare a state of national emergency either postponing or cancelling the election. Has this Republic sunk so low that We The People can't save it??????  He's already ignoring the supreme court and Congress .... 

 

 

Edited Monday at 09:38 PM by Yoda

[Yoda]

7 hours ago, RogerH said:

Don't let the facts destroy  a good story.

 

Roger

Correct ........... Proper spelling is    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei 

Edited Monday at 08:05 PM by Yoda

[JohnD]

And the"K" is silent.

[Yoda]

[Yoda]

17 hours ago, PaulAA said:

Disappointing this morning to see that Starmer has agreed to allow the US to use RAF Akrotiri in their ME folly. Recent history is at risk of repeating itself.

The Iranian regime could actually do some good if they follow through with their threat to publish unredacted chunks of the Epstein files, showing Trump's complicity. Given that they are closely allied to Russia and the probability of Putin NOT having the a complete copy of the documentation is very, very slim...

I don't know if this is totally accurate:

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Sunday, March 1, 2026, that he authorized the U.S. military to use British bases for "specific and limited" defensive strikes against Iranian missile launch sites

. This decision followed an Iranian drone strike on the RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus, which Starmer described as a direct threat to UK interests. 

Key details regarding this decision include:

• Scope of Use: The permission is restricted to "defensive" strikes targeting Iran's missiles and launch sites to prevent further attacks, rather than broader offensive actions.
• Bases Involved: Reports indicate potential use of British installations, including RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia.
• Context: Starmer emphasized that this move is "collective self-defence" for allies and not a sign that the UK is at war.
• Reaction: US President Donald Trump expressed disappointment that the authorization took too long, notes Yahoo.
• Previous Position: Initially, the UK refused to allow the use of its bases for the initial U.S./Israeli strikes on Iran that occurred over the weekend. 

Again, it's important to note that the RAF base in Cypress was hit by an Iranian drone attack prior to permission given 

 

Edited Tuesday at 03:47 AM by Yoda
Grammatical error

[andymcp]

11 hours ago, Yoda said:

Correct ........... Proper spelling is    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei 

Not being a pedant about spelling.  Just saying, two completely different individuals.

[JohnD]

Khomenei, Khamenei,

Let's call the whole thing off!

PLEASE!

Edited Tuesday at 08:57 AM by JohnD

[BiTurbo228]

6 hours ago, Yoda said:

I don't know if this is totally accurate:

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Sunday, March 1, 2026, that he authorized the U.S. military to use British bases for "specific and limited" defensive strikes against Iranian missile launch sites

. This decision followed an Iranian drone strike on the RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus, which Starmer described as a direct threat to UK interests. 

Key details regarding this decision include:

• Scope of Use: The permission is restricted to "defensive" strikes targeting Iran's missiles and launch sites to prevent further attacks, rather than broader offensive actions.
• Bases Involved: Reports indicate potential use of British installations, including RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia.
• Context: Starmer emphasized that this move is "collective self-defence" for allies and not a sign that the UK is at war.
• Reaction: US President Donald Trump expressed disappointment that the authorization took too long, notes Yahoo.
• Previous Position: Initially, the UK refused to allow the use of its bases for the initial U.S./Israeli strikes on Iran that occurred over the weekend. 

Again, it's important to note that the RAF base in Cypress was hit by an Iranian drone attack prior to permission given 

 

I think the challenge of that is that we have very little trust in what Starmer says, which is partially due to the specific lies that Starmer himself has told (and his general state of rock-bottom credibility), and partially due to a general erosion of trust in the word of politicians.

We have already seen Starmer frame the defensive actions of Iran as aggression. We have already seen that the USA has framed their aggressive actions as 'defensive'. We have already seen Starmer describe Iran's actions as 'disproportionate' despite the USA and Israel illegally murdering nearly their entire government unprovoked*. We have seen Starmer describe the genocide of Palestinians by Israel as a matter of 'defence'. We have seen Starmer continuously selectively apply international law.

We have no assurance whatsoever that 'defensive strikes' actually means defensive strikes and not one of the following options:

1. Indiscriminate strikes spun as 'defensive'
2. A pretext to enter the war proper in retaliation for any British deaths these 'defensive' strikes provoke

*One wonders what he thinks a 'proportionate' response would have been.

[BiTurbo228]

All of this does lead one to wonder just what sort of leverage the USA and Israel have over European leaders to produce such near-total capitulation.

1. We know that the UK's Trident nuclear defence system is reliant on US firms for maintenance
2. We know that the UK is vulnerable to US tariffs
3. We know that at least some of the UK's political class is tied up in the Epstein scandal
4. We know that the USA is funding right-wing opponents to Kier's government
5. We know that Europe in general is trying (and broadly failing at this point) to keep the USA's support in the war for Ukraine

Is that it? Is that all it takes?

Are they being credibly personally threatened? Are they deeper in this whole Epstein scandal than we think?

Or is that genuinely all it takes to get us to bend the knee?

[BiTurbo228]

On 3/1/2026 at 11:51 AM, JohnD said:

Today's Observer has an article The age of American fascism | The Observer by Ian Buruma, the Dutch-American academic and journalist.    He analyses what "fascism" means today, and concludes that Trump's America is not Fascist. Not yet.

John

I'm broadly tired of people mincing their words about saying the USA is 'not fascist yet'.

If they're not fascist...precisely what are we waiting for to say that they are? Genuinely, give me a list. It's like saying 'Hitler's democratically elected government in the three months between them being elected and them seizing absolute power was not fascist yet'. Maybe you could split hairs and say that yes, but from where I'm sitting the distinction is pretty meaningless.

Unless they're trying to give people enough hope that there's an off-ramp for folks in America to actually do something about it, rather than accept it as a fait accompli. In which case I have some time for that, but it just comes across as yet more media capitulation.