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"The Network" in the Worlds of the Elites

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Posted By: Judy W., 7/18/2025 6:35:03 AM

Half the country is up in arms about President Donald Trump’s inexplicable decision to mock his base, because many are appalled that Attorney General Pam Bondi seems to be orchestrating a coverup of a serial rapist of children. (Snip) Because I spent decades in the same elite liberal circles that sheltered Epstein, I am not puzzled. It has, in my view, to do with “the network.” I think that it is likely that multiple people who are critical to this administration’s success — my guess is, that these are mostly guys from the Silicon Valley community (Snip)— whether they are innocent or guilty, are in the Epstein files.

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Ever since Naomi Wolf stopped being a liberal she has produced some very sharp writings. I think this analysis is probably right on. She has associated with many of the people she writes about, has broken with them of her own accord, and has some important insights about what is going on.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: LadyVet 7/18/2025 8:28:34 AM (No. 1979125)
Do click on the link to the original story and read the whole thing. It is long but will enhance your understanding of the scope of the Epstein scandal and how Epstein helped "herd" Harvard scientists and mathematicians and other technology elites into a direction to support the same theories. This may be linked to the manipulation of people and governments during COVID-19. And who knows what else?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: felixcat 7/18/2025 10:09:38 AM (No. 1979187)
Epstein was a creation of the Intel Community (IC) and I'm sure there is some info in those files that would reveal just what our IC has been upto lo these many decades and protecting the US National Security was not their priority.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: J. Arthur Brown 7/18/2025 11:32:09 AM (No. 1979245)
Very interesting. Significantly Eric Weinstein, an acquaintance of Epstein who is interviewed in a video linked in the article, advocates releasing the Epstein files.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: earlybird 7/18/2025 12:12:35 PM (No. 1979271)
I stopped where she said she was guessing.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: danu 7/18/2025 4:15:03 PM (No. 1979390)
ms naomi wolf swam in these waters and understands the flora and fauna. She lets us know: **FTA: A/ President Trump is not on this list. B/ President Trump does not wish the horrific baggage of being the one to infuriate all the powerful people who are on this list, by releasing it himself via his AG. C/ They — the Trump administration — want it released by others, ie, the New York courts, so that they themselves don’t receive the appalling blowback. ** **ms wolf later quotes eric weinstein, a mathematician, who has met epstein: “[s]ex offender Jeffrey Epstein was a "product of one or more elements of the intelligence community." Weinstein, who said he had met Epstein, described him as "certainly was not a financier in any standard sense. That was a cover story.... He goes on to describe Epstein as a "weird guy," who "didn't seem to know a lot about currency trading." He also describes Epstein as a "construct"‘. ** so my friends, pdt's self preservation instincts make sense; check your wallet and count your fingers. better yet, stay 7 leagues away from this entity.
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