Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein
Posted By: earlybird, 2/16/2026 1:29:31 PM
Through the years I didn’t really have much of an opinion of Steve Bannon, I approached any story of interest that surrounded him by simply looking at the factual details of the current event in question. CTH well understood that Bannon, and subsequently his expressed opinion and objective, was simply an outcome of his position – downstream from the billionaire of the moment who paid him. .(snip) That said, with the release of the Epstein files, the relationship between Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein is something CTH did not expect. {HERE} Bannon and Epstein were very close and talked to each other about seemingly everything.
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But As With Most Things Political He Just
Doesn’t Know It 2 replies
But As With Most Things Political He Just
Doesn’t Know It 2 replies
I don’t want to bury the lede, so I’ll stay up front that yes, content creator Andrew Sullivan is still alive because blogging ultimately did not kill him. But just as important, he is a Trump supporter, even if, as with most things related to politics, he doesn’t know it.
Recall Sullivan as a pioneer of online writing in the aughts and also as the middle-aged white man who choked up on national television while referring to President Obama as a “father figure.” Sullivan now writes on Substack (snip) and he was recently the featured guest on Mark Halperin’s Next Up podcast diagnosing the ails of the Democrat Party.
For years now, the left has treated mass migration as this moral, beautiful thing. And if you questioned it, that meant you were some heartless, xenophobic, or stuck in some outdated nationalist fantasy loop. Borders were sold as cruel, enforcement (ICE) was framed as oppression, and “diversity is our strength” wasn’t just a slogan; it was a cult
Now suddenly, two of the most powerful Dems in modern politics are singing a very different tune.(snip)
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Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein
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Through the years I didn’t really have much of an opinion of Steve Bannon, I approached any story of interest that surrounded him by simply looking at the factual details of the current event in question.
CTH well understood that Bannon, and subsequently his expressed opinion and objective, was simply an outcome of his position – downstream from the billionaire of the moment who paid him.
.(snip)
That said, with the release of the Epstein files, the relationship between Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein is something CTH did not expect. {HERE} Bannon and Epstein were very close and talked to each other about seemingly everything.
Rep. Tim Burchett criticized former President Barack Obama and the media’s coverage of Jeffrey Epstein during an interview with commentator Benny Johnson, raising questions about Obama’s political ascent and the lack of scrutiny he believes surrounded Epstein during Obama’s presidency. (snip)
“But wait a second, like the vast majority of Epstein’s most heinous crimes took place while Barack Obama was president. Got out of jail right as Barack Obama was being put into office, and all of this stuff was going on, and it’s his lawyers, the White House Counsel,
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AG Pam Bondi Releases List of Names Appearing
in Epstein Files to Complete Demands of
Thomas Massie 10 replies
in Epstein Files to Complete Demands of
Thomas Massie 10 replies
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Going to… California?
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family reveals 36 replies
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Yes, you read that right.
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‘Slapped so hard’ 20 replies
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‘Slapped so hard’ 20 replies
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The dictator — whose brutal crackdown on nationwide protests last month has killed at least 7,000,
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China Grants Visa-Free Travel to Canadians
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the Rev.'s Conflicted Relationship With
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the Rev.'s Conflicted Relationship With
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“I could see his neck gashed wide open.
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Bannpn was never my "type" He seemed to work too hard at being a "mmaverick" and working that image. This exposure (from the released Epstein files) of his very close relationship with Epstein (without any implication about sex) is fascinating. Bannon was no friend of Trump or MAGA.