Expect something big to happen Tues or Wed

[SamuelTheThird]

A distraction will be needed from this -

Victims of Jeffrey Epstein will return to Capitol Hill next week, when they will be hosted by a bipartisan group of lawmakers pushing the Trump administration to release the government’s files on the sex offender.

Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) had staged a public event with Epstein survivors early last month as part of their effort to drum up support for a discharge petition designed to force the administration to release the secret documents.

[usonian]

1. Please. Epstein will drag Trump and Putin to hell with him.

☮️

[Bayard]

2. I'm trying to understand MTG's motivation on this

[Skittles]

4. my guess

she suffered abuse in her past

may explain a lot

[Irish_Dem]

15. This is my guess as well.

And I think it may have been ongoing abuse during her childhood.

[Skittles]

16. these are situations where the victims have zero control

I don't know if she ever said anything but she either wasn't believed or did not think people would believe her - likely a family member. It makes her feel rage when she hears about these Epstein victims being dismissed and her own colleagues participating in the coverup.

[Irish_Dem]

18. Yes I believe this is the correct profile which explains all of her behavior.

Her rage and anger.
Her acting out sexually in her marriage, multiple, ongoing public affairs.
Her drug abuse, steroids in particular. To feel strong and powerful.
Which means she felt weak and powerless for most of her childhood.
Yes family member or close trusted friend or authority figure as the abuser.

We know MAGAs/GOP don't give a damn about any issue unless it hit them personally.

[Skittles]

19. most women turn the anger inwards, most men outwards

but there are always the outliers

and yes, it's always telling when repukes do the right thing - it's usually only because somehow it affects them

[Irish_Dem]

21. Yes. But we see Marge acted out in a more stereotypical male way.

From AI internet:

Steroid abuse can cause women to develop more male characteristics, a process known as virilization. Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) are synthetic derivatives of testosterone, the primary male sex hormone. When women use these substances, they expose their bodies to supraphysiological levels of androgens, which can cause a range of physical and psychological side effects that mimic male puberty.

[Skittles]

27. interesting

you may be on to something there, I forgot she's a pumper.......

[Hugin]

23. Very plausible analysis.

I know several people who experienced ongoing trauma in their youth and they all display various extreme behaviors such as anorexia or the opposite.

At first, I thought Greene was involved because that’s where the media was, but she’s been uncharacteristically serious and consistent in her determination to see it through in the face of what you know is a full on terror campaign being waged on her behind the scenes by Trump and his enablers.

Still, aside from the Epstein issue, she’s sure to toe the hateful Republican agenda. So, this enemy of our enemies is unlikely to be a friend.

What’s Massie’s motivation, do you suppose?

[Irish_Dem]

24. Yes. She never cares about anyone but herself. So her consistent support of others on this topic is a red flag.

A red flag for childhood abuse.

Yes at first it looked like she was just showboating, jumping on the bandwagon to
make herself look good and fight Trump as a publicity stunt.

But it is clearly personal at this point.

[Skittles]

28. yes, she's definitely not just catching which way the wind blows

there's some deep righteous anger going on with her

[Irish_Dem]

29. Yes when someone's behavior does not match the event, something else is going on.

[Irish_Dem]

25. Massie

I don't know enough about this guy to have a strong opinion.
But if he is a MAGA we know they don't give a damn about anyone but themselves.

And MAGA males have a strong tendency to be abusers.
All of their accusations are confessions.

Could he be an abuser trying to cover up his own crimes?
Or was he abused as a child?

Or is he just grandstanding and wants to fight Trump for some reason.

[1WorldHope]

5. Here is a possibility. Have you ever just hated someone

the first time you met them? Then later you become best friends? Maybe, Marjorie had a reconning about who she is really angry at. She might come over to the left. Would you welcome her?
I'm not talking to anyone in particular. We should all ask ourselves that. Or not.

[Cherrycheeks]

14. Nope

[Skittles]

17. honestly, no

there's an anger in her that she turned outward with callous disregard for the people she demonizes - I believe MTG, like Nancy Mace, is in dire need of a mental health intervention

[Coldwater]

6. She may be crazy and committing political suicide

but she really wants to expose the truth

https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/F4h9PeClBS0X0mSXF_rn0w--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTE0MDA7aD05MzQ7Y2Y9d2VicA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/buzzfeed_articles_778/8bc3cd67696fdda752b850fc97929093

[calimary]

7. Works for me!

She’s right. It’s the truth that needs to be exposed and the truth we ALL need to hear.

I never thought I’d be speaking in support of MTG. But there we are.

[Blue Full Moon]

13. I think that she is no longer under the spell of the cult.

[Volaris]

31. As that seems to be the case, on this issue, im glad shes there.

To paraphrase Bannon, 'no enemies to my left.
It could be any or all of what other posted above.
Or, she it could be she's just Qanon Crazy enough to actually believe it's only democrats in there.
Her REASON, isn't important to me, her VOYE is.

[IzzaNuDay]

22. I'm skeptical of MTG's motives

MTG could very well have some empathy for the victims. However, we are approaching an election year and she will so whatever has to be done to stay relevant and electable. If she wins again, she will be back to the MTG we saw in the first place….

[lame54]

3. Defying Ted Cruz

[Coldwater]

8. Well, that to

[spanone]

9. K&R

[Chasstev365]

10. Adelita Grijalva should be their to say I could be the vote to release the file, but Mike Johnson won't swear me in!

[flamingdem]

11. Ro Khanna is playing an interesting role

Don't know how he did it but he's playing across the isle for real.

[Submariner]

12. Is it time for another Grenada false flag invasion?

It took the attention off of 241 dead Marines for about a day and a half.

[Skittles]

20. I still remember picking up a newspaper at the corner store and seeing the headline about the Marines

[MarineCombatEngineer]

30. I lost Marine friends that sad day,

I wasn't there, we were preparing for the invasion of Grenada attached to the 22nd MAU, there but for the grace of god go I.

[Skittles]

33. it broke my heart

I know there's joshing that goes on between the different military branches but at the end of the day we all served; I think it hits us veterans much harder, hearing about military casualties.

[Champp]

26. Republicans determined to protect their pedophiles

no honor