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richard schrader's avatar

Great piece Nina -- Epstein, like Giuliani until alcoholism overwhelmed him, could surgically target the weakness of others+used bullying and blackmail to assert themselves.

JE's ties to the Saudi Prince deserve closer attention imo.

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Nina Burleigh's avatar

Thanks and totally agree re Saudis.

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Robert Jaffee's avatar

Epstein aside, Melania Trump obtained US citizenship on a visa reserved for immigrants with "extraordinary ability" and "sustained national and international acclaim",

The EB-1 is in theory reserved for people who are highly acclaimed in their field - the government cites Pulitzer, Oscar, and Olympic winners as examples - as well as respected academic researchers and multinational executives.

Melania hasn’t remotely acquired an extraordinary skill set; looks aren’t skills. She wasn’t even making enough money as a model to support herself when she came here.

So technically, she illegally obtained her EB-1 Visa (like hitting a jackpot), and then hit the jackpot a second time by getting a green card and eventually US citizenship.

Ironically, when she came here, she like millions of other women from the Soviet Union, tried to escape the life of tyrant’s and kleptocrats, yet married a man who would try to turn this nation into the very thing she tried to escape from.

Irony truly is a bitch..:)

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Patris's avatar

Pimps are corrupters, not only salesmen. But the merchandise is always the same, vulnerable girls.

Some factors are in play that reduce a child of any sex to the point of desperation to escape the circumstances of their lives. Here as well. Maybe we can start here.

Perhaps the approach, as basic as it may be, is would be supporting families with a child tax credit. Food and clothing goes a long way to making life tolerable. But of course it’s something conservatives find unacceptable of course.

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Margo Howard's avatar

That ratking thing is most awful. As for someone like Les Wexner to pay millions to this sex freak to manage his money is rather transparent. And why is the “confidential list of about twenty men” confidential? As for Mylanta, the less said the better. I don’t think there’s ever been a First Lady who was thought by some, (OK, many) to have been an escort/hooker/whore. (Legal disclaimer: I was never told this by a paying customer. It is merely an oft repeated assumption.)

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Donald Sinclair Richardson's avatar

I think having a life-sized stuffed Epstein sitting in a front row of all DJT’s Mein Kampf celebrations would be very interesting.

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Susan Lorraine Knox's avatar

I was shouting into the wind about this forever. Finally I found you!

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vcragain's avatar

We all know very well that there must be quite 'a few' members of the government who partook of the 'goodies' offered by Epstein. As long as they were all giving each other 'the wink' none of them would tell on each other - boys will be boys after all !!!!

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