MONDAY, JULY 28, 2025
...his enablers rushed to repeat it: What have we meant when we've kept telling you that we humans simply aren't built for this line of work?
When we've said we simply weren't built for the work of self-government? That we simply aren't up to the task?
What have we meant when we've told you that? Consider what the sitting president has now said once again. Also, consider the people who couldn't run fast enough to put his unfounded claim into print, without any hint of a fact-check, a critique or a challenge.
We were going to start with Mediaite, which went down for the count a second time. Instead, let's start with The Hill.
From there, we'll trundle along to The New Republic—even to the very stable genius Acyn himself!
Some things never end! Today, in Scotland, Trump was asked about Jeffrey Epstein once again. As part of his reply, as if by law, he went ahead and repeated the claim he had launched at the end of last week
He went ahead and said it again! At The Hill, Alex Gangitano's report started like this, headline included:
Trump says he turned down offer to go to Epstein island...
President Trump said Monday he had previously turned down an offer to go to Jeffrey Epstein’s private island, calling out other people he said the press should focus on as the president has tried to move on from questions about Epstein.
“I never went to the island, and Bill Clinton went there supposedly 28 times. I never went to the island, but [NAME WITHHELD], I hear, went there, he was the head of [NAME WITHHELD]. And many other people that are very big people, nobody ever talks about them,” Trump said while in Scotland meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
That's the way her report starts. We've deleted the name of the other person the journalist may have slandered.
As we've told you before, we humans simply aren't made for this line of work. We simply weren't built for this challenge:
Once again, the president floated the notion that Bill Clinton has been to the island 28 times! People like Gangitano couldn't move quickly enough to publish the inflammatory claim—a claim for which there is no documentary evidence.
Gangitano is eleven years out of college (Villanova, 2014). She's been at The Hill for the past seven years. She worked at Roll Call for four years before that.
It didn't seem to cross her mind that 1) President Trump makes false or unfounded statements all the time, and 2) false or unfounded statements shouldn't be repeated without being identified as such.
She simply went ahead and printed the unsupported claim! And sure enough! One hour later, in a separate report, her colleague at The Hill, Cate Martel, also pimped President Trump's unsupported claim!
(Martel has been at The Hill for ten years! We simply weren't made for this challenge.)
For the record, is there any evidence that Bill Clinton ever went to the island at all? As far as we know, there is not.
In Friday afternoon's report, we linked you to a report for FactCheck.org which detailed the documented state of play as of 2019. We also noted the fact that the Clinton office has said once again, within this past month, that Clinton had never been to the island.
Meanwhile, here's what the leading authority currently says about the topic at hand. Warning! Part of this strikes us as misleading:
Flight records obtained in 2016 show Bill Clinton flew 27 times to at least a dozen international locations.
Flight logs did not list any Secret Service detail for at least five flights on a 2002 trip to Asia, and the Secret Service stated that there is no evidence of the former president making a trip to Epstein's private island. In 2019, a Clinton spokesperson stated that, in 2002 and 2003, Clinton took four trips on Epstein's airplane, making stops on three continents, all with his staff and Secret Service detail. At the time of Epstein's 2019 arrest, Clinton's spokeswoman Angel Ureña stated that Clinton had "not spoken to Epstein in well over a decade, and has never been to Little St. James Island, Epstein's ranch in New Mexico, or his residence in Florida."
Just for the sake of clarity—the FactCheck report said that the 27 "flights" (FactCheck said the number was 26) had occurred during a total of only six "trips." For example, on one trip to Africa and London in 2002 in connection with AIDS prevention, Clinton had racked up eleven of his 26 total "flights."
FactCheck reported no trips to the island! As far as we know, no one has ever shown that he ever went there—but then, Donald J. Trump came along!
Has Bill Clinton ever been to the island in question? He and his office have repeatedly said that the answer is no. If there was any evidence that the actual answer was yes, you would have heard about it a million times by now.
Still and all, the actors who get hired as journalists can't seem to help themselves! Even knowing what President Trump is like, they rushed today to repeat his claim about Clinton.
They did it (again!) at Mediaite. They did it at The New Republic. They did it at Raw Story. They pretty much did it all over the map—and where did their inspiration come from?
Good God! As you can see at various sites, they seem to have taken their inspiration from the latest hapless post by Acyn! We simply aren't smart enough to be a part of this game.
President Trump threw out a hunk of chum. They eagerly snapped it up.
You are a stranger, and you're a pal of mine.
ReplyDeleteWhat Bill Clinton is saying doesn't matter, because he's a certified liar ("I did not have sexual relations with that woman"). And though I personally don't care, flying Lolita Express at least 26 times may seem like a big deal to some people.
And Mr. Trump's point stands: if they, deep state journos, must harass someone with those questions, Bill Clinton would be the prime candidate.
Donald Trump gave the corporations who hire illegal immigrants, instead of white people, yet another huge tax break.
DeleteThis is what we voted for.
I thought it was the lying. Wasn't it the lying? Or is that just a bonus?
DeleteThat, and so that genocide Don can cheat at golf on the taxpayer’s dime.
DeleteEpstein's sidekick is going to start naming Democrats who went to Pedophile Isle.
DeleteThe Deep State really shut-up Mr. President about releasing the Epstein Files, huh.
DeleteThey slapped the wig off his bald head, to the point he's cowering in the deepest corners of the White House.
So predictable.
So it is OK for Trump to rape children but not Clinton? What kind of sick fuck are you?
DeleteEpstein and Trump were close friends for years. Genocide Don wrote him a very special birthday card, after attending many of his parties with mostly very young girls in attendance. It’s interesting and informative that Epstein is quoted as saying that, aside from young girls, Genocide Don especially liked to fuck his friends’ wives and then rub their faces in it. Fits in with Trump’s psychopathy. How miserable of a human being do you have to be for Epstein to say “Donald Trump is a horrible human being.” The mind boggles.
ReplyDeleteCNN: "The early reviews are in on the new trade deal announced with the European Union — the Financial Times says 'the deal marks a victory for Trump.'"
ReplyDeleteA victory for Trump means a victory for the United States.
DeleteExpect even more illegal immigrants to be hired by corporate America, to handle the economic growth.
DeletePerfect, since tomorrow is TACO Tuesday.
DeleteThe deal is smoke and mirrors. Why are you Trump sycophants so eager to fellate this man?
DeleteIt is also so nakedly corrupt. He brags about pumping and dumping stocks and making billions for his friends and family. He is violating a fucking court ruling on his authority to set tariffs. And sycophantic cocksucking repukes in Congress won't use their legal tariff setting authority. What the fuck is wrong with this fascist piece of shit country?
Delete“What have we meant when we've kept telling you that we humans simply aren't built for this line of work?
ReplyDeleteWhen we've said we simply weren't built for the work of self-government? That we simply aren't up to the task?”
Who says this except those who support autocracy? Somerby spends his time here attacking Democrats and blue voters and the press. As if we are the problem. Somerby should be targeting the billionaires and Republican cronies looting our country not denigrating democracy.
Strangers are immigrants and Somerby does not cal them pals. Who is he trying to fool?
ReplyDeleteFlight logs from Epstein’s private jet, often referred to as the “Lolita Express,” show that Clinton took at least 26 trips on the plane between 2001 and 2003, primarily for Clinton Foundation work, including a well-documented nine-day trip to Africa in 2002 with Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Kevin Spacey, Chris Tucker, and others.
ReplyDeleteIn a 2025 interview, actor Kevin Spacey claimed that Clinton traveled on Epstein’s private jet with “young girls” during a 2002 trip to Africa, reigniting scrutiny about Clinton’s ties to Epstein.
Virginia Giuffre, an alleged victim of Epstein, claimed in a deposition that she saw Bill Clinton on Little St. James. She stated that she was present with Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and “two young girls” from New York, and that Clinton was on the island during her time there. She also mentioned a dinner where two other young women, whom she believed were around 17 years old, were present.
Doug Band, a former top aide to Clinton, told Vanity Fair in 2020 that Clinton visited Little St. James in January 2003. This claim contradicts official statements from Clinton’s team.
This is evidence.
ReplyDeleteVirginia Giuffre, an alleged victim of Epstein, claimed in a deposition that she saw Bill Clinton on Little St. James. She stated that she was present with Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and “two young girls” from New York, and that Clinton was on the island during her time there. She also mentioned a dinner where two other young women, whom she believed were around 17 years old, were present.
Giuffre was such a reliable witness, a future Trump Administration Cabinet member gave Epstein a sweetheart plea deal to avoid prison time.
DeleteACYN posts the outrageous things but he is not a Trump supporter. He is showing how ridiculous Trump's statement was.
ReplyDeleteThe hoax about the Epstein story was that Republicans don't condone child rape.
ReplyDeleteClinton is not president of the USA. Trump is. That's why it matters that Trump was part of Epstein's pedo ring and it does not matter what Clinton did after he left office, not that I believe he would hang around with Epstein.
ReplyDeleteThis massive effort to prove Clinton was there does nothing to rehabilitate Trump. Saying "but he did it too" is not an excuse for abusing girls.
Trump is scum. He needs to resign. Any normal person would have done so long ago. Any normal politician would never have dared to run with this stuff on his record. Why is Trump still in office?
When you're an out and out bigot the Republican Party will let you get away with anything.
DeleteMake Child Rape Great Again
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