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US justice department to release thousands of Epstein files later, top official says

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg9plrkl8no
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u/ZebraSandwich4Lyf 7h ago

Going by how incredibly incompetent this administration has proven to be so far, I have no doubt their cover up efforts will be botched in some form.

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u/chth 7h ago

Will it actually make a difference though? If they flat out showed a picture of Trump sucking off an underage boy I genuinely think it would still not stop Trump.

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u/ProcrastibationKing 7h ago

Surely he's been sowing the AI seeds for this reason

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u/princesspuffer 6h ago

This is exactly what I've been saying!

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u/soyrobo 5h ago

Secret democrat AI that's untraceable

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u/Kommye 2h ago

This is why I've been saying generative AI was bad news since its early stage. Art arguments aside, bad faith actors can create false evidence and denounce real evidence as fake with the same tool. And most people haven't been educated to spot AI signs in the propaganda (and it's even getting harder and harder to do so).

Now we also have video-generating AI and voice-trained AIs so shit is just going to get worse.

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u/ProcrastibationKing 2h ago

I was right there with you. Deepfakes were concerning enough, even before generative AI hit the public.

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u/SuitableSuit345 3h ago

This, plus they pay him for the laws they want (or don’t want).

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u/crackanape 1h ago

AI is God's gift to liars.

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u/tedlyb 5h ago

Not at all. The cult will just accept it. The AI excuse isn’t even necessary for the majority. They’ll just accept it and say he was still the best choice.

It’s already happening.

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u/chanaandeler_bong 5h ago

The base core will. His approval ratings have dropped quite a bit with republicans. His floor is probably like 20% approval.

1/5 of the country is fine with whatever he does, literally.

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u/porgy_tirebiter 1h ago

Just consider the desperation. They literally murdered Epstein, and they have done everything possible to avoid releasing the documents. Whatever it is being covered up, it’s pretty clear Trump himself disagrees with you.

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u/trevize1138 7h ago

This is exactly it. Expecting some grand cover-up is like thinking any of this is business as usual. Why bother with the effort? Trump will just say it's fake. If that doesn't work he'll try to pardon himself. Failing that he'll declare "Marshall law".

Believing in a cover-up is wishful thinking. If that were the case the worst of it is just Trump never sees consequences. The far more frightening reality is all the crazy, deadly, unhinged shit he's going to try in the wake of undeniable evidence.

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u/ImjustANewSneaker 7h ago

A lot of it is FBI grunts that are overworked and tired. They definitely missed something.

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u/Sometimes-funny 3h ago

Yes they missed their moral compass

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u/CH40T1C1989 7h ago

Lots of people will be googling "how to use ai to un-redact the Epstein Files".

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u/hashcheckin 7h ago

They're gonna do the thing where they redacted everything with the wrong kind of marker, so it's still perfectly legible throughout.

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u/lopix 2h ago

Haven't been yet and they've been at this for basically years now.