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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
From what I understand, there have been serious rape accusations against him. I'm not sure if any were underage, but I think they might have been.
Oh God! Natural light!It's in reference to a lawsuit
claiming that Trump sexually assaulted an underage girl four times in 1994.
No idea about the validity of the claim. There are elements that sound outlandish, but that's usually true of rape so, y'know. Not going to be the guy saying, "This totally happened," but I'm not going to be the guy saying, "Let's just dismiss the rape accusation because bitches always be lying" either.
edited 24th Aug '16 11:39:19 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.One poll found that Trump is one point ahead, in Missouri of all states.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.Note that I'm only talking about Republican politicians. There are still a bunch of moderate Republican voters. It remains to be seen whether most of them are going to hold their nose and vote Democrat, hold their nose and vote Trump, or just stay home on election day — but the polling doesn't look good for Trump.
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.The Tea Party as a whole was devastating for Moderates on Both Sides. The Tea Party primaried out Moderate Republicans and then won elections against Blue Dog Democrats. Only now does it seem like Moderate Republican voters have gotten fed up of the more extremist voices in the Republican Party.
Wizard Needs Food BadlySo the byline to the rape charge article has Julian Assange say that Wikileaks is "working on" obtaining and releasing Trump's tax returns
, though the site itself later used the "Just Joking" Justification in regards to it.
The nambla thing is a sort of internet conspiracy to get trump to release his tax returns. If we can get actual people to accuse him of it and make it a talking point he might actually be forced to release his tax returns
Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?![]()
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I think we need to retire the idea that Wikileaks is trying to make America a better place. They're not Well Intentioned Extremists anymore(if they ever were). They're enemies of the state.
No, but we could stop paying them any credence as honest purveyors of information.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"To Assange, America is the Evil Empire, and thus any and all actions against it are justified. I tend to agree on the "Empire" part (evil is pointlessly inflammatory and arbitrary though), but not on the conclusion that anything that weakens the United States necessarily leaves the world better off. Especially if you're pushing it towards fascism.

Colbert uses extremely scientific methods and the latest in advanced technology to examine the Clinton Foundation Email Scandal.
God, we really are going to keep hearing "Hillary Email Scandal" trumpeted out until the heat death of the universe, aren't we?
edited 24th Aug '16 11:12:29 AM by TobiasDrake
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