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28. That's reality

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 02:08 PM

Jul 16

Seriously.

I have scanned through other news sites that have basically said the same thing - Politico just had a piece on it this morning - https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/16/democrats-jeffrey-esptein-attacks-polling-memos-00455063 (they used the term - "stoking the online flames" ).

NBC had a missive about it a couple days ago - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democrats-put-previous-misgivings-hit-trump-jeffrey-epstein-files-rcna218608 (they use the term - "poking the bear" ).

And all most care about, "as a business", is the "bottom line". The clicks and views.

If you have this brewing brouhaha that will give them something to waste 1/2 of their main website pages on and people are reading it, then they will help to keep it going.

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Democrats are trolling Trump and the GOP over the Jeffrey Epstein case [View all] BumRushDaShow Jul 16 OP

"trolling" Who writes these ridiculous headlines? Prairie Gates Jul 16 #1

Young people BumRushDaShow Jul 16 #4

Wow Prairie Gates Jul 16 #5

How would you describe Democrats' sudden focus on BumRushDaShow Jul 16 #6

And people wonder why you continue to see BumRushDaShow Jul 16 #18

Is the use of "troll" concerned with race, then? muriel_volestrangler Jul 16 #20

That's reality BumRushDaShow Jul 16 #28

It's crap writing. Seriously. muriel_volestrangler Jul 16 #29

But isn't that a problem that people have complained about BumRushDaShow Jul 16 #30

The Colombia School of Journalism had a blip about that BumRushDaShow Jul 16 #32

But that implies that the person doing the trolling Miguelito Loveless Jul 16 #11

Is that a comparison you want to make? muriel_volestrangler Jul 16 #14

Point taken Miguelito Loveless Jul 16 #19

I wish they would troll him more over the tavernier Jul 16 #3

The MAGats and their QAnon ilk subset BumRushDaShow Jul 16 #9

That's my point tavernier Jul 16 #22

It's called "stirring the pot" BumRushDaShow Jul 16 #24

Sustain the pedo push BoRaGard Jul 16 #7

be careful... myohmy2 Jul 16 #8

It's a trap Johnny2X2X Jul 16 #23

Every day in every way Icanthinkformyself Jul 16 #26