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2026-02-01 12:46:32

benroyce@mastodon.social

There are plausible allegations of #childRape against the President of the #USA and the firehose of bullshit and attention spans are such that it registers meekly

Any other time in my life and for several lifespans before mine it would be the biggest fucking thing

Not to sound like a feeble old man yelling at clouds but it feels like the world is sick and broken in a way I don't understand

Is this #news going to fade by next week to a blip due to some new bullshit?

1/3

#EpsteinFiles #Trump

2026-02-01 12:49:56

Der Rest ist Schweigen …

diekehrseite@mastodon.social

@benroyce i want to puke!

2026-02-01 12:55:37

Emilio ʕ̡̢̡ʘ̅͟͜͡ʘ̲̅ʔ̢̡̢🇩🇰

Minimac@mastodon.world

@benroyce he's damn sick, bro!

2026-02-01 12:57:57

Ben Royce 🇺🇦 🇸🇩

benroyce@mastodon.social

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#EpsteinFiles #Trump

2026-02-01 13:08:09

George B

gbargoud@masto.nyc

@benroyce

The news may fade on mainstream news services but enough people will remember to make sure that this follows him to the end.

2026-02-01 13:15:35

Doc AWFL*

Tarheel@theatl.social

@benroyce I hear ya. But I remind myself that just because we're not out here screaming about it doesn't mean we don't remember. Or that we're not doing something. Or lying in wait 🐍

2026-02-01 13:26:49

Brian Gordon

elasticsoul@mastodon.social

@benroyce

It's sad, tragic really. But the corporate media enables Trump, and #MAGA Republicans (which is all of them now) seem fine with a pedophile president. Their mask is off: all they ever wanted was power for themselves and hate for everyone else.

"There are plausible allegations of #childRape against the President of the #USA and the firehose of bullshit and attention spans are such that it registers meekly"

2026-02-01 13:49:21

Stachelgarten

fflyn@mastodon.social

@benroyce

As an early member of Generation X, I grew up with values that are often completely at odds with those of today. How can it be that a wider part of society ignores child abuse? In the past, people would have kicked down the door if a politician or even a president had molested children, but today these filthy pigs are protected. What the hell is wrong with this world?

2026-02-01 13:52:03

Дими́трий

saltywizard@beige.party

@benroyce

time to burn it all down and start over

2026-02-01 14:07:32

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

@Ben Royce 🇺🇦 🇸🇩 Yes, "biggest fucking thing" is exactly the correct way to put it 😄

2026-02-01 14:38:04

Ben

ben444@mastodon.online

@benroyce I think by now, most people know and understand how "flooding the zone" works. What I really don't understand is how these things do not have consequences. Neither the corruption nor the child rape allegations. Why did things like this used to have consequences? What changed. I am honestly baffled, but I would like to understand.

2026-02-01 14:41:02

DyingWorld 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

DyingWorld@mastodon.social

@benroyce the idea that this could somehow be normalized is absolutely revolting!

I've said it elsewhere, but if these monsters get away with this it only empowers them to do worse things

2026-02-01 14:52:15

Kristen

kristen_d@mastodon.social

@benroyce I hope it's crystal-clear now why the frenzied fascist takeover is necessary.

Trump and Musk are the tip of the iceberg. Billionaire men from all over the world paid Jeffrey Epstein to rape girls. And they are being protected here by Pam Bondi.

Putin is enabling this.

2026-02-01 15:05:37

xs4me2

xs4me2@mastodon.social

@benroyce

Trust me, I had just the same observation…

Flooding the zone, it is called.

2026-02-01 15:06:36

David Benfell, Ph.D. (he/him/his)

benfell@infosec.exchange

@benroyce

Short answer: yes.

With the Donald Trump administration it is one or more outrages after yet other outrages, all diverting attention from each other.

2026-02-01 15:15:41

Mirishuli

MiriShuli@mstdn.social

@benroyce We are sick and broken in ways most of us don’t understand. We are also in an abusive situation and many cannot name this as abuse.

2026-02-01 15:31:09

Jesse McClure :progress_pride:

jmcclure@sciences.social

@benroyce

Having (and lying about) oral sex with a grown adult intern with some degree of "consent"* ended Bill Clinton's career. Yet Trump has raped underage girls and it barely seems to register against his other crimes.

* nb on "consent", this feels like the wrong word here. She was not forced and went along willingly, potentially even initiating it to some degree, but I don't believe it can be truly consensual with that much of a power imbalance.

2026-02-01 15:55:55

Spiritual Annie ☮️

SpiritualAnnie@chattrbx.com

@benroyce

As a sexual assault survivor, I appreciate the sentiment, but we've known he's a predator for a long time. E. Jean Carroll won in her suits against him. There are plenty of other credible accusations against him, one of which was a 13YO who withdrew her lawsuit out of fear of retaliation. He was elected anyway, then reelected.

If he could be charged or sued, I'd love to see it. He probably can't be. And right now there are more important things going on, like saving our country.

2026-02-01 15:58:50

Dave Volek

davevolek@mastodon.social

@benroyce

An invasion of Greenland would change the news cycle. If this happens, that would be another masterful manipulation of the media.

Nobody is questioning the system, which elected this person in 2016.

2026-02-01 16:10:57

Scary Austin

MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social

@benroyce
I think we have to believe the evidence of our own eyes, by which I mean the election results from yesterday. Also the public response to the bridge protest I attended yesterday was overwhelming. When we protest over the interstate downtown we always did get a lot of honks, but some periods of silence. Yesterday almost everyone on the interstate honked for us continuously for over two hours straight. Passers by thanked us and many joined in. It was unlike anything I've seen so far.

2026-02-01 18:03:23

Yoshimatsu ✅🇺🇸 🇺🇦

Yoshi@toot.community

@benroyce It will fade as soon as Nicki Minaj or some other MAGAt drops a new song. Or if an overpaid NFL jock says he loves MAGAmoron.

2026-02-01 18:12:27

KanaMauna

KanaMauna@sauropods.win

@benroyce Yes, because the people who own the media are the same people in the Epstein files. However, that doesn’t mean the rest of us aren’t paying attention. Look at that smashing upset in Texas. The “official”news will quickly fade, but not our knowledge.

2026-02-01 19:00:35

Scale Theory

SCALETHEORY@mastodon.social

This is the useless local news when the government is crumbling and corruption is at it worst. Presidents, senators get away with treason and they don't scream poor losing so many subscribers. The press doesn't need money, they're so rich they sustain <br />themselves is a lesson to learn for the next society we evolve to. Who will be the next forefathers and foremothers this time, experience?

@benroyce

How many stories and how many days in a row did we hear about Clinton from the degrading press, still hyped as left wing? And Benghazi from the other Clinton, OMFG! That's like what just happened one morning and happened again that evening to this oligarchy.
What's happening to us now is worse than 9-11 that GWB promised to bring to justice, but Obama just executed without a trial.

Not the Onion my a$$...

This is local news for ya, useless and they love it never screaming poor.

2026-02-01 22:05:40

sb arms & legs

sb@metroholografix.ca

@benroyce
Remember the news cycle back when bubba got a blowie?

2026-02-02 06:38:43

Jay 🇺🇦

Soulshine@mastodon.social

@benroyce

RuZZian AND Israeli intelligence AND the fascist tech Billionaires are doing what they can to protect him.
Reading "Mindfuck" by Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie really opened my eyes...and that's just about how Donnie got his first term. The tech Billionaires have since joined fascism much more openly. And Israel has tiktok now and started banning critical voices.
Donnie has the best cleanup crew and yet the streets are boiling over.

2026-02-02 14:26:10

Jess👾

JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange

@benroyce In a normal world, this would all at LEAST trigger a dozen Congressional investigations and screaming about a special prosecutor. Granted a large number are "a friend told me a thing, but I won't name myself nor my friend" sorts of low credibility allegations, but to not even attempt to follow up is sheer neglegent, probably intentionally som