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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Spoiler he did

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 hours ago

You sound like a StuPid DEMONRAT for Wanting to Know if the President RAPED CHILDREN!

[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 10 points 10 hours ago

Schrodinger's Pedo. he could have committed the crimes, he could be innocent.

neither outcome is going to threaten his power. thats the problem, the Files could come out tonight, doctored, or legit, and regardless of what happens, he'll still be the President tommorow, and GOP Congress will never impeach him.

[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 13 points 12 hours ago

You already know he did

[–] bigbabybilly@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

You talkin’ about ol’ President Pedorapist? I can’t say for certain. Oh wait. Yes I can.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 19 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

You're crazy, but not because you want to know this stuff. Anyone in their right mind should want to know (and a few of us crazies want to know too).

Sadly, we know things like this have already proven to be true.

Donald Trump is a rapist.

Getting more information on it, would only serve to prove how much he's committed these acts. Nothing more.

At this point, I'm not sure if he's not guilty of anything, really. Every time I turn around there seems to be evidence, a conviction, or at least a strong probability that the cheeto has broken some law. I think it would be better just to make a bingo card from the laws we don't know that he's broken, so when it comes to light that he did, indeed break those laws, we can have a little fun yelling "bingo!" As our cards fill up.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I'd be a little surprised if he's personally committed any murders; I'd be shocked if he hasn't ordered any committed

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Donald Trump is a high functioning psychopath. People like him drive others to suicide and order lesser idiots to do the killing for him, and usually in an indirect manner to avoid any direct culpability.

So is he responsible for some classic old fashion murder? Yes, but did he actually kill anyone with his own hands? I doubt it.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 6 points 12 hours ago

Bingo. I doubt he's personally pulled the trigger because I doubt he wants to get his hands dirty; he has people for that

[–] Bunbury@feddit.nl 18 points 17 hours ago

Of course he did. The ones he’s been found guilty of at least. But with how much he doesn’t want the files out there’s definitely some extra ones in there.

[–] MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca 27 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

call me crazy, but i thought we already knew he did? I mean multiple victims are on the record saying he did. We just happen to be ignoring it.

what I really want to know is why we as a country are 1. still paying taxes to a government that doesn't represent us; 2. not collectively rioting and burning shit to the ground.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 4 points 16 hours ago

You're crazy! (You asked)

The other things you said are, to my knowledge, correct.

[–] peaceful_world_view@lemmy.world 16 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Spoiler Alert: He did, Trump is a rapist pedo.

[–] Zwrt@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Subjectively i have little doubt this is true. And my faith for legal institutions to do what is right is rather low.

That said, has it been legally proven in court that he raped (a child)?

I dont need evidence for me, i need it for when i talk to other people and they ask about such evidence. Regardless of how obvious it is the norm remains innocent till proven guilty.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 3 hours ago

That said, has it been legally proven in court that he raped (a child)?

Nope.

I dont need evidence for me

Shouldn't that concern you?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

He was going to be, before his 14yo accuser was forced to withdrawal her accusation after her and her family received a deluge of death and rape threats from Trump supporters.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 3 hours ago

Linking to sources on that would be useful.

[–] shittydwarf@piefed.social 175 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I mean at this point it's trying to figure out just how many depraved sex crimes he committed

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

34 (Felonies) is the number to beat

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Your right! People must be living in another planet to, at this point, still on the "if"

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 day ago

Every day is another wonderful secret...

[–] npcknapsack@lemmy.ca 81 points 1 day ago (3 children)

We all know he committed depraved sex crimes. We've heard the victims. I'd just like the third party evidence released because we humans would rather believe a little black book than a living, breathing person who was a child when he raped her.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 3 hours ago

Testimony isn't infallible. Quite a bit of science & the Innocence Project to back that up.

[–] limer@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Serial rapists like him can easily have over a thousand victims since he hit puberty. That works out to slightly more than one new victim a month.

He is in the process of harming and killing so many orders of magnitude more people by both his direct and indirect actions.

He is a rapist - probably still hurting people that way now; a thug and a murderer.

People are concerned about his previous victims; and many more Americans are going to die or be hurt from him in the next three years. Including perhaps some reading this.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 15 hours ago

Well fucking said.

I agree that they should release the files. However, not everything is a distraction from that like people on this site seem to believe.

In many cases, the exact opposite is true.

[–] OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago

I'm not sure it even matters because anyone who isn't his supporter already knows and anyone who IS probably believes in alternative facts instead.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago

Hi Crazy, I want to know too.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

Release the Trump/Epstein files

[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Yes, He did!? 🙄

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 91 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don’t care if it might be more tactically savvy for Democrats to talk about other issues.

I mean its not. Its the redmeat his base has wanted for decades and its got him throwing bags of shit out a window. Just keep pushing and don't stop.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

What "the base" wants is blood in the water. We missed that opportunity as soon as Biden handed the keys to the DOJ over, back in January.

If Trump really does show up with "The List" (which isn't really a list, but a compilation of various other documents that people keep pretending is a big binder called "Names of People Who Fucked Kids" that we're going to get a copy of) and his name is emblazoned across it a thousand times... what happens next? Does Thomas Massie not vote on the next "Gut The EPA Act of 2025"? Will Trump's next court nominee fail confirmation? Do we recall our Navy from the coast of Venezuela? Is the genocide in Gaza going to end? Is it finally Mueller Time?

I've seen "Release the Epstein List!" in a thousand fundraising emails. I've heard it in speeches. I've got spam texts about it from Roganites and Third Way and Communist Party USA.

Nobody seems to be doing anything else but this. Nothing appears to be improving.

Just keep pushing and don’t stop.

Pushing what? Don't stop what?

Are you writing your Congresscritters about this on the reg? Are you in contact with your state's District Attorney? Did you show up at the Epstein Victims Rally, after shoving your way through all the National Guard and ICE goons patrolling DC?

Or do you just mean "Don't stop posting"?

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

It is expedient for dividing their power & turning them against each other, something Democrats & progressives should keenly understand from so much self-infliction.

If Trump really does show up with “The List” (which isn’t really a list, but a compilation of various other documents that people keep pretending is a big binder called “Names of People Who Fucked Kids” that we’re going to get a copy of) and his name is emblazoned across it a thousand times… what happens next?

Funny you mention that: how do we know any of it actually exists outside Qanon conspiracy theories the press has reported for years? While I don't deny the expediency of myths for ruining enemies, are people outside right-wing conspiracy theory communities seriously subscribing to the idea this wasn't pulled out of some right-winger's ass?

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 52 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Raping E. Jean Carroll not depraved enough for them? How low is the bar here?

[–] JustARegularNerd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Quite low, as it turns out. Linked at the end of this article was this depressing read of Trump supporters saying "Get over it."

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Every day I'm shocked more victims don't cut off dicks. Imagine where we'd be if one of his first victims castrated his ass.

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[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We know he did. I want to know all of them. And then I want to see the Americans do absolutely nothing about it because that will just be the starkest on its face proof of the reality of that lazy ass do nothing culture. It will shatter all of that countries veil of moral superiority over the rest of the world.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 12 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

It will shatter nothing. More kids have been shot in schools than ever visited the island, and thoughts and prayers is the only answer. If literally dead kids don't prove anything, neither will a list of names. It will be called a hoax, a witch hunt, and quickly forgotten.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

By Americans maybe. But not by the rest of the world.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 11 hours ago

Which already have abysmal opinions of the guy, plus it's irrelevant...

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We've answered this question. The answer is yes. The follow on question "does America care", appears to be a resounding "nope".

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Care" is a spectrum. Taken as an aggregate, I'd say America is somewhere above, "frowny face" and somewhere below "getting shot to death by the National Guard while vainly storming the White House."

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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'd like to know whether he's stopped.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

We do know, because he did

[–] echo@lemmings.world 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We already know, so what are you really saying?

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[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago

He did. We know this. Proven in court.

How varied those crimes were, remains to be fully proven.

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

i mean we know he did it. we’ve seen the evidence and testimony. this fascist won’t fall because of these charges; he’s already a convicted felon and has been impeached before…

and sadly thanks to modern american marketing an distraction, this won’t inspire revolution either. :(

this is just distraction from the fact that he’s still supporting a fucking genocide.

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago

He is a disgusting pervert. Pure evil. Im not saying I would attempt anything against him, but I guarantee I wouldn't notice ANYTHING if someone else happened to do so.

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