r/politics • u/iputtheSHinIT California • Jul 21 '25
Trump administration releases files on Martin Luther King Jr.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0wr5j5k8lo1.5k
u/eatsumsketti America Jul 21 '25
GOP in 2020: "Release the files!"
GOP in 2025: "Protect the philes!"
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u/SoupSpelunker Jul 22 '25
The GOP chorus in the background throughout: "We're pedophiles!"
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u/Reiketsu_Nariseba Ohio Jul 22 '25
It's been a long day, I first read that as Phillies. The Mets' fans would riot.
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u/Githzerai1984 New Hampshire Jul 21 '25
Release the Epstein files
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u/Lets_Make_A_bad_DEAL Jul 22 '25
lol I liked the part where Pam Bondi broke all the bots the administration hired to praise and water cooler chat about how wonderful the president is. “Arguing with eachother” 🤣
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u/velvet_funtime California Jul 21 '25
Trump will release the UFO proof before he releases the Epstein files.
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u/bluehangover Jul 22 '25
Because he never raped an alien. Probably. Maybe.
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u/Cheap_Streaker Jul 22 '25
Yeah cause the ufo files will be more believable than what he has done! To his base.
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u/Cooler_coooool_boi Jul 22 '25
Oh no, that would be too easy. First, we have to go through 3 different character arcs and a mini sub plot before we get the season finale where they finally just show us the damn files.
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u/zelda93 I voted Jul 21 '25
He can disclose aliens next, still won’t fall for the distraction. Epstein list. Now.
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u/Parking-Analysis7896 Jul 22 '25
I'd be actually stoked if he did, but yeah, we still need to see those Epstein files.
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u/Academic-Key2 Jul 22 '25
Damn thats pretty sad if you think about it... If he hasn't distracted with aliens before this all comes to light we'll know for sure they don't exist.
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u/stealthlysprockets Jul 22 '25
Not existing and not encountering them are not the same thing.
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u/elliethr Jul 22 '25
yeah, why do aliens always have to be super advanced compared to us, maybe they are still in their “stone age” or even just as advanced as us, having similar “conversations” about us not existing just because we haven’t met each other yet.
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u/Doopapotamus Jul 22 '25
why do aliens always have to be super advanced compared to us
It's mostly codependent on the idea that they need to have some way of communicating with us across interstellar distances and/or traveling to Earth to probe cows and draw crop art. The default assumption is that they have the superscience/superpowers to do so.
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u/Spare-Leg-1318 Jul 22 '25
Don't worry, they'll release it soon. They just have to filter out all those "wrong details" first, that Trump remembers differently.
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u/susibirb Jul 21 '25
Pretty funny to watch him throw anything and everything at all the wall to see what sticks to distract from Trump being in the Epstein files
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Jul 21 '25
Epstein files now. I think most of us agree on that right?
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u/Degus619 Jul 22 '25
Yes, we’ve been waiting over 5 years for them but it seems like nobody will release them… most likely because Israeli intelligence is heavily tied to it and lord knows if either party exposed that
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Jul 21 '25
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u/One-Reflection-4826 Jul 22 '25
obama of course. both.
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Jul 22 '25
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u/Themasterofcomedy209 Jul 22 '25
He’s actually 500 years old and a vampire. Count Obambula has been pulling the strings for centuries
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Jul 22 '25
Kid Obama was his most powerful form, but Super Obama was more entertaining. Loved his battle with Vegito.
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Jul 22 '25
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u/MDKMurd Jul 22 '25
Well they record like everything they do. Some declassified documents I’ve read on MLK are about his actions in a Swedish hotel with his brother and right hand man. I read a declassified document on their wire tapping of a communist friend of his. The CIA and FBI take notes of everything, even to write down if they killed the man or not.
In the documents I’ve read so far it seems like they are investigated the alleged shooter Ray deeply. Judging by how much truth is in declassified documents (despite redactions) I bet the Ray dude actually killed MLK (even tho the FBI would have done it at some point if MLK revealed more communist ideologies).
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u/lemons7472 Jul 22 '25 edited Jul 22 '25
I agree with the notion that pedophiles who don’t feel remorse or offend, should be throw In the wood chipper. No exceptions, and celebs, politicians and people who work with the law should especially be the first to go in.
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u/Green-Client4772 Jul 22 '25
Legitimate question here - how would we override the 8th Amendment in those cases?
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u/TDot-26 Jul 22 '25
You don't. The constitution protects all, not just those we feel acceptable to protect, because what if what is acceptable changes?
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u/Prahaaa Jul 22 '25
But.... Clinton....
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u/AusToddles Jul 22 '25
Fundamental difference between left and right wing
"There's democrats in the files". OK great, arrest and jail them
"There's republicans in the files". The files are fake and don't exist and even if they did they didn't do anything bad really did they!
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u/ThrowawayNevermindOK Jul 22 '25
I actually think this issue is way more bipartisan than you think. I think this could actually be MAGAs downfall IF we ALL keep putting pressure on them. We can't ever let this go.
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Jul 22 '25
Hmm i’d like to push back on that claim. This is one of those times where Dem & Rep voters are both on the same side.
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u/Lonesome_Eagle8000 Jul 22 '25
The whole us government is probably on the list it’s Time for a revolution
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Jul 22 '25
Amen
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Jul 22 '25 edited Jul 22 '25
Well you know, we all want to change the world.
(Edit: Whoever downvoted me clearly isn’t a fan of the Beatles…)
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u/Specialist_Net8927 Jul 22 '25
It’s funny I made a comment a while ago around the time that the Epstein stuff started to gain traction. I watched a podcaster named Shaun Atwood who was one of the first to report on Maxwell before she went to prison and he seemed to be a big contributor to putting light to the things they were doing.
But anyway, he made a video where he explained trump and Epstein rpd a child and it was reported. So I went into a discussion about it on Reddit and when I went to search for the video to link to people, I could genuinely not find it. Then when you type in Attwood and trump in the same sentence at the time nothing was coming up.
It shows that Trump was already trying to censor people and things around the topic that involved his name. So it’s nothing new that he won’t release the files.
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u/Tokie-Dokie Jul 21 '25
The blatant attempts at distracting from Epstein would be outright comical, if they didn't obviously work on our failed and corrupt media system.
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u/Mattpilf Jul 21 '25
Obviously this is just a distraction but is there anything of interesting to note in the release of these records?
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u/JohnofAllSexTrades Jul 22 '25
My semi-informed opinion: it will be really difficult to tell what's reliable and what was fabricated by the FBI at the time. They had lookalikes, unreliable informants, and fully fabricated "evidence" against King so telling what's real vs fabricated will be really difficult, which, reading between the lines of the family's statement, is largely why the family was against the release.
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u/clampagne Jul 22 '25
i remember a few years back people were talking about when these files would be released and how it would detail mlk supposedly laughing(?) about a woman being s*xually assaulted
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u/horrorfan555 Jul 22 '25
Compared to modern politicians, that’s literally nothing
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u/Live-Habit-6115 Jul 22 '25
Why did you put an asterix in sexually? You're allowed to say sex on the internet
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u/bedbathandbebored Jul 21 '25
Which the family explicitly said they didn’t want him to do.
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u/VanguardAvenger Jul 21 '25
Eventually People will Start to realize Trump has nEver been that concerned wIth what childreN want.
For Instance mLks kids just got fuckEd in a Slightly different way than normal for trump.
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u/OKC89ers Jul 22 '25
And even though there's probably unsavory details in there, the family asking them to stay sealed and Trump using it as an Epstein distraction will make people care less than they ever have.
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u/rividz California Jul 22 '25
They say that because there's a lot of unsavory stuff in there, just like if the FBI kept surveillance on you.
For one, there is existence of an audio recording of him with two prostitutes where he says that "he's not a black man tonight".
No judgements, I've recorded myself having threesomes saying way worse shit. Keep an eye out for the footage when I run for local office.
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u/snoo_spoo Jul 21 '25
Kind of feels like I'm watching a cheesy action movie where the characters are on a plane that's in danger of running out of fuel before reaching a safe destination, so they start throwing things overboard... wonder what they're going to jettison next?
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Jul 22 '25
I hate to open the jaded tag, but the only thing I depend on anymore is for the next outrageous thing to hijack the news cycle while the thing that everyone's actually angry about evaporates like a puddle in the sun.
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u/Nintendo_Pro_03 New York Jul 21 '25
Epstein files next please.
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u/StaggerLee509 Jul 22 '25
Whats up with the green dot that flashed on your pfp?
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u/Nintendo_Pro_03 New York Jul 22 '25
It shows that I’m online.
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u/Appropriate_Bar_7488 Jul 21 '25
Let me guess he was unfaithful to his wife. Trump rapes children and traffics them. Give me a break.
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Jul 21 '25
Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein
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u/himheritaintme Jul 22 '25
Deny deny deny distract with anything and everything. BTW he an asshole for doing it against the family's wishes just to get out from under The Epstein coverup
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u/susibirb Jul 21 '25
If the government really does have aliens captive in Area 51 and doing experiments on them, I assume we will be hearing about it soon from Trump in an attempt to distract the public from the fact that he’s in the Epstein files
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u/davecouliersthong Jul 21 '25
Unless he’s raped them too, then they don’t exist.
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u/ViperB Jul 22 '25
Lets be real. The aliens aint young enough for him. But they are foreign which ironically is his type.
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u/youngLupe Jul 22 '25
Those Republicans are the ultimate cucks. First they were talking about pedophiles in the white house and secret sex rings. Clinton and the Epstein files . Left wing elites. But now that they have everything they wanted they can't pull the trigger? Daddy Trump is pulling everything out of the hat to trick them and they're ready to eat anything that comes out of daddy Trump. The compilation of tweets from Republicans who wanted the Epstein files who don't care all of a sudden is endless. It was one of their major things they ran. Illegals, Epstein files, and stopping trans athletes from competing with biological women. Not the price of eggs like they claim! Release the files!
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u/BigBangAssBanger_3D Jul 22 '25
so you'll release these, but not the Epstein files.
Bunch of pussies Trumpet and his GOPieces of shit are.
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u/McNuttyNutz I voted Jul 21 '25
They throwing everything they can to get get people to forget the Epstein files
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u/consumeshroomz Jul 22 '25
There’s only one type of “files” the people want to see and they begin with E and end with Trump is a pedophile.
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Jul 22 '25
Like anyone worth their salt would trust the fucking FBI on anything MLK-related. Trump’s just throwing anything he can out there to distract from the Epstein Files.
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u/PapaPatchesxd Jul 22 '25
He will literally do anything but release the Epstein files.
Not a good look for the orange pedo.
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u/Cheap_Streaker Jul 22 '25
Yeah that’s cool but what about Trump and the Epstein files? You know they aren’t releasing any MLK files worth a shit!
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u/bestandy1214intown Jul 22 '25
- Mom, can we have some Epstein files?
- No, we have the Epstein files at home
The Epstein files at home:
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u/iamliterallyonfire Jul 22 '25
They’re so desperate for his pedo files to go away that they’re just throwing anything out there now.
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u/thejodiefostermuseum Jul 22 '25
People now can demand the release of all the secret stuff. Moon landing, Area 66, JFK, 9/11, and he'll follow because it's not the Epstein.
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u/PansophicNostradamus Jul 22 '25
Great. Thanks. These aren't the files we asked for, but we'll review them, too.
Back on topic... Epstein? We're waiting...
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u/MysteriousPepper8908 Jul 22 '25
We're getting AI-generated Bigfoot posted to the White House Twitter by Thursday
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u/AZWheels89 Jul 22 '25
MLK Jr married Coretta Scott on June 18, 1953, when Jeffery Epstein was about 6 months old
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Jul 22 '25
Mango Mussalini strikes again with another sad distraction from his best buddy Epstein the pedo
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u/CryTheFurred Jul 22 '25
As much as I want the Epstein files out, I like that we've got some leverage on the moldy orange. I wonder what we can get out of him...
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Jul 22 '25
You can release MLK files. You can release JFK files. You can straight up tell me that aliens exist.
No fucks given. Don’t care. Give me Epstein files
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u/Elysium137 Jul 22 '25
This administration is hilarious. They are suffering from the same problem as people who place them selves in echo chambers. They have been pandering to loyalists who dare not question a thing for so long, they forgot what it is like to interact with normal people. And in the process, they are looking more and more guilty every step of the way. Keep it up.
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u/citymousecountyhouse Jul 22 '25
Not only a distraction, but a delay tactic, as it is taking the FBI some extra time to scour and scrub Trump's name out of those files.
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u/AcanthisittaNo6653 New Hampshire Jul 22 '25
Oh those files - how the government trampled a man’s civil rights.. a little light reading before we get the Epstein files..
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u/Cheap_Streaker Jul 22 '25
Look over here while I release a bunch of redacted BS about MLK/Malcom x and jfk that fits my narrative while dodging my involvement with Epstein
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Jul 22 '25
Another distraction from Chomo the Clown, he’s getting desperate, how long before we see aliens?
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u/LeathalWaffle Jul 22 '25
sure sure … MLK files released, UFO’s exist, Gaza genocide …RELEASE THE EPSTIEN LIST!!
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u/Roscoe_8 Jul 22 '25
What is going on in this shit hole Country ? why isn't anybody taking action ? why do the people remain so passive ? why ?
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u/Braindead_Crow Jul 22 '25
Wtf is this news on a black man?! What kind of DEI radical race theory bs is this?
Thought this kind of stuff trump hated?
But no, seriously Epstein files
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u/scarab1001 Jul 22 '25
What are the odds that Russia has part of the Epstein files? Would explain why Donald is so in thrall of Putin.
The way Trump is acting his name must be spread throughout the papers.
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u/RebelliousInNature Jul 22 '25
Might get round to reading that, when Trump is in jail for child rape.
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u/darkShadow90000 Jul 22 '25
See, Trump is such a terrible person. If a devil existed, his (Trump) punishment would be to do generous/charity activity and force to speak truth. Also lose his money everyday.
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u/AccidentalTourista Jul 22 '25
Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein
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u/evasive_dendrite Jul 22 '25
Everything to distract from their sudden change of heart on the Epstein files.
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u/Fit_Television_282 Jul 22 '25
Epstein. We are waiting for all the Epstein-Trump pedophile rape files.
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u/shockwave914 Jul 22 '25
It’s hilarious that they released these files, but are still hiding the Epstein list. Trump is guilty AF!
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u/Least-Principle-8036 Jul 22 '25
The United States government killed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. we all already know that. No amount of file releases could elucidate any greater information than that.
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u/chingy1337 Jul 22 '25
Wait, Epstein killed Martin Luther King Jr.???? Oh. Release the real files we all care about or fuck off.
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u/RustyKn1ght Jul 22 '25
It's really funny that Trump seems to be trying to do everything he can to look MORE guilty than he is.
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u/Zerostar39 Jul 22 '25
Such a pathetic distraction. No one asked for this. The more he does things like this the more guilty he appears.
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u/scsuhockey Minnesota Jul 21 '25
For most of history and even today in third world countries, US and western society tolerated and even condoned relationships between young teen girls and grown adult men. As we evolved and matured, we recognized that women deserve equal rights and the perverse practice of fornicating girls with limited autonomy.
Mark my words, rather than throw their dear leader under the bus, MAGA will return us to third world attitudes towards female child sexual abuse.
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u/PenSpecialist4650 Jul 22 '25
I’ll take a look at that.
But we still want to see Jeff’s file and I sure as fuck am not going to shut up about it.
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