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Sogo (6,841 posts)

Here's an attorney friend of mine's take on the "scrubbing" of the Epstein files:

"But something else occurred to me which may cut against the notion of scrubbing the files.
All the Epstein files in the possession of the DOJ were presumably obtained over the the course of multiple investigations and interviews, including discovery in legal proceedings, including the criminal cases against Maxwell and Epstein.
In the ordinary course of document discovery, the documents obtained are numbered - lawyers call it Bates numbering after the old Bates automatic numbering “machines” (heavy stamping devices that rotated an inked number wheel to sequentially hand-number documents.)
The way it works is that all documents are scanned into a computer, usually converted to pdf if they already exist in an electronic file format, and then a computer program like Acrobat Pro, automatically, sequentially numbers them (it could be hundreds of thousands of documents) very quickly.
The numbering app within the program also allows for other alphanumeric characters to be added as either headers or footers, to function, for example as source identifier.
So a Bates number might be GM-0000001 (first document from Ghislaine Maxwell) or JE-0000001 (from Jeffrey Epstein).
Most commonly the Bates number is placed in the lower right hand corner of every page.
It is nearly impossible to unnumber the pages. So, if there is a mass document dump, all the pages should be, at least theoretically, sequentially numbered.
If pages are pulled, there will be gaps in the sequence of numbers..
Now, the program that does the Bates numbering also allows for redactions of words or word sequences (names are words) and it is certainly possible to conceal information via redactions and claim “victim privacy protection,” as if these corrupt grifters cared about that at all. They can redact whole pages, preserving the numerical page sequence while functionally not producing any information.
We will all have a better sense of the particular subterfuge being employed later in the week."

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220811780

Thomas Crooks: Trump Assassin's Shocking Trans 'Furry' Fantasies Revealed as Norwegian National with Antifa Links Raise Fresh Questions

Donald Trump's would-be assassin reportedly used "they/them" pronouns on a website known for hosting explicit "furry" content. Thomas Crooks, the gunman who shot Trump at a 2024 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, has been linked to two DeviantArt accounts under the names "epicmicrowave" and "theepicmicrowave."

DeviantArt is known for hosting adult artwork featuring "furries," or human-animal hybrid characters. The profiles linked to Crooks reportedly used "they/them" pronouns, and his activity on the site pointed to an interest in cartoon-style characters with muscular male bodies and female heads. The revelation comes more than a year after social media remained abuzz with conspiracy theories surrounding Crooks and his motive behind shooting Trump.

The Trump administration has expanded its immigration enforcement efforts to Charlotte, North Carolina, with the launch of Operation Charlotte’s Web on Saturday.

Federal officials said the operation is focused on arresting criminal illegal aliens living in the city.
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The Department of Homeland Security said state and local officials failed to cooperate with federal requests to detain individuals flagged for immigration violations.

DHS said that 1,400 detainer requests were not honored, resulting in offenders being released back into the community.
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Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino said that more than 80 individuals were arrested on the first day of the operation.

He noted that the majority of those taken into custody had “significant criminal and immigration history.”
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Bovino also posted several examples of recent arrests in Charlotte on X.

“Let’s paint this picture for you. An illegal alien from Mexico gets deported 4 times, strolls back to Charlotte, then racks up a hit & run AND a DUI/DWI?” he wrote.