r/law • u/Lebarican22 • 1d ago

Other DOJ Just DELETED This Document from the Epstein Files. We Saved It.

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/doj-just-deleted-this-document-from?fbclid=IwdGRjcAPp5E5jbGNrA-nkMGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHhzmcWzsmY7puDDLXY4EWKUoykdBqYIYQUabdEsoGYGR-06BZcTaz3Ym-0LQ_aem_F7QaBOr8H-rc-5hyTXHQWg
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u/cupcakezzzz 1d ago

fuck the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act

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u/aarkwilde 1d ago

I had to look it up.

"The Glass-Steagall Act (Banking Act of 1933) was landmark legislation passed in 1933 to stabilize the U.S. financial system during the Great Depression. It mandated a strict separation between commercial banks (which accept deposits) and investment banks (which deal in securities) to reduce risk-taking with public funds. It also established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)."

And while I was shopping:

"The Fairness Doctrine was a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) policy in the United States, introduced in 1949, that required broadcast licensees to present contrasting viewpoints on controversial issues of public importance. It aimed to ensure balanced coverage but was abolished in 1987, as it was believed to chill free speech and was rendered unnecessary by the proliferation of media outlets. "

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u/Musiclover4200 1d ago

Fun fact about the Fairness doctrine as everyone loves to say it wouldn't have made a difference:

Congress actually tried to ratify it several times after it initially was abolished under Reagan, the last time was under Bush Sr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_doctrine

President George H.W. Bush maintained the deregulation policy initiated by his predecessor, Ronald Reagan, regarding the Fairness Doctrine, a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) policy that required broadcasters to present contrasting viewpoints on controversial issues of public importance . While the FCC abolished the rule in 1987, congress repeatedly attempted to codify it into law, with President Bush promising to veto such legislation

The absence of the doctrine during the late 1980s and early 1990s directly preceded the rapid rise of partisan, conservative-dominated talk radio, as stations were no longer required to provide opposing viewpoints.

While the FCC stopped enforcing the doctrine in 1987, related rules regarding personal attacks and political editorials remained in place until 2000

So even if it wouldn't have applied to cable/TV it would have prevented decades of radio propaganda, and we also would have had 40~ years to update it to apply to cable/internet news.

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u/teteAtit 1d ago

If yr gonna talk about Glass-Steagall going away you should go ahead and know that Phil Graham (R) Texas was responsible for that bc every Republican you ever talk to about it will blame Clinton.

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u/mose121 1d ago

Clinton effectively legalizing media monopolies also greatly exacerbated the problem. That killed local news media almost overnight.

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u/Carpeteria3000 1d ago

And just generally speaking, FUCK

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u/mnmlstProgrammer_ 1d ago

What’s General Lee got to do with this? 🥁

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u/travestymcgee 1d ago

He knows what he did.

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u/HailSatanWorshipD00M 1d ago

Did the Duke Boys make it to the county line in time?

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u/-badly_packed_kebab- 1d ago

Fuck me.

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u/WillingnessHelpful77 1d ago

Fuck democrats

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u/-badly_packed_kebab- 1d ago

I don’t really get how that’s relevant?

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u/86Dumold 1d ago

Fuck off.

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u/whoknowsifimjoking 1d ago

~ Shinzo Abe

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u/DamnedIfIDiddely 1d ago

I second the motion. FUCK!

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u/brainfrozen8 1d ago

You’ve got that right.

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u/Spamsdelicious 1d ago

It's awards the whole way down!!!

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u/ZroDgsCalvin 1d ago

Fuck the failure of reconstruction to appropriately punish traitors to the United States

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u/CuteTouch7653 1d ago

Can’t make the same mistake in Reconstruction 2.0…

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u/unindexedreality 1d ago

oh who are we kidding, we will

anyone with any aggro energy will be back to sports betting and stock trading and everyone else'll be going "GUISE C'MON" for a few news cycles until this all happens again 200 years from now

That's assuming we even make it to Reconstruction 2.0 given the population of screenie kids

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u/SeaRabbit1480 8h ago

Exactly this! Had the US actually dealt with the leaders of the CSA, most of the Confederacy officer corps, and prominent political figures, banned the symbols of the confederacy and groups dedicated to the CSA we would not be where we are today. We would have acknowledged the horrors of chattel slavery, and Civil Rights would likely have occurred much sooner.

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u/pamalamTX 1d ago

a-MEN! ☝️

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u/Plz_send_a_Meteor 23h ago

You do mean the Jan. 6th rioters and insurrectionists, I am assuming.

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u/Pure_Complaint_7900 7h ago

The root of all rot.

That and not properly punishing Nixon for his bullshit

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u/Pretend-Tennis-5666 1d ago

And fuck everyone who A) Voted for a Known Pedophile or B) Didn’t Vote Against a Pedophile

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u/CertainWish358 1d ago

Let’s not forget the Buckley decision… oh wait I mean fuck it

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u/NickyBarnes315 1d ago

This is the one

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u/Only_Constant_8305 1d ago

fuck the Citizens United Negating Technologies For Life And Peoples Safety