Epstein, Trump, And MAGA's Misogynist Mythology

Epstein, Trump, And MAGA's Misogynist Mythology

I never met Virginia Giuffre, but I knew a lot about her. The first time I read her name was in the summer of 2019, long after her years as one of dozens, perhaps hundreds, of teen girls and young women lured into Jeffrey Epstein’s world and passed around “like a plate of fruit,” as she put it, to powerful men. Her name was prominent in hundreds of pages of court documents from a defamation case Giuffre had filed against Epstein procurer, Ghisla…

"Release the Epstein files!" QAnoners freak out over Trump's failed promise

MAGA cultists — who think Satan-worshipping Democrats eat babies while running the world – placed their redemption hopes in mythical "Epstein files" that would expose it all. Their chosen messiah…

How MAGA's Epstein obsession underscores conspiracy theorists' 'merger' with the GOP

Never Trump conservatives cringe whenever QAnon's name is mentioned, often citing the far-right conspiracy movement as a prime example of why they hold the MAGA movement in such low regard. Yet many allies of President Donald Trump's allies have a history of promoting QAnon's conspiracy theories, from FBI Director Kash Patel to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia).In an article published on April 30, Salon's Amanda Marcotte details QAnon's in…

MAGA in chaos after Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre dies

A decade in, it's getting harder to believe Trump will expose the secret Satanic Democratic cabal ruling the world

"Still no Epstein files": After Virginia Giuffre dies, MAGA conspiracists struggle to keep the faith

It seemed as though QAnon was everywhere a few years ago, but in recent months, the name of this infamous Donald Trump-worshipping cult has faded from headlines. Sadly, it's not because they went away. Instead, the already-porous boundary between the mainstream GOP and the conspiracy cult has…