Burn, baby, burn! Trump, Epstein-gate, and the MAGA Conspiracy Universe

I wasn't going to do a post tonight, but today's news about Trump losing control of the Epstein cover-up conspiracy story is so incredible I just can't resist sharing.
And I'm calling it Epstein-gate because why not:

Feels like a tell.

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— Gerald Butts (@gmbutts.bsky.social) July 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM

There is only one way to read Trump’s post today about Epstein - basically a confession. He’s guilty, he knows he’s guilty, his cult isn’t culting on this, and he’s a cornered rat with no way out other than to plead with people not to care about child sex trafficking.

— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) July 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM

Not care about child sex trafficking? Its a core part of the entire MAGA Conspiracy Universe, as Steve M explains:
Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog

LIVE BY THE OOGA-BOOGA, DIE BY THE OOGA-BOOGA
...For much of MAGA, there aren't multiple conspiracies. There's just one big conspiracy: the Deep State runs everything, and Donald Trump is tasked by God with dismantling it and bringing the malefactors to judgment.
According to this worldview, the Deep State created the COVID vaccines (and COVID) in order to kill and maim people. The vaccines are the "Covid fucking bioweapons / Still going into infants and moms."
The same Deep Staters, according to MAGA, are involved in the trafficking of children. Some in MAGA think the primary purpose of border crossing by the undocumented is "the Great Replacement" of white voters with brown voters, and white babies with brown babies -- but our tweeter seems to believe that the main purpose is child exploitation....
...they're all in danger, and it's all Biden's fault. (Everyone in MAGA believes that Biden was a sinister tool of the Deep State, or was controlled by tools of the Deep State -- Barack Obama working remotely? Staffers wielding the evil autopen?)
The problem for Trump now is that his voters have been led to believe that the Epstein client list and the Deep State are exactly the same thing. You and I believe that Epstein procured underage girls for wealthy and influential people, some of whom we don't agree with politically, some of whom we do, and some of whom have no strong political opinions at all. MAGA believes that Epstein was a procurer only for people MAGA hates, and that the entire Deep State was in on this, because child exploitation is central to how the rich and powerful operate.
Trump and the rest of the GOP spread this idea for years, or at least encouraged its spread, by cozying up to QAnon and frequently invoking the notion of the Deep State. Millions of Trump voters fervently believe in this vast conspiracy. Not only do they believe that Trump is a superhero who can crush the conspiracy, they believe crushing this conspiracy is his life's mission. Trump and the party established unrealistic expectations for their voters -- and now they're beginning to pay the price for that.

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It took them over 10 years-despite the evidence being obvious all this time But MAGA is finally discovering that Donald Trump is a liar and NOT some savior of children-but a sex abuser of the worst kind And that MAGA grifters like Pam Bondi and Charlie Kirk are covering up for sex trafficking

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— Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) (@axidentaliberal.bsky.social) July 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM

Truth Social is not taking Trump's Epstein post well

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— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) July 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM

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— George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) July 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM

General Flynn is considered a hero in QAnon world, which is one of the main hubs of the Epstein conspiracies that are now mainstream.

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— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yasharali.bsky.social) July 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM

She’s so close to getting it Pssst, megyn — it’s #2

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— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) July 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM

Elon adds fuel to the Epstein fire.

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— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yasharali.bsky.social) July 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM

It’s been 5 days and the Epstein coverup is still rapidly gaining steam as Trump desperately tries and fails to change the subject.

— God (@thegodpodcast.com) July 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM

- yeah, like by threatening to take away Rosie O'Donnell's American citizenship because she insulted him in 2006....except that she was born in America, and most of MAGA doesn't even remember who Rosie O'Donnell is anyway.

Which disposable leg-rider will trump throw under the maga bus tomorrow to appease the mouth-breathers? A) Crosseyed kash patel B) pam bondi C) dan 'toaster head' bongino D) Blame it on elon

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— Roger ZenAF (@rogerzenaf.bsky.social) July 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM