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[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tuesday's release represents a small, outstanding tranche of the more than six million pages of records collected by the National Archives -- the majority of which have already been declassified and are available online or in person for review, according to the agency.

So not quite as spectacular as will probably be heralded by Trump's followers. But maybe there's some new information in the minority of new pages/documents that could be off interest to JFK conspiracy theorists.

[–] lemmy_user_838586@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago

There will be nothing new. Its just another distraction technique to keep people talking about things other than the awful things Trump is doing.

[–] PurpleSkull@lemm.ee 61 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This is how you virtue signal on the right. If there was anything juicy in those files it would have been headlined by the White House already. His idiot followers now pat themselves on the back for this "great win against the swamp", while never reading a single line themselves from the records and forgetting all about it by tomorrow. Great distraction, but now I'm curios what Trump is trying to distract from.

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Epstein files.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

now I'm curious what Trump is trying to distract from

/Gestures around generally

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

thumbs through Foundation of Geopolitics

I think we're at the bit where Ukraine gets annexed but i skimmed so maybe I'm wrong.

[–] randoogle@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

Violating court orders

[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

unredacted Epstein’s or I sleep

[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago
[–] sleezer@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

They're not going to release anything that hasn't been released already. It's another method of flooding the zone with garage and distractions from what people need to be paying attention to

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's up to some bullshit now. Distract people with the JFK papers whilst he executes Daddy Pussytin's bidding.

[–] hansolo@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Not even. It's a two-pronged populist treat.

  1. You did the thing and released the docs.

  2. No matter what comes out, it will be boring and droll. And the documents being old means there will be gaps. That allllllllllll pushes the far right conspiracy loons directly into "tha Deep State did um!"

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

If there ever was anything interesting in those files, they had 60 years to make them vanish.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I knew it, Betty Crocker assassinated JFK. She's always cooking up something.

[–] captainjaneway@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She famously said, "let them eat cake".

[–] Zier@fedia.io 2 points 1 year ago

As she baked them a 6 tier poison one!

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If it were somehow revealed he was assassinated by the CIA or secret service or some other government agency, what exactly would that do at this point? Give Trump an excuse to dismantle it and authorize the creation of a new intelligence/enforcement agency with deeper and more covert and loyal power tendrils, like a new SS?

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Accidental discharge by a hungover secret servicemen is actually a reasonably plausible scenario from what I've read, and yes, you're spot-on.

The current secret service also investigates financial crimes, which is politically unwise under an avowed financial crook president.

[–] SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah, this is the theory that I've held since seeing a documentary investigating the whole incident. And for the life of me I cannot recall the name.

I find it far easier to believe the CIA would scramble to cover up a colossal fuck-up over any shadowy conspiracy of assassination. Incompetence is more reliable than competence, in a way.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

God, can you imagine killing JFK by accident and having to sit on that secret forever because the FBI doesn’t want to get a bad reputation?

[–] ReputedlyDeplorable@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There is info that the Dr. MLK assassination was linked. The weird thing is that it looks like this is all related to what is happening now. Russia, probably working with people inside the US government, wanted JFK and MLK dead to sow division. Though I think the people involved in the US just wanted power/didn’t like the change JFK and MLK represented, and weren’t in on the sow discord part. But intent or not it did have that effect.

Divided people are easier to control, so maybe they were in on the sow division part and really didn’t care. It would be on brand.

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's pretty amazing FDR was able to stick around for as long as he did. I guess we can thank Major General Smedley D. Butler a little bit for that.

[–] Donebrach@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

who cares? I’d rather know why certain media is not available to consume on certain platforms. the guy got shot like 70 years ago. so what?

[–] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Sure but remember the staunchest Republicans may largely be boomers in their 60s and 70s. For many of them, JFK was in their formative years and had immense staying power in their minds and in media for years and years and years afterward. Not unlike 9/11 to 14-year-old me and the ensuing two decades of massive longlasting consequences -- whether I like it or not, it was a singular event that defined a generation

[–] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 10 points 1 year ago

😂 Trump is so untrustworthy I can already tell these files contain nothing of substance that wasn't already known. More BS lip service from our resident traitor-in-chief.

[–] fertile_floortile@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can anyone recommend a podcast or YouTuber that stays up to date or sums up new findings?