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Elon Musk and Jeffrey Epstein


Isn't it past time we flush this ugly fellow out of our national politics and conversation, now?

I don't mean President Trump.  For now I'll give him a bye.  The guy we need to flush at long last is ... Elon Musk. Seen in the photo here with one of his exes, the actress Talulah Riley, best known for Westworld. 

Musk busted pleading to visit Pedo Island in Epstein files

The world's richest man repeatedly sought to arrange a visit to "Little St James," aka Epstein's island or Lolita island. In particular, in November 2012, Epstein emailed Musk in expectation of such a visit, asking about logistics, "how many people will you be for the heli to island?" 

The future head of the US Department on Government Efficiency responded, "Probably just Talulah and me. What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?" Musk had divorced Talulah in March of that year. Plainly though  they had not cut each other off entirely: they would remarry in mid 2013 (and re-divorce later, but who's counting?). 

Anyway, their planned escapable to the island for one of those wild nights doesn't seem to have come off, but it is difficult to believe that this fellow so eagerly asking for the WILDEST available "party," did not know exactly who he was asking or what that would entail. 

Even if you want to believe that his Sieg Heil of the newly inaugurated President of the United States in January 2025 was something other than a Sieg Heil, you must by now understand how reckless it was or is to let this person have any political authority at all. 

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  1. HenryFebruary 5, 2026 at 6:58 AM

    To be reckless implies having good intentions. Trump is never reckless; he does evil deliberately. (I'll qualify that. A person might be reckless in his efforts to do evil, and, as a result, those efforts might fail.)

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