alt.hn

3/9/2026 at 4:21:28 PM

Peter Thiel and Jeffrey Epstein Had a Yearslong Relationship

https://jacobin.com/2026/03/thiel-epstein-barak-ai-israel/

by johnbarron

3/9/2026 at 5:15:07 PM

This war against Iran is really an Israeli and US effort to distract from the high ranking pedos.

by juliusceasar

3/9/2026 at 5:25:42 PM

The manner in which the U.S. was abruptly dragged in certainly warrants some clarification. Americans stranded, potential allies caught by surprise, no plan, no end game other than complete and total surrender. What does that mean. I appreciate many will have their own interpretations but objectively what does it mean.

by testbjjl

3/9/2026 at 5:33:08 PM

I’ve heard from interviews of former gov emps that their understanding is there was months long surveillance and planning.

by mc32

3/9/2026 at 5:47:23 PM

I heard from interviews on the news in response to comments made by a U.S. Senator that asking for help without being included in the planning is shortsighted. It’s difficult to know why, what isn’t happening, has happened. Something tells me complete and total surrender will be difficult to objectively measure, especially in the longer term. $1b per day before boots are on the ground seems expensive for squishy outcomes.

by testbjjl

3/9/2026 at 5:52:13 PM

An Instagram video I saw (yeah I know, great source) said that the idea is to cut off oil supply to China, which was getting it from Venezuela and Iran. That the 2 events are connected is new to me, and it's surprising considering the Trump regime acts seemingly more like a chicken with its head cut off.

But maybe it's all in service to Putin, who will now get to fill his war chest with the profits of the high-priced oil he can sell to China, and India...

by netsharc

3/9/2026 at 6:25:46 PM

It is the cause of the war (blackmail) not a distraction from it.

by hexyl_C_gut

3/9/2026 at 6:34:45 PM

Exactly. Trump is a populist. He backs down on issues he finds are unpopular. But he’s doubling down in his pro-Zionist, pro-Israel, anti-Iran stances. When a populist stops doing what is popular, they are revealing their core values—or in this case, he’s revealing who owns him.

by octopoc

3/9/2026 at 7:48:03 PM

Who owns him?

by libertine

3/9/2026 at 10:15:54 PM

Israel, because they compromised him through the Epstein operation

by _menelaus

3/9/2026 at 10:39:27 PM

According to the report[0] presented by Sen. Shelden Whitehouse, everything points in the direction of Epstein working for Russia.

[0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InWPxsba878

by libertine

3/9/2026 at 5:45:00 PM

Was Stuxnet a part of this effort?

by zetanor

3/9/2026 at 11:09:10 PM

Operation Epstein Fury is in full swing and will be over any week now, we promise.

by heavyset_go

3/9/2026 at 9:02:13 PM

I wonder who on the outside of the Epstein operation had the best access to its recordings. Was it Israel (via Mossad)? Was it Putin (via who the heck knows)? Maybe both of them did.

But related to this speculation, I would like to read more about the relationship between those two. There's something rotten in the state of it.

by euroderf

3/9/2026 at 9:58:11 PM

I get the impression that Trump viewed kompromat honey traps as an all-you-can-eat buffet, and Epstein was only a tip of the iceberg. It lessens the individual power each has over you when you can play them off against one another - "Yes Mr Putin Sir, I would love to do that for you but I have to check with Israel and everyone else first". So probably all of the above - Israel via Epstein, Putin via whomever Trump got all those loans from, etc.

by mindslight

3/9/2026 at 7:10:09 PM

Trying to dilute what's really happening with a broader conspiracy theory isn't helpful.

Isn't what the administration doing directly to influence the case enough to be a red flag?

Let the war be what it is: an incompetent decision that will be costly in all aspects.

by libertine

3/9/2026 at 5:42:20 PM

Incredibly fanciful and ignorant take

by gos9

3/9/2026 at 6:06:27 PM

Any further details?

by CamperBob2

3/9/2026 at 6:40:54 PM

Maybe New Zealand could revisit his eligibility for citizenship.

by ztetranz

3/9/2026 at 5:35:19 PM

I think most people can understand that this is an issue.

But what's the solution?

What do we do about billionaire sex criminals conspiring to dominate children and the entire world?

by Teever

3/9/2026 at 5:36:21 PM

Prison

by iancmceachern

3/9/2026 at 5:49:06 PM

There's a bunch of steps before prison that do not work.

by garbagepatch

3/9/2026 at 6:03:29 PM

The system must be reworked to make it work.

by lawn

3/9/2026 at 7:14:57 PM

There's even more steps to reworking the system that have been designed not to work...

by Stedag

3/9/2026 at 9:12:09 PM

Yeah, the steps to make the law apply to billionaires too. Systematically and all the time, before they rape teenagers. Like, punish then when they are defrauding first time.

by watwut

3/9/2026 at 5:54:01 PM

They can't do it without us. First thing is we should probably do is stop helping them.

by Fricken

3/9/2026 at 8:45:30 PM

Step one is making them feel unwelcome in society. Follow them around. Protest in front of their houses. Never let them have a quiet meal at a restaurant. Shame anyone who does business with them. Make Thiel and his fellows sequester in their little bunkers.

by tastyface

3/9/2026 at 7:16:40 PM

[dead]

by butterbomb