So I wake up, turn the t.v. and yell "Damage Report!" and today

[Baitball Blogger]

we hear that Epstein claimed that the first "suicide attempt" (July 23) was actually an attempt on his life. Why didn't we hear about this before? He had a prison mate in that cell.

Listening to the guest on #AMJoy.

[dhol82]

1. Heard that and said the same thing.

How come we never heard it before?

[Dennis Donovan]

2. Carol Leonnig of the WaPo

She's a GREAT investigative reporter!

[PSPS]

3. "Why didn't we hear about this before?"

Maybe because it's not true.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. I agree we need a second source.

[GemDigger]

5. It was mentioned at the time.

That was the reason for the suicide watch.

[Anon-C]

6. Here is one of the DU threads from the first attempt.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2345648

[uponit7771]

7. K&R, cuz it would be harder to post condensation about Trump's doj

[lostnfound]

8. He didn't go to the hospital then. Clumsy cover story.

On a completely unrelated topic, does anybody know what the first steps are in giving someone a new face? Asking for a friend. Because I am not a conspiracy theorist. I am a wannabe dystopian literature writer.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. I'm there with you.

[lostnfound]

10. In the dystopian fiction, the cellmate is an "ex-cop" who killed and buried 4 bodies in his yard

The ex-cop would be arrested the month after the election of November 2016, a month before the inauguration. Prosecuted by Preet Bharara. Bet a guy like that would look the other way, say whatever someone wanted him to say.

[Baitball Blogger]

11. When I write the story about my dystopian, dysfunctional community,

I was thinking of writing back to back what happened based on public records, and then following it up with all the background information about this community. You know, the kind of things that a writer would need to establish a foundation. Certainly, fact is stranger than fiction.

What should be understood by the people who insist on using traditional methods to push their crooked purposes, is that technology has come a long way. And people's patience has run out.

Certainly it is going to be difficult for Barr's prison system to explain this huge lapse because this is not 1980.

[lostnfound]

12. I disagree, because it isn't 1980, it's 1984...

Truth and fiction arrive as an avalanche on the devices of every citizen, and no human can be expected to distinguish which is which anymore. By the end of 2020, I suspect we will have seen dozens of faked videos trashing candidates for office, new trending conspiracy theories and conspiracy theories about the conspiracy theories, and probably a lot of justice-department-led inquisitions into whether or not Democrat’s attempted to steal some elections... in other word, truth turned on its head.

I have dear friends with moderate views who are basically apolitical; if I tried to explain to them anything going on in the government, they wouldn’t believe me or they’d be overwhelmed because it conflicts with the filtered “information” arriving on their devices.

The right wing cabal inoculates people against the truth. Bottom line, I don’t think Barr will be compelled to explain anything, about this or anything much else. I hope I’m wrong. But the power that they have amassed and consolidated is astonishing.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. 1984, yes, of course. But when you look at what is happening in small town,

local government, it isn't difficult to connect the dots. They like to rely on an ignorant, but greedy populace. Personally, I believe we should start at the local level and work our way up.