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Email leak

Love the way the section on the email leak is 75% speculation about the Russians being behind it and nothing about the contents. Even if the Russians are behind it, that should not take away from how damning those emails are for the Dems and Clinton. ^{[citation needed]}

It's like if your worst enemy send your wife photos of you cheating on her, and your defense is that your worst enemy is a terrible person. OK, but you still cheated on your wife.

Ohare

Podesta was born and raised right near O'Hare airport.

Epstein Connections

Scandals carefully not mentioned in the article.

Latest comment: 3 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

As one would expect of a Wikipedia article concerning a leftist, the scandals around Mr Podesta are carefully not mentioned - for example his alleged use of known sexual code language in e.mails to Mr Epstein and associates. ~2026-56337-4 (talk) 08:43, 4 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia:Lunatic charlatans Tim985 (talk) 05:05, 10 May 2026 (UTC)Reply