This is exactly what i'm thinking too. Someone in the justice department with a small flame of conscience left said "ok boss, i'll do it" and then did it in such a way that they knew could easily be undone.
I might rewatch it some time, just seeing this short gif instantly brought back some memories or feelings I had during peak Covid. Some memories and feelings I had forgotten about.
I have been praying that there were people who were going to take a whole lot of shit from people they cared about in order to be "trustworthy" to the regime so that they could stay in the room and bear witness/gather evidence.
I hope that's what this was. But whether that or the fact that 2025 has been like an episode of World's Dumbest Criminals - with such a heavy emphasis on the DUMB - I'm happy that this is seeing the light of day. Finally!
I haven’t confirmed myself but from what I’ve heard there’s enough legitimately sensitive data that’s actually appropriately redacted (e.g. names of minor victims) that it leans more towards malicious compliance.
This is not true I just tested this. All of the documents are photos, go ahead and try it yourself. Adobe has a premier encryption method for the blackouts it’s a key sales point to legal law firms.
"Assuming you actually know how to use it." Is the sticking point here. If you don't lock the redactions and save the PDF properly, you do leave them open for the world to discover. Also, it's amazing what opening a PDF document in Adobe Illustrator can do to break protections if you know how to "create outlines".
Acrobat can do that, too, but I’ll admit they make it too easy to leave the metadata in place. I hadn’t used Powerpdf in a while. Maybe I should check it out again.
lmao jesus. there's a redact tool in acrobat that actually deletes content behind the redacted selection but they couldn't even be bothered to use that. dying
CBS just cut a 60 minutes segment on CECOT because dear leader said so. Major news outlets are run by billionaires, and they all have a vested interest in doing his bidding. It's up to small, independent outlets and regular people to do the dirty work that used to be more common place in journalism in the past. Social media is one of the last places for this to happen and is why Trump and company are trying to pressure and censor these apps.
So why don’t you reach out to actual journalists or movements that are against Trump? And why aren’t you sending it to people here that are asking for it?
I'm really hoping that some individual or organization (or hopefully many) have quickly downloaded every single page the government has put up of the Epstein files, so they can all be republished with the black bars removed (hopefully,y scrubbing any names of actual victims). No doubt the "Justice" Department will be working quickly to pull down all these semi-unredacted versions, so they can out up properly redacted versions ... sometime.
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Either stupidity or malicious “compliance” by disgruntled workers.
This is exactly what i'm thinking too. Someone in the justice department with a small flame of conscience left said "ok boss, i'll do it" and then did it in such a way that they knew could easily be undone.
What was this show called again? Good News Show or something?
Even the peak Covid days seemed like a better time than the times we live in today.
It was called Some Good News!
Thanks!
I might rewatch it some time, just seeing this short gif instantly brought back some memories or feelings I had during peak Covid. Some memories and feelings I had forgotten about.
His episode with the cast of Hamilton surprising a kid was absolutely awesome.
Beyond that, HIGHLIGHTED!
I have been praying that there were people who were going to take a whole lot of shit from people they cared about in order to be "trustworthy" to the regime so that they could stay in the room and bear witness/gather evidence.
I hope that's what this was. But whether that or the fact that 2025 has been like an episode of World's Dumbest Criminals - with such a heavy emphasis on the DUMB - I'm happy that this is seeing the light of day. Finally!
I haven’t confirmed myself but from what I’ve heard there’s enough legitimately sensitive data that’s actually appropriately redacted (e.g. names of minor victims) that it leans more towards malicious compliance.
Either way, access to the full account
People really should have kept quiet about this until the DOJ said they released everything. They've probably fixed it now for any future releases.
That requires senior officials to have a brain
They have
I didnt even need to copy paste. I just highlighted it and I can see straight through it.
https://preview.redd.it/ua6upz68t19g1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eec4f4939c2ef89810612ceac9c2ae44ae84f624
We need the original pdf now as they’ve been updated but yeah pretty much all there is to it
I don't suppose someone downloaded the original... ?
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There likely are but I haven’t come across any yet
Hi I have original
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This is not true I just tested this. All of the documents are photos, go ahead and try it yourself. Adobe has a premier encryption method for the blackouts it’s a key sales point to legal law firms.
It was with the original pdfs. They’ve since been replaced since this info came out yesterday
So do we have copies of the unredacted ones?
I don’t know if “we” do. There are many folks who downloaded the originals and I’m sure they are sharing.
Seconded. Adobe Acrobat is far and away the best, fastest way to apply permanent redactions to a PDF, assuming you actually know how to use it.
"Assuming you actually know how to use it." Is the sticking point here. If you don't lock the redactions and save the PDF properly, you do leave them open for the world to discover. Also, it's amazing what opening a PDF document in Adobe Illustrator can do to break protections if you know how to "create outlines".
Disagree. Powerpdf is class best at doing this. Even removes metadata and everything once redacted.
Acrobat can do that, too, but I’ll admit they make it too easy to leave the metadata in place. I hadn’t used Powerpdf in a while. Maybe I should check it out again.
I think some workers did it on purpose because all that was shady as fuck
lmao jesus. there's a redact tool in acrobat that actually deletes content behind the redacted selection but they couldn't even be bothered to use that. dying
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I've seen it being talked about in a few places.
It is on YouTube. Regular news is too busy tucking tail so they don't get sued by Naranjo.
CBS just cut a 60 minutes segment on CECOT because dear leader said so. Major news outlets are run by billionaires, and they all have a vested interest in doing his bidding. It's up to small, independent outlets and regular people to do the dirty work that used to be more common place in journalism in the past. Social media is one of the last places for this to happen and is why Trump and company are trying to pressure and censor these apps.
There is a 12 minute clip out there of the CECOT 60 min vid. Probably more to come.
I really, really love this for him.
Were they all copied first? Because I foresee technical difficulties on the DOJ website.
They're bungling everything intentionally so that they can say we can't trust what's real and what's not.
I think they're just incompetent
That too
Post them now. Is there no webpage yet?
Someone DM ME I have the whole unredacted black book I need someone with karma or a journalist to
Send it to me
Just start sending it out to all of us, it'll get reposted and reposted and will eventually pick up steam
So why don’t you reach out to actual journalists or movements that are against Trump? And why aren’t you sending it to people here that are asking for it?
Lmao.
I'm really hoping that some individual or organization (or hopefully many) have quickly downloaded every single page the government has put up of the Epstein files, so they can all be republished with the black bars removed (hopefully,y scrubbing any names of actual victims). No doubt the "Justice" Department will be working quickly to pull down all these semi-unredacted versions, so they can out up properly redacted versions ... sometime.
So has anyone done that? 😉
At least they didn't use word shapes with fill
I’m pretty sure they did this exact same dumbass thing last term.
So new details soon?
So what has come to light so far?
We let these guys decide who lives or dies 🤦🏽♂️
Did you message me? I don’t see? I have sent them to people
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FBI…..LIVES!!
anyhow, whoever left that backdoor is risking his/her employment and maybe their freedom, anonimous heros,...I salute you!!!! 🫡