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Michael Thole
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Dad of 2 boys in Portland, iOS/macOS developer, ex-Apple/Square/DoorDash, sci-fi & fantasy, coffee & sourdough
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Summary of Trump's involvement in Epstein's sex trafficking: overwhelming evidence that he knew and "strong evidence" that he participated.

Citation numbers refer to the data dump from the Congressional Oversight Committee oversight.house.gov/release/over...
### Knowledge (OVERWHELMING): - ✅ **Own statement:** "Epstein likes beautiful women... many of them are on the younger side" (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022058) - ✅ **Banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago** after underage assault (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013304, HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_010566, HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013463) - ✅ **Visited Epstein's Palm Beach home** where "minors were abused daily" (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013304) - ✅ **Flew on "Lolita Express"** - same plane used for trafficking (Mark Epstein testimony, HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013304) - ✅ **14 phone numbers** in Epstein's directory (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013304) - ✅ **Recruitment occurred at Mar-a-Lago** (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013304, HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_010566) ### Participation (STRONG EVIDENCE): - ✅ **Sworn court declaration:** Raped 13-year-old at 4 parties in 1994 (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025939) - ✅ **Witness corroboration:** "Watched as the child performed various sexual acts on Trump and Epstein even after the two were advised she was a minor" (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030199) - ✅ **Threats to victim:** "Were I ever to reveal any of the details... my family and I would be physically harmed if not killed" (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025939) - ✅ **Reference to disappeared 12-year-old:** "I shouldn't ever say anything if I didn't want to disappear like [a 12-year-old female]" (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025939) - ✅ **Forcible rape:** "Defendant Trump tied me to a bed, exposed himself to me, and then proceeded to forcibly rape me" (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025939) - ✅ **Violence:** "Violently striking me in the face with his open hand and screaming that he would do whatever he wanted" (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025939)
November 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Portland is showing up today! #NoKings #PDX
October 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Ordered this after a Bluesky thread last week from @rebeccacharbon.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Just downloaded my 23andMe raw data (prior to having them delete it forever), and it's a bit surreal having a 15.5 MB txt file containing your own source code.
A screenshot of the 23AndMe .txt file containing the first few lines of genetic code (e.g. AA, GG, CC, etc).
April 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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I had fun trying this out, too.
March 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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ECM Synchronika from Clive Coffee. We invested in it near the start of COVID so it’s easily paid for itself by now 😊 clivecoffee.com/blogs/learn/...
Photo of an ECM Synchronika espresso machine
December 10, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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I’m proud of my homemade cappuccino today! It’s takes sooo much practice to get decent looking latte art
December 10, 2024 at 4:45 PM
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It’s officially Christmas season in our house!
Screencap from Chevy Chase Christmas Vacation movie
December 9, 2024 at 3:09 AM
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I’m excited for Wind and Truth… but I planned my reread poorly and have about 40 hours of book 4 left still 🫠
December 7, 2024 at 1:43 AM
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Feeling overly proud of my self-designed and 3D printed wreath hook today.

Was there a better way? Likely. But I made this and it works!
November 24, 2024 at 10:11 PM
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I am enjoying the iOS/macOS dev starter packs here. Anyone up for a thread showing your workspace setup? I’ll go first.
November 22, 2024 at 6:46 PM