Mega Edition: The Original Jeffrey Epstein Investigation And Those Who Handled It (8/30/26)

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What's up everyone and welcome to another episode of the
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Epstein Chronicles. Every time something awful happens, a mass shooting
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at a music festival, a terrorist attack, a scandal that
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should blow the roof off the carpeted halls of power,
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the first thing that the people who run the narrative
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do is reach for the bleach. They scrub. They sanitize.
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They slap on a neat little label, just an isolated incident,
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a lone wolf, an anomaly. And then, They roll the footage,
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release the talking points, and everybody goes back to business
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like there's nothing left to see. And they do it
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because it works. You can call it crisis management, call
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it PR, call it whatever legalese keeps them sleeping at night.
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The goal is the same. Shrink the story until it
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fits inside a press release. Shrink the culpability until it
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reads like bad luck instead of the structural rot that
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it is. Make it personal. Make it accidental. Make it
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feel small. If you can convince people it was a
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single broken cog, you saved the machine. Well now, they're
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trying that trick with Jeffrey Epstein. Watch them pivot. A
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solitary predator. A private deviant. A tragic aberration. Yo, we
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all know that that's the play. Frame them as a
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lone wolf. A freak. A bad apple. And then breathe
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easy while your donors, your banks, your charities, your institutions,
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your titled friends slip off the hook. They sanitize the
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story to protect the reputations that matter, not to deliver
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justice that matters. So my advice is, don't let them
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get away with that neat little narrative. This is not
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an aberration you can lock in a drawer and forget.
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What this is, is a roadmap of who protected them,
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who profited from proximity, who looked the other way while
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predators ran the playground. Call that shit out when they
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try to flatten it into a single name, a single villain.
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Because the truth is, never that tidy. And the covering up?
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Never is either. So, here's what I think. You know
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what's funny? Not funny like ha ha, but funny like
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you want to smash your fist into a wall? This
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whole entire cover up. You know, the one that's happening
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right now in front of our eyes. I mean, you
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can smell it from here. It's not subtle. It's not clever.
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It's not some high-level mystery. It's blunt, it's brazen, and
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it's them saying, we own this game, and you're too
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dumb to stop us. At least to me, that's what
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it feels like. It's not even a cover-up anymore. It's
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a taunt. They're looking right at us and going, yeah,
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we did it, so what? What are you going to
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do about it? And the worst part is, They're daring
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us to forget. And it's obscene. Every time they trot
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out those little corporate scripted lines, we're investigating. We are
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cooperating fully. Our hands are tied by legal process. You
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can almost hear these idiots snickering behind the curtain. And
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we're supposed to nod like trained seals, clap our flippers
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together and say, wow, what integrity? No, that is not integrity.
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That's not justice. That's not accountability. What that is, is
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Broadway theater built for the cameras. And the actors are
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people that are wearing tailored suits and pitching us rehearsed outrage.
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We have survivors that are still screaming, the files are
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still sealed, and we're all supposed to pat ourselves on
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the back because some committee barked at some witness for
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15 minutes? And the We Didn't Know chorus? Don't even
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get me started on that garbage. Don't even dare stand
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there and insult people's intelligence like that. You flew on
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his planes, you stayed at his palaces, you watched him
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surround himself with girls who looked like they were cutting
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gym class, and your brain just went totally normal? Please,
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you knew. Every last one of you sons of bitches knew.
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You didn't care. You didn't care because he had money.
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You didn't care because he opened doors. You didn't care
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because those parties were worth it. You knew, and you
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chose to look away. And of course, once they're caught,
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then come the crocodile tears. The shocked and appalled statements,
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oh suddenly, they're a pearl clutching, now that the receipts
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are public, now that the emails are leaked, now that
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their names got dragged back into the daylight. You can
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miss me with that. Where was the shock when you
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were cashing his checks? Where was the outrage when you
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were smiling in those photographs? Where is the horror when
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you were bringing him around your kids for God's sakes?
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Don't act brand new now. You weren't shocked. You weren't outraged.
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What you were was comfortable. What you were was complicit.
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You were climbing that social ladder and you were damn
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happy to take the boost. And of course, we can't
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talk about a cover-up without talking about Congress. You know,
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the three-ring circus. Those hearings are nothing more than kabuki theater.
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Cameras flashing. Politicians pounding their fists on desks. Acting like
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they're going to rip the whole thing open once and
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for all. And then... What happens? Well, the curtain drops,
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the lights go out, and guess what? The files stay sealed,
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the names stay redacted, and the survivors in the public?
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We're still waiting. And of course, no cover-ups complete without
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the FBI. The mighty FBI. They can chase you down
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for pirating movies or forgetting to pay your taxes. But
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when it comes to the most infamous predator on the planet,
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suddenly they're helpless. Suddenly, it all becomes very complicated. Suddenly,
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it's ongoing. Ongoing since when? The motherfucking Stone Age? He
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was throwing up red flags so bright you could have
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seen them from the moon and somehow they missed it? Nah,
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they didn't miss it. They looked away. And why did
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they look away? Because that is the rule of the game, folks.
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Power protects power. Period. End of story. And that's not possible.
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If you don't have the charities that become their favorite shield,
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we've all seen the story play out. Donate a wing
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to a hospital, fund a scholarship, put your name on
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a building, and suddenly, you become untouchable. Like philanthropy cancels out, predation,
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like cutting a check, erases the screams. It's washing your
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filth in public goodwill, and the worst part? These big-name
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institutions knew. They knew the money was dirty. They took
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it anyway. smiled for them cameras, took the checks, and
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pretended their hands were clean, and now, now, they want
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to be sorry? And of course no great cover-up can
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ever be completed without the complicity of the legacy media,
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and boy, they have plenty of blood on their hands.
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Half of them treated it like celebrity gossip, like a
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dirty little sidebar story, the other half ignored it outright
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until the clicks got too loud to ignore. You see, survivors,
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they don't get to move on. They don't get to
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bury it. They live with this shit every day. But
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the press, they move on like it was a canceled
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TV show. And then they wonder why nobody trusts them anymore. Yo,
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it's not rocket science. You made your choice. You gave
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the powerful cover and you left the powerless to rot.
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And you know what all of these people have in common?
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It's their arrogance. The sheer naked arrogance of all of
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these people. They think that if they stall long enough,
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if they throw enough no comments at the wall, if
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they drag it out just a little more, that the public,
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that means you, will get bored. Like I've told you,
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that's the strategy. They want to wait us out. They
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want us to tire ourselves out. But that's their mistake.
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I think they've underestimated our rage. Some things you don't forget.
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Not in a year. Not in a decade. Not ever.
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Especially when every sealed document is another middle finger in
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all of our faces. Every blacked out name. Another neon
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sign flashing that the rules don't apply to us. Every
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ongoing investigation excuse. Another insult to everyone's intelligence. It's the
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same plays from the same playbook once again. Delay. Deny. distract,
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spin it, stretch it, bury it. The plan is to
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buy time until outrage fades. But outrage doesn't fade when
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it's tied to truth. Rage doesn't have an expiration date.
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And don't for a minute begin with that move on
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garbage and bring that into the conversation. That's the final insult.
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Move on? No, you move on from a breakup. You
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move on from that badass haircut your mom gave you.
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You don't move on from decades of abuse protected by billionaires, politicians, bankers,
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and royals. Move on is code for shut up. And
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I think that it's quite apparent by now that we're
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not shutting up. Not today, not tomorrow, not ten years
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from now. Because again, it's not just about Epstein. Epstein
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was just the tip of the spear. He was the symptom,
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the front man, the monster that they let us see.
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Behind them is the system, the machine, the lawyers who
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close the doors, the politicians who cash the donations, the
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bankers who move the money, the academics who smile for
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the photo ops. That's the institutional rot, and every time
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they bury it, they prove how deep it runs. So yeah,
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I am furious, and I think that you should be too.
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Because if they can bury this, if they can shred
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these files, if they can erase this truth... with the
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whole world watching, then what else do you think that
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they're covering? What else do you think they've buried so
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deep it'll never see daylight? This is the playbook, this
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is how it works, and they're showing it to you
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in real time. So yeah, mock them. Mock every fake apology,
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every staged photo op, every crocodile tear. Mock the politicians
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who pounded their tables for the cameras but refused to
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unseal the records. Mock the institutions that took the money
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and claimed ignorance. Mock the dumbass royals who pretended they
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were too dim to notice what was happening in their
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own guest rooms. Mock them all. Because mockery cuts deeper
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than their PR. And don't you ever forget this. Every stall,
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Every delay, every excuse is proof that they're terrified. They
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wouldn't be working this hard to bury it if the
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truth wasn't catastrophic. If it was nothing, if it was empty,
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they'd have dumped this shit long ago. The fact that
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they're still hiding, still redacting, still stonewalling tells you everything
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you need to know. And here's something that they need
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to know. We're not letting it go. Not now, not ever.
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The survivors deserve better. The truth deserves better. The public
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deserves better. And this outrage, it's not fading. It's not softening.
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It's not going away. It's only building. It's growing hotter
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every day they try to bury it. And when the
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dam finally breaks, when all that rage and disgust and
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truth finally comes crashing down, and it will, every coward,
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every enabler, every power-hungry parasite who played along is going
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to drown in the flood they thought they could hold back.
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All of the information that goes with this episode can
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be found in the description box. What's up everyone and
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welcome to another episode of the Epstein Chronicles. As the
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back and forth argument continues to rage in Congress over
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the discharge petition, we have to remember that this is
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not just another debate. This is not just another bill
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that's destined to die in the committee. This is about
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whether the United States Congress has the backbone to stand up,
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open the books, and let the truth speak louder than fear,
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louder than convenience, and louder than the endless excuses that
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have become second nature when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein.
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The discharge petition exists for one reason only, to be
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used when leadership refuses to act, when politics take precedence
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over accountability, and when the people's right to transparency is
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being smothered by silence. It's a tool designed for moments
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exactly like this one. It's the last safeguard against secrecy,
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the last avenue when the usual channels have been locked down,
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and right now, that safeguard must be used. For too long,
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the American people have been left with half-truths and unanswered questions.
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Who was involved? Who enabled the misconduct? Who benefited from
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looking the other way? These questions strike at the foundation
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of of public trust. They're not abstract. They're not partisan.
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They're real. And they matter to every citizen who depends
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on this institution to put integrity over self-preservation. As we
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all know, without transparency, the truth will rot in the dark.
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Without disclosure, suspicion will fester. Distrust will grow. And this
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Congress will be remembered not as defenders of democracy, but
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as guardians of secrecy. The people will not forgive that.
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History will not forgive that. Signing on to the discharge
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position is not about party. It's not about advancing one
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side's agenda over another. It's about honoring the oath every
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member swore. It's about affirming that this chamber serves the people,
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not itself, not special interests, and not the powerful few
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who are desperate to keep their names hidden. Now, Republicans
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in Congress face a decision that will echo long beyond today.
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They can stand with truth, sign on to the petition,
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and prove that transparency is not a partisan value, but
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an American one. Or, they can turn away, knowing full
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well that by doing so they are choosing secrecy over sunlight,
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and protection over accountability. To those who hesitate, ask yourselves,
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what's there to fear from the truth? What is there
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to fear from transparency, unless what you fear is exposure?
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This petition is not a weapon. Instead, it's a mirror.
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It will not create guilt where none exists. It will
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not invent involvement where there is none. It will simply
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show what is already there. And that, more than anything,
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is what so many seem to fear. But the American
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people are not afraid of the truth. They're hungry for it.
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They're tired of cover stories, tired of procedural delays, tired
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of watching their representatives circle wagons while accountability is postponed
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again and again. They want openness. They want answers. They
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want leadership. that does not flinch when the cost is discomfort.
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And let us remember, accountability delayed is accountability denied. Every
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day that passes without disclosure, without a real reckoning, is
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another day when the credibility of this Congress erodes. Another
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day when faith in government shrinks. Another day when cynicism
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grows stronger than hope. That is the cost of inaction.
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Now look, the petition is not the easy path. It's
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the hard one. But the hard path is often the
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right one. The discharge petition represents a choice to tell
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the American people with actions, not words, that transparency is
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not negotiable, that the truth is not optional, that no one,
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no matter how high their office or how deep their connections,
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is beyond the reach of accountability. Republicans must decide if
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they will stand where history demands they stand, not with secrecy,
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not with shadows, but with the light of transparency. And
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when the record is written, when future generations ask whether
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this Congress had the courage to confront the truth, the
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answer should not be silence. The answer should be yes.
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The time for delay is over. The time for excuses
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is over. The time for hiding behind procedure is over.
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This is the moment to stand up to sign on
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and finally give the people what they have demanded all along,
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the full, unvarnished truth. Because in the end, transparency is
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not just about accountability, it's about survival. The survival of
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public trust, the survival of representative government, the survival of
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institutions as something worthy of the name Congress of the
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United States. And the only way forward, the only way
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to heal, the only way to move beyond suspicion and doubt,
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is full transparency. nothing less will do. Today's article is
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from The Hill, and the headline, GOP Momentum Grows to
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Force Trump DOJ to Release the Epstein Files. This article
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was authored by Alexander Bolton. Some Republicans now say privately
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that it's inevitable that Congress will pass legislation directing Attorney
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General Pam Bondi to release all files the Department of
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Justice has related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Well,
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they need to. And I know that we beat this
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drum on a regular basis, but it has to be
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said again. There is no reason for this stuff to
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be hidden, no reason for it to be kept secret,
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and certainly no reason for us not to be able
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to get a look. I mean, come on now. If
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this was an ongoing investigation, which it's not, then okay,
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at least you'd have that kind of defense. All right,
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this is an investigation. We can't give out any information
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because we don't want to screw our investigation up. At
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least that's, you know, something you can defend. But that's
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not what's going on here. Instead, we're getting the middle
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finger by the DOJ and they're telling us to go
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get stuffed. The question is, why? What are they hiding?
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President Trump has repeatedly tried to wave aside calls to
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make the Epstein files public. But GOP lawmakers say privately
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that Trump is losing the battle to move on from
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the controversy that has been a White House annoyance since
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earlier this summer. Boy, if it's been an annoyance for
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the White House, wait until you hear how the survivors feel.
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Wait until you hear how the rest of us feel. Annoyance.
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This is a stain, not an annoyance. We're talking about
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a scarlet letter, right? I mean, come on. An annoyance.
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I think it's a little bit more than an annoyance, huh?
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Seems to me we're in full-blown crisis mode. One Republican
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senator who requested anonymity to comment on the sensitive topic
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told The Hill that Congress will sooner or later pass
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legislation directing Bondi to release all unclassified files related to Epstein. Well, yeah,
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that's something that I think is going to happen. And
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I think that the Republicans should get on board. I
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think that there's a lot of Republicans in Congress that
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want to sign this petition, but obviously they don't want
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to go against the leadership. And I get that, right?
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I understand. I don't agree with it. but I understand
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what they're doing. But that said, you mean to tell
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me not one of you has the courage to just
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step up and say, you know what? Let's get this
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stuff out there. I mean, if you want to show
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everybody that this one or that one wasn't involved, isn't
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the best way to do that? Giving us the documentation
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and just cutting off the bullshit right at the jump.
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What happens is if you keep leaking stuff, if we
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keep having these halfway conversations and It provides fertile ground
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for these theories and conspiracies and whatnot to grow. And
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then they'll cry about that too. But it's all part
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of the confusion plan, right? This whole entire thing is
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all part of the plan. The more confusion, the better.
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The more we're fighting, the better. The more we hate
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each other, certainly the better. The senator pointed out that
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many Republican lawmakers who follow Speaker Mike Johnson's instructions and
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declined to sign a discharge petition... to bring the Epstein
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matter to the House floor for a vote, have nevertheless...
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been very vocal in demanding that the Justice Department release
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all Epstein related materials. Well, you can't have your cake
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and eat it, too. It's time to step up and
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put your name on the petition. And I promise you,
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Republican Congress people out there, your constituents are going to
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be OK with it. More people than not understand that
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we have a nuanced world, right? You can disagree with
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the president and the administration on one issue and agree
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with them on another. That's how the country's supposed to work, right?
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I don't get this whole fallen line. Everybody has to
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be lockstep in behind everybody else. Uh, no, that's not
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how it works. You're supposed to challenge shit from the inside.
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If you're a part of the GOP, you should be
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fighting back against all of this. If you think that
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something's wrong or something's not right, you shouldn't just get
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in line. And of course, the same goes for the
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other side. I mean, let's be real. All these different articles,
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all these different podcasts that are popping up, all this
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talk about Epstein all of a sudden from people that
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never really cared. And not one of them has talked
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about Stacey Plaskett. Not one of them. Do they talk
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about George Mitchell? Do they talk about Bill Richardson? Do
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they talk about any of their faves? No, because they're
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still playing partisan politics, right? So the truth is, both
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sides are playing this game. The problem for the Republicans, however,
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is they're the ones in power. So at the end
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of the day, the buck stops with them. They could
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release all this stuff tomorrow. So we're not going to
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just ignore that fact. But we're not going to sit
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here and act like this is one-way traffic. I haven't
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heard one Democrat, one person on the left, come out
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and demand that Stacey Plaskett come forward and give up
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everything she has, speak before the committee, go on the record,
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none of it. Have they called for her to resign?
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It has to be accountability for everybody or this is
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not going to work. When this is turned into a
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partisan issue, that falls right into the hands of the
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nefarious scumbags that are behind all of this shit. The
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whole idea is for us to fight. If we're fighting,
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if we're arguing, well, one side or the other is
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not going to want to hear the truth, right? They
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don't want to hear about their team. Nobody wants their
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worldview destroyed. And that's all part of the plan. If
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everybody is in their bunker, if everybody's retreated to their
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echo chamber, then nobody's going to hear anybody else. And
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any kind of situation that pops up that might involve
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super powerful people on either side of the aisle, well,
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it's going to be called a hoax. It's going to
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be called a scam. And then that, of course, gives
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people the cover to say, look, don't even believe that.
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Ignore that. None of that's true. None of that's happening.
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It's all partisan. And my friends, I'm telling you right now,
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That has always been by design, especially in regard to
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Jeffrey Epstein. Whole bunches of them have been very vocal
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about this. Most of the Freedom Caucus has been, the
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senator said. The problem for some of these folks is
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that this has been an issue for years. Well, that's
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the biggest problem, no? Weren't you sent to Congress to
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fix issues? Wouldn't this be an issue that you'd want
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to have your name to? Yeah, I came to Congress.
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And after all these years, after all this bullshit, it
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was us who decided that Jeffrey Epstein was going to
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be exposed. Isn't that something to hang your hat on? Instead,
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you want to go down as a congressman or a
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congresswoman who's known for killing the discharge petition or not
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getting on board to get justice and truth for the
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American people and the people who were abused? Is that
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really how you want to be remembered? Because I promise you,
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that's how history is going to remember you. The senator
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observed that when Bondi said in February that a list
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of Epstein's clients is sitting on her desk right now
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to review, she created a huge expectation that the administration
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would reveal the names of the well-connected and wealthy men
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who participated in Epstein's sexual exploitation of girls and teenagers.
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That was really unwise, the lawmaker said. He had no shit.
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And I told you all the way back then that
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Pam Bondi was BSing. You know how I knew that? Well,
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there's no list. There never has been. And anybody who's
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told you that there was some list, they've been lying
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to you. Now, does that mean there is not a
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group of names somewhere? Of course not. We definitely have names,
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but there's not some mythical list that's waiting to be uncovered.
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You know, we're not talking about Blackbeard's gold here. There
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is no list. There's no treasure. And if we're being real...
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There's a bunch of names out there already that have
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been credibly accused of taking part in the abuse. So
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where are the calls for action? Where are the investigations
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into George Mitchell and Bill Richardson? Yeah, I know they're dead.
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I don't care. What did they know? When did they
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know it? If their legacy is tarnished, then so be it.
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But this is what I'm talking about. All these people
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now that are so gung-ho about Jeffrey Epstein, especially in
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the legacy media, were around during Bill Richardson, they were
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around during George Mitchell, and they didn't have any time
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to talk about their relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and the
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accusations that were made against them. But now all of
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a sudden, they have a lot to say. You're a
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little late to the party, and your credibility is absolutely shot.
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You spent all these years defending Jeffrey Epstein, and now
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you're the arbiter of truth? All of these outlets spent
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all these years lying to their readers, to their listeners,
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and the vast majority of people that I know, my
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friends that are on the left, they were all under
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the impression that everything that happened with Epstein was nothing
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more than a big conspiracy. Oh, that's all overblown. That's
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all just a bunch of nonsense. But now, all of
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a sudden, it's not nonsense. It's not BS. You should
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really be questioning the people who kept that information from you.
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That's who you should be mad at. Republican lawmakers say
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it now appears certain that a discharge petition that's being
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circulated in the House by Rep. Thomas Massey and Ro
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Khanna will get enough signatures by the end of the
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month to force a vote on a bill directing Bondi
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to release the Epstein files. Massey and Khanna are only
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one vote short of getting 218 signatures to force the
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vote on their bill. Once Arizona holds a special election
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on September 23rd to fill the vacant seat of Rep.
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Raul Gravala, who died earlier this year, they're likely to
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reach the threshold. Gravala's daughter, Adelita, won the Democratic primary
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and is a heavy favorite to win special election. She's
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expected to provide the final signature. I mean, are you
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guys really going to wait and let her do that?
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There's not one Republican that's going to step up and
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steal that narrative. And if they don't do it, then
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they deserve the narrative that's coming their way. So far,
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only four House Republicans have signed the petition to force
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a vote on releasing the Epstein files, Massey and Rep.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene, Nancy Mace, and Lauren Boebert. But more
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Republicans are likely to vote for the measure when it
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comes to the floor. Rep. Eric Burleson, for example, hasn't
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signed the discharge petition but called for the Trump administration
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to prioritize the release of the Epstein files. Well, quit
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talking and just sign the petition. Why you waiting? Yeah,
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I think the American people are sick and tired of
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being lied to by their government or the government holding
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these secrets that they deserve to know the truth on,
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Burleson told Missouri Net in July. Representative Tim Burchett also
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said he wants the Justice Department to release the Epstein
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files and told ABC News in July that he was
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ticked off when Trump claimed the Epstein files were a
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hoax concocted by the Democrats, only to go ahead and
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call it a hoax himself Tim Burchett's a phony. He's
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another one of these congressmen that wants to be a
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social media personality. Out here riding his little skateboard around.
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You know, posting stupid nonsensical comments on X. Acting like
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he's just a regular citizen. Breaking news. You're an elected official.
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Act like it. Senator Majority Leader John Thune declined to
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comment Tuesday when asked whether he would bring any legislation
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passed by the House. Directing the release of all Epstein
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files up for a vote in the Senate. calling it
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hypothetical scenario. But Thune acknowledged the loud calls within his
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party for more transparency from Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel.
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I can't comment at this point. I guess the House
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is having a conversation about that. What I can tell
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you is, I believe that transparency is always the best
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and you should get as much information out there as
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you possibly can in a way that protects the rights
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of the victims, he told reporters. Breaking news, the survivors
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want this documentation. Stop using them as your excuse for
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not releasing it. They've all come out and said already,
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let's see the documents. These people really think you're stupid.
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They truly believe that you're dumb. I'm all for transparency disclosure,
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he said. Thune was caught off guard last week when
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Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer ambushed him by offering an
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amendment to the annual defense authorization bill directing the Justice
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Department to release the files. You mean the same Chuck Schumer?
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that accepted a bunch of money from Epstein throughout the years,
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same guy? Oh, okay, same guy, got it. Thune hadn't
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filed the amendment tree immediately after bringing the defense bill
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to the floor, an action that would have prevented Democrats
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from offering amendments, and Schumer pounced by offering his Epstein
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amendment and putting GOP senators in a tough situation. Thune
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and his leadership team urged the Senate GOP conference to
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stick together and vote down the amendment, calling it a
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political stunt. but they suffered two big defections when Senator
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Josh Hawley and Rand Paul joined the Democrats' call for
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more transparency. And I expect Rand Paul, when all is
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said and done, to get on board. I think that
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Rand Paul wants transparency, and I think that he's going
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to get on board with the calls for the Epstein
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files to be released fully. Hawley said he couldn't vote
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against a proposal directing Justice Department to provide more transparency
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into its investigation into Epstein. after previously staking out a
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position that the American people and public are entitled to
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the truth, even if it might expose some powerful people.
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My position has long been, I think we ought to
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release those files and trust the American people, just like
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we did with the MLK files and the JFK files.
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I think this is a similar deal, he said, referring
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to the files about Martin Luther King and former President
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John Kennedy. Paul, a prominent libertarian-leaning conservative, hasn't been vocal
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on the Epstein controversy, but explained to The Hill that
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when the issue came up for a vote, he felt
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he had to support the amendment directing the Justice Department
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to release its files as a matter of principle. People
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are losing faith in the government, and people have this
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idea that rich people are getting treated differently, he said,
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pointing to the widespread view that the Justice Department is
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trying to protect Epstein's wealthy clients from being exposed. Not
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just clients. We're going to talk about this a little
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bit more later. There's a difference between what Jeffrey Epstein
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was doing when it comes to compromise and what he
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was doing when he was molesting people himself. And I
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don't think enough people understand the difference. So we're going
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to talk about that a little bit more later. I
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feel this sense from the public that they think something
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untoward happened. That there was some kind of secret deal
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to let really wealthy people off the hook, he explained.
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It's difficult to have a legal system if people think
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they're treated differently by justice. I think it's worth opening
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up the Justice Department, Epstein files, to reassure people, he added.
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I don't know, maybe nothing happened. Reveal the information so
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that people can feel more comfortable that justice is equal, impartial,
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and blind. That's all I'm asking for. I'm not sitting
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here and telling you that everybody that's in the files
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is somebody that was involved in the diddling. That was
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somebody that was important to what was going on. But
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we need a full accounting. And hiding the truth does
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nobody any good. Doesn't do the American public any good.
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Certainly doesn't do the survivors any good. And obviously, it's
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not doing the Republicans any good. Paul said there's more
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support among House Republicans for requiring Bondi to release the
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Epstein files than it appears from the fact that only
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four GOP lawmakers have signed the Masikana discharge petition. Because
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they're lobbying so hard against it, they only have a
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few Republicans on the discharge petition, he said. They're trying
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whatever they can to squelch dissent with brute force, Paul
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said of the GOP leadership. And that's sad as hell.
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Totally pathetic. How are you going to try and strong-arm
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people to get them on board with whatever the dumbass
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narrative is when we can all see that that's obviously
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not the truth? So if you're not hiding anything, here's
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an idea. Just be transparent. There are signs of broader
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support among Republican senators for requiring the Justice Department to
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release the files. Senator Tom Tillis voted against Schumer's amendment
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because he said it was a procedural vote and that
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the Republican leaders were certain to strip it from the
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final version of the defense bill, even if it received
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enough votes to be adopted. But he said the matter
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comes to the floor again in a more legitimate way.
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He would vote in a heartbeat to make all of
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the Epstein files public. We should hold him to that.
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If and when it comes to a vote, I expect Mr.
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Tillis to be on board. In another sign of growing
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momentum to compel the administration to release the files, Republicans
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on the Appropriations Committee agreed this summer to adopt an
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amendment sponsored by Senator Chris Van Hollen to the Commerce, Justice,
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and State Appropriations Bill directing the Justice Department to provide
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detailed reports to Congress on all of its Epstein-related material.
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The amendment directs the Attorney General to retain, preserve, and
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compile any records related to the investigation and prosecution of
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Epstein and to submit to the Senate a report on victims, testimony,
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the investigation of co-conspirators, and an intelligence assessment of Epstein's
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financial ties, clients, and connections to the U.S. or foreign governments. Well,
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I don't have very much hope that we're going to
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get much out of that, but that's the right way
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to go. I mean, we have to have a full accounting.
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Every last file, let's see them all. And anything short
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of full disclosure at this point is only going to
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lead to more questions. So that brings us to a crossroad.
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The discharge petition isn't just another procedural vote. It's a
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test of whether this Congress still belongs to the people
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or whether it has surrendered to secrecy. The choice cannot
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be clearer and the stakes cannot be higher. Transparency is
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not a gift. It's not a privilege to be handed
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down when convenient. It's the lifeblood of democracy itself. Without it,
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trust collapse. Without it, the people turn away from the
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very institutions meant to represent them. Without it, we are
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left with suspicion instead of accountability, shadows instead of truth.
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This petition is a line in the sand. To sign
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it is to declare that the American people come first,
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that their right to know outweighs anyone's desire to protect
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reputations or shield the powerful. To refuse is to side
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with silence, and with silence comes complicity. Republicans now have
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a chance to prove that integrity still matters, that transparency
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is not negotiable, and that Congress can still rise to
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meet the moment. Because history will not remember the excuses.
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It will not remember the procedural maneuvers. It will remember
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only this. When truth was on the line, did you
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stand with it? Or did you walk away? Let this
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Congress be remembered, not for its hesitation, but for its courage.
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Not for burying the truth, but for bringing it to light.
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Not for protecting the few, but for serving the many.
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The time for shadows is over. The people are watching,
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the truth is waiting, and the path forward begins with transparency.
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All of the information that goes with this episode can
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be found in the description box. What's up everyone and
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welcome to another episode of the Epstein Chronicles. Well folks,
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you made it. And that alone is worth pausing to recognize.
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Because another year is officially in the books. And no
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matter how it treated you, you're still standing here listening
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to this. And that matters more than people give it
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credit for. Life doesn't ask permission before it throws obstacles
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in our path. It doesn't slow down when things get heavy.
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Yet here we are, still moving forward, together. And I
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know that we all took hits this year one way
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or another. We all felt moments of frustration, exhaustion, and doubt.
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And despite all of that, we kept going. And I
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know that me personally this year was not easy by
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any stretch of the imagination. There were days when everything
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felt like an uphill climb with no summit in sight.
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There were moments when progress felt invisible and hope felt thin.
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But persistence has a way of quietly stacking wins while
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no one's looking. And every step forward, no matter how small,
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still counts. Every conversation had, every question asked, every uncomfortable
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truth confronted mattered. We didn't give up when it would
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be easy to look the other way. We stayed engaged
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when disengagement would have been more comfortable. And what makes
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this past year stand out is the momentum that we've
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all built together. Not just personal momentum, but collective momentum
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around something that truly matters. We pushed forward in the
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fight to right one of the worst wrongs in this
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country's history. The Jeffrey Epstein scandal was buried for years
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under silence, power, and indifference. This year, that silence has
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begun to crack. And that didn't happen by accident. It
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happened because people like you refused to stop caring. And
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for me personally, it's felt like screaming into a void
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for a very long time. Covering Epstein felt like shouting
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truth into a world that didn't want to listen. Doors
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were closed, eyes were rolled, and the story was minimized
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or mocked. But persistence wears down even the thickest walls.
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And this year, we forced the story back into the narrative.
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We made it impossible for them to ignore. We educated, challenged,
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and sometimes straight up dragged the truth into the light.
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And what's important to understand is that awareness doesn't happen
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all at once. It builds slowly, conversation by conversation. And
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this year more people started asking the same questions all
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of us have been asking for years. People who once
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dismissed the story are now demanding answers. And that shift
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didn't come from the institutions or the headlines. It came
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from regular people refusing to let it die. And in
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my opinion, that's powerful. But even with all that progress,
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we're not done, not even close. And this coming year
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is going to be pivotal in this fight. Transparency doesn't
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happen because it's convenient. It happens because pressure is relentless.
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And that's why staying engaged matters more now than ever.
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elected officials respond when they know people are watching. Accountability
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only exists when silence is no longer an option. For
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me personally, this year was deeply eye-opening. Watching the tide
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turn after so many years was surreal. I remember a
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time when nobody wanted to hear the word Epstein at
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all now it's part of the mainstream conversation once again
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and that shift still blows my mind it feels like
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watching something impossible slowly become undeniable and it reinforces why
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staying the course matters I mean seven years Saying that
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out loud still feels unreal. Seven years of research, frustration, breakthroughs, setbacks,
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and late-ass nights. Seven years of pushing through doubt and
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a lot of resistance. Seven years of people telling me
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it was pointless. And yet here we are. It's been
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a wild-ass ride in every sense of the word. And
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when I think back to the beginning, it honestly makes
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me laugh. A spare bedroom, two cell phones, and a
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lapel mic that had no business being used for a podcast.
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The sound quality was terrible, the pacing was rough, and
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the structure barely existed. But the fire was there, and
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I was hooked from the start. I knew there was
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more beneath the surface of this story. I could feel
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it every time another strange detail surfaced. And walking away
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has never been an option. Once you see something like
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this clearly, you can't unsee it. So I kept digging.
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I kept asking questions. I kept following threads wherever they led.
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As time went on, the story only got stranger. Every
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answer raised three more questions. And the deeper I went,
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the more obvious it became that this wasn't just about
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one man. It was about systems, protection, and power. It
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was about who gets shielded and who gets sacrificed. And
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that realization changed everything for me. And what still amazes
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me is how many of you have been here for
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the entire ride. Some of you have listened since those
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early rough episodes. You stuck around through technical growing pains
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and evolving formats. You believed in the mission before it
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was polished. And that loyalty means more than I can
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properly express. And it's something that I certainly don't take lightly.
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And I want to give a special heartfelt shout out
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to Cheryl and Candice. You've supported this show since the
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very beginning. You believed in it when it was nothing
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more than an idea. And my dumbass voice. And that
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kind of faith is rare. And it's not something I'll
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ever forget. Thank you for standing firm when it would
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have been easy to just walk away. And look, it's
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incredibly humbling to know how many of you find this
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podcast helpful. Untangling this web is not easy. The information's heavy, complex,
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and oftentimes very disturbing. And knowing that you trust me
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to help you navigate it means everything. The hours that
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you've spent listening are not lost on me. That time
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is a gift. Because there are moments when I genuinely
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struggle to find the right words to say thank you.
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Gratitude feels too small for what you've given this project.
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The only way I know how to honor that support
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is through continued effort. By going places others can't or
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won't go. By asking the questions that make people uncomfortable.
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By staying relentless. And for those of you who know me,
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you know that I really don't do New Year's resolutions.
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I've never been good at promises with expiration dates. But
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there is one commitment I renew every year without hesitation.
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I will continue pursuing the truth wherever it leads. I
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will continue applying pressure where it's needed. That promise stands
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as we move forward together. As we leave this past
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year behind, I want you to recognize your role in
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all of this. This didn't happen because of one voice.
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It happened because many voices refused to stay quiet. Every share,
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every conversation, every message mattered. You are part of this story,
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whether you realize it or not. And that's something to
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be proud of. Because none of this would be possible
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without you, truly. The momentum, the awareness, the progress all
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came from collective effort. This is what people power looks
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like when it refuses to fade. You didn't just listen.
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You engaged. You cared. You stayed. So as we step
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into this new year, I want you to hold on
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to that energy. Take care of yourselves. Protect your health
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and your peace. But don't lose that fire either. We
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still have a lot of work to do. And the
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road ahead matters. So from me to all of you,
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thank you. I wish all of you the happiest, healthiest,
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and strongest year yet. And I hope that this year
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brings clarity where there was confusion and strength where there
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was fatigue. I hope that you find moments of joy
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even while carrying the heaviest of truths. And above all,
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I hope you know how deeply appreciated you are. All
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of you kick major ass and I'm grateful beyond words
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to be on this ride with you. And as we
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move forward, I want you to remember that this isn't
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just about a podcast or a story. It's about refusing
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to accept a version of reality that was carefully constructed
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to protect the powerful. It's about honoring the people who
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were harmed by insisting that their suffering wasn't disposable. Every
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time that you stay engaged, you help chip away that
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illusion that nothing can change. And I know that progress
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often feels slow right up until it suddenly isn't. And
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history shows us that pressure works when it's sustained. The
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truth doesn't need to be loud if it's persistent. And
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persistence is something this community has in spades. That's why
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I believe the coming year will matter more than any
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before it. We're closer than we've ever been. And that
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should fuel us, not exhaust us. Because make no mistake,
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there will be moments ahead where frustration creeps back in.
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There's going to be days when it feels like institutions
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are stalling, deflecting, or playing for time. But I don't
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think that's a sign of failure anymore. I think it's
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a sign that pressure is is being felt. Because power
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never gives ground willingly, it only moves when it has to.
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When you see resistance, understand what it really means. It
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means that somebody doesn't want the next door opened. It
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means accountability is no longer hypothetical. And those moments are
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exactly when staying focused matters most. We don't respond with despair.
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We respond with consistency. That's how this keeps moving forward.
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I also want to say this clearly and without hesitation.
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Take care of yourselves along the way. Carrying heavy truths
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can wear people down if they don't pause to breathe.
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It's okay to step back for a moment when you
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need to. It's okay to protect your mental and emotional health.
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None of this requires burnout to be legitimate. What matters
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is that you don't abandon your principles even if you
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rest your voice. The community has always understood balance better
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than most. Strength doesn't mean constant intensity. It means longevity.
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And longevity is what wins battles like this. And what
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gives me the most hope is knowing how grounded this
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audience is. You don't chase easy narratives or convenient villains.
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You demand evidence, accountability, and clarity. You're willing to sit
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with complexity instead of simplifying it away. And that's rare
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in a time where outrage is often shallow and fleeting.
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You've shown patience where others demand instant resolution. You've shown
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resolve where others lose interest. And that combination is powerful.
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It's the reason this work continues to matter. It's the
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reason the story keeps moving forward instead of being buried again.
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And it's the reason I remain as committed as ever.
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So as we truly close this chapter and step fully
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into the next one, know this. I see you. I
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respect you. And I'm deeply grateful for every single one
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of you. This fight continues, not because it's easy, but
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because it's necessary. We will keep asking the hard questions,
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we will keep refusing half answers and closed doors, and
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we will keep moving forward together, one step at a time.
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I appreciate all of you walking this road with me,
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and I know that we're going to make this year count.
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All of the information that goes with this episode can
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