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Mega Edition: Jeffrey Epstein And The Coverup That Is Happening In Real Time (4/30/26) · The Epstein Chronicles

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Speaker 1: 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 carpet, it hauls the 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 legal lease keeps them sleeping
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at night. The goal is the same. Shrink the story
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until it fits inside a press release. Shrink the culpability
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until it reads like bad luck instead of the structural
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rot that it is. Make it personal, make it accidental,
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make it feel small. If you can convince people it
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was a single broken cog, you save the machine. Well,
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now they're trying that trick with Jeffrey Epstein. Watch them pivot.
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A solitary predator, a private deviant, a tragic aberration. Yo,
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we all know that that's the play Frame them as
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a lone wolf, a freak, a bad apple, and then
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breathe 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 run the playground. Call that shit out when they
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try to flatten it into a single name angle villain,
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because the truth is never that tidy, and the covering
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up never is either. So here's what I think. You
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know what's funny, Not funny like haha, 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,
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and it's them saying we own this game and you're
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too dumb to stop us. At least to me, that's
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what it feels like. It's not even a cover up anymore.
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It's a taunt. They're looking right at us and going, yeah,
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we did it, so what what are you gonna do
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about it? And the worst part is they're daring us
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to forget, and it's obscene every time they trot out
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those little corporate scripted lines. We're investigating, we are cooperating fully,
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our hands tied by legal process. You can almost hear
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these idiots snickering behind the curtain, and we're supposed to
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nod like trained seals, clap our flippers together and say, wow,
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what integrity. No, that is not integrity. That's not justice,
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that's not accountability. What that is is Broadway theater build
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for the cameras, and the actors are people that are
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wearing tailored suits and pitching us for hearst outrage. We
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have survivors that are still screaming. The files are still sealed,
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and we're all supposed to pat ourselves on the back
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because some committee barked at some witness for fifteen minutes,
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and the weed an't no chorus. Don't even get me
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started on that garbage. Don't even dare stand there and
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instol people's intelligence like that. You flew on his planes,
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you stated his palaces, You watched them surround themselves with
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girls who looked like they were cutting gym class, and
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your brain just went totally normal. Please, you knew every
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last one one of you sons of bitches new. You
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didn't care. You didn't care because he had money. You
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didn't care because he opened doors. You didn't care because
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those parties were worth it. You knew, and you chose
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to look away. And of course, once they're caught, then
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come the crocodile tears, the shocked and appalled statements. Oh
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suddenly they're pearl clutching. Now that the receipts are public,
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now that the emails are leaked, now that their names
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got dragged back into the daylight, you can miss me
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with that. Where was the shock when you were cashing
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his checks? Where was the outrage when you were smiling
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in those photographs? Whereas the horror when you were bringing
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him around your kids? For God's sakes, don't act brand
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new now. You weren't shocked, you weren't outraged. What you
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were was comfortable. What you were was complicit. You were
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climbing that social ladder and you were damn happy to
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take the boost. And of course we can't talk about
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a cover up without talking about Congress. You know, the
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Three Rings. Those hearings are nothing more than kabuki theater cameras,
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flashing politicians pounding their fists on desks, acting like they're
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going to rip the whole thing open once and for all.
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And then what happens, Well, the curtain drops, the lights
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go out, and guess what. The file stay sealed, the
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names stay redacted, and the survivors in the public we're
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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 pirrating 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 thrown 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 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
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out predation, like cutting a check erases the screams, it's
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washing your filth and public goodwill. And the worst part,
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these big name institutions knew, they knew the money was dirty.
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They took it anyway. Smile for them. Cameras took the
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checks ever attended. Their hands were clean, and now now
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they want to be sorry. And of course, no great
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cover up can ever be completed without the complicity of
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the legacy media. And boy, they have plenty of blood
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on their hands. Half of them treated it like celebrity gossip,
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like a dirty little sidebar story. The other half ignored
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it outright until the clicks got too loud to ignore.
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You see, survivors, they don't get to move on. They
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don't get to bury it. They live with this shit
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every day. But the press they move on like it
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was a canceled TV show, and then they wonder why
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nobody trusts them anymore. Yeah, it's not rocket science. You
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made your choice. You gave the powerful cover and you
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left the powerless to rot. And you know what all
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of these people have in common. It's their arrogance. The
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sheer naked arrogance of all of these people. They think
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that if they stall long enough, if they throw enough
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no comments at the wall, if they drag it out
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just a little more, that the public, that means you
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will get bored. Like I've told you, that's the strategy.
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They want to wait us out, They want us to
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tire ourselves out. But that's their mistake. I think they've
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underestimated our rage. Some things you don't forget, not in
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a year, not in a decade, not ever, especially when
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every sealed document is another middle finger in all of
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our faces. Every black out name, another neon sign flashing
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that the rules don't apply to us, every ongoing investigation excuse,
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another insult to everyone's intelligence. It's the same plays from
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the same playbook once again. Delay deny, distract, spin it,
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stretch it, bury it. The plan is to buy time
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until outrage fades. But outrage doesn't fade when it's tied
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to truth. Rage doesn't have an expiration date. And don't
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for a minute begin with that. Move on garbage and
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bring that into the conversation. That's the final insult. Move on. No,
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you move on from a breakup, You move on from
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that badass haircut your mom gave you. You don't move on
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from decades of abuse protected by billionaires, politicians, bankers and royals.
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Move on is code for shut up. And I think
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that it's quite apparent by now that we're not shutting up,
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not today, not tomorrow, not ten years from now. Because again,
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it's not just about Epstein. Epstein was just a tip
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of the spear. He was the symptom, the front man.
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The monster that they let us see behind them is
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the system, the machine, the lawyers who close the doors,
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the politicians who catch the donations, the bankers who move
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the money, the academics who smile for the photo ops.
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That's the institutional rot. And every time they bury it,
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they prove how deep it runs. So yeah, I am furious,
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and I think that you should be too, because if
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they can bury this, if they can tread these files,
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if they can erase this truth with the whole world watching,
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then what else do you think that they're covering? What
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else do you think they've buried so deep it'll never
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see daylight. This is the playbook, this is how it works,
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and they're showing it to you in real time. So yeah,
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mock them. Mock every fake apology, every stage photo op,
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every crocodile tear. Mock the politicians who pounded their tables
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for the cameras but refuse to unsee the records. Mocked
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the institutions that took the money and claimed ignorance. Mocked
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the dumbass royals who pretended they were too dim to
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notice what was happening in their own guest rooms. Mock
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them all because mockery cuts deeper than their pr And
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don't you ever forget this. Every stall, every delay, every
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excuse is proof that they're terrified. They wouldn't be working
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this hard to bury it if the truth wasn't catastrophic,
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if it was nothing, if it was empty, they'd have
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dumped this shit long ago. The fact that they're still
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hiding still redacting, still stonewalling tells you everything you need
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to know. And here's something that they need to know.
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We're not letting it go, not now, not ever. The
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survivors deserve better, the truth deserves better, the public deserves better.
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And this outrage it's not fading, it's not softening, it's
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not going away. It's only building. It's growing hotter every
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day they try to bury it. And when the dam
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finally breaks, when all that rage and discussed and truth
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finally comes crashing down, and it will every coward, every enabler,
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every power hungry parasite who played along is going to
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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
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unanswered questions. Who was involved, who enabled the misconduct, who
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benefited from looking the other way? These questions strike at
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the foundation of public trust. They are not abstract, they
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are not partisan. They're real, and they matter to every
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citizen who depends on this institution to put integrity over
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self preservation. As we all know, without transparency, the truth
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will rotten the dark. Without disclosure, suspicion will fester, distrust
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will grow, and this Congress will be remembered not as
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defenders of democracy, but as guardians of secrecy. The people
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will not forgive that, history will not forgive that. Signing
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onto the discharged position is not about party. It's not
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about advancing one side's agenda over another. It's about honoring
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the oath every member swore. It's about affirming that this
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Chamber serves as the people, not itself, not special interests,
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and not the powerful few who are desperate to keep
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their names hidden. Now, Republicans in Congress face a decision
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that will echo long beyond today. They can stand with truth,
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sign on to the petition and prove that transparency is
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not a partisan value but an American one. Or they
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can turn away, knowing full well that by doing so,
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they are choosing secrecy over sunlight and protection over accountability.
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To those who hesitate, ask yourselves, what's there to fear
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from the truth? What is there to fear from transparency?
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Unless what you fear is exposure? This petition is not
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a weapon. Instead, it's a mirror. It will not create
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guilt where none exists. It will not invent involvement where
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there is none. It will simply show what is already there,
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and that, more than anything, is what so many seem
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to fear. But the American people are not afraid of
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the truth. They're hungry for it. They're tired of cover stories,
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tired of procedural delays, tired of watching their representative circle
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wagons while accountability is postponed again and again. They want openness,
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they want answers, They want leadership that does not flinch
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when the cost is discomfort. And let us remember, accountability
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delayed is accountability denied. Every day that passes without disclosure,
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without a real reckoning, is another day when the credibility
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of this Congress erodes, Another day when faith in government shrinks,
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Another day when cynicism grows stronger than hope. That is
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the cost of inaction. Now, look, the petition is not
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the easy path. It's a hard one. But the hard
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path is often the right one. The discharge petition represents
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a choice to tell the American people, with actions not words,
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that transparency is not negotiable, that the truth is not optional,
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That no one, no matter how high their office or
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how deep their connections, is beyond the reach of accountability.
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Republicans must decide if they will stand where history demands
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they stand not with secrecy, not with shadows, but with
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the light of transparency. And when the record is written.
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When future generations ask whether this Congress had the courage
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to confront the truth, the answer should not be silenced.
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The answer should be yes. The time for delay is over,
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the time for excuses is over, the time for hiding
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behind procedure is over. This is the moment they stand
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up to sign on and finally give the people what
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they have demanded all along, the full, unvarnished truth. Because
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in the end, transparency is not just about accountability. It's
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about survival, the survival of public trust, the survival of
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representative government, the survival of institutions is something worthy of
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the name Congress of the United States. And the only
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way forward, the only way to heal, the only way
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to move beyond suspicion and doubt, is full transparency. Nothing
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less will do. Today's article is from The Hill and
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the headline GOP momentum grows to force Trump DOJ to
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release the Epstein files. This article was authored by Alexander Bolton.
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Some Republicans now say privately that it's inevitable that Congress
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will pass legislation directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to release
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all files a Department of Justice has related to convicted
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sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Well, they need to, and I
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know that we beat this drum on a regular basis,
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but it has to be set again. There is no
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reason for this stuff to be hidden, no reason for
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it to be kept secret, and certainly no reason for
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us not to be able to get a look. I mean,
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come on, now, if this was an ongoing investigation, which
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it's not, then okay, at least you'd have that kind
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of defense. All right, this is an investigation. We can't
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give out any information because we don't want to screw
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our investigation up. At least that's, you know, something you
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can defend. But that's not what's going on here. Instead,
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we're getting the middle finger by the DOJ and they're
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telling us to go get stuffed. The question is why
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what are they hiding? President Trump has repeatedly tried to
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wave aside calls to make the Epstein files public, but
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GOP lawmakers say privately that Trump is losing the battle
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to move on from the controversy that has been a
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White House annoyance since earlier. This boy, if it's been
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an annoyance for the White House, wait until you hear
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how the survivors feel Wait until you hear how the
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rest of us feel annoyance. This is a stain, not
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an annoyance. We're talking about a scarlet letter, right, I mean,
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come on, an annoyance. I think it's a little bit
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more than an annoyance. Huh. Seems to me we're in
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full blown crisis mode. One Republican senator, who requested anonymity
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to comment on the sensitive topic, told The Hill that
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Congress will sooner or later pass legislation directing BONDI to
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release all unclassified files related to Epstein. Well, yeah, that's
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something that I think is going to happen, and I
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think that the Republicans should get on board. I think
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that there's a lot of Republicans in Congress that want
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to sign this petition, but obviously they don't want to
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go against the leadership. And I get that, right, I understand.
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I don't agree with it, but I understand what they're doing.
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But that said, you mean to tell me not one
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of you has the courage to just step up and say,
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you know what, let's get this stuff out there. I mean,
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if you want to show everybody that this one or
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that one wasn't involved, isn't the best way to do
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that giving us the documentation and just cutting off the
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bullshit right at the jump. What happens is if you
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keep leaking stuff, if we keep having these halfway conversations,
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it provides fertile ground for these theories and conspiracies and
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what not to grow. And then they'll cry about that too.
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But it's all part of the confusion plan, right, This
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whole entire thing is all part of the plan. The
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more confusion, the better. The more we're fighting, the better.
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The more we hate each other, certainly the better. The
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senator pointed out that many Republican lawmakers who follow Speaker
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Mike Johnson's instructions and declined to sign a discharge petition
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to bring the Epstein matter to the House floor for
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a vote, have nevertheless been very vocal in demanding that
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the Justice Department release all Epstein related materials. Well, you
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can't have your cake and eat it too. It's time
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to step up and put your name on the petition.
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And I promise you Republican congress people out there, your
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constituents are gonna be okay with it. More people than
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not understand that we have a nuanced world, right you
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can disagree with the President and the administration on one
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issue and agree with them on another. That's how the
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country's supposed to work, right. I don't get this whole
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fall in line. Everybody has to be locked up in
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behind everybody else. Uh No, that's not how it works.
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You're supposed to challenge it from the inside. If you're
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a part of the GOP, you should be fighting back
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against all of this. If you think that something's wrong
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or something's not right, you shouldn't just get in line.
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And of course the same goes for the other side.
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I mean, let's be real. All these different articles, all
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these different podcasts that are popping up, all this talk
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about Epstein all of a sudden from people that never
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really cared, and not one of them has talked about
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Stacy Plaskett, not one of them. Do they talk about
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George Mitchell, Do they talk about Bill Richardson, Do they
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talk about any of their faves? No, because they're still
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playing partisan politics, right. So the truth is both sides
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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
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haven't heard one Democrat, one person on the left come
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out and demand that Stacy Plaskett come forward and give
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up everything she has speak before the committee, go on
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the record, none of it. Have they called for her
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to resign. It has to be accountability for everybody or
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this is not going to work. When this has turned
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into a partisan issue, that falls right into the hands
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of the nefarious scumbags that are behind all of this shit.
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The 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
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now that has always been by design, especially in regard
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to Jeffrey Epstein. Whole bunches of them have been very
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vocal about this, Most of the Freedom Caucus has been.
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The senator said, the problem for some of these folks
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is that this has been an issue for years. Well,
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that's the biggest problem. Though. Weren't you sent to Congress
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to fix issues. Wouldn't this be an issue that you'd
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want 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 is known for killing the discharge petition or
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not getting on board to get justice and truth for
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the American people and the people who were abused. Is
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that really how you want to be remembered? Because I
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promise you. That's how history is going to remember you.
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The Senator observed that when Bondi said in February that
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a list of Epstein's clients is sitting on her desk
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right now of review, she created a huge expectation that
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the administration would reveal the names of the well connected
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and wealthy men who participated in Epstein's sexual exploitation of
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girls and teenagers. That was really unwise. The lawmaker said,
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he had no shit, And I told you all the
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way back then that Pam Bondi was bsen And how
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I knew that. Well, there's no list. There never has been,
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And anybody who's told you that there was some list,
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they've been lying to you. Now, does that mean there
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is not a group of names somewhere. Of course not.
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We definitely have names, but there's not some mythical list
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that's waiting to be uncovered. You know, we're not talking
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about black Beard's gold here. There is no list, there's
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no treasure. And if we're being real, there's a bunch
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of names out there already that have been credibly accused
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of taking part in the abuse. So where are the
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calls for action, Where are the investigations into George Mitchell
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and Bill Richardson. Yeah, I know they're dead. I don't care.
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What did they know, when did they know it? If
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their legacy is tarnished, then so be it. But this
24:37
is what I'm talking about. All these people now that
24:40
are so gung ho about Jeffrey Epstein, especially in the
24:42
legacy media were around during Bill Richardson, they were around
24:46
during George Mitchell, and they didn't have any time to
24:48
talk about their relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and the accusations
24:51
that were made against them. But now all of a sudden,
24:54
they have a lot to say. You're a little late
24:56
to the party, and your credibility is absolutely shot. You
25:00
spent all these years defending Jeffrey Epstein, and now you're
25:03
the arbiter of truth. All of these outlets spent all
25:06
these years lying to their readers, to their listeners, and
25:09
the vast majority of people that I know, my friends
25:11
that are on the left, they were all under the
25:13
impression that everything that happened with Epstein was nothing more
25:16
than a big conspiracy. Oh that's all over blown, that's
25:19
all just a bunch of nonsense. But now all of
25:22
a sudden, it's not nonsense, it's not bs. You should
25:26
really be questioning the people who kept that information from you.
25:29
That's who you should be mad at. Republican lawmakers say
25:35
it now appears certain that a discharge petition that's being
25:38
circulated in the House by Representative Thomas Massey and Rocanna
25:42
will get enough signatures by the end of the month
25:44
to force a vote on a bill directing Bondie to
25:47
release the Epstein files. Massy and Conna are only one
25:51
vote short of getting two hundred and eighteen signatures to
25:54
force the vote on their bill. Once Arizona holds a
25:57
special election on September twenty third fill the vacant seat
26:01
of Representative Raoul Gravalla, who died earlier this year, they're
26:06
likely to reach the threshold. Gravala's daughter Attalita won the
26:10
Democratic primary and is a heavy favorite to win special election.
26:14
She's expected to provide the final signature. I mean, are
26:19
you guys really gonna wait and let her do that.
26:22
There's not one Republican that's gonna step up and steal
26:25
that narrative. And if they don't do it, then they
26:28
deserve the narrative that's coming their way. So far, only
26:31
four House Republicans have signed the petition to force a
26:35
vote on releasing the Epstein files, Massy and Representative Marjorie
26:39
Taylor Green, Nancy Mace, and Lauren Bobert, but more Republicans
26:44
are likely to vote for the measure when it comes
26:46
to the floor. Representative Eric Burlson, for example, hasn't signed
26:51
the discharge petition, but called for the Trump administration to
26:54
prioritize the release of the Epstein files. Well, quit talking
26:59
and just signed the why are you waiting? Yeah, I
27:03
think the American people are sick and tired of being
27:05
lied to by their government or the government holding these
27:08
secrets that they deserve to know the truth on Berlisen
27:12
told Missouri Net in July. Representative Tim Burchett also said
27:17
he wants the Justice Department to release the Epstein files,
27:20
and told ABC News in July that he was ticked
27:23
off when Trump claimed the Epstein files were a hoax
27:26
concocted by the Democrats, only to go ahead and call
27:29
it a hoax himself. Tim Burchett's a phony. He's another
27:34
one of these congressmen that wants to be a social
27:36
media personality out here riding his little skateboard around, you know,
27:41
posting stupid, nonsensical comments on X acting like he's just
27:45
a regular citizen breaking news. You're an elected official, act
27:49
like it. Senator Majority leader John Thune declined to comment
27:53
Tuesday when asked whether he would bring any legislation passed
27:56
by the House directing the release of all Epstein files
27:59
up for a vote in the Senate, calling it hypothetical scenario,
28:04
but throon acknowledge the loud calls within his party for
28:07
more transparency from Bondi and FBI Director Cash Patel. I
28:11
can't comment at this point. I guess the House is
28:14
having a conversation about that. What I can tell you
28:16
is I believe that transparency is always the best, and
28:19
you should get as much information out there as you
28:22
possibly can in a way that protects the rights of
28:24
the victims, he told reporters Breaking News. The survivors want
28:28
this documentation. Stop using them as your excuse for not
28:32
releasing it. They've all come out and said already, let's
28:35
see the documents. These people really think you're stupid. They
28:39
truly believe that you're dumb. I'm all for transparency, disclosure,
28:43
he said. Thune was cut off guard last week when
28:46
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer ambushed them by offering an
28:49
amendment to the Annual Defense Authorization Bill directing the Justice
28:54
Department to release the files. You mean the same Chuck
28:57
Schumer that accepted a bunch of money from Epstein throughout
29:00
the year. Same guy, Okay, same guy, got it. Thun
29:03
hadn't filed the amendment tree immediately after bringing the Defense
29:06
bill to the floor, an action that would have prevented
29:10
Democrats from offering amendments, and Schumer pounced by offering his
29:14
Epstein amendment and putting GOP senators in a tough situation.
29:19
Thun and his leadership team urged the Senate GOP conference
29:22
to stick together and vote down the amendment, calling it
29:25
a political stunt, but they suffered two big defections when
29:29
Senator Josh Holly and Ran Paul joined the Democrats call
29:33
for more transparency. And I expect ran Paul, when all
29:37
said and done, to get on board. I think that
29:40
ran Paul wants transparency, and I think that he is
29:42
going to get on board with the calls for the
29:45
Epstein files to be released fully. Holly said he couldn't
29:48
vote against a proposal directing Justice Department to provide more
29:52
transparency into its investigation into Ebstein, after previously staking out
29:56
a position that the American people and public are into
30:00
to the truth, even if it might expose some powerful people.
30:04
My position has long been I think we ought to
30:07
release those files and trust the American people, just like
30:10
we did with the MLK files and the JFK files.
30:14
I think this is a similar deal, he said, referring
30:17
to the files about Martin Luther King and former President
30:20
John Kennedy. Paul, a prominent libertarian leaning conservative, hasn't been
30:26
vocal on the Epstein controversy, but explained to The Hill
30:29
that when the issue came up for a vote, he
30:31
felt he had to support the amendment directing the Justice
30:34
Department to release its files as a matter of principle.
30:37
People are losing faith in the government, and people have
30:40
this idea that rich people are getting treated differently, he said,
30:44
pointing to the widespread view that the Justice Department is
30:47
trying to protect Epstein's wealthy clients from being exposed, not
30:51
just clients. We're going to talk about this a little
30:53
bit more later. There's a difference between what Jeffrey Epstein
30:57
was doing when it comes to Compromont and what he
30:59
was doing when he was molesting people himself, and I
31:03
don't think enough people understand the difference. So we're going
31:05
to talk about that a little bit more later. I
31:09
feel this sense from the public that they think something
31:11
untoward happened, that there was some kind of secret deal
31:14
to let really wealthy people off the hook, he explained.
31:18
It's difficult to have a legal system if people think
31:20
they're treated differently by justice. I think it's worth opening
31:24
up the Justice Department Epstein files to reassure people. He added,
31:29
I don't know, maybe nothing happened. Reveal the information so
31:33
that people can feel more comfortable that justice is equal, impartial,
31:37
and blind. That's all I'm asking for. I'm not sitting
31:40
here and telling you that everybody that's in the files
31:43
is somebody that was involved in the diddling. That was
31:46
somebody that was important to what was going on. But
31:50
we need a full accounting and hiding the truth does
31:53
nobody any good. Doesn't do the American public any good,
31:57
certainly doesn't do the survivors any good, and obvious it's
32:00
not doing the Republicans any good. Paul said, there's more
32:04
support among House Republicans for requiring Bondi to release the
32:07
Epstein files than it appears from the fact that only
32:10
four GOP lawmakers have signed the mass Kona discharge petition
32:15
because they're lobbying so hard against it. They only have
32:18
a few Republicans on the discharge petition. He said, they're
32:22
trying whatever they can to swelch dissent with brute force.
32:26
Paul said of the GOP leadership, and that's sad as hell,
32:31
totally pathetic. How are you going to try and strong
32:33
arm people to get them on board with whatever the
32:36
dumbass narrative is when we can all see that that's
32:39
obviously not the truth. So if you're not hiding anything,
32:43
here's an idea, just be transparent. There are signs of
32:51
broader support among Republican senators for acquiring the Justice Department
32:55
to release the files. Senator Tom Tillis voted against Schumer's
32:58
amendment because he said it was a procedural vote and
33:02
that the Republican leaders were certain to strip it from
33:04
the final version of the Defense bill even if it
33:07
received enough votes to be adopted. But he said the
33:10
matter comes to the floor again in a more legitimate way.
33:14
He would vote in a heartbeat to make all of
33:16
the Epstein files public. We should hold him to that.
33:20
If and when it comes to a vote, I expect
33:22
mister Tillis to be on board. In another sign of
33:25
growing momentum to compel the administration to release the files,
33:29
Republicans on the Appropriations Committee agreed this summer to adopt
33:33
an amendment sponsored by Senator Chris van Holland to the Commerce,
33:37
Justice and State Appropriations Bill directing the Justice Department to
33:41
provide detailed reports to Congress on all of its Epstein
33:44
related material. The amendment directs the Attorney General to retain, preserve,
33:49
and compile any records related to the investigation and prosecution
33:53
of Epstein, and to submit to the Senate a report
33:57
on victims testimony, the investigation of cocine inspiraters, and an
34:01
intelligence assessment of Epstein's financial ties, clients, and connections to
34:05
the US or foreign governments. Well, I don't have very
34:09
much hope that we're going to get much out of that,
34:11
but that's the right way to go. I mean, we
34:14
have to have a full accounting every last file, let's
34:17
see them all, and anything short of full disclosure at
34:19
this point is only going to lead to more questions,
34:22
so that brings us to a crossroad. The discharge petition
34:26
isn't just another procedural vote. It's a test of whether
34:29
this Congress still belongs to the people or whether it
34:32
has surrendered to secrecy. The choice cannot be clearer, and
34:36
the stakes cannot be higher. Transparency is not a gift.
34:40
It's not a privilege to be handed down when convenient.
34:43
It's the lifeblood of democracy itself. Without it, trust collapse
34:47
Without it, the people turn away from the very institutions
34:50
meant to represent them. Without it, we are left with
34:53
suspicion instead of accountability, shadows instead of truth. This petition
35:00
is a line in the sand. To sign it is
35:02
to declare that the American people come first, that their
35:06
right to know outweighs anyone's desire to protect reputations or
35:10
shield the powerful. To refuse is decide with silence, and
35:15
with silence comes simplicity. Republicans now have a chance to
35:20
prove that integrity still matters, that transparency is not negotiable,
35:24
and that Congress can still rise to meet the moment.
35:27
Because history will not remember the excuses, it will not
35:30
remember the procedural maneuvers. It will remember only this, When
35:34
truth was on the line, did you stand with it?
35:37
Or did you walk away? Let this Congress be remembered
35:41
not for its hesitation, but for its courage, not for
35:44
burying the truth but for bringing it to light, not
35:47
for protecting the few, but for serving the many. The
35:51
time for shadows is over, The people are watching, the
35:55
truth is waiting, and the path forward begins with transparency.
36:00
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be found in the description box. What's up, everyone, and
36:06
welcome to another episode of the Epstein Chronicles. Well, folks,
36:10
you made it, and that alone is worth pausing to recognize,
36:15
because another year is officially in the books, and no
36:18
matter how it treated you, you're still standing here listening
36:21
to this, and that matters more than people give it
36:24
credit for. Life doesn't ask permission before it throws obstacles
36:28
in our path. It doesn't slow down when things get heavy.
36:32
Yet here we are still moving forward together. And I
36:35
know that we all took hits this yere one way
36:37
or another. We all felt moments of frustration, exhaustion, and doubt,
36:42
and despite all of that, we kept going. And I
36:47
know that me personally, This year was not easy by
36:49
any stretch of the imagination. There were days when everything
36:53
felt like an uphill climb with no summit in sight.
36:57
There were moments when progress felt invisible and hope felt thin.
37:01
But persistence has a way of quietly stacking wins while
37:05
no one's looking, and every step forward, no matter how small,
37:09
still counts. Every conversation had, every question asked, every uncomfortable
37:14
truth confronted mattered. We didn't give up when it would
37:17
be easy to look the other way. We stayed engaged
37:20
when disengagement would have been more comfortable. And what makes
37:24
this past year stand out is the momentum that we've
37:27
all built together, not just personal momentum, but collective momentum
37:31
around something that truly matters. We push forward in the
37:36
fight to right one of the worst wrongs in this
37:38
country's history, the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, was buried for years
37:43
under silence, power, and indifference. This year, that silence has
37:48
begun to crack, and that didn't happen by accident. It
37:52
happened because people like you refuse to stop caring. And
37:56
for me personally, it's felt like screaming into a void.
37:59
For a very long time, covering Epstein felt like shouting
38:02
truths into a world that didn't want to listen. Doors
38:05
were closed, eyes were rolled, and the story was minimized
38:09
or mocked. But persistence wears down even the thickest walls,
38:14
and this year we forced the story back into the narrative.
38:18
We made it impossible for them to ignore. We educated, challenged,
38:22
and sometimes straight up dragged the truth into the light.
38:26
And what's important to understand is that awareness doesn't happen
38:29
all at once. It builds slowly, conversation by conversation, and
38:34
this year more people started asking the same questions all
38:37
of us have been asking for years. People who once
38:41
dismissed the story are now demanding answers. And that shift
38:45
didn't come from the institutions or the headlines. It came
38:48
from regular people refusing to let it die. And in
38:52
my opinion, that's powerful. But even with all that progress,
38:56
we're not done, not even close, and this coming year
39:00
is going to be pivotal in this fight. Transparency doesn't
39:04
happen because it's convenient. It happens because pressure is relentless.
39:09
And that's why staying engaged matters more now than ever.
39:12
Elected officials respond when they know people are watching. Accountability
39:17
only exists when silence is no longer an option. For
39:22
me personally, this year was deeply eye opening. Watching the
39:25
tide turn after so many years was surreal. I remember
39:29
a time when nobody wanted to hear the word Epstein
39:32
at all. Now it's part of the mainstream conversation once again,
39:36
and that shift still blows my mind. It feels like
39:40
watching something impossible slowly become undeniable, and it reinforces why
39:45
staying the course matters. I mean, seven years saying that
39:50
out loud still feels unreal. Seven years of research, frustration, breakthroughs,
39:55
setbacks and late ass nights, seven years of pushing through
40:00
through doubt and a lot of resistance, seven years of
40:03
people telling me it was pointless, and yet here we are.
40:07
It's been a wild ass ride in every sense of
40:10
the word. And when I think back to the beginning,
40:13
it honestly makes me laugh. A spare bedroom, two cell
40:17
phones and a lapel mic that had no business being
40:20
used for a podcast. The sound quality was terrible, the
40:24
pacing was rough, and the structure barely existed. But the
40:28
fire was there and I was hooked from the start.
40:32
I knew there was more beneath the surface of this story.
40:34
I could feel it every time another strange detail surfaced,
40:38
and walking away has never been an option. Once you
40:41
see something like this clearly, you can unsee it. So
40:45
I kept digging. I kept asking questions, I kept following
40:48
threads wherever they led. As time went on, the story
40:52
only got stranger. Every answer raised three more questions, and
40:57
the deeper I went, the more obvious it became that
41:00
this wasn't just about one man. It was about systems
41:03
protection and power. It was about who gets shielded and
41:07
who gets sacrificed. And that realization changed everything for me.
41:13
And what still amazes me is how many of you
41:16
have been here for the entire ride. Some of you
41:18
have listened since those early rough episodes. You stuck around
41:22
through technical, growing pains and evolving formats. You believed in
41:26
the mission before it was polished. And that loyalty means
41:30
more than I can properly express, and it's something that
41:34
I certainly don't take lightly. And I want to give
41:36
a special heartfelt shout out to Cheryl and Candice. You've
41:40
supported this show since the very beginning. You believed in
41:43
it when it was nothing more than an idea and
41:46
my dumb ass voice. And that kind of faith is
41:49
rare and it's not something I'll ever forget. Thank you
41:53
for standing firm when it would have been easy to
41:56
just walk away and look. It's incredibly humbling to know
42:00
how many of you find this podcast helpful on Tangling
42:03
this web is not easy. The information's heavy, complex and
42:07
oftentimes very disturbing, and knowing that you trust me to
42:11
help you navigate it means everything. The hours that you've
42:15
spent listening are not lost on me. That time is
42:18
a gift, because there are moments when I genuinely struggle
42:22
to find the right words to say thank you. Gratitude
42:25
feels too small for what you've given this project. The
42:29
only way I know how to honor that support is
42:32
through continued effort, by going places others can't or won't go,
42:37
by asking the questions that make people uncomfortable, by staying relentless.
42:43
And for those of you who know me, you know
42:45
that I really don't do New Year's resolutions. I've never
42:47
been good at promises with expiration dates. But there is
42:51
one commitment I renew every year without hesitation. I will
42:55
continue pursuing the truth wherever it leads. I will continue
42:59
applying pressure where it's needed. That promise stands as we
43:03
move forward together, as we leave this past year behind,
43:08
I want you to recognize your role in all of this.
43:11
This didn't happen because of one voice. It happened because
43:14
many voices refuse to stay quiet. Every share, every conversation,
43:19
every message mattered. You are a part of this story,
43:23
whether you realize it or not, and that's something to
43:26
be proud of because none of this would be possible
43:29
without you. Truly, the momentum, the awareness, the progress all
43:34
came from collective effort. This is what people power looks
43:38
like when it refuses to fade. You didn't just listen.
43:42
You engaged, you cared, you stayed. So as we step
43:46
into this new year, I want you to hold onto
43:48
that energy. Take care of yourselves, protect your health and
43:52
your peace. But don't lose that fire either. We still
43:55
have a lot of work to do and the road
43:57
ahead matters. So from me to all of you, thank you.
44:02
I wish all of you the happiest, healthiest, and strongest
44:05
year yet, and I hope that this year brings clarity
44:08
where there was confusion and strength where there was fatigue.
44:12
I hope that you find moments of joy even while
44:15
carrying the heaviest of truths. And above all, I hope
44:18
you know how deeply appreciated you are. All of you
44:21
kick major ass and I'm grateful beyond words to be
44:24
on this ride with you. And as we move forward,
44:27
I want you to remember that this isn't just about
44:30
a podcast or a story. It's about refusing to accept
44:33
a version of reality that was carefully constructed to protect
44:36
the powerful. It's about honoring the people who were harmed
44:40
by insisting that their suffering wasn't disposable. Every time that
44:44
you stay engaged, you help chip away that illusion that
44:47
nothing can change. And I know that progress often feels
44:51
slow right up until it suddenly isn't. And history shows
44:55
us that pressure works when it's sustained. The truth doesn't
44:58
need to be loud if it's persistent, and persistence is
45:01
something this community has in spades. That's why I believe
45:06
the coming year will matter more than any before it.
45:10
We're closer than we've ever been and that should fuel us,
45:13
not exhaust us, because make no mistake, there will be
45:17
moments ahead where frustration creeps back in. There's going to
45:20
be days when it feels like institutions are stalling, deflecting,
45:23
or playing for time. But I don't think that's a
45:26
sign of failure anymore. I think it's a sign that
45:29
pressure is being felt because power never gives ground willingly.
45:35
It only moves when it has to. When you see resistance,
45:39
understand what it really means. It means that somebody doesn't
45:43
want the next door opened. It means accountability is no
45:45
longer hypothetical. And those moments are exactly when staying focused
45:50
matters most. We don't respond with despair. We respond with consistency.
45:55
That's how this keeps moving forward. I also want to
45:58
say this clearly and without hesitation. Take care of yourselves
46:02
along the way. Carrying heavy truths can wear people down
46:06
if they don't pause to breathe. It's okay to step
46:08
back for a moment when you need to. It's okay
46:11
to protect your mental and emotional health. None of this
46:15
requires burnout to be legitimate. What matters is that you
46:18
don't abandon your principles, even if you rest your voice.
46:22
The community has always understood balance better than most. Strength
46:26
does it mean constant intensity. It means longevity, and longevity
46:30
is what wins battles like this, and what gives me
46:34
the most hope is knowing how grounded this audience is.
46:37
You don't chase easy narratives or convenient villains. You demand evidence, accountability,
46:42
and clarity. You're willing to sit with complexity instead of
46:46
simplifying it away, and that's rare in a time or
46:49
outrage is often shallow and fleeting. You've shown patience where
46:54
others demand instant resolution. You've shown resolve where others lose interest,
47:00
and that combination is powerful. It's the reason this work
47:04
continues to matter. It's the reason the story keeps moving
47:07
forward instead of being buried again. And it's the reason
47:11
I remain as committed as ever. So as we truly
47:14
close this chapter and step fully into the next one,
47:17
know this, I see you, I respect you, and I'm
47:20
deeply grateful for every single one of you. This fight
47:25
continues not because it's easy, but because it's necessary. We
47:30
will keep asking the hard questions, we will keep refusing
47:33
half answers and close doors, and we will keep moving
47:36
forward together, one step at a time. I appreciate all
47:40
of you walking this road with me and I know
47:43
that we're going to make this here account. All of
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