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The Epstein Bill Passes Both Chambers Of Congress
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The Epstein Files bill blasted through Congress with numbers you almost never see anymore—427-1 in the House, and then it slid through the Senate with unanimous consent like it was greased. On paper, that looks like a triumph of transparency and a...
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what's up everyone, and welcome to another episode of the Epstein Chronicles. Yesterday proved something that a lot of people in this country have suspected for a long time. When the powerful get scared enough, they move fast enough to make your head spin. The House of Representatives, a chamber that can agree if the sky is blue, will, without six weeks of hearings and 24 cable news panels, suddenly managed to push the Epstein Files bill through with a 4271 vote like it was the easiest decision they'd ever made. That level of forced consensus doesn't come from unity or principle. It comes from fear. The very real fear that the public pressure building outside those marble walls was about to rip the facade clean off the building. These people haven't discovered morality overnight. They felt the oxygen starting to thin, and they stampeded in the only direction that might save their own skins. Anyone watching that vote with their eyes open could see that it didn't look like triumph or righteous resolve. It looked like a room full of people trying not to be the last one standing when the music stops. And then, of course, we have the Senate, the legendary swamp lounge where accountability goes to be smothered, where, with a pillow, they decided to throw in the towel without so much as clearing their throat. This is the chamber famous for dragging simple bills through weeks of procedural sludge. The same Senate that loves attaching unrelated amendments like tumors designed to kill anything remotely threatening. But suddenly, at the first whiff of smoke, they refuse to even touch it. No edits, no rewrites, no performative debate. They passed it immediately, without even pretending to consider alternatives. It didn't look like efficiency. It looked like surrender. It looked like a group of seasoned political survivors who recognized that obstructing this bill any longer was going to blow their cover and expose exactly how deep the rock goes. It's not courage when someone drops the gun because the barrel is melting in their hands. Now the bill's sitting on Donald Trump's desk, or will be. And the timing couldn't be more telling. After months of stonewalling, dismissing, mocking, and minimizing the push to release these files, the White House is suddenly pretending to stand behind transparency. Not because they've become champions of truth, but because they saw the avalanche coming and decided to duck. You don't reverse positions this dramatically unless you're backed into a corner and trying to calculate the least damaging escape route. The sudden pivot once wasn't conviction. What we see is a survival reflex, folks. And anyone pretending otherwise is either lying or refusing to think. The administration still clinging to this convenient excuse of an ongoing investigation. As if that phrase magically cleanses everything. As if people haven't learned that in Washington that term means nothing except we need time to sanitize whatever we don't want you to see. None of what happened yesterday represents accountability. All it represents is the moment the people in charge realized they were out of hiding places and had to choose which limb to saw off to save the rest of the body. I mean, you could practically feel the desperation leaking through the television. We're not talking about leaders here that were acting with integrity. They were reactionaries trying to get ahead of a story that's already out of their control. They know that once these files exist as public record rather than whispered rumor, nobody is going to be able to shrug and say they didn't know. They're trying to position themselves as allies in a fight they spent years helping to suppress. And look, the sad truth is, the bill moving isn't a victory lap. It's the beginning of a panic sprint happening behind closed doors. Everyone who touched Epstein, protected him, enabled him, profited from him, or kept quiet long enough for his operation to thrive is now frantically calculating damage pass. The public didn't suddenly gain power. The powerful lost cover. And the scramble happening right now in real time is the clearest evidence that whatever's in those files isn't just embarrassing, it's incriminating. The passing of this bill didn't look like justice. It looked like the political class trying to outrun the wreckage that they know is coming. Today's article is from ABC News, and the headline, senate Expected to Send Epstein Files Bill to Trump. The author of this article is Allison Pocorin. The Senate is Expected to receive the House pass version of the Jeffrey Epstein files and pass it along to President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning. And if Donald Trump knew what was good for him, he would reach out to the survivors and have them in the Oval Office when he signs the bill. You might as well get on board, buddy, because the longer you stand in the way, the longer you act as an obstacle, the more people are going to have questions about what your motivation is. And I think at this point, everybody wants to know the truth. I don't think it matters what side of the aisle you're on, what you believe. Everybody wants to know what's going on. And everybody wants to know especially who was involved. And that doesn't just mean in the actual abuse. The enabling is a big part of this, folks. The structure, the whole entire enterprise that was built, how that was run, the people in charge of that, Epstein and Maxwell couldn't do what they did alone. And that's the point that I've made throughout this whole entire thing from day one. Late Tuesday afternoon, the Senate agreed to unanimously approve the bill that the House passed earlier in the day. When it arrives from the House, it will be deemed immediately passed by the Senate. And that's extraordinary, honestly. And that's because of you folks, by the way, all the pressure, all of the phone calls, all of that stuff had an effect. We're not talking about, you know, usual policy issues here. We're where only advocates and people that are involved in that specific issue are getting, you know, active on the phones and active as far as contacting their elected officials. When you start talking about hurting children and people covering it up, that's going to get people fired up and you're going to have people involved that have never been involved before. And I can't tell you how many people I know in my real life, my personal life, who have zero interest in politics, who are now completely invested in what's going on here. And these are people who have told me to shut up a million times about the topic. Oh, Bobby, come on. There's no way that it runs that deep. Where are the receipts? Where's the proof? And unless you start at the beginning, it's very hard to make your case, because that's the point, right? The confusion, the chaos, that's all part of the COVID And that's why they make it so confusing. That's why they dump all these different psyops on you. That's why they have all these influencers come out and run misdirection like Littlefinger Says in Game of Thrones, chaos is a ladder. And the people that control us, the real people who control us behind the scenes, they understand that, and they utilize that as a tool. The unanimous action by the Senate means there will be no amendments or changes to the bill, as House Speaker Mike Johnson and other members of his Republican leadership team had urged. Well, what they wanted to do was get in there and change some of the language, some of the wording, so they could continue to protect their donors. Mike Johnson is smarmy, bro. Cares more about his donors and the people that are paying the bills than he cares about you and me. And his carrying on with this whole entire Epstein situation, from suspending the House to the rest of it, just really shows you the kind of person that Mike Johnson is. The man is an absolute imbecile. And you know what the craziest part is? When all of this is said and done, you know he's going to go get one of those lobbyist jobs for a bunch of dough. Like he actually knows what he's talking about or knows what he's doing. I mean, take a look at John Banner, bro. Spent his whole life talking down on drugs, going after people who smoke pot, and then when he retires, joins the Cannabis Companies Board. Oh, yeah, that's cool. Nothing wrong with that. As people rot away in prison for smoking the very thing you're making a fortune on. The measure compels Attorney General Pam Bondi to make available all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials in the Department of Justice possession related to Epstein within 30 days of its enactment. And it's always the fine print, right? Unclassified records, documents and communications. Well, who gets to decide what's classified? Oh, that's right, the DOJ and Donald Trump. So this goes all the way back to what I was saying about them using this new investigation that they have against whoever as a shield. And that's the plan. That is the exact plan that is being enacted in and played out right in front of our eyes. And what they're trying to do is create some distance between Donald Trump and the decisions that are about to be made, because now it's all gonna fall on Pam Bondi's lap. And Donald Trump will be able to say, look, I ordered all of this released, but the doj, you know, they're doing their job. We can't have the DOJ release this information. Meanwhile, Donald Trump's out here calling for targeted police prosecutions of people. And if you know anything about court, if you know anything about Trials that kind of is dead on arrival. You want to talk about polluting the jury pool? Well, this is it. So all this bluster, all this talk about investigations, I have my doubts that they're going to do anything about it. Now, they might say there's an investigation just to gum up the works, but do you really think they're going to make any real moves? They just found some new actionable intelligence. And remember, the people that they're going to go after or say they're going to go after are very powerful and rich people. You think their lawyers don't know the things I know? They most certainly do. And they're going to utilize all of that against one of these targeted prosecutions. And they'll point back to what Donald Trump said in that post. And I have a funny feeling that the court isn't going to look too kindly on it. I mean, take a look at how they're being repudiated with their prosecution. A. Comey if the legislation signed into law, it could compel the release of federal records on Epstein and his convicted accomplice Glenn Maxwell, as well as other individuals, including government officials named or referenced in connection with Epstein's criminal activities, civil settlements, immunity plea agreements or investigatory proceedings. According to the legislation, text, victims names and and other identifying information would be excluded from the disclosure, as would any items that may depict or contain child sex abuse material, according to the text of the House pass bill. Well, that's good. Nobody wants to see that. I certainly don't. So, yeah, keep all of that hidden. What I want to see is the black and white. I want to see who signed off on what. I want to see who made the decision to put Jeffrey Epstein in the cell with with Nicholas Dartaglione. And I also want to see the report that cleared him at mcc. I want to see all of it. And I don't think that's too big of an ask. I think that we're entitled to all of that. And none of that is national security. ABC News did not receive a response from the Justice Department to questions about whether and how it plans to comply with the bill once it's been signed by Trump. Well, they'll have to get it approved by Glenn Maxwell, right? Oh, she's not calling the shots anymore.
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todd Blanche is back in charge, calling the shots. I mean, I'm sure she has a direct line to the Trump administration telling them what she wants them to do right? Considering the treatment she's getting old Queenly Ghislaine over here acting like Queen Elizabeth. I mean, at this point I wouldn't be shocked to see that idiot Cat Turd. Have Glenn Maxwell be the co host on his podcast if you want to call it a podcast. And and furthermore, anyone who is listening to a dude named Cat Turd should probably take a good hard look in the mirror. Then again, he has been in 40 bar fights folks. Very tough guy. On Friday, Bondi announced the Justice Department was initiating a renewed investigation into the files and potential ties between high profile Democrats and Epstein, just hours after Trump ordered her to do it on his Truth Social account. I'm sure the court is going to love that, but I'm sure that this investigation is going to go very, very far and dig very, very deep. It's unclear whether the DOJ will seek to cite that announcement as exempting much of the files from public disclosure due to their relevance to the new investigation, despite DOJ and FBI stating unequivocally in July statement that it uncovered no evidence in a review of the files that would support a predicated investigation against any uncharged individuals. Imagine that. Imagine trying to pump that to us after we've heard directly from judges inside the court during trials about Sarah Kellen Vickers. How dare you. And here's another thing to chew on. So if they have a targeted investigation going against, I don't know, Bill Clinton or whoever, then doesn't that mean that the information about everybody else should still be available? You know, Donald Trump and anybody who might be on the right? Isn't that what they're opening themselves up to? The whole entire thing doesn't seem like it was well thought out, and it seems to me like a panic move, the whole thing. And it's funny, because they love to call people panickins or whatever the fuck they call them. Well, who's panicking now? It's unlikely the Justice Department would release the entire Epstein file. According to sources, any material related to ongoing investigation or the White House claims of executive privilege will likely remain out of public view. And this is why we have to keep the heat on. And this is why I call it all performative politics. How is it that we live in a republic where there's oversight supposedly by Congress and the Senate and the Department of Justice is still calling the shots? So once again I'm calling for a special investigator. Enough is enough. Trump said Monday that he will sign the bill should it reach his desk. I'm all for it, trump said. But in a post on his social media platform Tuesday afternoon, the president said he doesn't care when the Senate passes the House bill, whether tonight or at some other time in the near future, and he wants Republicans to stay focused on the agenda. I just don't want Republicans to take their eyes off all the victories that we've had, including the great big beautiful bill, closed borders, no men and women's sports or transgender for everyone, ending dei, stopping Biden's record setting inflation, biggest tax and regulation cuts in history, stopping eight wars, rebuilding our military, being respected by every country in the world, having trillions of dollars invested in the usa, having created the hottest country anywhere in the world, and even delivering a huge defeat to the Democrats on on the shutdown, trump said in his post. Yeah, sorry buddy, none of that stuff is more important than what we're talking about here. I hate to say it, but it's true. Because nothing is more important than rooting out this corruption. If we don't root it out, it's going to happen again and none of this stuff Trump's talking about is going to matter if we're being ruled by people who are either hurting children or are okay with hurting children. Thanks for coming to my fucking TED Talk. A senior White House official later told ABC News that the bill will be signed whenever it gets to the White House. Trump did not need to wait for Congress to act. He could order the release immediately. At a vigil on Capitol Hill Tuesday afternoon, a group of House Democrats and Epstein survivors broke out in loud cheers upon learning that the Senate unanimously approved the bill. After New Mexico Democratic Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez made the announcement from the podium, the group broke out in loud cheers, claps and smiles, some of them tearing up. Democrats were seen hugging the survivors. Well, the Democrats should be seen getting rid of Stacy Plaskett. That's what they should be doing. And please make no mistake, I'm going to keep talking about Stacy Plaskett like I've been talking about her before anyone even knew she was involved. I've been talking about Plasket for literally years. And when I would talk to people on the left about Stacy Plaskett, their eyes would roll. Oh Come on, it's not that big of a deal. What? She got a couple bucks from him and she gave it back. So what? Well, guess what? It is a big deal. Anyone getting text messages from Jeffrey Epstein while they're engaging in a House committee, probably a big deal, and that needs to be dealt with. But as far as this goes, as far as the bill hitting Trump's desk, I think that it's a moment where the American people have finally stood up and said, enough is enough. Now, the question that remains is, will that be enough? All of the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box.