In What Crazy World Does Jeffrey Epstein Matter?
An administration fueled by conspiracy theories just got weirder.
In a world that has seemed topsy turvy over the past almost (it’s only an almost!) 6 months, with executive orders by the bushelfuls, a Big Beautiful Boondoggle that has rewarded the wealthiest and put a huge segment of our society at bigger risk, including, the loss of medical coverage and rural hospital closures, brought us an armed force that nobody wants to identify of combat-armed, face-covered people abducting people for the crime of being brown, and an unhinged economic policy, why the fuck is there so much attention on a convicted sex trafficker (not to be confused with the Liar in Chief who is a sexual predator, but not a trafficker, at least as far as we know)?
Welcome to the clown car that is the Trump 47 administration. Back when he was Trump 45, he actually surrounded himself with smart people, experienced people, and people that kept the Felon from his worst impulses. Considering that all the Liar in Chief has is impulses, policy and planning be damned, that first term could have been even worse. Trump 47 is the “worse” many of us feared. He has surrounded himself with the worst boot-licking sycophants imaginable. Moreover, the administration has seemingly integrated Project 2025 into everything, but in particular with moving us towards a system, not of checks and balances, not of 3 co-equal branches of government, but one that vests all power in the Executive. It is this goal that begat all of the EO’s, the endless litigation, and the hopes that the Supreme Court will bend its knee to the Felon and his minions.
Somehow, the carney barker Felon has brought lots of folks into the big top to watch him praise tariffs as a tax on other countries. He has thrown out tariff numbers to create shock and awe as if he were selling tickets to the circuses side shows. But the moment anyone in the audience call him out, screams “bullshit,” there is no debate. One of two things happens: he calls the doubter stupid, with “a very low IQ individual” as a common invective (as we used to say in the schoolyard, takes one to know one!); or, he changes the subject, often times blaming all the world’s ills on a stolen election (which never happened in reality), Hillary’s emails (still?!), Hunter’s laptop (which is not relevant to anything!), and Biden’s mental capacity, which is cruel, unfounded and shits on a great public servant. Sure, he never should have run for a second term, but he did accomplish a lot given the shit hand that the Felon left him.
With all of this whirlwind of activity, we now are in an endless news cycle of the Epstein Chronicles. This madness all began because Republicans thought they could get lots of dirt on powerful Democrats. They also wanted to get to the bottom of the alleged suicide of Epstein while in jail in August 2019….when the Felon was in his first term. I will not peddle in conspiracy theories, but a high profile felon, who had ties to very powerful people, somehow managed to hang himself when he was supposedly under 24 hour surveillance. Given that General Bone Spurs was in office, might the “suicide” have been at his direction, to keep his name from ever getting out? I know, it sounds too believable. Does anyone really care about Jeffrey Epstein? Why are we getting so bogged down into inquiries that seem more suited to the National Enquirer than to Congressional investigations. While we have many more problems with which to deal, this one has become a comedy of errors because in a never ending effort to besmirch Democrats, perhaps there are powerful Republicans in the crosshairs of any investigation.
Back in 2017, Epstein was quoted as saying “I was Donald’s closest friend for ten years.” Back in 2002, before Epstein became a pariah, the Felon said “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.” The cringe factor in that quote is enough make you want to take a hot shower. Trump’s quote connects him to Epstein at the time he was engaged in a massive sex trafficking scheme with underage girls. Taking a leap, and a generous one at that, one might infer that Trump knew about the sex trafficking and turned a blind eye to it. This is, of course, not surprising given the cringe-worthy comments the Felon made about his own daughter Ivanka when she was very young.
The administration fueled the conspiracy ethos of the MAGA world by claiming that once they were in office they would release the alleged “client list” and provide the truth about Epstein’s death. Back in February, AG Blondie told FOX News that the client list was “sitting on my desk right now.” To top that Joe McCarthy-like claim (I hold the names of 50 communists….) MAGA senators like Marsha Blackburn believed that Patel, if confirmed as the director of the FBI, would release more information on Epstein and child sex trafficking rings (and you have to know that there really are people out there who still believe in the pedophile ring below a DC pizza joint). Additionally, Senator Mike Lee called for Americans to vote for Trump in 2024 because “Americans deserve to know why Epstein didn’t kill himself.” At one point, amidst this fetid pile of lies, the Felon claimed that President Obama somehow messed with the Epstein files. FBI Director Kash Patel, who before taking office claimed that the FBI director controlled Epstein’s “black book” and that Trump should campaign on a promise to “roll [it] out.” In a recent post on social media, Patel posted that “the conspiracy theories just aren’t true, never have been.” And y’all that J. Edgar Hoover was bad!
And with this change of messaging, there are deep fractures developing in MAGA world. Is this a case of elites getting over on the common man? If the elites can keep abusing girls with impunity, what else can they get away with? I see this going on and I think about the first rule of trial preparation: never ask a question to which you do not know the answer. This administration got its base all riled up based on this concept of a case of elites getting it over on the little guy, and then tried to bury it all, but the frenzied mob refuses to let it go. The idea of putting the Epstein case into cold storage may be a means to promote focus on politicized prosecutions against other Trump foes, but many of the Felon’s supporters are having none of it.
Trump double talk was revealed when he seemed to contradict Blondie’s story as he suggested the Epstein files existed, but then with no sense of irony said they were “written by Obama, Crooked Hillary, Comey, Brennan, and the Losers and Criminals of the Biden Administration, who conned the World with the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, 51 ‘Intelligence’ Agents, ‘THE LAPTOP FROM HELL,’ and more? They created the Epstein Files, just like they created the FAKE Hillary Clinton/Christopher Steele Dossier that they used on me, and now my so-called “friends” are playing right into their hands. Why didn’t these Radical Left Lunatics release the Epstein Files? If there was ANYTHING in there that could have hurt the MAGA Movement, why didn’t they use it? They haven’t even given up on the John F. Kennedy or Martin Luther King, Jr. Files,” he posted.
Not being one to leave well enough along, his posting frenzy moved towards distraction: “The Left is imploding! Kash Patel, and the FBI, must be focused on investigating Voter Fraud, Political Corruption, ActBlue, The Rigged and Stolen Election of 2020, and arresting Thugs and Criminals, instead of spending month after month looking at nothing but the same old, Radical Left inspired Documents on Jeffrey Epstein. LET PAM BONDI DO HER JOB—SHE’S GREAT! The 2020 Election was Rigged and Stolen, and they tried to do the same thing in 2024—That’s what she is looking into as AG, and much more. One year ago our Country was DEAD, now it’s the ‘HOTTEST’ Country anywhere in the World. Let’s keep it that way, and not waste Time and Energy on Jeffrey Epstein, somebody that nobody cares about. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
I am not a child psychologist or a head shrinker of any ilk, but this is some infantile shit being thrown about. “Donny, did you take a cookie without permission?” “It was the maid, she stole the cookies, left the crumbs on my bed, wiped chocolate on my desk, all while she should have been cleaning the house, which she hasn’t done, which is more important than a missing cookie.” America, wake up, not only is the Felon a sociopathic narcissist, but he is a bold faced liar.
Last week administration officials and MAGA promoters like Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson went to Charlie Kirk’s Student Action Summit. In what had initially been promoted as a young-conservative love-fest and celebration of this new America first world, it became a family drama where everyone shows up at Thanksgiving and publicly tries swallow their pride and move on from the Epstein saga as Trump had directed them to do. Apparently, too many attendees refused to let it go. Suddenly, not just with this Epstein lunacy, but over issues like Ukraine, Israel and other foreign conflicts, MAGA supporters are questioning their fearless leader. His supporters are starting to jump ship because the Felon is not sticking to his Draconian goals as strongly as he should.
Finally, there’s Trump himself. On Inauguration Day, he had majority approval. Now, 54 percent disapprove — worse than any president since Bill Clinton. Once the budget cuts hit home, the cost of tariffs show up in our daily purchases, and he shows no ability at deal making, his raison d’etre, his numbers will drop even further. All of this should not provide any real solace, rather it should be the opening, the precipitating force to drive us all to attack the Felon, his administration, and to bring back our country, the rule of law, and the Republic for which we should all stand.
Get up. Stand up