ISN’T THE GOP CONGRESS EXHAUSTED BY THE EPSTEIN COVERUP?

America has failed to deliver justice for predators who abused children. Oh sure there are a few, enough to give the appearance of doing something, that have been held accountable. Ghislaine Maxwell is serving 20 years. But we’re making it comfy for her in a minimum security facility where she can play with puppies among other niceties. All while she wrangles for a pardon, or clemency, or works a deal where she promises to tell the truth about it all if only our president makes sure she gets what she wants out any deal. Oh, and as a teaser, she assures us Trump and Clinton are innocent of anything. Meanwhile prominent heads roll in the rest of the world where shame still works. Where there are people who make the decision to exit stage left rather than fighting a public relations battle they are sure to lose. That may no longer work in America. Shame seems to have morphed into defiance and denial, no matter appearances, and facts, to the contrary. Examples. Trump lying about his relationship with Epstein. Guys like Howard Lutnick (Trump’s Commerce Secretary) who’ve been lying for years about their connections. And the still-unknown co-conspirators. All of these issues could be resolved if the GOP Congress actually possessed the bravery they think they do. And if they did, we might see if America is still capable of shame. It’s another scandal. But it’s the same story. It’s the wealthy, powerful, well-connected who protect each other no matter what crimes they commit. The ones who abuse children with impunity, loot the working class, and oversee the largest wealth transfer in American history. And when those crimes start to surface, they flood the zone with manufactured chaos and scandal to exhaust us, distract us, and make accountability feel impossible—knowing that if they’re ever caught, a pardon is waiting from Donald Trump. As precedent has made clear. This is part of the reason Trump’s approval rating is tanking, because people are exhausted. Furious. Fed up. Everyone’s getting wrecked by this economy except for a tiny elite. Everyone’s horrified by the Epstein files. Murders like those of Alex Pretti and Renee Good are 80–20 issues outside the Twitter echo chamber. And MAGA influencers can’t even admit it. That’s why their defenses are getting more desperate and stupid—because they know they’re cooked. Bottom line. A nation that won’t hold the powerful accountable for abusing children is not a nation worth preserving. Release the Epstein files. All of them.