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Now let's slow this down and really chew it.

First, let's get something straight. This wasn't some accidental paperwork snafu or clerical oopsie. Congress explicitly ordered the Epstein records to be released. Not summarized. Not selectively redacted into legal Mad Libs. Released. The public was told, You're going to see what happened, who was involved, and how deep this thing went.

What they got instead was a stack of documents that look like they were edited by a Sharpie-happy raccoon.

Names gone. Connections erased. Timelines fuzzy. Accountability floating somewhere out there like Bigfoot: rumored, blurry, never quite caught on camera.

And then comes the punchline: the Department of Justice says, "We've complied."

That's it. That's the proof. Trust us.

Trust.
From the same institution that somehow lost track of a high-profile sex trafficker in federal custody.
Trust.
From the people who decide what you're allowed to see and what you're not allowed to even know exists.

Here's the trick: you cannot independently verify a cover-up when the people accused of covering it up are the sole custodians of the evidence. That's not paranoia, that's basic logic. That's kindergarten epistemology.

If the government releases documents and says, "That's everything," there is no referee. No outside audit. No neutral party counting pages and saying, "Yep, all here." The Justice Department grades its own homework and hands itself an A-minus for effort.

And notice how carefully everyone dances around the phrase cover-up. Journalists hesitate. Officials bristle. Because to prove a cover-up, you'd need access to the very material being withheld. It's a perfect loop. A bureaucratic ouroboros eating its own tail while asking you to applaud its transparency.

Meanwhile, the redactions aren't protecting victims; that excuse collapses fast. They're protecting reputations. Powerful ones. The kind that don't enjoy daylight. The kind that get nervous when names, dates, and flight logs start lining up like dominoes.

And here's the real damage. This isn't just about Epstein anymore. This is about institutional trust. When the government says "believe us" while actively limiting what can be believed, it trains the public to assume deception as the default setting.

That's how cynicism becomes rational.

So no, you don't need a secret memo labeled COVER-UP PLAN. You don't need a villain twirling a mustache in a DOJ conference room. All you need is power, opacity, and a system that says, "If you can't see it, you can't prove it."

And that's the quiet brilliance of the con.

Because in the end, the public is left holding a bag full of black ink, empty of answers, while being told this is what accountability looks like.

Which is funny.
Not ha-ha funny.
More like "Jesus Christ, are you kidding me?" funny.

And that's the way it is when the people in charge decide truth is need-to-know, and you don't need to know.

Surprised the Drudge Retort is needed the way Drudge reports today.

law.stanford.edu

"The site was launched by Cadenhead around 10 years ago as a parody site to the conservative Drudge Report. Around 5 years ago, it became a social news site, where members can post links and comments"

It's more a mirror than a parody.

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#28 | Posted by john_savage2

Trump border czar dismisses Democratic demands to reform ICE
www.reuters.com

... White House border czar Tom Homan on Sunday brushed off Democratic demands to reform ICE amid mounting backlash over the agency's tactics and a partisan deadlock over homeland security funding. ...

Lincoln tops presidential rankings; Trump records most poor' marks: Poll
thehill.com

... Americans overwhelmingly view former President Abraham Lincoln as an "outstanding" leader, while President Trump ranks near the bottom, according to a new poll.

The YouGov survey, released Friday, found that 74 percent of U.S. voters collectively rank Lincoln, known affectionately as Honest Abe, as "outstanding" or "above average." Another 12 percent said he was "average" while 11 percent were unsure. Just 3 percent called the 16th president "below average."

Lincoln was followed by former Presidents John F. Kennedy and George Washington. About 66 percent of respondents ranked Kennedy as "outstanding" or "above average," while 65 percent said the same of the nation's first leader, the poll found.

Less than 4 in 10 respondents, 35 percent, ranked Trump as "outstanding" or "above average." Instead, 54 percent viewed his presidency as "poor" or "below average." Another 9 percent placed him in the "average" category while 2 percent were unsure.

Trump, however, bested former Presidents Biden and Nixon -- who fell at the bottom -- in YouGov's rankings of 20 of the most well-known commanders in chief. ...


#26

"Were nearly half a million registered California voters disqualified from jury duty in one year because they were not citizens?

No."

azcir.org

"449,000 Californians turned down jury duty because they were not citizens ... but they were registered voters."

November 11, 2019
No evidence 449,000 noncitizens were registered to vote in California"

www.politifact.com

lmao... originally from a Sarah Palin shared post more than 6 years ago... and Trumpers are still sharing it.

@#6 ... People have been selling their plasma for long before Trump. Are the numbers up? ...

Some stats ...

America's Plasma Contribution to the World: 2025
peterjaworski.substack.com

... As of December 31, the U.S. has a plasma center for 276,198 people. But there are significant regional differences.
Top States by Centers

With 186 centers, Texas is home to the most plasma collection centers, followed by Florida with 92 and California with 65. Rounding out the top-5 are Georgia with 55 and Ohio with 54.

The plasma center landscape looks like this: [see article for map] ...

U.S. Plasma Collection Volume

Year --- Liters --- Growth rate
2022     47,400,257
2023     55,405,000 16.9%
2024     57,610,407 4%
2025e   57,610,407 8.41%
2026e   69,325,985 11%



I've always used this app to check news sources/sites

mediabiasfactcheck.com

Just type in a newspaper, news network etc. and it'll give a ranking on its integrity

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