Hello
(I wanted to take a short break from the most difficult time in my life, to share an essay that I posted earlier today on another internet forum. Unlike DU -- my favorite site -- this one has Democrats, republicans, and independents of all sizes and flavors, and so my goal is to show there is common ground to be found here.)
" (There is a) power of the Congress to inquire into and publicize corruption, maladministration or inefficiency in agencies of the Government. That was the only kind of activity described by Woodrow Wilson in 'Congressional Government' when he wrote: 'The informing function of Congress should be preferred even to its legislative function.' From the earliest times in its history, the Congress has assiduously performed an 'informing function' of this nature.”
Watkins v. United States, 354 U.S. 178, 200 (US Supreme Court, 1957)
The above quote is from The Senate Watergate Report, also know as the Ervin Committee Report (page 40). There is also a longer quote from the Supreme Court's 1953 decision in United States v. Rumely, 345 U.S. 41,43, which states the informing function is “indispensable.” The ruling also quotes Wilson, saying: “....unless Congress both scrutinize these things and shift them by every form of discussion, the country must remain in embarrassing, crippling ignorance of the very affairs which it is most important that it should understand and direct.”
In my opinion, the wide-reaching Epstein Pedo File scandal provides a powerful example of an area where an extraordinary number of democrats, republicans, and independents agree – let's put all the cards on the table. My generation grew up on the Senate's Watergate hearings. That led to the Rockefeller Commission, the Pike Committee, The Church Committee, and the Nedzi Committee hearings, which uncovered corruption that took place under administrations of both parties.
As more of the victims of Epstein et al came forward in recent years, the public listened. Julie K. Brown put the spotlight on it. Citizens from both parties recognized this went beyond mere politics. Attempts to make it such has created stumbling blocks that slow or halt the path of progressive. But citizens of all backgrounds applied Amendment 1 pressure, and a growing number of elected officials began to support the effort to release the Epstein Pedo Files.
In November, 2025, the House passed a bill directing the DOJ to make the files public. The vote was 427 to one dick voting against it. The following day, by unanimous consent, the Senate passed it. The president signed it into law. The files released thus far are already having significant impact internationally, with at least ten other countries beginning investigations of possible Epstein connections that contaminate their societies. There are issues that our country needs to consider as sources of concern.
People from both parties and no party have asked who Epstein really was? Where did he get the money to finance his life-style? Who did he work for? We know that during the years the Reagan administration was involved in the Iran-Contra scandal, Epstein has a business relationship with Adnan Khashoggi.
https://deepnewz.com/middle-east/jeffrey-epstein-monitored-cia-since-1983-financial-fixer-adnan-khashoggi-iran-9d52c065
I think that alone might suggest that citizens have not only a right, but also a responsibility, to find out about the connections between Epstein and the intelligence agencies of the U.S., Israel, England, and eventually Russia. One might start with the five billionaires who initially funded Epstein, and focus on which country's intelligence agencies they were connected to.
Citizens must demand serious investigative hearings. Not ass-clowns playing “gotcha,” or the head of the Plastics reading from their burn book. Knock off the politics, and tell the public the truth.
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Never gonna happen. 
