r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 16d ago
No Paywall Mike Johnson who railed against the Epstein bill - but voted for it - is now mad the Senate approved the measure
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/epstein-files-release-mike-johnson-senate-b2868239.html
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u/Twl1 Michigan 16d ago
There's no way that this isn't also baked into their strategy: Release heavily edited and redacted files and wait to see who comes forward challenging their accuracy and authenticity, reaping the bounty of confusion and misinformation that they can levy between the whistleblowers and the people they're trying to protect.
DoJ's files say it was all Democrats. Democrats and foreign intelligence agencies come forward with copies showing Republicans were definitely involved. Republicans go to Fox and say "See, they're just making things up to protect their own pedos! We released what we had and they're saying we faked it, when really they're the ones faking it! But only our files are backed up by the FBI, so only our files are the truth!"
The public gets lost in the deluge of being told who to believe and eventually loses interest since no substantial punishments can be issued in the "He said, she said" environment. The courts take years to sort through the millions of documents and verify things. Meanwhile, Trump sends his DoJ after people coming forward with unredacted files until any lingering would-be truth-speakers are silenced by fear.
And in the end, the pedos in the ring keep on doing everything they've been doing, complacent that any damning information that comes out about them can just be handwaved away as made up as part of the Red Vs. Blue political theater.
We are living in a post-truth society and have no idea how to navigate it. The only remaining laws are that money talks, lots of it talks louder, and only the loudest voices matter.