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August 22, 2025

Donald Trump doesn’t mind that we’re focused on his circus.

Trump wants you to focus on his efforts to rig the 2026 elections. He wants you to pay attention to his use of the military and federal law enforcement to patrol the streets of Washington, D.C. He will even tolerate you laughing at Gavin Newsom’s social media post parodying him.

But there’s one thing he does not want you paying attention to: the Epstein Files.

Trump has proven that he will do anything — absolutely anything — to draw attention away from the files. Because if enough people demand it, and Republican members of Congress feel enough pressure, they just might release them.

And who knows what’s in them?

Well, I bet...

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