Gary Varvel: What Epstein list?
Plus an Elon Musk cartoon
The scene of Homer Simpson disappearing into the hedge is a gag that I’ve used before because it’s a perfect metaphor for someone trying to hide something.
So when U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi talked about making the Jeffrey Epstein files public and invited online influencers to the White House and gave them binders of information, everyone assumed that we would finally see Epstein’s client list. But the binders only contained information that was already on the internet and now the administration says that there is no client list.
When President Trump was asked about Epstein’s client list in a cabinet meeting, he questioned why we’re still talking about “that creep?”
We’re still interested because a crime was committed that allegedly involved powerful people. Now we’re told there’s nothing to see here.
I actually like Bondi. But the way this was handled makes her look like she’s hiding something. Lesson: Don’t overpromise and underdeliver.
Elon Musk is brilliant but not smart. His decision to launch a third political party, seemingly to punish Trump, will crash and burn like all the other third parties in the past.
Musk’s America Party is reminiscent of Ross Perot’s Reform Party in 1992 when he ran for president. Perot didn’t win a single electoral vote but he won over 19.7 million votes for an 18.9% share of the popular vote. The only thing he accomplished was to steal votes away from George HW Bush and give the election to Bill Clinton.
Of course, Trump is not running for re-election so this won’t affect him. But the Democrats must be rooting for Musk’s party to siphon votes away from Republicans in Congressional elections.
Musk’s tantrum has accomplished one thing so far—Townhall’s Jeff Charles writes, “Elon Musk's favorability rate plummets amid feud with Trump.”
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Bongino, Patel, and Bondi are very HONORABLE people. For all 3 to participate in what is clearly a cover-up has to involve big time National Security. If there's nothing to see, why is Maxwell in prison?
Did anyone really believe that the Epstein list would be released? I’m guessing that 90% of Congress is on that list. And I’m also guessing that intelligence agencies were involved with Epstein, using his island as a means of blackmailing and subverting Congress. So, barring a whistleblower, releasing the list, we will never know the names of Epstein‘s clients.