By Robert Dean
Carter County Times
Every few months, another headline drops and we’re reminded just how deep the rot goes. The Epstein files, once dismissed as rumor, are now public — and the names are exactly who you thought they’d be.
I’ll just add to the social dog pile here and say the quiet part out loud: remember when Pam Bondi said there were no Epstein files but now there magically are? Yeah. I remember that, too. And now we’re watching Trump squirm because he was homies with a known pedophile. The apologists will pretend it’s not a big deal, but it is. The cabal of power above us is real and they’re weirdos living in their own reality. We saw it with Diddy and now we’re seeing it with the Epstein melee. Trump’s hands are dirty. At this point, if you’re defending him, that’s questionable on you.
The Epstein files should be a national crisis. Instead, it’s another tab we scroll past between cat videos and war footage. We’ve seen so many monsters unmasked that it barely registers anymore.
But here’s the kicker — we’ve been here before.
And if you’re reading this saying, “if the Democrats had them, why didn’t they bring them out?” I’m with you on that logic. Everyone involved should have to pay the moral cost of going to some sketchy island. I don’t own Clinton shoes; a Clinton flag doesn’t hang outside my house. I don’t care what happens to Bill Clinton. I know he’s plenty dirty himself.
We were told “the laptop didn’t exist,” or “the flight logs were nothing,” and “there was no list.” This is all part of the disinformation campaign by the elite. And honestly, at this point, we live within a weird, altered reality of who’s to blame — conspiracy feels like the normal mode these days. Clinton, Dershowitz, Trump, Gates — people who built empires off access are all listed as connected. It’s the same set of creeps who toast each other on yachts and lecture the rest of us about morality.
At the root of all this is money. Money buys silence. The more obvious the lie, the less anyone wants to admit it. You don’t send a birthday card to a guy you barely know — Trump’s relationship with Epstein wasn’t casual. And now he’s suing comedians and threatening journalists because that’s easier than explaining why his name’s on the flight logs.
We shouldn’t be taking sides based on political identity but instead maybe asking why the same group of rich freaks are allowed to fly into a known predator’s island. The ruling class treats scandal like it’s something enough propaganda and money can wave away, considering how beaten down we are by their antics and slaps on the wrist. Do I think anything will happen to Trump, Clinton, Gates, or the others? No. I live in reality. Money gets you out of everything.
But you can’t call yourself the party of law and order while defending a guy on the same flight logs as a predator. Either you believe in justice, or you believe in your team jersey. You can’t have both. And if this doesn’t bother you, maybe the problem isn’t the files — it’s us.Email us at news@cartercountytimes.com
