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https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/semi-transparent-tuesday-july-8-2025

I doubt Pam is smiling much this morning. Furious conservatives are rhetorically tearing her a new digestive orifice in an inconvenient spot. “Pam Bondi looked the American people in the eye and said she had Jeffrey Epstein’s list. Now she says there never was a list,” conservative radio host Erick Erickson said on Twitter yesterday. “Pam Bondi should be fired for lying to the American public repeatedly.”

She’s one step away from being compared to Hitler— or even that cockroach, Fauci.

Ms. Leavitt, indulging in Orwellian Washingtonian doublespeak (rare for her) (1:55), mostly just regurgitated meaningless talking points from the memo itself. She did not explain why the memo was leaked to Axios instead of being published to the DOJ website. She did not explain why the memo looks different from normal DOJ memos,* or why it was undated and unsigned, and didn’t even include a contact name for press inquiries. (* E.g., DOJ doesn’t usually include hyperlinks in the text, but puts them in footnotes).

It's a ghost memo! Maybe Casper wrote it.

But wait— it gets crazier. To set the table, can we all just agree this is a major story? Ugh, I hate to do this to everyone, but let’s first examine how WaPo handled it.

Despite repeatedly referring to the strange DOJ memo and quoting it extensively, WaPo never linked to the source document. Where is it? Outer space? The Dark Web? Biden’s garage? That’s not a joke; can it be found anywhere on the DOJ’s website?

Next, what hellish office did the foul missive issue from? There’s no quote from any DOJ spokesperson confirming who wrote the memo or even which agency. The paper didn’t even say —get this— when (what date) it actually issued. It leaned into the passive voice so hard it would make my old grammar teacher blanche in horror: “the memo was released.” By whom, idiots?

It makes my brain hurt. Hello, WaPo— remember the fundamentals? Who, what, when, where why? Journalism 101, first day.

WaPo treated the memo as if it fell out of a random chemtrail into Axios’s lap in a pool of blue water. Oh well, it’s just unverifiable. What can they do? Well, they could have asked Pam. But the story never quoted the Attorney General a single time. Bondi, despite being the center of the controversy, said nothing in her own voice or even through a DOJ spokesman.

Why hang poor Leavitt, the White House press secretary, with this? She speaks for the Oval Office, not the DOJ.

More than 25% of WaPo’s article was devoted, not to the memo or the response, but to attacking critics as “right-wing pundits,” “conspiracy theorists,” and “Trump supporters.” It was unremarkable narrative framing, but notably, the paper spent more time discrediting doubters than explaining the memo’s findings or the actual news.

That’s a diversion tactic. Talk about who is angry, not why they’re angry.

Tellingly, WaPo never, not once, mentioned a single disputed fact that riles the critics. There are so many facts, but how about the dozens of accusers, some of whom testified under oath that powerful men were involved? Or the conflicting autopsy findings, including Epstein’s broken hyoid bone? (In forensic pathology, a fractured hyoid bone is strongly associated with manual strangulation.) Or the sleepy guards, the broken cameras, the inexplicable decision to pull Epstein off the suicide watch right before he self-deleted, and on, and on, and on.

I suppose we can understand why the memo was unsigned. Nobody wanted their name attached to this monstrosity. But they didn’t attach any facts to it, either. The memo sanctimoniously opens with “As part of our commitment to transparency…” and then immediately descends into murky bureaucratese, as if transparency means burying the lede under six feet of institutional disclaimers, passive voice, and privacy hedging. It’s like saying “I promise to be honest” and then handing you a 12-page EULA written in ancient Hebrew.

The memo, which begins with a smug “commitment to transparency,” proceeds to ignore every single inconsistency that fuels public doubt. Not just the conspiracy theories, but the hard, forensic, undisputed facts. If DOJ has, in fact, “fully reviewed” the file, then where are the satisfying answers? Instead, the memo scoldingly advised, “Perpetuating unfounded theories about Epstein serves neither to combat child exploitation or bring justice to victims.”

Unfounded? Is that a joke? Multi-volume books have been written about Epstein. (See, e.g., Whitney Webb.) Are we supposed to be satisfied with one-and-a-half pages of conclusory dismissal? Trust us, we looked into everything.




... Don’t hold your breath waiting for expanded answers. “It is the determination of the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation that no further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted,” the memo stated coldly. But “appropriate” and “warranted” are not legal standards. They are subjective vibes disguised as policy. The memo cited no statutes, no FOIA exemptions, no specific risks. Just vague hand waving at prosecutorial discretion, with all accountability diffused across two massive agencies.

But … we live in a time of social media. What do the parties themselves say? So far— bupkis. ...

Bondi’s last post was four days ago, a generic Independence Day puff-tweet. Same with Kash Patel. Bongino last posted on July 6th about a dumb NY Times hit piece, but then silence (except for re-tweets about unrelated stuff). It feels coordinated. Are they under a gag order? Did they all agree to wait for the flames to die down before commenting? Surely they know this is indefensible. Parroting bureaucratic boilerplate won’t cut it this time.

Is a rebellion unfolding inside the Trump Administration? Are Patel, Bondi, and Bongino refusing to comment?

One can almost feel sympathy for the trio of new law enforcers, each brought in with reputations as truth-tellers, fighters, and narrative-breakers. Now they’re being asked to stand silently behind a curt, faceless, undated, intellectually calorie-free memo that waves away the entire Epstein saga with lawyerly euphemisms and without a single name attached. ...




Maybe Epstein really was just doing all his ‘friends’ generous favors by flying them around and nothing happened except Epstein’s own dalliances. Maybe his fixer, Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted of sex trafficking, ran the operation to satisfy Epstein’s voracious appetites and not those of his pals, ‘investment clients,’ and bankster donors. Perhaps he hired all those teenage girls because he was frugal about paying wages.

Probability: 0.5%. (Rounded up from a tiny number with so many zeroes it takes too long to type.)

Possibility 2: Somebody Got to Them

Bondi, Patel, and Bongino have all repeatedly sworn that there was a blackmailing operation and that Epstein’s suicide stunk to high heaven. But once they finally clawed their way inside the marble halls of power, they may have been co-opted by irresistible forces and even their own oaths.

On this blog, I have predicted before (and I still believe), that we will never see the client list. It would take a miracle of unimaginable proportions. The list is too explosive, too politically damaging, and too valuable to just toss it out for public consumption. If, as many believe, it implicates powerful top political figures —including the Royal Family and Israeli power-brokers— including here in the U.S., it could conceivably destabilize many or most Western governments. ...




In this scenario, Bondi, Patel, and Bongino may have been hauled into the inner sanctum, and shown the full picture —intel, classified ops, blackmail counterplays, international leverage— and convinced (or coerced) to take the “higher view.” It’s the cost-benefit argument from hell:

"Look, the public wouldn’t understand. They want drama and televised arrests. But we’re doing the work— the real work. And if you go off-script, you destroy it all. Think of the greater good."

This kind of insidious moral compromise, coupled with realistic threats of personal harm, is exactly how the deep state works. ...

Trump may have found himself in possession of a treasure trove of global leverage. Not just over domestic swamp creatures, but royals, technocrats, intel assets, bankers, and foreign politicians. You can imagine the advice he’d have gotten.

Imagine what you might do with all that power.

Maybe Epstein’s death wasn’t about hiding secrets. Maybe it was about ending the operation permanently— like Old West justice in a designer prison jumpsuit. A clear message to anyone thinking about reviving the network.

Epstein is undoubtedly one of the most important stories of our generation. It’s the Rosetta Stone of elite corruption— a case intersecting nearly every electrified rail of conservative, populist, and justified MAGA distrust: globalist depravity, the deep state’s immunity, two-tiered justice, media collusion, basic right and wrong, and child exploitation— and the sickening sense that the worst people in the world are the ones setting the rules.

And all of that is even without dipping into the feverish realms of the Clinton-Obama-Podesta pedophile conspiracy swamps.

It all converges on one name: Epstein. ...




At this early date, we remain mired in the Epstein fog of war. Whatever this memo is —a brush-off, a signal, a smokescreen, or a sacrificial play— one thing is already clear: it hasn’t settled anything. It didn’t calm the waters; it launched a turbo hurricane of backlash. It didn’t silence the critics; it handed them fresh artillery. It didn’t rebuild trust; it cracked the foundation before the concrete was even dry.

If anything, the developing story confirms that the Epstein scandal still has a beating heart, buried under layers of sealed files, vanished tapes, shattered bones, and public betrayal. The memo appears to be trying to close the book, but it only turned the page— to a darker chapter, a page written in passive voice and printed with disappearing ink.

It won’t work. They know it. And we know they know. So we’ll wait, impatiently, with terrific anticipation, because something else is coming.

There is actually a link to the DOJ memo still up. This page:

https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1407001

has a link to:

https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1407001/dl?inline=

We have two governments in operation, both fronting agendas. The SES/CIA operating rogue with elements of Fourth Reich international corporatocracy and British and Dutch East and West Indies Criminals, acting mercenary military with DEWs and weather weapons, and even splicing in their own versions of fake Trump and fake Trump publicity to tango with the 'real Trump' to create a schizoid administration. The SES/CIA had their secret handshake candidates, fakes, and Manchurians in office for over twenty years pushing to start WWIII. Real Trump is like Dr. Strange and Atlas trying to hold back the forces of their subversions, treason and treacheries.

If the actual Trump manages to clean up the elections, a lot of the Dem installations will start flushing out like turds from the toilet bowl starting in 2026. That is priority number one.

Instead of lying like their cur opposites, they should just have said that they weren't releasing the Epstein files at this time due to the potential catastrophic nature of the revelations on the conduct and continuity of government. That's something that I could accept.

So Trump admits there are tapes of clients having sex with children and the DOJ will not prosecute these pedophiles?

Patrick says

I had to confirm because it's so surprising. Yes, Elon really did tweet that:
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1942634205407764710

And how does Elon know? Did he see the list?

I would like to know that as well. Did Elon see the evidence?

Let's all stop saying "list" because that's a deliberate distraction. The video evidence is the important thing.

https://thefarcefeed.substack.com/p/trump-claims-white-house-dog-ate

Trump Claims White House Dog Ate Epstein Files

"Beautiful dog. Powerful jaws. Tremendous appetite for classified documents."




WASHINGTON D.C. — In a stunning turn of events that has left journalists, investigators, and conspiracy theorists face-palming in unison, President Donald Trump announced at a press conference today that the long-promised Jeffrey Epstein files — which he had vowed to release to the public “any day now” — were tragically eaten by the White House dog.

“I was just about to do it, folks,” Trump said, gesturing toward a suspiciously torn apart manila folder. “I had the files right here on the Resolute Desk — beautiful files, very detailed, names you wouldn’t believe. Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, maybe even Bill Burr! (What a left wing lunatic he became, huh?) All in there. Then boom! The dog ate it. Just chomped it up like Rosie O'Donnell at a buffet.”

When a reporter reminded Trump that he famously doesn’t have a dog, Trump scoffed. “It was a temporary dog. Just for the weekend. Secret Service brought him in — very smart, very strong. Beautiful teeth — the kind that can rip through sealed documents faster than Chris Christy with an egg roll. I called him ‘Justice.’ Very patriotic. Cares about National Security. Much better than Sleepy Joe’s dog, who bit everyone and pooped all over the Lincoln Bedroom. Total disaster!”

Standing beside Trump was Attorney General Pam Bondi, who nodded solemnly. “I personally witnessed the incident unfold. He locked eyes with me and I knew instantly: that dog had a divine mission. Unfortunately, it was eating the truth.”

FBI Director Kash Patel backed up the story, explaining, “Look, these were high-fiber documents. Very tasty. The kind that would tempt any canine with integrity and a decent palate. It’s not sabotage. It’s sustenance.”

Even Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino, who once referred to Epstein as “Satan’s landlord,” weighed in. “Listen, folks. I’m former Secret Service. I’ve seen presidential dogs. I’ve seen bite patterns. The rip on that folder was definitely canine. Possibly K-9 Delta level. This was no accident. This was tactical digestion. I have it on very good authority from my Mossad handlers.”

While some questioned the timing — just days before the files were set to be published — Trump insisted he’s still committed to transparency. “We’re looking into printing out backup files, possibly laminated this time, maybe with a chew-proof coating. Not at all 'scrubbed.' It’s very important we get this out there,” he said with fingers noticeably crossed behind his back.

As the press conference concluded, Trump reassured supporters that “no one has done more to almost expose Epstein’s network than me,” and that “if elected a third term, I promise to retype the files from memory, with the help of an old friend named 'Q.' Trust the plan!”

In all seriousness, this incident serves as a reminder to remain skeptical of lofty campaign promises, especially those dangled conveniently before elections. Transparency is a bipartisan issue — and so is accountability. No matter who's in power, citizens deserve more than excuses involving imaginary canines with a taste for bombshell reports.

In a final note, after the story broke, Tom Hanks reportedly sent Justice, the White House dog, a 50 lb. bag of kibble.

Patrick says

Let's all stop saying "list" because that's a deliberate distraction. The video evidence is the important thing.

There's no video. I think that's the problem and why the narrative is lists and flight logs. None of which prove anything.

Maybe it's out there as I don't watch TV, but has a victim come forward publicly? Not internet as I don't believe anything anymore. Until then this is dead in the water.

The lost one minute of Epstein footage has been recovered!!

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/12-key-questions-all-americans-should-ask-about-shameful-attempt-cover-truth-about

Hitler is informed the Epstein “client list” doesn’t exist

https://youtu.be/hAC-ybDXOt0?si=vNL4nlSsX_SB09xj

"The Epstein List reveals such a massive, universal agenda of malfeasance, perversion, bribery, human sacrifice, and Satanic worship riddled throughout the organs of government and its political installations, that we have failed to distinguish between the governmental bodies themselves and the demon worshiping cult infestations. As such, we will practice the little white lie of claiming they don't exist for the 'denial peace of mind' of the populace during station identification while we battle the forces of darkness on other fronts. Forgive us for any resemblance to the enemies of the State themselves. The State must lurch on for any shit to work at all."

BBB already yielding fruit on other fronts. Better to get them on public trial for overt crimes rather than back room perversions and blackmails?

https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/no-evidence-of-epstein-blackmail

For years there has been a lot of consternation about the refusal of federal agencies such as the CIA and FBI to disclose what they know about Jeffrey Epstein (as well as about the assassination of JFK, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the murder of Seth Rich, and countless other stories). Guys like me have also noticed how the U.S. government, including Congress, can’t ever quite seem to get to the bottom of the origin of SARS-CoV-2.

The truth of these stories carries incalculable liabilities—liabilities that would call into question whether the involved institutions should be allowed to continue existing.

Disclosing the truth could also instantly demolish the persistent naïveté that enables most people to maintain their allegiance to their governments and to believe the endless train of BS that we are told every day about everything. ...

Epstein was probably running the the same kind of trap that Mossad agent Eli Cohen ran against the Syrian political and military elite in the sixties and that bon vivant gangster Udo Proksch ran against the Austrian Socialist Party elite in the seventies.

The case of Udo Proksch is illustrative. Using an aristocratic girlfriend as his front woman, he acquired Cafe Demel—one of the most opulent coffee houses in Vienna and the former confectioner to the Imperial Court. He then converted the top floor of the building to house his CLUB 45, whose membership included all of the top ranking members of the Austrian Socialist Party, which held a virtual monopoly on federal power in the 1970s.

Proksch invited an old friend of mine to become a member, but my friend suspected that the clubhouse was a one-way mirror trap to which underage girls were invited to “entertain” Austria’s political and financial elite.

In 1977, Proksch committed a massive insurance fraud and mass murder by blowing up a ship called the Lucona—whose cargo he had insured—in the middle of the Indian Ocean. The insurance company smelled a rat and launched an investigation, but was frustrated by the total lack of cooperation from Austrian authorities. It was as though Proksch was untouchable. The only reason he was eventually exposed—twelve years after he committed his crime—was because the West German foreign intelligence service (Bundesnachrichtendienst) and the CIA were unhappy with him for transferring western technology to his friends in the Soviet Union.

These intelligence agencies shared their information on Proksch with the independent, Austrian journalist, Hans Pretterebner, who self-published a book on the affair in 1989 titled Der Fall Lucona (The Case of the Lucona).

The lesson from the story was clear: unless the intelligence agencies—who control politicians and civil servants—want a big story with major liabilities disclosed, it won’t be disclosed. All evidence of the conspiracy will disappear, and people like Pam Bondi, Dan Bongino, and Kash Patel will be left looking like fools.

Trump is potus, he’s refusing to release probably blackmailed too.

he isn’t going to release it all either.

The FBI states that these were just personal copies of reruns of 'Happy Days', including the jump the shark episode.

Gone, but not forgotten?

Translation: "We've got bigger fish to fry, and limited resources rather than waste them to trigger a bunch of lawfare crap on these fools. Tribunals don't do pedo shit, anyway, they deal with treason and subversion. We're gonna need a bigger shitstorm."

What are the odds?

DOJ and FBI state that freedom of religion dictates that the Epstein files were just world figures attending church at a cathedral of their choice. Portraying them as unwitting victims is denying their right to faith. The videos were home movies for their collections.

Mossad, CIA, MI6 AND the British establishment. Let's not short sheet the attributions.

All the visitors that were outed for flying on Epstein's planes to and from the island are filing a class action lawsuit demanding reparations (and their pedo lapel pins back).

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1942653394168246464

https://babylonbee.com/news/bondi-explains-she-was-going-to-release-the-epstein-files-but-then-some-pedophiles-asked-her-not-to

I could believe this. "Real" Trump is strategic.

Hopium?