THE RELUCTANCE, I THINK, IS THAT THE “INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY” IS WOUND THROUGH AND THROUGH WHAT WAS GOING ON:

Real Talk? Why do you think successive Presidents have not wanted to open the Epstein Files as completely as they're able to? I understand there's legality involved that prevents all of it coming out. But you'd think Biden wouldn't have liked to protect Trump, nor Trump, Clinton.

— vbspurs (@vbspurs) November 17, 2025

Related: Matt Taibbi: The Epstein Circus Will Shatter Our Last Delusions: Do we want to know how the world really works, or is it too disgusting to countenance?

Democratic Party hysteria over this issue is obviously absurd because “all of the Epstein files” could have been released over the last four years. There must be reasons why the last administration didn’t take that step, and there should be scandal in MAGA-world if those reasons overlap at all with the Trump administration’s. Between Epstein’s own hysterical rants about Trump in the newly released documents (he sounds like Kathy Griffin in some of the emails) and the blue party’s seeming entanglement with Epstein from the Clintons to Larry Summers to Reid Hoffman, it’s hard to imagine where that overlap might be, unless it involves major corporate names and/or overseas relationships. Some of that is suggested in Plaskett’s story. . . . Such realizations make for a wince-hard moment for the whole American population, which may have to adjust its estimation of our politicians down from totally corrupt if all these files are released. As was the case with the Russiagate documents, these releases continue an education in the rotten way things really work in this country that I suspect both parties will quickly regret voting to serve up.

Like I said.

COMING SOON: PALEOLITHIC PARK. Scientists extract viable RNA from woolly mammoth remains.

OUT: SNAKE OIL. IN: Snake urine may lead to better kidney stone, gout treatments.

DECLINE IS A CHOICE: ‘We owe it to science’ is ‘unacceptable’: Indiana U. training prioritizes ‘tribal knowledge.’

CHANGE: UFlorida leads in merit, affordability rankings as Ivy Leagues fall behind.

CHANGE: Poland’s Leadership in European Deterrence.

WITH SUCH AMAZING LEADERSHIP, THAT’S A SHOCK: Canada is Losing the Trade War: As Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney lost the battle over Brexit. Now as Canada’s PM he’s failing in his bid to shield Canada’s industrial heartlands from U.S. tariffs.

ENEMIES OF CIVILIZATION:

Nuclear power has been set back decades because brain-dead hippies like Jane Fonda weren’t smart enough to tell a nuclear power plant apart from a nuclear bomb. People her age think Three Mile Island killed thousands of people when the actual death count was zero. https://t.co/q4jOJirG3u

— Chris Martz (@ChrisMartzWX) November 17, 2025

DON SURBER: TRUMP ROPED THE DOPES ON EPSTEIN.

OPEN THREAD: It’s the 55th Anniversary of Elton John’s 11/17/70 album. When I saw him perform a couple of years ago, he did some of those songs, with verve and gusto. He played and sang like a much younger man, but moved on stage with obvious stiffness. By contrast when I saw Paul McCartney the same year, his voice was clearly fading, but he moved like a much younger man.

A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE: With more moon missions on the horizon, avoiding crowding and collisions will be a growing challenge.

CAT LADIES BEWARE: Owning a Cat Could Double Your Risk of Schizophrenia, Research Suggests.

WELL, GOOD: Reviving Exhausted T Cells Sparks Powerful Cancer Tumor Elimination.

OOPS: Jeep Is Recalling 112,859 SUVs That Might Have Sand in Their Engines.

GUNS THAT EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD OWN.

MARK SIMON: Hong Kong’s Pro-Beijing Press Sells Out Xi Jinping over Jimmy Lai.

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER? Mamdani Win Has New York Jews Rushing to Buy Guns Before He Takes Office.

DONALD TRUMP FOUND THE WHITE HOUSE A BUILDING OF BRICK, and will leave it a building of marble.

WELL, THAT’S TRUE OF NEARLY ALL OF THEIR TALKING POINTS: John Lott: Democrats’ Favorite Talking Point About Children And Gun Deaths Is A Lie. “Gun control advocates often claim that guns are the leading cause of death among children — but that is false.”

HAHA. OF COURSE.

The panicked Democrat talking point has been released …

– "Trump and Pam Bondi have altered the Epstein files."

😂 They know this is going to be devastating to Democrats.

Every Leftwing account has already tweeted it.

— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) November 17, 2025

AND YOU THOUGHT UTAH WAS A CONSERVATIVE STATE: University of Utah center hosts ‘Drag Queen Bingo’ fundraiser.

“CHRISTIAN” UNIVERSITY: Christian university that denied TPUSA club also accused of faith deconstruction, hypocrisy.

IT’S COME TO THIS:

Lina Khan is going to dictate what can be charged for beer at Yankee Stadium?

Lmao.

It’s always stupid than you think, no matter how stupid you think it’s going to be. https://t.co/Gha9vFUxKP

— Coddled Affluent Professional (@feelsdesperate) November 16, 2025

ICYMI: MY LATEST SUBSTACK: Ongoing Maintenance — for my body, that is. “At any rate, the biggest lesson here is just that you shouldn’t explain away symptoms. In particular, blaming things on “old age,” though undoubtedly right sometimes, is something you should do after ruling out other problems, not as an excuse not to go to the doctor.”

Plus, my “beautiful veins.”

YES.

I am convinced Donald Trump is the cleanest human being in history.

10 years of investigations by the powerful and corrupt with no method being off the table and they have nothing.

They changed laws and created fake info and they still have nothing.

It’s truly hard to fathom.

— C3 (@C_3C_3) November 15, 2025