Tomorrow, the Epstein files are going to be voted on, and they're likely going to be released. As I said, this is because of that democratic congresswoman who was finally sworn in, she's the 218th vote, given there are going to be four defectors including Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Thomas Massie, and one other whose name currently eludes me. And Trump ain't happy about that. He's gone scorched earth on MTG and Thomas Massie in particular, going so far to call MTG "Marjorie Traitor Brown" (because grass turns brown when it rots) and insulting THomas Massie for remarrying after his wife died like 1.5 years ago. And it's on. There's fighting within the GOP again. And MAGA itself is divided on this.
Now, again, we should want the files released, and we should celebrate the four people who have political courage to make it happen. BUT...I do wanna be blunt. This is a broken clock moment for these guys. And this is another proxy war of the same establishment-anti establishment infighting within the GOP. MTG is courageous for wanting to release them. But that doesnt make her a long term political ally and we should squash any talk of that idea, because centrists seem to be trying to turn her into the next Liz Cheney already. She's a nut. She got into politics as a QAnon nut. QAnon were the people who believed there was a cabal of elite pedophiles...who operated out of a pizza restaurant. Remember "pizzagate?" Yeah. She was one of those guys. It just so happens that there really IS a cabal of elite pedophiles, Jeffrey Epstein was the child sex trafficker, and it's looking like Trump had a relatively intimate role in this organization. which is why he doesnt want the files to come out. So MTG is just...doing her sworn duty of fighting this shadowy cabal of elite pedophiles. It's valient on its own and we should support her in the moment, but it's a lot like supporting Gravemind to stop the Prophet of Truth. It's a temporary alliance. Ya know?
The reality is, MTG and her ilk is in that more extreme faction of "America First" that we saw with the Nick Fuentes vs establishment republican fight. Her supporters are the nazis. There are videos online of these people burning their maga hats while screaming about Jews. Let that tell you all you need to know about these people. It literally mirrors the fuentes thing. The establish is corrupt, and the worst possible people are left to make the good point. Then MTGs and Nick Fuenteses of the world are not nice people Fuentes is a Nazi. MTG, not sure id call her an outright nazi, but she's still a fricking scary nutcase. And the movement behind them, this anti establishment "America first" movement? Those are the really scary nutters of the conservative side. It's a lot like how the republicans would NOT want the anti establishment side on the democratic side to win. Because those guys are often literal socialists. You got Zohran Mamdani, Bernie Sanders, AOC, etc., but on that side, it's literal nazis and fascists. At least with the socialists, you get universal healthcare, and most of them (most...) arent tankies. Like, that's the thing. Our "extremists" are just social democrats using the rhetoric of socialism. They're not literal socialists. They're socdems with edge. On THEIR side? I have no idea if these people who sound like nazis are literal nazis or just edgy republicans, and quite frankly, I dont wanna find out. Quite frankly, I noped out of the GOP with the tea party. America first 1.0 (trump's first term), I mean, I didnt like it, but i did recognize it was a reaction to the failures of neoliberalism. 2.0 (I would say the 2020-2024 variant), which we got now with MAGA, they're getting scarier by the day. The future 3.0 movement? The movement we're seeing starting to emerge now? Uh....let's face it, Ive been calling the 2.0 version the equivalent of nazis and brownshirts. The 3.0 version is looking to be an ideologically pure version of that. Just straight unadulterated nazism. Like....it's looking like Nick Fuentes is the future of MAGA and America First. MTG is the future of that movement in office. Dear God, if there's anything scarier than Trump, it's that.
So...let's face it. Once again, we got the worst person making a good point. It is a good point, we shouldnt move to being pro pedophile out of tribalism, let them have this small win, they do deserve it, and we on the left should celebrate and relish it too. But I want to be clear, there's no good guys in the MAGA civil war. It's evil vs more evil. And even if the Epstein files reveal the worst and it's enough to take down Trump, well...we gotta worry about what comes next. JD Vance is dark enlightment himself, the creeping authoritarianism will continue on his watch. And then behind that, we have the future of the America first movement, which is looking to be getting more extreme by the day. Even if MTG turns over a new leaf, well, she's still a christian nationalist. And again, her supporters are even more nuts than she is. So...be prepared. Celebrate victory tomorrow if it comes, but it's just winning the battle, not the war.
As far as Trump suddenly coming out in favor of releasing the epstein files, since that happened after he declared war on MTG and realized he couldnt intimidate her...well....theres two possibilities. Either hes looking at MAGA imploding and understands its better to save face and be "for" the files coming out in the 11th hour since he will look worse if he fights it to the bitter end (and then his idiot supporters can say "well he was for them coming out because he cares about america" or something). You know, it allows him to save some face. Either that or he has some trick, either by censoring the files or finding a legal loophole to withhold the ones he doesnt want to come out. Either is possible. Idk. We'll see tomorrow, but yeah. Anyway, that's my thoughts on this matter before all hell breaks loose tomorrow.
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