The matter made its way into the political discourse as the House Rules Committee considered the issue, after a failed attempt by the Democrats to force a vote in Congress on whether the Epstein files should be made public.

As one of the oldest standing committees in Congress, the group’s key role concerns the flow of legislation to the House floor.

Khanna’s amendment was in effect a procedural measure that was tacked on to the GENIUS Act, which relates to digital assets such as crypto currency. If the amendment had been passed, it would have forced Attorney General Pam Bondi to publish the Epstein documents on a “publicly accessible website.”

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    19 hours ago

    i hope that this helps deflate maga’s momentum, but my inner pessimist doubts it.

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      I doubt even releasing the files with his name plastered all over them wouldn’t do much at this point. His “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK?” was an understatement. He could literally rape children on a remote pedo island and still wouldn’t lose many voters. It’s pretty much an openly fascist party now, they actually don’t give a damn as long as they can abuse people they don’t like, and he’s like the perfect enabler for them - legally but even more importantly culturally.

      Of course there are some people who are just clueless and thought he would fix inflation or something, but those will be kept carefully misinformed by Twitter/Fox/etc.

      I don’t see any good way out of this situation for the US or the world, unfortunately. It’s also just so awful that racism and hate of like a dozen million people, combined with misinformation in another couple dozen can have such a devastating effect on 8 billion.

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      It’s a cult. Nothing will make them come to their senses. A few individuals may see it and begin to deprogram. But most will deny what they see with their eyes and hear with their ears.