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Podcast Notes: IHIP News - Episode: Trump's DOJ Secretly Rush to Delete New Epstein Files Incriminating Him
Episode Overview In this episode, hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan discuss allegations surrounding the Trump administration’s actions to delete documents related to Jeffrey Epstein that mention Donald Trump. They analyze the implications of these actions and the broader context of authoritarian tendencies in the current political climate.
Key Themes and Discussions
Cover-up of Epstein Files
- Immediate Deletions: The episode begins with revelations that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is actively deleting documents from the Epstein files, specifically those mentioning Trump.
- Shocking Statistics: A notable decrease in the number of files related to Trump was highlighted, indicating a significant cover-up.
- Critique of Transparency: The hosts argue that if such cover-ups are visible to the public, the extent of hidden information is likely far greater.
Allegations of Authoritarianism
- Claims of Lawlessness: The hosts articulate a view that the current administration operates without regard for accountability or the rule of law, suggesting a shift towards authoritarian governance.
- Election Manipulation: There are concerns expressed about efforts to manipulate future elections, particularly referencing Trump's attempts to influence the 2026 midterms.
Voter Suppression Tactics
- Role of ICE: Discussion includes how the administration may use ICE to intimidate voters, particularly in minority communities, aiming to suppress turnout.
- Calls for Legislative Action: The hosts emphasize the importance of enacting laws to prevent ICE from operating near polling places.
Influence of Oligarchs
- Connection to Epstein: The hosts discuss how several prominent figures in technology and finance, including Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, have connections to Epstein or are involved in the current political landscape that undermines democracy.
- Critique of Wealth Concentration: They argue that billionaire influence over politics, coupled with low tax burdens for the wealthy, exacerbates issues related to social welfare and public services.
Propaganda and Misinformation
- Examining Messaging: The episode critiques how certain politicians, like Mike Johnson, propagate misinformation about elections and voter fraud while benefiting from elite connections.
- Historical Context: The hosts reference historical authoritarianism to frame their critique, drawing parallels to contemporary issues.
Public Engagement and Activism
- Mobilization of Voters: A strong emphasis is placed on the need for community mobilization and recording election integrity to counteract voter suppression efforts.
- Encouragement to Stay Informed: The hosts encourage listeners to stay engaged, share information, and support legislative changes that protect voting rights.
Key Takeaways
- Concerns About Democracy: The episode reflects a deep concern over the erosion of democratic norms and the accountability of elected officials.
- Call to Action: Listeners are urged to become active participants in protecting democracy, advocating for rights, and remaining vigilant against authoritarian practices.
- Interconnectedness of Issues: The discussion highlights how various issues—including wealth inequity, misinformation, and voter suppression—are interlinked in the current political landscape.
Conclusion Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan provide a comedic yet serious commentary on the troubling trends in American politics, particularly focusing on the Trump administration’s alleged efforts to cover up damaging information. They emphasize the importance of vigilance, community action, and accountability as critical components in the fight against authoritarianism.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOThe Ongoing Cover-Up of Epstein Files
0:45 to 3:30
Analysis of the DOJ's actions regarding Epstein files linked to Trump and others.
“Yesterday at 9.15 a.m., there were 199 more files, 1 ,712.”
Implications of Trump’s Allegations and Governance
3:30 to 6:11
Discussion on the implications of Trump's alleged actions and governance style in relation to democracy and accountability.
“The president believes in the Constitution, however, and then she just goes into all of this invisible voter fraud, him sending Tulsi Gabbard to Fulton County with the FBI.”
The Role of ICE in Voter Suppression
6:11 to 8:15
Examination of how ICE's actions can impact voter turnout and suppression strategies.
“Oz, who's crawled up Trump's ass all the time.”
Republican Propaganda and Working-Class Struggles
8:15 to 9:45
Critique of Republican policies as detrimental to the working class and the implications for national debt.
“And it's always this is the classic Republican propaganda in gaslighting that this is the workers problem.”
The Christian Right and Blind Loyalty to Trump
9:45 to 12:37
Discussion on the intersection of faith, politics, and the loyalty of certain political figures to Trump.
“He wants Republicans to take control of elections.”
Zuckerberg, Epstein, and Political Corruption
12:37 to 14:04
Analysis of Mark Zuckerberg's connections to Epstein and the broader implications for political funding and corruption.
“And here we have fascist collaborator masquerading as a foot soldier for Christ, claiming that the problem is blue states.”
The Influence of Billionaires on Democracy
14:04 to 15:32
Explore how billionaires are undermining democracy and manipulating the political system.
“Every single person that is trying to dismantle democracy right now happened to be on Petto Island emailing Jeffrey Epstein at dinners with Jeffrey Epstein.”
The Cover-Up and Accountability Issues
15:33 to 17:22
Discuss the ongoing cover-up of crucial information related to Jeffrey Epstein and the implications for democracy.
“Peter Thiel, who says he doesn't think women and poor people should be able to vote, owns Palantir.”
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:04They've already started the cover-up with the Epstein files. We had this huge release, this huge dump of information that is both alarming, disturbing, disturbing, depraved, depraved, depraved and then not only all of the sexual assault assault, but the The oligarchs play with Jeffrey Epstein. I mean, everybody surrounding Trump is in the Epstein files. So it makes perfect sense that the cover up is already underway. Pop this up, Kylie. All right. The cover up is already underway. Breaking news, proof that the DOJ is scrubbing Epstein files with Trump's name in them. Today, there were 1 ,513 results for Donald Trump.
0:49Yesterday at 9.15 a.m., there were 199 more files, 1 ,712. Brian Krasenstein says, if they are doing all of this in front of the public, so while they've released this, they're already covering it up. Just imagine what they hid behind closed doors. And that is such a great point because all of the stuff that I'm seeing is so disturbing. and the Trump regime and Howard Letnick, Elon Musk begging to go to these wild parties, Peter Thiel, who is personally right now getting all of our information via government contracts with a company Palantir. These men decided they wanted to disrupt democracy.
1:37Also, at the same time, there's all of these sexual assault allegations with the president of the United States and children. And so the stuff we're seeing is so alarming and so jarring. I cannot imagine what remains, what they haven't released, what they have completely probably put through a paper shredder and deleted off of every hard drive imaginable. And this administration, you have to understand they lie on purpose. It is a whole part of, we want to prove our loyalty to the strong man. We want to prove that we are loyal to him so that he will seek favor upon us. And Caroline Levitt is the chief propagandist for Trump.
2:21And Trump and all of the people surrounding him are governing as though they are never going to face accountability. This is a completely different type of American government that we've ever had. Completely lawless, no decorum of the office, not honoring the rule of law. And he's already trying to cheat. He's already trying to cheat on the 2026 midterms because these men that Trump has surrounding him, all of these oligarchs, they've decided they want to dismantle democracy, but they don't have enough talent to put their names on the ballot and go win a race. So they have to cheat. They cheated with Jeffrey Epstein.
2:57They cheated with rigging our algorithms. And now they want to usurp the Constitution. Here's Caroline Levitt. This is just a stunning quote. Play the clip. But to be clear, he does believe the state should oversee. The president believes in the United States Constitution. However, he believes there has obviously been a lot of fraud and irregularities that have taken place in American elections. And again, voter ID is a highly popular and common sense policy that the president wants to pursue. And he wants to pass legislation to make that happen for all states across the country. Just to follow up on.
3:33Okay, that's the biggest tell. The president believes in the Constitution, however, and then she just goes into all of this invisible voter fraud, him sending Tulsi Gabbard to Fulton County with the FBI. This is a dry run, number one. Number two, I think he's going to say, oh, surprise, surprise, I really won the 2020 election, which we all know he didn't, Joe Biden beating by over 7 million votes. And then he's going to be like, oh, we have a constitutional crisis. This is already my third term. And it's also a play where they see once the polling closes on the election night, if they can send federal agencies to go in.
4:17So what are we going to do about this? Congress and Senate have power right now because they want more funding for ICE. If our politicians were very smart, I read online that Rick Wilson of the Lincoln Project was suggesting that they write into this as well as getting, I personally, I think they need to abolish ICE. I don't think the Democrats have the stomach to do that. So can they get in law that ICE cannot be used near polling places and on election day. Can we get that into federal law, that ICE cannot mess with the elections whatsoever? Because I think he's training, priming the public to get used to having ICE in the streets.
5:03Notice he's going into blue states, where for sure we're going to keep seats, which is interesting because right now you all saw a few days ago, he got his ass handed to him in Texas in a district that he won by plus 17. A affordability progressive Democrat came in and kicked the MAGA Trump Republicans ass. So how do we feel about all of this? Number one, the purpose of all of this is voter suppression for you to be scared. Oh, I can't go to the voting booth because ICE is going to be there and I have brown skin or my boyfriend has brown skin or my children have melanin in their skin. They want us to not go vote.
5:44And so it's so important that we understand that we have to go arm in arm, hand in hand, cell phones in hand, recording everything. We must make the turnout too big to rig. We must do that. And then you guys, this is just Ruth Ben-Ghiat, the expert on the historian, an expert on authoritarianism. She told me that autocrats, dictators despise the people that they govern. They have disdain for the MAGA base. And here is Dr. Oz, who's crawled up Trump's ass all the time. And he says this today. Play the clip. We could get the average American, because they feel healthy, they're vital, they're strong, They have agency over their future.
6:32They start working a year earlier, right out of high school, or work a year later, not retire, or work better during their lifetime because they're healthy. It would generate about$3 trillion,$3 trillion to the U.S. economy. That would more than remove the debt. It would provide us unbelievable strength because the taxes on that$3 trillion would allow us to keep Medicare Part A solvent to make a trust fund. It would allow us to make Social Security healthier, tremendous downstream benefits. But to do that, you actually have to invest in making sure people want to work the extra year. OK, so he is suggesting that working class people need to work longer and start earlier and work harder so that they can cover for the national debt.
7:20The reason that we have the national debt is because of a lot of these failed Republican policies. They look for ways to give billionaires, immigrant Elon Musk, immigrant Peter Thiel, Jeff Bezos, Zuckerberg, these just horrible people. They look for ways to make sure that these men don't have to pay taxes, while at the same time, they give them government contracts, government subsidies, and they have to make up the windfall from somewhere. So that's why Social Security and Medicare have always been on the Republicans' chopping block, because they would rather people die and be sick and be poor and old than they would have these businessmen pay taxes.
8:03And they have lied and propagandized to the American public forever that this is a working class problem. Working class people, percentage wise, pay more in taxes than the billionaires do as a proportion of their income. And it's always this is the classic Republican propaganda in gaslighting that this is the workers problem. If billionaires and millionaires and corporations paid their fair share in taxes, and if they paid their workers a livable wage, none of this would be necessary. This is them scrambling to try to figure out more ways to wreak havoc on the working population. And you know who always is the biggest foot soldier in all of this stuff is little Moses Mike Grinder Johnson.
8:55All right. Little Moses, Mike grinder, Johnson will not shut up about what a big Christian he is. He will not shut up about how sinful he thinks homosexuality is. Um, he's always blushing when he's talking every press conference, he's just like blushing, right? Because he has no soul. He sits and lies and he must have a tinge of awareness about it because he looks humiliated every time he does it. I've never seen a grown man blush so much when they lie. It's usually a child that starts blushing when they're lying. But little Moses Mike Grinder lies for the most un-Christ-like leader that this nation has ever seen.
9:40Here he is talking about Trump. Trump said he wants to nationalize elections. He wants Republicans to take control of elections. Here's little Moses Mike Grinder, who says he talks to God, has fireside chats with God all the time. And here he is lying through his teeth. Play the clip. On elections, the president says that he wants Republicans to nationalize. Pause that real quick. I mean, look at this guy. I mean, I know this is I'm punching down here for a little bit, but all he does, his whole career is punching down and kissing the ass of Donald Trump. Look at how he's blushing. He just, he thinks he's so slick.
10:20He thinks he's so smooth. It's unbelievable how he is such a sanctimonious Christian that quotes scripture all the time, yet he weaponizes it against the most marginalized and the poorest to protect the grossest human beings in the United States of America. Truly, people who are trying to actively, per the Epstein files, dismantle democracy, not only in the United States, but also in Europe, because they are too big of pussies to put their name on the ballot and go run and do it the right way. They can't do it. So they cheat. And in order for these cheaters to be successful, they have to have collaborators.
11:00And Moses Mike Grinder Johnson is a fascist collaborator. He will never be a billionaire, but he will collaborate with them because he seeks their approval so much. He's so turned on by being so close to power. And he's He's a very valuable foot soldier because he Christian signals to the base. He Christian signals to them. And they think, oh, we can trust this guy because God talks to him all the time. Here is this, I will not shut the fuck up about how close I am to God, hypocrite Moses Mike Grinder Johnson on elections. And do you have confidence in how elections are conducted right now heading into the midterm?
11:38We have thoughtful debate about our election system every election cycle and sometimes in between. We know it's in our system. The states have been in charge of administering their elections. What you're hearing from the president is his frustration about the lack of some of the blue states, frankly, of enforcing these things and making sure that they are. Okay, that is a complete lie. Lack of the blue states enforcing these things. Because all of the red state Republican governors have told him the fix is in, we'll help you. If a Democrat wins in our district, don't worry, we'll help you rig it.
12:14So he's very concerned about the blue states. You may remember all of this ICE provocations in Minnesota is because they want the voting records. Pam Bondi said, we will pull out of Minnesota. She's trying to bribe the governor there. We'll pull out of Minnesota and stop killing, murdering, kidnapping, torturing and harassing your citizens if you give us the voter rolls. And the governor there said no. And here we have fascist collaborator masquerading as a foot soldier for Christ, claiming that the problem is blue states. And that is a problem for Republicans because Trump cannot get them to bend the knee to him.
12:57You see blue state governors time and time again standing up to him. And this is something that Moses Mike Grindr Johnson would not understand because he sees Donald Trump and he's immediately on his knees. All right. So Donald Trump is doing all of these things in collaboration with a lot of oligarchs. And all of these oligarchs have appeared in the Epstein files. It's almost as if, if you think about it. During the campaign, Trump said, listen, I've seen the Epstein files. Elon, I know you're in it. Peter Till, I know you're in it. Mark Zuckerberg, I know you're in it. Howard Nutlick, I know you're in it.
13:40You better come to me or it's game over. And so Mark Zuckerberg enters the Epstein files. Pop this up. The Daily Beast is reporting. Jeffrey Epstein described a dinner with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg as wild in an email included in the latest dump of files connected to the convicted sex offender. Every single person that is trying to dismantle democracy right now happened to be on Petto Island emailing Jeffrey Epstein at dinners with Jeffrey Epstein. Every single one of them. And I read a report yesterday that Meta, which Mark Zuckerberg owns, just donated$65 million to Republicans running in the midterms.
14:27$65 million. How broken is this system? How broken is it that Zuckerberg isn't hauled in front of Congress? Not to mention all of the problems with social media, with predators online. They have no safety regulations for users. They know that people get addicted to the algorithms. They know that people get addicted to their websites and they suppress that information, just like the tobacco companies suppress the science about cigarettes causing cancer. These oligarchs in the tech industry know how dangerous their product is, and they do nothing but go and kiss the ring of this man. And Bernie Sanders, of course, always moral clarity, wraps it up like this.
15:13When we talk about authoritarianism, it's not just Donald Trump. Musk owns X. Bezos owns Twitch. Zuckerberg owns Instagram and Facebook. Larry Ellison controls TikTok. Billionaires increasingly control what we see, hear, and read. And I want to add to this, Peter Thiel, who says he doesn't think women and poor people should be able to vote, owns Palantir. We, the American taxpayers, fund Palantir through government contracts. Peter Thiel is an immigrant. Peter Thiel has decided that democracy is no longer compatible, that he doesn't like it anymore. And instead of putting his name on a ballot and running and selling his ideas to people.
15:58He's cheating. He's involved in all of this shit with Jeffrey Epstein, who is from a lot of reports and mainstream media won't tell you this, either working with Mossad or a Mossad agent and right in the middle of all of Vladimir Putin's ambitions for making the American public at odds with each other, psychological warfare. The people who benefit the most from our taxpayer dollars have the exact same ambitions for us that our adversaries do. And they have a Trojan horse in Trump who's dumber than a box of hot rocks, easiest person on the planet to manipulate, a horrible businessman. They go in, they make him a trophy, they donate to his inauguration.
16:47It's a huge shakedown, huge agreement. Yeah, we'll keep supporting you if you keep our name out of all of this. And just think about this. This is what gets me about the whole thing, you guys. The dumps, the information we're receiving from Pam Bondi, the DOJ, this is under his administration. So the remaining files are the ones that they're already in the process of covering up. The first slide I showed you. You guys, it has to be so bad, which, of course, all of you know, it makes me so angry at the Biden administration that they didn't completely, for the sake of the victims, for the sake of democracy, completely put all of this out there.
17:30But they didn't. And here we are. And we need to keep the pressure on. Do not be deterred by all of these voter suppression tactics. It is our last chance to save this country from falling completely off the cliff to be just like Russia. So make sure you subscribe to our channel, leave me a comment, and I'll be back later with more news. Thank you.
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