People should be pressuring their own local representatives to make sure they ARE voting to release the Epstein Files.

So far in the past 24 hours, Trump’s team has:

  • Threatened GOP members with Truth posts
  • Placed threatening stories with friendly media outlets
  • Called over a dozen House Republicans for secret meetings

I’m sure they will escalate this before any votes happen, but let’s make sure this passes.

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    The discharge petition is just discharging a resolution that amends the Epstein stuff as a rider onto a regular bill.

    So even if everything passes the House, the Epstein provision still has to complete the rest of the Schoolhouse Rock process:

    • Pass in the Senate
    • Survive conference committee
    • Re-pass both chambers
    • Trump veto
    • Veto override on 2/3 votes in both chambers
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      Yup, 20 Republican Senators would have to defect (not to mention DINOs like Fetterman). There is no way it’s happening. Which is why I don’t know why Trump is so worried about it. Maybe because he has to find a good narrative for MAGA as to why releasing it is woke.