For the kids out there going to Christmas parties and taking pictures with your friends, a word of advice. Dance like no one is watching, but take group pictures like they may be used to impeach you someday.

For a Christmas gift to all of us, the released “Epstein files” were accompanied by an announcement promising transparency. The files would “shine a light,” “close a chapter,” and “restore trust.” So far, it has been more like a predictable pair of socks in your stocking.

Did the release quell the circus of intrigue? No. The truth is often opaque; the complexity is trying to obscure it. D.C. is the best at this. (RELATED: DOJ Releases More Epstein Files, Calls New Trump Claims ‘Untrue And Sensationalist’)

The legacy media covered as was expected, dropping Trump’s name around the release with no context, in order to implicate him.

Within minutes of the release, tens of thousands of documents in the files were downloaded by millions of citizens who had not read a document longer than a warning label on their Xanax since 2008.

I did not read them; I just do not have the attention span. I would bookmark a ransom note. So, the media cherry picks anything they can find that implies Trump’s  involvement and splash it into a headline. I read those, and when you do, you see that nothing in........

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