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Trump battles Bruce Springsteen.
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Why are Republicans divided
over Trump’s big beautiful bill?
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And the FBI says Epstein killed himself
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. And
who doesn’t trust the FBI?
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That and more on this week’s America Uncovered headlines.
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Welcome
to America Uncovered. I’m Chris Chappell.
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(shuffle papers)
Last week, I talked about how…
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California Governor and opponent of
buttoning the top button Gavin Newsom…
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called on cities in California
to ban homeless encampments.
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Many criticized him, calling this move backwards,
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saying it could dehumanize the homeless.
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And, unfortunately, it turns out those critics
have already been proven correct.
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Because one business owner has resorted to the most
cruel means imaginable to remove them:
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Blasting “Baby Shark” on repeat through
a speaker pointed at an encampment.
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“Baby Shark, do do do do do do”
“They played “Baby Shark” all night long.”
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Are you happy, Newsom? This is on your
conscience.
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This song is the worst thing
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to be stuck in someone’s head besides
Newsom’s daily pound and a half of hair gel.
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Speaking of controversial music,
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Donald Trump went on a Truth Social
tirade against Beyonce for allegedly
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being paid millions of dollars to endorse Kamala
Harris
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during the 2024 presidential election.
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He also attacked Bruce Springsteen,
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asking what he got paid to perform
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at one of Harris’ campaign events.
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Trump
said he’d call for a major investigation, saying
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this could be considered
illegal campaign contributions.
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Although, considering how badly Harris lost
the election
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, it ultimately didn’t matter,
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as when it came to campaigning for
president,
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she clearly wasn’t born to run.
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Trump and Springsteen have been engaged
in a war of words since Springsteen
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criticized Trump and his administration
onstage while performing internationally.
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“A majority of our elected representatives
have failed to protect the American people
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from the abuses of an unfit
president and a rogue government.”
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To be fair, he could have
just stopped after saying,
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“A majority of our elected representatives have
failed to protect the American people,
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” and he would have gotten overwhelming support
from all sorts of American citizens.
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But now, instead, he’s facing
backlash from the right,
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threatening The Boss’ status as the
most beloved resident of New Jersey…
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Outside of Chris Christie, America
Uncovered’s officially endorsed
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candidate for the next American
Pope.
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Do Popes have understudies?
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Speaking of the Pope,
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Vice President JD Vance hand
delivered Pope Leo XIV an
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invitation from President Trump to visit the US.
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Vance — along with Secretary of State Marco
Rubio and a US delegation —
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were in the Vatican earlier this week ahead of diplomatic efforts
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to gain a ceasefire in the Ukraine-Russia war.
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Now, I assume you assume I’m going to make
a joke about Vance being at the Vatican in
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an attempt to kill his second Pope,
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but I’m
not. .
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Because that’s not what’s happening here
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You can clearly see it in this footage.
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This invitation was given to the
Pope by an imposter Vance,
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since we all know this is his
true form.
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Be careful, Pope, this unholy creature yearns
for another holy victim.
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Speaking of places
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filled with unholy creatures: Walmart.
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Walmart announced that while it would try
to keep its prices as low as possible,
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it would have to raise some
due to Trump’s tariffs.
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Trump took this announcement into consideration,
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announcing he would reflect upon it
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in one of his daily transcendental meditation sessions
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where he aligns his body and spirit and
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Just kidding.
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Trump said Walmart made billions of
dollars last year —
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far more than they expected —
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and that they should
eat the tariffs and not raise prices.
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Home Depot, meanwhile, announced they
wouldn’t raise prices due to the tariffs,
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seemingly a dig at Walmart.
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And if you need to do some digging of your own,
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you know where to go to get…
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an affordable shovel.
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Just head to aisle 933.
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I think I may have missed my
calling as a marketing exec.
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But surely a company as powerful as Walmart
won’t be bullied into-
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What’s that, Shelley?
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says that
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Walmart will in fact “eat some of
the tariffs” after Trump’s demand…
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And that CEO Doug McMillon told
him this in a personal call.
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Although a spokesperson for Walmart said the
company wouldn’t comment on this phone call.
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This situation is a bit confusing.
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Mostly
because a Republican president is telling a gigantic corporation
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not to raise prices and
hurt less economically advantaged consumers.
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I can’t tell if this is Trump
trying to do what’s right,
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trying to cover for his mistakes, both,
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or just his way of auditioning to join Bernie Sanders
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and AOC on the
Fighting Oligarchy Tour.
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As long as Bruce Springsteen doesn’t show up.
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Besides potentially
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fighting oligarchy, Trump is also looking
to fight potential threats to the US,
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And, to that end, has unveiled plans
for what he’s calling The Golden Dome
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— a missile defense system that
could intercept missiles from space.
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Trump says it would cost $175 billion dollars
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and be operational within three years.
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It’s similar in concept to Israel’s
Iron Dome – only Trumpier –
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which can shoot down anything fired at Israel…
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Except, of course, criticism from its allies.
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Trump’s Golden Dome idea has
received sharp criticism…
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From China, with Beijing saying this
could turn space into a warzone.
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Yeah! How dare the US defend themselves.
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They
should just let China conquer not only the world,
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but the whole universe
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. And China wants
that because in space…
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no one can hear The people you’re ethnically cleansing scream.
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(shuffle papers)
And after the break,
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another day, another California
story that’ll make you facepalm.
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Welcome back.
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(shuffle papers)
It’s time for another edition of
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Really, California? Really?
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The Olympics are coming to Los Angeles in 2028.
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Residents of LA are already dreading this,
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as it’s going to make the already
terrible traffic even…more terrible-er.
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But to help, LA28 — the committee in charge
of planning the events —
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has partnered with Archer Aviation
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to hopefully
provide air t axis that wouldoffer transportation
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from one Olympic
venue to another throughout the city.
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I say “hopefully” because air taxis were
supposed to debut at the 2024 Olympics in Paris
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, but they weren’t certified by
Europe's air safety agency in time.
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Personally, I think this is disgusting.
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Not because of environmental
reasons or because it’s catering
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to the wealthy while the ever-worsening
homeless problem
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is… ever-worsening-er.
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No, I’m disgusted that they’re not
calling this aerial taxi service an Air Lyft
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. It was right there!
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Slovenian police are
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investigating the disappearance of a bronze statue
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of First Lady Melania Trump
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that was
sawed off and taken from her hometown.
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With this statue gone, that leaves
only two of her horcruxes left:
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Fake Melania,
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and that giant hat she wore at
the inauguration that made her
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look like she was trying to murder Roger Rabbit,
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Which is reportedly on Fake Melania.
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Probably
shouldn’t keep two horcruxes in one location.
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Speaking of things that are big and beautiful
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: Trump’s spending and border security
package, known as One Big, Beautiful Bill.
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Not to be mistaken with the 6’2”
Bill Pullman, who’s another big, beautiful Bill.
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And, like Trump, was once a
president that fought against invading aliens.
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Last weekend, the House Budget Committee advanced
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the latest version of the bill to
the House with a vote of 17-16.
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And yes, members of Congress actually
worked over the weekend.
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But don’t worry, just because they put in some extra
work doesn’t necessarily mean it’ll
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break Congress’ streak of accomplishing nothing.
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Because the bill had several sticking
points for many Republicans.
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson met
with Republicans on the committee and
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made some — as for now — publicly
undisclosed changes.
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However, four Republicans in the committee
weren’t satisfied and voted “present.”
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One of the sticking points is that they feel
it doesn’t do enough to cut the deficit.
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Another is cuts and work requirements
added to Medicaid.
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Many Republicans wanted these to be implemented
sooner to help curb spending.
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After some last minute changes to the over
1,000 page bill, the House passed it.
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It will now be sent to the Senate,
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where Senate
Republicans say they will make even more changes.
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So it’s not guaranteed to pass
there by any stretch.
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Like I said, Congress’ streak of accomplishing
nothing might be secure.
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While many are worried about what’s in the bill,
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many people are also excited about the prospect
of no longer paying taxes on tips and overtime.
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So this bill has everyone mad, sad,
and excited at the same time.
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It’s like Cats all over again.
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Although,
considering the bill’s simultaneously
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in a state of being passed and not
being passed,
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I guess it’s more like Schrödinger’s Cats.
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Speaking of things that
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are controversial and people want to know the
details of what’s in them: the Epstein files.
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Back in February, Attorney General Pam Bondi
demanded the full Epstein files from the FBI.
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The FBI reportedly asked agents to prioritize
the documents
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and to limit redactions.
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And Bondi said what she received was
pretty sick,
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and they’d be released soon.
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“I think tomorrow, Jesse — breaking news
right now —
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you’re gonna see some Epstein
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information being released.”
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And it was!
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Though people who had been
starving for this for years weren’t satiated,
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since they were served a big
plate full of nothing burgers.
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Right-wing influencers were invited to
the White House
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and were given binders described as “Epstein Files:
Phase 1.”
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They didn’t know they would receive these…
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and reportedly
neither did senior White House officials.
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This would be like Biden finally declassifying
everything the government knew about aliens
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but only sharing it with Mr. Beast.
?
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What would President Pullman think
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Worse yet, there was little new info in them.
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Bondi said precautions needed to
be made to protect the victims.
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That was several months ago now.
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And, so far, here’s all we’ve seen from
the Epstein Files: Phase 2:
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Yeah, this is the most overhyped and disappointing
phase since Marvel’s multiverse saga.
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Frustration over these delays are bipartisan,
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with demands for Bondi to release
the promised files coming from…
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both Democrat…
and Republican lawmakers.
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But this week, we finally —
finally! —
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got some new information!
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When FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino and Director
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Kash Patel say they concluded that
Epstein… did?... kill himself?
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“You know a suicide when you see
one, and that’s what that was.”
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“He killed himself. You, again, you want me
to get- I’ve seen the whole file.
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He killed himself.”
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Well, if anyone would know
anything about seeing things,
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it’s certainly Kash “Hasn’t Blinked
Since Three Jokers Ago” Patel
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So while Patel says he’s seen it,
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it’s looking
less and less likely as the weeks and months
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drag on with no release that we’ll ever
see the full,
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unredacted Epstein files.
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I would never advocate torture.
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But clearly, something needs to be done to aggressively
motivate them to uphold their promise.
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Which is why I think that until the Epstein
files are released,
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the FBI offices should blast “Baby Shark” on repeat.
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Do, do,
do, do, do, do the right thing, fellas.
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(shuffle papers)
And before you go,
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be sure to check out this other episode of
America Uncovered recommended by the algorithm.
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One day the robots will enslave us,
but now they’re just making friendly suggestions
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. So let’s appreciate
this delicate peace while it lasts.
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Once again, I’m Chris Chappell. Thank
you for watching America Uncovered.