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Anyone hoping the Epstein files will implicate people not already implicated is going to be very disappointed. Boies Schiller represented a bunch of putative victims and left no stone unturned, suing everyone remotely involved with Epstein, including JP Morgan Chase, who was guilty solely of letting Epstein park his money there, and coughed up $290 million rather than face a New York jury and the New York press; and the FBI, whose culpability isn't even tertiary. And with dozens of clients and years of work, lawyers sued all of two celebrities: Alan Dershowitz, who they had to apologize to in a $0 settlement when the only person accusing him turned out to be unreliable and someone who the government couldn't dare call to the stand in trial; and Prince Andrew, who settled with exactly one putative victim lucky enough to get a photo with him, probably finding it cheaper than the reputation hit and inconvenience of being dragged to America and being in the headlines for months in a he-said she-said case where he was utterly unsympathetic, and perhaps at the command of the queen to make the case go away. Which makes sense: why would Epstein risk his freedom and fortune to find out if any of the rich friends he was sucking up to shared his weird predilections for underage teenagers? His emails with Bill Gates, long made public, showed how Epstein operated. He liked collecting celebrity exposure by offering his plane and his island retreat and other trappings of luxury to famous politicians and celebrities; rich people like hanging out with other rich people who treat them normally and don't ask them for anything other than reciprocal philanthropic donations; and universities are happy to send celebrity academics to meet with 7-digit donors, and the celebrity academics rely on the universities to do due diligence for them. Also, Oswald and Sirhan each acted alone.

People who are gasping at this are missing out on the greatest feature of this apartment. There’s a tenant communal area that’s the main feature. It’s called New York City and it’s amazing. You can meet new people every single day, great food (some of it free), art installations, theater, literature, networking, jobs, walk everywhere, and the entire place is like a free gym. There’s a new commie landlord who may become a problem but we’ve survived worse.

🚨JUST IN: Texas just passed its first major test. A shareholder with 100 shares (0.00002% of Southwest Airlines) sued the board. A federal court just dismissed the case with prejudice under Texas's SB 29. In Delaware, 9 shares nullified a $55.8 billion compensation package. Texas built a system to stop opportunistic litigation. Yesterday, it proved it works.

I really try not to give Tucker or his crazy guests any attention, but Kent made some pretty wild claims about the investigation into Charlie Kirk’s murder and I guarantee he just gave ammo to the defense. At a minimum, I expect a Brady-type motion demanding what investigations were shut down. (These idiots are just that, idiots. I despise them.)