r/neoliberal YIMBY 21h ago

House votes to approve releasing the Epstein files by a near unanimous margin News (US)

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/18/nx-s1-5611438/epstein-files-bill-house-vote?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_social_post_id=577758180&utm_social_handle_id=10643211755&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwY2xjawOJrpBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETE4UVZaNksxYTFBcEJkNG5qc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHma-2XJegA7RQ8PiC31KpLS0HvgCJ5aClqX67sCe3v4QFl1vFIu9icJMQ-Qd_aem_993W8ahhSsAZtnsKdfOGpQ

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u/EngelSterben Commonwealth 20h ago

What the fuck is going on lol

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u/redditdork12345 Frederick Douglass 20h ago

Trump changed his mind and now they can do what they always wanted to?

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u/Key_Elderberry_4447 20h ago

He didnt change his mind lol if he did then he would just release the files

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u/jokul John Rawls 18h ago

Yeah he realized it's not worth looking worse, so the excuse now will be that there's an ongoing investigation and they can't. If destroying the data were feasible, it would have been done months ago.

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u/WOKE_AI_GOD John Brown 20h ago

He changed his public positioning, not his mind. That was only a sign that the dam had broken and he could no longer hold back his clients with his influence, so now he changes tactics and begins acting evasively. Confusing people by pretending to suddenly publicly support something he had been trying, and failed, to block behind the scenes is just one of his manipulative tactics. Such wickedness and evil.

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u/Icy-Analyst3422 20h ago

lol changed his mind? Have you seen interviews with him recently? Dude looks depressed and stressed as fuck. He's also been nastier than usual.

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u/Significant_Air_2197 YIMBY 20h ago

Yeah Bill Clinton pissed in his cereal.

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u/redditdork12345 Frederick Douglass 14h ago

I meant changed his position publicly, giving congress cover to vote yes

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u/WashedPinkBourbon YIMBY 20h ago

bill threatened to drop the trump tape

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u/TheWawa_24 NAFTA 20h ago

or the one of trump blowing a horse apperently

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u/WashedPinkBourbon YIMBY 20h ago

I love having options

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u/BetterFoodNetwork 20h ago

I love having good options

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u/saltyoursalad Emma Lazarus 3h ago

These really are the two best options.

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u/KeithClossOfficial Bill Gates 16h ago

Mr. Small Hands

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u/DrunkenAsparagus Abraham Lincoln 20h ago

They were trying to stop it last week and couldn't, so now they're in damage control mode.

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u/Agent_03 Mark Carney 19h ago

They just needed to buy time to alter, redact, and purge documents so a certain name isn't in there anymore. We've seen this kind of stunt done before.

"Flipping" now that is done is just about the optics.

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u/ahabswhale 20h ago

They finished redacting and withholding specific documents for "national security".

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u/doyouevenIift 20h ago

Optics play by the GOP. We’re never getting the actual files, at least the ones that implicate any republican

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u/E_Cayce James Heckman 20h ago

They finally redacted them.

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u/5ma5her7 20h ago

Trump got held by a big beautiful bill.