Epstein Crimes: “Too Big” Is the Lie That Protects the Powerful. (And, It's BULLSHIT)

Howard Lutnick during a public appearance in Washington, D.C. He has not been charged with any crimes.

Epstein Crimes: “Too Big” Is the Lie That Protects the Powerful. (And, It’s BULLSHIT)

The Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter #774: Friday, February 13th, 2026.

“It’s too big. We’ll never know.”

F*ck that.

Not that long ago, I believed it too. I didn’t just mutter it to myself…I published it. I wrote the kind of piece people write when they’re trying to protect their own nervous system from the truth: This is monstrous, it’s everywhere, it’s untouchable, so don’t expect consequences.

And for a while, that belief felt like “realism.”

It wasn’t realism.

It was resignation.

It was me swallowing the exact story the powerful need the rest of us to swallow so they can keep moving evidence around like chess pieces and treating victims like collateral damage.

I’ve changed my mind.

Because the “too big” line is bullshit.

It’s not an analysis. It’s a spell.

It’s the sentence that turns citizens into spectators.

It’s the convenient little lullaby people repeat when they don’t want to confront the simplest, ugliest truth: the cover-up only works as long as we accept it working.

Here’s what finally clicked for me…

The people protecting this don’t survive because they’re untouchable. They survive because they’re counting on you to get tired. They’re counting on the public to flare up…scream for a week…then drift to the next outrage like a goldfish with a smartphone.

They’re counting on the fact that “process” is boring and most people don’t have the patience to stay on a single target long enough to force disclosure.

They’re counting on that sentence:

“It’s too big. We’ll never know.”

Because once you believe that, you stop asking:

Who has the files?
Who sealed them?
Who moved them?
Who declined to investigate?
Who signed the paper?
Who made the call?
Who benefits?

And…the moment you stop asking those questions…in writing, on the record, repeatedly…they win without even having to fight you.

So no. I’m not saying this is easy.

I’m saying it’s winnable.

And…I’m done pretending we’re powerless in a country of 350 million people just because a handful of well-connected monsters and their protectors want to act like royalty.

If “too big” was true…no empire would ever fall.

But empires fall all the time.

They fall when regular people stop whispering and start organizing.

Before we move on…

This one’s going to be spicier than usual.

My ass is still red hot after seeing a post from Congressman Thomas Massie where he felt compelled to publicly clarify that he is not suicidal, that his brakes work, that he doesn’t have “mysterious” hazards on his property, that he’s healthy and in good shape.

Read that again.

An elected member of Congress in the United States of America felt the need to make a public statement essentially saying: If something happens to me, it won’t be self-inflicted.

That’s where we are.

That’s the temperature.

And why? Because he’s insisting on respecting the rule of law. Because he won’t rubber-stamp power. Because he’s willing to vote and speak in ways that anger the mob.

You don’t have to agree with him on everything. That’s not the point.

The point is this:

When elected officials start publicly preempting “accidents” and “suicides” because the threat environment has gotten that insane, something in the civic bloodstream is infected.

This isn’t normal politics.

This isn’t sharp debate.

This is intimidation culture.

And…if you think that doesn’t connect to the broader theme of power, secrecy, and institutional rot we’re about to dive into…it absolutely does.

So…yes.

This one’s going to have more heat.

Because pretending everything is fine…would be the real insanity.

Here’s what I refuse to accept:

In a country of 350 million people, we are supposed to believe that a handful of connected elites are untouchable?

That the evidence vaults are impenetrable?

That the victims don’t matter?

That the law only works for parking tickets and not for predators with friends in high places?

No.

That’s not reality.

That’s a narrative.

And it’s a narrative designed to produce one thing:

Apathy.

Because apathy…is the oxygen of every cover-up. Every. Goddamn. One.

The Lie of “Too Big”

“Too big” sounds sophisticated.

It sounds informed.

It sounds like realism.

It’s not.

It’s surrender dressed up as wisdom.

When someone says, “It’s too big,” what they’re really saying is:

• I don’t think pressure works.

• I don’t think institutions crack.

• I don’t think persistence matters.

• I don’t want to feel disappointed again.

But history says otherwise.

Big scandals collapse under weight.

Big networks unravel when strands are pulled.

Big secrets leak when enough people start demanding documentation, not speeches.

The powerful don’t survive because they’re invincible.

They survive…because most people give up after the third headline.

They survive…because outrage spikes…and then dissolves.

They survive…because attention spans are shorter than the legal process.

That’s it.

There’s no wizard behind the curtain.

Just delay, diffusion, distraction.

The Real Power Move: Organization

Anger is good.

But…anger without structure is noise.

If you want accountability in something this massive…you don’t need a mob.

You need a machine.

You need:

• Coordinated legal pressure.

• Relentless documentation.

• Targeted FOIA requests.

• Civil discovery actions.

• Journalistic funding.

• Congressional pressure campaigns.

• State-level prosecution angles.

• Chain-of-custody scrutiny.

• Victim amplification.

• Strategic litigation support.

You don’t scream “release everything” into the void.

You ask:

Who has custody of the files?
Under what authority are they sealed?
When were they classified?
Who signed the decision?
What office declined to investigate?
What statute governs that refusal?
What judge authorized that sealing?
What appeals are available?

Specificity breaks stone.

Vagueness bounces off it.

Why This Moment Is Different

Here’s what has shifted.

Former loyal voters are pissed.

And that matters.

When anger crosses partisan lines…the usual containment strategy fails.

It’s easy to dismiss critics as “the other side.”

It’s harder to dismiss your own base.

That fracture changes incentives.

Politicians don’t fear moral arguments.

They fear coalitions they can’t predict.

If outrage becomes bipartisan…decentralized…and sustained…it becomes dangerous… not because of chaos…but because of legitimacy.

And legitimacy is oxygen.

When legitimacy erodes…institutions move to protect themselves.

That’s when doors open.

350 Million People Don’t Need to Move as One

Here’s another myth: “We’d have to unite the whole country.”

No, we wouldn’t. That’s a lie.

You don’t need 350 million people.

You need:

• 5% who won’t let it go.

• 1% who show up consistently.

• 0.1% who are disciplined enough to do uncomfortable, boring work.

The boring work wins.

The filing.
The research.
The funding.
The organizing.
The public records tracking.
The court calendar monitoring.
The relentless follow-up.

Cover-ups don’t collapse from outrage.

They collapse from sustained administrative friction.

If enough citizens apply lawful pressure across multiple channels at once, institutions have to decide:

“Is protecting this worth the damage?”

And that calculation changes over time.

“They’re Too Powerful”

Let’s address the elephant in the room.

“Yes, but they’re powerful.”

So what?!

Power is not immunity.

Power is leverage.

And leverage cuts both ways.

The more powerful someone is…the more exposure they have. ALWAYS.

The more exposure…the more risk.

The more risk…the more fragile their legitimacy becomes.

The real question isn’t whether powerful people can resist.

It’s whether they can resist forever.

History says they can’t.

But…only if pressure persists.

Not for a week.

Not for a news cycle.

For years…if necessary.

What “Fucking Their World Up” Actually Means

Let’s be clear.

This is not about violence.

It’s about law.

It’s about sunlight.

It’s about forcing process.

It’s about making it administratively…politically…and legally expensive to hide.

You don’t “storm.”

You subpoena.

You don’t riot.

You litigate.

You don’t threaten.

You document.

You use:

• Public records laws.

• Open meetings statutes.

• Court transparency rules.

• Victim rights provisions.

• Ethics complaints.

• Inspector General petitions.

• State attorney reviews.

• Media accountability campaigns.

• Strategic funding for investigative journalists.

You hit every Goddamn lawful lever available. Every fucking one.

At once.

Relentlessly.

That’s how you create pressure.

And pressure creates cracks.

The Psychological War

The people protecting this mess want one thing more than anything else:

For you to believe it’s hopeless.

Because hopeless people don’t organize.

Hopeless people scroll.

Hopeless people vent.

Hopeless people move on.

Hopeful, organized, pissed-off people?

They’re dangerous.

Not because they’re violent.

Because they’re disciplined.

And discipline….terrifies institutions more than rage ever could.

Here’s the Hard Truth

If nothing happens, it won’t be because it was “too big.”

It will be because we let the story fade.

Because we allowed distraction to work.

Because we believed the spell.

Accountability isn’t a spontaneous event.

It’s manufactured through sustained civic friction.

And friction requires organization.

What Happens If We Actually Do This?

Imagine this:

Thousands of coordinated public records requests.

Dozens of state-level inquiries.

Continuous follow-up reporting funded directly by citizens.

Legal scholars analyzing sealing decisions in real time.

Victim testimony amplified without distortion.

Members of Congress flooded not with rage…but with precise procedural demands.

That changes the temperature.

That changes the calculus.

That changes the risk profile for anyone protecting evidence.

Suddenly, “bury it” becomes more dangerous than “disclose it.”

That’s how you win.

Not emotionally.

Procedurally.

The Real Question

Not “Is it too big?” (Wipe that BS out of your mind.)

But:

Are we disciplined enough?

Are we organized enough?

Are we patient enough?

Are we united enough across ideological lines to demand the same thing:

Truth.

Transparency.

Accountability under the law.

No sacred cows.

No protected elites.

No immunity through proximity.

Why I’m Not Letting This Go

Because once you accept that some people are untouchable, you’ve already surrendered the republic.

And…I’m damn sure not interested in surrender.

I’m interested in leverage.

I’m interested in process.

I’m interested in sustained…coordinated…lawful pressure that forces institutions to choose between their credibility and their cover-ups.

If enough of us commit to that strategy… not just emotionally, but structurally…this is not “too big.”

It’s just complicated.

And complicated problems get solved…by organized people.

If you’re reading this and you feel that tightening in your chest…that “You’re G’ddam right, Jack!” energy…do NOT let it evaporate.

Energy without structure fades.

Structure without energy stalls.

We need both.

Inside this publication, I don’t just vent.

I build frameworks.

I outline pressure strategies.

I break down leverage points.

I track developments that mainstream coverage skims over.

I focus on the boring, powerful mechanics that actually move institutions.

Because outrage alone…doesn’t win.

Organized citizens do.

If you want to move from frustration to strategy…

If you want to be part of something disciplined, not just loud…

If you refuse to accept “too big” as an answer…

Become a paid subscriber.

Not because it feels good.

Because it builds the machine.

And machines…when fueled by millions of people who refuse to quit…change outcomes.

This isn’t hopeless. It. Is. Not. Hopeless.

It’s unfinished.

And…unfinished fights…are won by people who don’t stop.

#HoldFast

Back soon.

-Jack
Jack Hopkins Now