Mille Grazie for putting this all together for us in a clear understandable form. I agree that the birthday card is just a shiny obstacle trying to distract everyone from the more important information. This is a truly vile disgusting enterprise they were all involved in and the GOP going along with the cover up makes it worse. There is not a backbone or a shred of decency in any of them.
Love this, Linn...thank you. You nailed it: the “birthday card” is catnip for TV producers and a decoy for the public. The real story is Wyden → Bessent → money flows + entities + decision chains. That’s where leverage lives—and why the smokescreen is so loud.
And yes, the moral collapse on display is the point: when a political machine decides power matters more than truth...it trains everyone to look away. Not here.
Two quick ways you can help me keep the focus where it belongs:
*Share this piece with one friend who still thinks the circus is the story.
*Drop a short note to your Rep/Senator: “Unseal the entities, follow the wires.” Simple, direct, on record.
I’ll keep pulling the thread; your paid support lets me do it without flinching. Mille grazie right back at you...more receipts are coming.
Okay so where do I start. First, thank you. You well and truly enlivened our post prandial chatter after lunch here in Europe. Second, Johnson and Johnson. Aaaah such probity! I think it was on this substack that I told in reply to another of your excellent analyses, the sorry tale of an Australian acquaintance who, decades ago, had partnered with an inventor of a child friendly cockroach toxic cupboard mat. The J in that story , which invited my acquaintance to show and tell to them in the USA at his own expense on the promise that they would buy his patent and make him a squillionaire overnight , but, after naively leaving them with a sample of said mat , heard zilch from them for months until they wrote to him telling him to stop bothering them: they had cracked patent and he could fuck off, was Johnson and Johnson.
That’s a hell of a story, Sarah...and sadly, it tracks. Whether it’s Big Pharma or Big Politics... the pattern is the same: they sell themselves as guardians of health...probity...or “public service”…then turn around and gut whoever trusted them the most.
I love that you brought this up...because it underscores the through-line: when power structures...whether corporate giants or congressional “leaders”...see ordinary people as expendable...theft and betrayal become standard operating procedure.
Johnson & Johnson...Johnson in the Speaker’s chair…it’s all the same species of rot.
And you’re right: sharing these stories...connecting these dots...is how we see that the “isolated scandals” aren’t isolated at all. They’re a system. That’s what they hope you’ll never recognize...and what you and I refuse to let them hide.
Appreciate you bringing your table in Europe into this fight...because every conversation like that is one less patch of silence they can count on.
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Wow, just wow 😮 This seems reasonable considering how desperate Trump & Co are to hide the truth. Many powerful and influential people will be brought down with the Epstein scandal. We are witnessing a far-reaching international cover-up. This is some sick shit. We owe it to the brave & courageous survivors to uncover the truth and hold these corrupt assholes accountable. Kudos to Senator Wyden. Keep pushing, Jack - appreciate you! ✊✊✊
Exactly right, Alissa. The desperation you’re picking up on is the tell...they’re throwing out shiny distractions because the stakes are enormous. If the financial wires...the entities...and the names ever saw full daylight...it wouldn’t just bruise a few reputations. It would blow holes through entire power structures, here and abroad.
And you’re dead-on: we owe this not to the pundits...not to the politicians...but to the survivors who carried the truth when every institution failed them. That’s why Wyden’s push matters, and why I’ll keep pounding this drum.
Your support means I don’t have to flinch when I publish what others won’t. Appreciate you standing shoulder-to-shoulder with me on this. More to come. I appreciate YOU.
Holy. Shit! For really Jack! Deep! Dark! Explosive!!!!! With all we’re going through I must say that your advent on the scene is a very bright light. Thank you!
That means the world, Audrey...thank you. I know the material we’re digging through is dark...heavy...and sometimes almost too much to stomach. But that’s exactly why I refuse to sugarcoat it. When the lies are this deep...the only antidote is dragging them into the light...piece by piece.
And you’re right...we are going through hell right now. Which is why I see this work as less about commentary and more about survival: giving people clarity when everything around them is noise and shadows.
If what I’m putting out can be a light in that mess...then it’s worth every ounce of fight.
Grateful to have you alongside me on this...because light is only useful if enough of us are willing to carry it.
Thank you for putting this into such a succinct summary. Easy to understand and walk the roadmap laid before us. MSM hiding this, not ignoring, but literally hiding! Always follow the money! Ready for your follow-up essay!
Appreciate that, Michele...thank you. That’s exactly my goal: cut through the noise...lay out the roadmap...and make it so clear the spin can’t fog it up.
And you nailed it: MSM isn’t “forgetting.” They’re burying. They’ll flash the shiny distractions all day long...but when it comes to following the money...the one trail that never lies...they slam the door.
That’s why we’ll keep pressing. I’ve already got the next round of receipts on deck...and I’ll map it the same way: straight lines...no detours. Glad to have you locked in and ready... because the follow-up is coming fast.
I read everyday. So happy I subscribed! I have seen the rot starting years ago in FL politics. Nobody would hear me, I was radical. My mantra for years was pay attention! Watch what they do, how they vote, not their words! I was told to get off my soapbox. Now, here we are and they are either awake or so far down a rabbit hole I am not sure they will ever wake up. But I won’t give up.
Thank you for putting all this together and threading the needle to help weave it all together. The birthday book and gross card were a tease and distraction to keep eyes off the true story. I knew there was indepth supporters for Epstein. It didn't pass the plausible test that a college drop out suddenly became Uber wealthy and had a jet setter life. He had backers. So many layers. I hope the SARs goes through and they get peeled away. We need full disclosure, no matter how painful ripping the bandage away is.
Thank you for the summary. I'm not sure where I picked up a link to the letter itself, but here it is. It clearly is a bombshell. I can't wait until it explodes.
What a fucking black eye this puts on every intelligence agency who turned them away and instead used this blackmail to alter our democratic republic using filthy blackmail tactics. Where’s those receipts Jack?
I love seeing the big picture and you are masterful at building the scene. I'm looking forward to more. I keep wanting to thank The Great Orange One for creating a situation in which all of this CAN be brought to the surface. I doubt he has a clue he's his own worst enemy. Just my thoughts.
Phenomenal, thanks! Geez...that’ll take some digesting (frequently my sentiment after reading yours).
But and this-- so perhaps trump laundered money in a big way for a Russian who bought the mansion in Palm beach which he scooped from Epstein. Who paid $90+million then burned it down. What’s that whole side of this mess look like? And what does Putin have on trump? And how does trump fit into the Epstein side of it? Pedo? And huge money? But trump was always broke... I don’t get how they fit together but they obviously did. .
thank you Jack, especially for the Daily Grit, which I love today, especially. it's counterintuitive but so obvious! The rest of the dispatch today, well, sigh...Yet I find myself saying, 'just let it all come out and be exposed'. Let's see just what we're dealing with behind all the secrecy, behind all the show of false bravado. Let's see just how these highly placed people have become so warped and corrupted. Gives the lie to what a substanceless aspiration it is to 'be rich and famous'.
In short, a combination of publicly available sources...and some smart people...who are very tuned in...and aware of what's happening. I've always had a habit of surrounding myself with people who are smarter than I am.
Mille Grazie for putting this all together for us in a clear understandable form. I agree that the birthday card is just a shiny obstacle trying to distract everyone from the more important information. This is a truly vile disgusting enterprise they were all involved in and the GOP going along with the cover up makes it worse. There is not a backbone or a shred of decency in any of them.
Love this, Linn...thank you. You nailed it: the “birthday card” is catnip for TV producers and a decoy for the public. The real story is Wyden → Bessent → money flows + entities + decision chains. That’s where leverage lives—and why the smokescreen is so loud.
And yes, the moral collapse on display is the point: when a political machine decides power matters more than truth...it trains everyone to look away. Not here.
Two quick ways you can help me keep the focus where it belongs:
*Share this piece with one friend who still thinks the circus is the story.
*Drop a short note to your Rep/Senator: “Unseal the entities, follow the wires.” Simple, direct, on record.
I’ll keep pulling the thread; your paid support lets me do it without flinching. Mille grazie right back at you...more receipts are coming.
-Jack
Living in Italy I am still able to vote in Federal elections from my last home in the USA. Guess who my Senator is….senator Wyden!
Okay so where do I start. First, thank you. You well and truly enlivened our post prandial chatter after lunch here in Europe. Second, Johnson and Johnson. Aaaah such probity! I think it was on this substack that I told in reply to another of your excellent analyses, the sorry tale of an Australian acquaintance who, decades ago, had partnered with an inventor of a child friendly cockroach toxic cupboard mat. The J in that story , which invited my acquaintance to show and tell to them in the USA at his own expense on the promise that they would buy his patent and make him a squillionaire overnight , but, after naively leaving them with a sample of said mat , heard zilch from them for months until they wrote to him telling him to stop bothering them: they had cracked patent and he could fuck off, was Johnson and Johnson.
That’s a hell of a story, Sarah...and sadly, it tracks. Whether it’s Big Pharma or Big Politics... the pattern is the same: they sell themselves as guardians of health...probity...or “public service”…then turn around and gut whoever trusted them the most.
I love that you brought this up...because it underscores the through-line: when power structures...whether corporate giants or congressional “leaders”...see ordinary people as expendable...theft and betrayal become standard operating procedure.
Johnson & Johnson...Johnson in the Speaker’s chair…it’s all the same species of rot.
And you’re right: sharing these stories...connecting these dots...is how we see that the “isolated scandals” aren’t isolated at all. They’re a system. That’s what they hope you’ll never recognize...and what you and I refuse to let them hide.
Appreciate you bringing your table in Europe into this fight...because every conversation like that is one less patch of silence they can count on.
-Jack
Oh Jack what a lovely lovely comment. Thank you.
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Assholes!
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Wow, just wow 😮 This seems reasonable considering how desperate Trump & Co are to hide the truth. Many powerful and influential people will be brought down with the Epstein scandal. We are witnessing a far-reaching international cover-up. This is some sick shit. We owe it to the brave & courageous survivors to uncover the truth and hold these corrupt assholes accountable. Kudos to Senator Wyden. Keep pushing, Jack - appreciate you! ✊✊✊
Exactly right, Alissa. The desperation you’re picking up on is the tell...they’re throwing out shiny distractions because the stakes are enormous. If the financial wires...the entities...and the names ever saw full daylight...it wouldn’t just bruise a few reputations. It would blow holes through entire power structures, here and abroad.
And you’re dead-on: we owe this not to the pundits...not to the politicians...but to the survivors who carried the truth when every institution failed them. That’s why Wyden’s push matters, and why I’ll keep pounding this drum.
Your support means I don’t have to flinch when I publish what others won’t. Appreciate you standing shoulder-to-shoulder with me on this. More to come. I appreciate YOU.
-Jack
Holy. Shit! For really Jack! Deep! Dark! Explosive!!!!! With all we’re going through I must say that your advent on the scene is a very bright light. Thank you!
That means the world, Audrey...thank you. I know the material we’re digging through is dark...heavy...and sometimes almost too much to stomach. But that’s exactly why I refuse to sugarcoat it. When the lies are this deep...the only antidote is dragging them into the light...piece by piece.
And you’re right...we are going through hell right now. Which is why I see this work as less about commentary and more about survival: giving people clarity when everything around them is noise and shadows.
If what I’m putting out can be a light in that mess...then it’s worth every ounce of fight.
Grateful to have you alongside me on this...because light is only useful if enough of us are willing to carry it.
-Jack
Thank you for putting this into such a succinct summary. Easy to understand and walk the roadmap laid before us. MSM hiding this, not ignoring, but literally hiding! Always follow the money! Ready for your follow-up essay!
Appreciate that, Michele...thank you. That’s exactly my goal: cut through the noise...lay out the roadmap...and make it so clear the spin can’t fog it up.
And you nailed it: MSM isn’t “forgetting.” They’re burying. They’ll flash the shiny distractions all day long...but when it comes to following the money...the one trail that never lies...they slam the door.
That’s why we’ll keep pressing. I’ve already got the next round of receipts on deck...and I’ll map it the same way: straight lines...no detours. Glad to have you locked in and ready... because the follow-up is coming fast.
-Jack
I read everyday. So happy I subscribed! I have seen the rot starting years ago in FL politics. Nobody would hear me, I was radical. My mantra for years was pay attention! Watch what they do, how they vote, not their words! I was told to get off my soapbox. Now, here we are and they are either awake or so far down a rabbit hole I am not sure they will ever wake up. But I won’t give up.
Thank you for putting all this together and threading the needle to help weave it all together. The birthday book and gross card were a tease and distraction to keep eyes off the true story. I knew there was indepth supporters for Epstein. It didn't pass the plausible test that a college drop out suddenly became Uber wealthy and had a jet setter life. He had backers. So many layers. I hope the SARs goes through and they get peeled away. We need full disclosure, no matter how painful ripping the bandage away is.
Thank you for the summary. I'm not sure where I picked up a link to the letter itself, but here it is. It clearly is a bombshell. I can't wait until it explodes.
https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_from_senator_wyden_to_secretary_bessent_on_epstein_documentspdf.pdf
Letter is pretty staggering. Kudos to Wyden for his tenacity. Hope he manages to bring the whole f'n thing down. Doubtful, but one can hope.....
Thank you for posting that letter. Wyden’s statements are probing and crystal-clear. I’m reposting it — every American should read this.
Oooo, good catch!
Thanks! Jack💕
I have heard sunlight is a great disinfectant.
☀️Thanks to Ron Wyden. If we had more people like him, maybe we wouldn't be in such a fucking mess. 🗽🇺🇲🇺🇦
>Trying to get over SCOTUS greenlighting ICE RAIDS. They are deporting the wrong people.
Maybe the cowards and traitors in Congress should be first in line.
🌼🌸🦋🗽🇺🇲🇺🇦
What a fucking black eye this puts on every intelligence agency who turned them away and instead used this blackmail to alter our democratic republic using filthy blackmail tactics. Where’s those receipts Jack?
I love seeing the big picture and you are masterful at building the scene. I'm looking forward to more. I keep wanting to thank The Great Orange One for creating a situation in which all of this CAN be brought to the surface. I doubt he has a clue he's his own worst enemy. Just my thoughts.
Phenomenal, thanks! Geez...that’ll take some digesting (frequently my sentiment after reading yours).
But and this-- so perhaps trump laundered money in a big way for a Russian who bought the mansion in Palm beach which he scooped from Epstein. Who paid $90+million then burned it down. What’s that whole side of this mess look like? And what does Putin have on trump? And how does trump fit into the Epstein side of it? Pedo? And huge money? But trump was always broke... I don’t get how they fit together but they obviously did. .
thank you Jack, especially for the Daily Grit, which I love today, especially. it's counterintuitive but so obvious! The rest of the dispatch today, well, sigh...Yet I find myself saying, 'just let it all come out and be exposed'. Let's see just what we're dealing with behind all the secrecy, behind all the show of false bravado. Let's see just how these highly placed people have become so warped and corrupted. Gives the lie to what a substanceless aspiration it is to 'be rich and famous'.
Makes this article from make some more sense. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/magazine/jeffrey-epstein-jp-morgan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kk8.eqWU.u8Vv2-wKKvaZ&smid=nytcore-android-share
This is a gift link, everyone can read tge article.
Thank you, Jack!
You're welcome, Mantis.
AKA..."Vicky" ;)
Thanks, Jack. How did you learn all this??
In short, a combination of publicly available sources...and some smart people...who are very tuned in...and aware of what's happening. I've always had a habit of surrounding myself with people who are smarter than I am.
Thank you.
My pleasure!