once again the ghost of epstein appears and then wanders off;

“We know that they are lying, they know that they are lying, they even know that we know they are lying, we also know that they know we know they are lying too, they of course know that we certainly know they know we know they are lying too as well, but they are still lying. In our country, the lie has become not just moral category, but the pillar industry of this country.”
-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

“Radical transparency” has been the Trump 2.0 mantra since the transfer of federal power in January.

But how transparent — let alone “radically” so — is the current administration?

While MAGA enthusiasts all-in on the future president predicted a thorough wave of “radical” transparency, those of us who tracked the first administration had a much more trepidatious forecast...........more...........