POLITICS & POWER

On the morning of August 10, 2019, guards at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan found Jeffrey Epstein dead in his cell. He was the most high-profile federal inmate in America — a convicted sex offender awaiting trial on charges that threatened to expose a network of abuse reaching into the highest corridors of power. Within hours, the phrase "Epstein didn't kill himself" had entered the American lexicon. But the real scandal was never about how Epstein died. It was about how, for over two decades, he operated in plain sight.

Donald Trump faced an unprecedented four criminal indictments, a $355 million civil fraud judgment, and an $83.3 million defamation verdict — while running for and winning the presidency.

The Heritage Foundation's 920-page blueprint for restructuring the federal government proposes replacing tens of thousands of civil servants with political loyalists and fundamentally reshaping the executive branch.

Over 1,200 people have been charged. Four police officers died. The President of the United States was impeached twice. The House Select Committee produced a 900-page report. And the core question — who planned it and what did the intelligence community know in advance — remains contested.

Members of Congress consistently outperform the stock market while having access to non-public information and the power to write legislation affecting the companies they trade.

In 2010, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are people and money is speech. In the fourteen years since, over $1 billion in anonymous 'dark money' has flowed into American elections — and that's only what we can trace.

The Clinton Foundation has faced scrutiny over foreign donations during Hillary Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State, Haiti reconstruction controversies, and allegations of pay-to-play access.

Congressional investigations and federal charges against Hunter Biden have raised questions about the Biden family's foreign business dealings and whether Joe Biden had knowledge of or involvement in his son's ventures.

The FBI ran a secret program to 'disrupt, misdirect, discredit, and neutralize' American political movements. The targets included MLK, the NAACP, the Socialist Workers Party, and anyone J. Edgar Hoover decided was a threat.

Citizens United opened the floodgates: billions in untraceable dark money now flows through Super PACs and 501(c)(4) organizations, while the lobbying industry spends $4+ billion annually to shape legislation.