Epstein Said He Taped Her — She Wants the Truth Out
Plus: What You Missed This Week From The Bulwark
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Epstein Victim: He Said He Had Me on Video — Where’s the Transparency?
Former model Stacey Williams speaks out about being assaulted by Donald Trump in his office and Epstein’s disturbing role in enabling abuse. Epstein told Williams that he filmed her, and she's demanding transparency from the DOJ — what exactly is in the Epstein files?
ICYMI: Here are links to each newsletter section so you can quickly get back to that edition you may have missed this week.
Morning Shots - Triad - Huddled Masses - Press Pass - Bulwark Goes to Hollywood - The Opposition - False Flag - The Breakdown
Catch up… on Will Sommer’s “Ask Me Anything” about the Epstein Files in The Bulwark’s members-only chat.
🚨OVERTIME🚨
Happy Saturday! I hope you have fun weekend plans. Stay cool out there if you’re affected by the heat dome.
“Marco Rubio, this you bro?” Sarah Longwell brings the receipts.
A President in Every Pot, &c…. Jay Nordlinger on the scope of an office; the cheek of ‘South Park’; a governor slimming down; a noble French historian; and more.
Tortured Logic… We need to stop abusing migrants, now, argues Matt Labash.
A MAGA safari… Holly Berkley-Fletcher takes readers on a darkly comic safari through MAGA extremism, likening its behavior to aggressive wildlife—especially the unpredictable hippo. (Spoiler alert: it’s Stephen Miller.)
Thank you for your interest… In Astronomer? Is that Gwyneth Paltrow? What?
For the comments this week: What are you doing to stay civically engaged before the midterms begin to heat up?
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The only thing that helps me restore a sense of sanity is my work within my neighborhood on traffic calming efforts, and my work with other like-minded people on civic issues in my city. It's a reminder that we can all make a difference in the civic commons at the local level, which reduces my sense of helplessness as I watch my state and federal governments go crazy.
Community bike rides help, too -- physical activity helps me quiet the Trump administration-inspired ya-yas.
(And yes -- this horrible heat dome is affecting my interest and ability in pursuing outdoor activities like walking and biking -- grrrr.)
The fact that Stacey Williams is still having to ask for transparency tells you everything about how broken this system is. If the DOJ has evidence—especially tapes connected to Epstein’s trafficking network—it’s not just a legal matter, it’s a moral one. The public deserves the truth, and the victims deserve justice that doesn’t arrive twenty years too late. Silence is complicity. Release the tapes.