Some quick-hits and hot-takes from the week so far:
UNLISTED
I only smile when I lie, then I tell them why: Because your kiss is on my list. -- Hall & Oates
The Department of Justice, after claiming that it had a list of Jeffrey Epstein’s clients, now claims there is no list.
Naturally, in this Administration, two contradictory things can be asserted, provided you keep them playing against each other for a willing audience that understands how Trumpball is played.
Unfortunately, MAGA, that core audience, voted for Trump in part because of Right Wing conspiracy theories that held that child pedophilia rings were embedded in government and protected by the Deep State that Trump promised to flay.
So they’re not really taking this terribly well. And the Administration gets a little tetchy if you press them on it, as Right-leaning media is doing.
The question nobody seems to want to raise on the MAGA side is the very obvious one: If there is a list and the Trump DoJ is sinking it, why might th…