Random Thoughts for September: Epstein, Gerrymandering, and More
Only one politician uses intelligence assessments to help ordinary Americans: Ron Wyden of Oregon, a Senator and former Representative. In 2006, he was one of ten senators to vote against re-authorizing the Patriot Act. His more recent questioning of ODNI Director Tulsi Gabbard established him as the smartest man in the room, and now, while his colleagues focus on the salacious details of Jeffrey Epstein’s conduct, Wyden alone has demanded to know Epstein’s influence origins. Epstein knew billionaires as a tax avoidance expert. Yet, we have zero disclosures years after the Panama Papers , Paradise Papers, and Pandora Papers.¹ Why? This is “a cover-up of epic proportions involving the wealthy, the well-connected, and even our own government—all the way to the top.” -- Representative Melanie Stansbury (September 2025) 2. America’s empire from 1945 to 2001 assumed everyone would learn English, accept Western legal principles, and allow NSA protection of technological pr...
