The Epstein Files Are More Evil Than We Were Told & Mamdani’s Tax Problem Has Divided The Internet

UN experts suggest Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse and trafficking met the legal threshold for crimes against humanity, exposing a global criminal enterprise with high-profile accomplices and a disturbing misogynistic ideology.

• Epstein's actions may constitute 'crimes against humanity' due to their global, systematic, and ideological nature.

• New York City's $5.4 billion deficit prompts a choice between taxing the wealthy or increasing property taxes on a broader population.

• DHS's new spokesperson, Lauren Biss, signals a continuation of the agency's combative PR strategy.

UN experts report that the scale and systematic nature of Jeffrey Epstein's actions, involving global sexual abuse, trafficking, and exploitation, may constitute crimes against humanity, contrary to earlier official claims. The newly released files reveal an organized, ideologically driven attack on women and girls, facilitated by powerful individuals who seemingly enabled or benefited from his activities. Separately, New York City faces a significant budget deficit, prompting a debate over whether to raise taxes on the wealthy or implement broad property tax increases that would affect middle and working-class residents.

Epstein's Crimes as Humanity

• 00:00:00 UN experts suggest that Jeffrey Epstein's systematic, large-scale sexual abuse, trafficking, and exploitation of women and girls across the globe could meet the legal threshold for 'crimes against humanity' under international law. This assessment challenges prior claims that there was 'nothing to see here,' highlighting that his actions were not random but part of an organized, ideologically driven enterprise rooted in supremacist beliefs, racism, corruption, and extreme misogyny, viewing women as subhuman.

Epstein's Accomplices & Influence

• 00:01:42 Epstein maintained close ties with prominent individuals in politics, finance, academia, and business, with newly released emails revealing their awareness and potential involvement in his illicit activities. Examples include correspondences with Boris and each other, Sultan Ahmad bin Sulayem, and Catherine Rumer, along with evidence of Epstein arranging 'massages' for friends and possibly extorting billionaires like Leon Black and Les Wexner, implying he held compromising information on them.

New York City Fiscal Crisis

• 00:13:07 New York City faces a severe fiscal crisis with a $12 billion deficit, largely attributed to Mayor Eric Adams' alleged intentional underbudgeting and former Governor Andrew Cuomo's extraction of city resources. Council Speaker Zorn Mamdani has reduced the deficit to $5.4 billion through savings and state aid, presenting two solutions: either the state raises income and corporate taxes on the wealthiest residents, or the city must implement broad property tax increases impacting working and middle-class New Yorkers.

DHS Turmoil & Succession

• 00:25:32 DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin resigned after falsely claiming a woman killed by ICE committed domestic terrorism, drawing praise from Donald Trump and criticism from Democrats. Her replacement, Lauren Biss, is known for fact-check videos attacking journalists as 'radical hacks' and defending ICE, suggesting that the DHS public relations approach, focused on defending actions and framing criticism as anti-American, is unlikely to change significantly.