Trump's Epstein Emails Problem GOT WORSE...
PDS Published 11/13/2025
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Holy shit, y’all, the floodgates on this Trump-Epstein scandal just blew wide open last night.
Because remember yesterday morning?
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released three emails they obtained from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate.
With those including bits where Epstein called Trump the “dog that hasn’t barked,” said a victim since reported to be Virginia Giuffre [Joo-fray] “spent hours at my house with him,” and said about Trump: “Of course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop.” [Image and Image]
Then in response, the committee’s Republicans claimed those emails were selectively chosen, redacted, and taken out of context.
Well now they’ve dumped the entire 23,000 document trove from the estate, but rather than exonerating Trump, they made him look much, much worse.
Right, so let’s go through these revelations one by one.
First, Epstein was really awful at grammar.
Seriously, it’s typos galore, he doesn’t capitalize the right letters, punctuation’s all over the place, and these are emails, not text messages, so there’s just no excuse.
Okay, but really, probably the biggest bombshell to come out of this latest drop is an email Epstein wrote in February 2019.
Apparently referring to the sexual abuse of underage girls, he wrote: “Trump knew of it. and came to my house many times during that period. He never got a massage.” [Quote]
Also, in 2015 Epstein emailed a then New York Times reporter: “would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” [Quote, find “bikinis”]
Though despite replying “yes,” the reporter says he never received any such photos.
But he did get an anecdote, with Epstein suggesting people should “ask my houseman about donald almost walking through the door leaving his nose print on the glass as young women were swimming in the pool and he was so focused he walked straight into the door.” [Quote]
Many of these emails are also just packed full of vicious insults Epstein had for Trump, with him for example telling the same reporter:
“he feels alone, and is nuts !!! , I told everyone from day one. evil beyond belief mad, and most thought i was speaking metaphorically, its obvious he could crack. stormy daniels. ? lies after lies after lies.” [Quote]
Then, in a 2018 exchange with the author Michael Wolff, Epstein referred to “dopey donald” and “demented donald,” saying that his finances were “all a sham.” [Quote]
The year before, when someone called Trump “so gross,” Epstein replied, “Worse in real life and upclose.” [Quote]
In a conversation with Larry Summers, Epstein once called Trump “borderline insane.” [Quote]
Then, when Summers asked whether Trump would “crack into insanity,” Epstein said his “strength is remarkable. he is pounded 24/7. I hope someone close to him gets indicted, but not sure, otherwise the pressure of the unkown will force him to do crazy things.” [Quote]
With Epstein stating at another point, “your world does not understand how dumb he really is. he will blame everyone around him. for bad results.” [Quote]
In late 2018, though it’s unclear exactly what the context is, someone emailed Epstein: “It will all blow over! They’re really just trying to take down Trump and doing whatever they can to do that…!” [Quote]
To which the billionaire pedophile replied: “its wild, because i am the one able to take him down.” [Quote]
And that’s pretty much it for the insults, but there’s still more juicy stuff in here.
With the modeling agency co-founder Faith Kates asking Epstein in 2017 where he was spending Thanksgiving, then later asking, “who else is down there?” [Quote]
To which Epstein replied: “David fizel. hanson. Trump.” [Quote]
And the year prior, during an exchange with the members-only club founder Jennie Enterprise, Epstein said he spent that Thanksgiving "in palm with the trump crowd.” [Quote]
Which doesn’t necessarily mean Donald Trump himself, but the first email certainly seems to, and if that’s true, it would apparently contradict Trump’s claim that he broke off contact with Epstein after 2004. [B roll, 00:29]
Though as you may have guessed from some of the other emails, they don’t appear to have been friendly even if that was true. [Same B roll]
In fact, emails show Epstein frequently working with his associates to dig up dirt on Trump, though the reasons why aren’t very clear.
With him in 2012 suggesting that his lawyer investigate Trump’s finances, including the mortgage on Mar-a-Lago and a 30 million dollar loan Mr. Epstein said that Mr. Trump had received.
Also in 2019 one of Epstein’s advisors apparently went through Trump’s federal financial disclosure form, which he called “100 pages of nonsense,” and emailed Epstein nine “interesting findings.” [Quote]
With those including information about the president’s foundation, businesses and assets.
Another email that’s grabbing some attention is this one between Epstein and a top European official that was written in June 2018, notably one month before Trump met Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.
With Epstein suggesting the official tell Putin that Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, could “get insight” on Trump by “talking to me.” [Quote]
Adding that Vitaly Churkin [Pronounce 00:05], Russia’s then ambassador to the United Nations, “used to but he died.” [Same quote]
Then, elaborating on the “insight” he could provide, Epstein said, “It is not complex. he must be seen to get something its that simple.” [Quote same link]
In another exchange with former White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler [Room-ler] in2018, they discuss Michael Cohen, who admitted to conspiring with Trump to pay Stormy Daniels hush money.
With Epstein exclaiming: “you see, i know how dirty donald is. my guess is that non lawyers ny biz people have no idea. what it means to have your fixer flip.” [Quote]
And there’s so much more — we’ve got emails between Epstein and former prince Andrew, Woody Allen’s wife, Steve Bannon, Peter Thiel, tons of people — it’s too much to go through right now.
But of course the main spotlight is on all the revelations about Epstein and Trump, though there are varying responses to them.
Right, Democrats of course are playing them up, but they’re also accusing the GOP of dumping so many documents all at once to distract from the few specific ones that look really bad.
Right, instead of letting the Democrats drip feed these emails to the press, Republicans just ripped off the band-aid.
But the GOP counters that all the other documents are the real point, and the focus on Trump is the real distraction.
With Trump himself posting on Truth Social:
“The Democrats are trying to bring up the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax again because they’ll do anything at all to deflect on how badly they’ve done on the Shutdown, and so many other subjects. Only a very bad, or stupid, Republican would fall into that trap. The Democrats cost our Country $1.5 Trillion Dollars with their recent antics of viciously closing our Country, while at the same time putting many at risk — and they should pay a fair price. There should be no deflections to Epstein or anything else, and any Republicans involved should be focused only on opening up our Country, and fixing the massive damage caused by the Democrats!” [Post]
But if that’s true, if it’s just a nonsense distraction, then it doesn’t explain why he’s apparently been scrambling to prevent any more of the Epstein files from getting out.
With his top White House officials meeting Representatives Lauren Boebert and Nancy Mace yesterday, reportedly to persuade them to take their names off the discharge petition.
But that effort failed, and the petition passed yesterday, setting in motion the process that’ll end with a floor vote in the House on whether to make Trump release the Epstein files.
Though both Boebert and Mace defended Trump when asked about the meetings.
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Now, Mike Johnson says he’s going to put the resolution to release the Epstein files up for a vote on the House floor next week.
This after GOP Representative Tim Burchett actually tried to fasttrack the vote using a procedure called “unanimous consent.”
Which would have been a sneaky move, because lawmakers wouldn’t have been required to go on the record in a roll call vote.
But that effort failed, so now Republicans are headed straight for the iceberg that is having their names attached to a “no” vote on releasing the Epstein files.
Though you did have Thomas Massie telling Politico:
“I’m certain the House vote will succeed. Some Republican members who are not signers of the petition have told me they will vote for the measure when the vote is called. I suspect there will be many more.” [Quote]
And Ro Khanna backed that up, speculating that as many as 30 or 40 Republicans might join them.
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Cynthia Erivo just had to save Ariana Grande from a crazy clout chaser who ran up to her and grabbed her on the red carpet.
Right, the two of them, along with the rest of their castmates, were at the Wicked Part Two premiere in Singapore,
And footage shows some guy running up the red carpet, charging Ariana, putting his hands around her, until a group of bodyguards, led by Cynthia, intervene.
With this angle really showing that Cynthia was not fucking around.
So she became a top trending topic this morning as people praised how quick she was to defend Ariana, others just talking about how scary this situation must have been.][[][][]
Right, people saying that it is just dangerous behavior, noting that celebrities have real reason to fear alarming fan behavior.[][]
And then when it comes to Ariana, she survived a terrorist attack targeting her own concert, so any threat to her safety probably feels all the more terrifying. []
Then, as for who did this, well, reports quickly identified him as a social media troll who basically does this shit all the time.
He goes by Pyjama Mann online, and in the past, he has rushed the stage at concerts with The Chainsmokers, The Weeknd, and Katy Perry.
And he posted about doing this stunt with Ariana here, writing on his Instagram story that he “finally met” Ariana Grande.
Then sharing footage of security escorting him out, and also writing that he was “Free after being arrested,” but there are no other details on that right now.
He also posted a video of him charging Ariana Grande with the caption:
“Dear Ariana Grande Thank You for letting me Jump on the Yellow Carpet with You.”[]
But obviously, that is not an accurate description of what went down.
So the response to this has been a resounding “fuck you.”
With comments asking how he could do this to someone suffering from PTSD.
Saying he belongs in jail, calling it assault.
People saying instagram should ban him so he no longer has a platform to post these kinds of videos.
And this is not even the first time Ariana Grande has had to deal with safety threats from fans since the press tour for the new Wicked movie started.
Right, earlier this month she told fans she unfortunately had to miss a premiere in Brazil because of flight issues.
Fans were disappointed, which you would expect, but apparently they were so upset she had to tell them to stop “wishing danger” on her and her team, writing:
"We did everything we could and I promise you no one is more upset than I am, I promise. No matter how upset or disappointed you are, please please do not wish danger on us or assume that we didn't try.”
So some hope that security gets ramped up going forward, right, arguing that this dude should have never been able to step foot on the red carpet in the first place. [][][]
Others saying it’s just time to have a little chat about fan behavior at these Wicked press events, though it’s something that could be applied to all of stan culture in general, writing:
“The behavior at the premieres and online has been insane. THESE PEOPLE DO NOT OWE YOU ANYTHING.”[]
But obviously I would love to know any thoughts you have on this one.
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The Make America Healthy Again movement has a new hero that just might be even more controversial than RFK Jr. -- Elizabeth Holmes.
That name should sound familiar because she spearheaded Theranos, a medical company that turned into one of the biggest frauds ever.
Right, she told investors and the world that they were developing a device that could test for all kinds of ailments with just a single drop of blood.
It even affected actual customers as several Walgreens had the devices to provide “affordable” tests… except an investigation showed that the results were flawed at best and flat out wrong at worst.
All of this led to Holmes getting just over 11 years in federal prison back in 2022.
But for MAHA writer Jessica Reed Kraus, Holmes is a bit of an inspiration.
Just a few weeks ago she wrote a post to her 500,000 substack followers “Elizabeth Hollmes, Redemption Arc Loading.”
And in that she wrote:
“My crew joked that if Holmes emerged today, she would be counted among the innovators MAHA endorses.”
Holmes was pretty happy for the positive spin and her X account linked to the article and called it a “beautifully written article.”
Kraus was quick to follow up that there was more to come and called the case against Holmes “twisted” and that:
“Based on the research I’ve done, it’s definitely deserving of fresh eyes and a whole new series of investigation, which I’m committed too. Stay tuned!” []
Kraus isn’t the only one in the MAHA space who is sympathetic to Holmes.
She asked her readers if they thought Holmes was treated fairly and 81% answered “no.”
Other influential people in the MAHA space have also taken notice of Holmes, who is surprisingly active on X for someone behind bars.
Right, the co-founder and co-editor of the conservative women’s magazine Evie wrote that she was interested in learning more about Holmes’ case.
Then there’s anti-abortion activist Lila Rose who is pushing a “free Liz” campaign, while MAHA nutritionist Bryan Johnson jokingly gave Holmes diet advice for prisoners.
It seems that for MAHA the driving narrative is that Holmes was also willing to take on the medical space and was punished for it.
Not to mention that her machine -- if it ever worked -- could’ve helped people tackle their own healthcare at home, which is a wet dream for MAHA.
So taken together she’s this anti-hero figure that needs to be saved.
But for Holmes there’s probably a practical reason for this: getting the fuck out of prison.
Right, if she becomes popular enough with MAHA there’s a chance she gets on RFK Jr’s radar (and she’s tweeted positively about him recently).
For there it could reach Trump, who has been more than willing to pardon white collar criminals in spaces that his followers FEEL were anti-establishment and prosecuted by the Biden Administration.
Because as of right now, it looks like that’s her only real chance.
So we’ll keep an eye on this, because if she gets a pardon then it’ll be just another example that crime is legal as long as you support Trump.
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The longest government shutdown in history is over after 43 days.
The House passed the bill yesterday – with six Democrats breaking ranks to vote in favor and four Republicans doing the same to vote against.
And then Donald Trump signing the bill into law last night – saying:
“...we’re sending a clear message that we will never give in to extortion, because that’s what it was … the Democrats tried to extort our country.”
And with that, you also had Republican House leadership trying to pin the blame on the other side – saying in a statement:
“There is absolutely no question now that Democrats are responsible for millions of American families going hungry, millions of travelers left stranded in airports, and our troops left wondering if they would receive their next paycheck.” []
And while you can decide yourself who’s at fault, there’s no doubt about the massive impact this has had.
Right, just to recap, the shutdown resulted in around 700,000 federal workers being furloughed.
And hundreds of thousands of others remained on the job without pay, including active duty military, law enforcement, and airport security – as well as air traffic controllers.[]
And with that, last week, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ordered a 10 percent cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports
With this then being followed by thousands of cancelled and delayed flights across the country – and Trump then threatening to dock the pay of air traffic controllers.
And on that note, you’ve also had Trump threatening that furloughed workers might not get back pay.
WIth his administration also jumping on the opportunity to order new layoffs – even as he ordered military members and immigration agents to be paid in ways that many experts said were unclear and possibly illegal.
And adding to that, as most federal workers missed paychecks, food banks began reporting increased demand – not only to feed them but also some of the millions of Americans affected by the halting of payments under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, otherwise known as food stamps.
Right, the program lapsed for the first time on November 1st – with partial benefits soon being delivered under a judge’s order, even as the Trump administration did everything it could to avoid paying out full benefits.
On top of that, the administration cut funding for infrastructure projects in Democrat-leaning states – making good on Trump’s threat to use the shutdown to target his political opponents.
While the president himself has seemingly been focused on other activities – including visiting six countries, speaking at a million-dollar-per-plate dinner, starting a massive White House construction project, and golfing more than a half-dozen times.
Oh, and there was also that whole “Great Gatsby”-themed party at Mar-a-Lago the night before SNAP benefits ended.
But with all that, even though the shutdown is officially over, it’s gonna take some time to recover.
Right, flight disruptions, for example, are expected to continue for a few days at least.
With Duffy announcing his department would continue restricting 6 percent of flights for now– saying:
"We're going to wait to see the data on our end before we take out the restrictions on travel that we have right now.”
And with that, even “back to normal” won’t mean out of the woods since air traffic controller staffing, training and pay were all issues even before the shutdown.
Then, as far as food stamps?
It is funded under the new deal and a USDA spokesperson claimed most states will get their share “within 24 hours.”
But it’s not clear whether that applies to when that money is available to states or actually loaded onto debit cards used by beneficiaries – and advocates say there has been lasting damage to the program.
Also, the shutdown deal reverses the layoffs that occurred since the shutdown and promises back pay for furloughed federal workers.
But it may be some time before they actually get that money.
In the past, it has taken about a week for unpaid workers to receive back pay.
And the Office of Personnel Management said it varies by agency. []
But with that, we should talk about what else exactly is in this deal.
Maybe most notably, it only fully funds the government through January.
With full-year funding secured just for legislative branch operations – as well programs at the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Agriculture, and the Food And Drug Administration.
And notably, these are parts of the governments that are generally among the easiest for both parties to agree on – and they only represent only about 10 percent of the roughly $1.8 trillion Congress gives out to federal agencies each year. []
And so if lawmakers don’t agree on everything else, there could be another partial shutdown in just a few months.
And some Democrats are reportedly already suggesting they’d be willing to make that happen if there’s no extension of the enhanced subsidies for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
Right, because of course, that was the hill Democrats said they would die when this shutdown started.
Because without these subsidies millions of Americans will be left paying more for health insurance – in some cases hundreds of dollars more per month.
And two million Americans will lose insurance altogether next year according to the Congressional Budget Office. []
But then a handful of Senators gave up on that demand – with this prompting massive backlash against not only them but also minority leader Chuck Schumer.
Who technically didn’t vote for the deal – but who has been seen by many as having either been behind his party’s capitulation or too weak to stop it.
That said, the deal that ended the shutdown does at least promise a vote in the Senate on extending the ACA subsidies in December.
But there’s no guarantee whatsoever that it will pass let alone make it through the House.
Through you’ve still had Hakeem Jeffries vowing to keep pushing for the extension – saying:
“This fight is not over. We’re just getting started.”
“Either Republicans finally decide to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits this year, or the American people will throw Republicans out of their jobs next year and end the speakership of Donald J. Trump once and for all. That’s how this fight ends.”
But with that, while we wait to see what happens there, there are a few other things in the funding bill that have turned some heads.
For example, it restricts many hemp-derived THC products – a provision that actually briefly held up the deal.
And then, it also puts just over 200 million dollars toward increasing security for members of Congress. []
Which isn’t surprising given the recent surge in threats against lawmakers as well as other concerns about political violence.
And finally, one of the most contentious measures? It might not actually be sticking around long.
Right, it allows Senators specifically to sue the government for $500,000 if their phone data or other electronic records are obtained without their knowledge.
And this is clearly a response to recent revelations that eight Republican senators had their phone records subpoenaed as part of special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Especially since the provision is retroactive to 2022 – meaning they would be eligible to sue.
And so in the House you’ve even had other Republicans pushing back – with Congressman Chip Roy saying:
"...there's going to be a lot of people, if they look and understand this, are going to see it as self-serving, self-dealing kind of stuff."
And adding to that, you even had Speaker Mike Johnson saying “this was way out of line” and announcing that House Republicans would be “introducing standalone legislation to repeal this provision” – saying:
“We are putting this legislation on the fast track suspension calendar in the House for next week."
But we’ll have to see if that actually happens and there’s so much else to keep an eye on over the next few weeks and months.
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but then from that, the final thing today is I had a long conversation
with Scott Galloway. right.
He's an academic, an author and entrepreneur and, podcaster.
I mean, he's got so many podcasts,
he just came out with a book called Notes on Being a man.
It's very much about, you know, young men growing
up, what it means to be masculine.
especially at a time when many on the far right
have pushed this idea of masculinity that's largely
pushing cruelty, grievance and victimhood.
well, I highly recommend
you check out the whole thing links in the description
so you can get it on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts.
want to include this section on the The haves versus
the Have nots, or more specifically, either growing up ranch or growing up
not really having anything.
100%. 100%.
I have a bias against rich kids.
I just I find out someone has rich parents,
and I just don't give them the benefit of the doubt.
And, a lot of it is one.
I'm probably a little bit jealous, but I think you can have sympathy for people without money,
but you don't really know what it's like unless you grow up without money.
And also people have a tendency.
And one of the things I'm in San Francisco I had about quote unquote tech brothers
is they credit all their success,
they credit their grit in their character for all their success
and don't recognize how fortunate they were to be in America. They're not building.
They're not launching rockets into space from South Africa.
They're not building photo sharing apps in Vancouver or Seoul.
There's something unique about our country that is not their fault, that they've
benefited massively from, you know, they're almost always male.
They're almost always white males.
They're almost always people who came from upper middle class or wealthy homes.
Unless they're immigrants and the ones born with money, they just have no idea.
I mean, just some stats.
The average high school spends $15,000 per student.
The average high school in a poor neighborhood spends 8 to 10,000.
The average elite private school.
The top hundred, spent $75,000 a year.
So think of it.
Is investing in the kid
you know, a kid from a top income earning household that goes to a private school
is literally getting three quarters of $1 million invested in them and training,
education, special needs, exposure to interesting things
by the time they apply to high school and the result is the difference
between lower and middle income households.
And the SAT is 120 points.
Where income inequality really kicks in is between the middle class in wealthy
households now, and the difference in the SAT scores between middle class
and upper income homes is 250 points.
So if we were really going to be honest, if a kid grows up
in a lower income home, we spot him 370 points on the SAT.
I mean, you just you just have no idea
how everyday you're getting advantage or you're not getting advantage.
And I remember when I applied to UCLA, it had a 74% admissions rate
and I didn't get in,
and I was only applied to one school because I needed to live at home.
I didn't have money and I didn't get in.
I was one of the 26% that did get in.
I remember I lived in a neighborhood
where there was some wealth and I remember friends, parents sending me water.
Michigan's a great school.
Why wouldn't you get on a plane and just go to Michigan
and show up at the admissions office
and say, you're here and you're good and you're such a you're smart kid.
You're funny. Down it.
And I'm like Michigan.
I don't own a credit card.
I've been on a plane twice in my life.
I don't I don't know how that works.
I don't you don't have the confidence
and the gumption and that, my friend, is actually where this video is going to end.
But you got more just to click away.
they definitely recommend
you check out that brand new podcast, myself and Scott Galloway right here.
It's just over an hour. covers a lot.
I think you're gonna find it very interesting.
And I really love just talking to a new person every week
and then releasing it on the In Good Faith podcast.
and, or you can catch the new podcast I did with Alex Pearlman on Crashing Out.
kind of where I vent.
Also, I feel like I get radicalized every week.
and links, of course, to everything in the description.
But no matter what you do, let me just say thank you for watching.
I love your faces.
And actually, I'll see you right back here tomorrow.
surprise. I'm giving you a special Friday show this week. See you there.
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