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The Epstein Files, the UFO Narrative, and the Politics of Distraction (5/29/26)

The Epstein Files, the UFO Narrative, and the Politics of Distraction (5/29/26)

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The whole alien “disclosure” push reeks like a giant shiny-object maneuver: when the Epstein files are still the unresolved scandal sitting in the middle of the room, suddenly the public is being invited to look up at the sky instead of down at the paper trail. The government can roll out UFO files, talk about “unprecedented transparency,” and tease the possibility of hidden knowledge, but that only makes the contrast sharper: if transparency is the principle, then why does the Epstein record remain so tangled in redactions, delays, survivor-privacy arguments stretched beyond their proper purpose, and bureaucratic fog? The satire works because the alien angle feels absurd on its face, but the underlying point is dead serious: the public is being handed spectacle while the most politically radioactive documents on Earth remain the thing nobody in power wants to fully confront.


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