The Ball Is Epstein, and the Goal Is Justice
- john raymond
- Jul 30
- 2 min read
I am not a tactician, but a strategic thinker. As such, I do not claim to know the exact plays that must be run on the field today, tomorrow, or five months from now. I do not know every lever to pull or every narrative thread to highlight. That is the work of actual tacticians, communicators, organizers, prosecutors, and elected officials. But I know this: we have the ball. And that ball is Epstein.
The Epstein scandal is not a sideshow. It is not a political distraction. It is not yesterday’s story. It is the field of battle in the war for truth, justice, and the survival of the American republic.
Trump and his allies want us to move on. Mike Johnson dismissed Congress for five weeks because his caucus was losing the argument on the floor. Not just in the chamber, but online, in the press, and in living rooms across the country. They are bleeding credibility. And they know it.
They know they can’t explain why Trump’s name is in Epstein’s birthday book. They can’t explain the grand jury testimony. They can’t explain the lies. They can’t explain the blackmail, the purges, the contradictions.
So they want us to forget. They want time to pass. They want the public to move on to the next outrage. And they are counting on us to get tired. To grow distracted. To let it go.
But we will not.
Strategically, I know this much: you don’t hand the ball back when you’re in scoring position. The Epstein scandal is the moral and political leverage Democrats have been waiting for. Not because it is convenient, but because it is true. Because it strikes at the heart of what this fight has always been about—truth versus lies, justice versus impunity, democracy versus authoritarianism.
Every move that keeps this story alive is a tactical victory. Every effort to platform victims, unseal records, subpoena collaborators, or embarrass defenders is worth it. Because this is not about partisan gain. This is about the survival of a free republic.
There is no deal to be made with fascism. There is no compromise with child abuse and coverups. There is no “turning the page” when the crimes were this grave and the perpetrator sits in the Oval Office.
We owe it to the past—to every silenced victim. We owe it to the present—to those still being gaslit and dismissed. And we owe it to the future—to make clear that no man, no matter how rich or powerful, can rape children and walk free.
This is not a phase. This is not a scandal to weather. This is the war for the soul of America. And the only way forward is through. With full visibility. With relentless pressure. With zero mercy for those who covered it up.
So I say this to every honest official, journalist, activist, and citizen: keep pushing. Keep hammering. Keep talking. Today. In five weeks. In five months. In five years, if that’s what it takes.
Because history does not forgive cowards. And if we drop the ball now, we may never touch it again.
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