The controversy this past weekend on X concerned Rep. Thomas Massie. He was misrepresented as supporting men in women’s bathrooms. There were major “influencers” promoting this lie and berating Mr. Massie. Do you know what this attack really is about?

From Grok:

Thomas Massie, a Republican Congressman from Kentucky, has been leading an effort to compel the U.S. Department of Justice to publicly release unclassified documents related to the investigations of Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier convicted of sex trafficking. The core of his plan involves using a procedural tool in the House of Representatives to bypass committee delays and force a floor vote on the matter.

In July 2025, Massie, along with Democratic co-lead Ro Khanna, introduced H.Res. 581, a resolution that provides for the consideration of H.R. 185 (an existing bill repurposed via amendment). The amendment transforms H.R. 185 into the “Epstein Files Transparency Act,” which directs the Attorney General to make publicly available all unclassified records relating to Epstein, including those from federal investigations, court proceedings, and related matters. The resolution structures a streamlined debate process: one hour of debate split between parties, waivers of certain procedural objections, and a direct path to a vote, followed by transmission to the Senate within a week.

The resolution was referred to the House Rules Committee but stalled there. To circumvent this, Massie initiated a discharge petition (Discharge Petition No. 9) on September 2, 2025, under House rules that allow a majority of members (218 signatures) to pull a bill or resolution from committee and bring it directly to the floor for a vote. This is a rare and challenging maneuver, as it requires broad bipartisan support to reach the threshold.

The effort started with around 20 cosponsors in July and gained momentum, with Massie and Khanna hosting Epstein survivors at a Capitol news conference to build public pressure. By mid-September 2025, the petition had 217 signatures, just one short of the required 218. However, as of early October 2025, the process has been mired in controversy: A newly elected Democrat from Arizona, Adelita Grijalva, won a special election and could provide the 218th signature, but House Speaker Mike Johnson has delayed her swearing-in, allegedly to block the vote amid broader disputes like a government shutdown threat. This has led to bipartisan criticism and speculation of internal GOP pushback or potential revolts.

If the petition succeeds in reaching 218 signatures, it would force a House vote on H.Res. 581, potentially leading to the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act and the mandated document release. As of October 13, 2025, no floor vote has occurred, and the standoff continues.

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Here is the reality: Speaker Johnson will not allow the House to reconvene because it would require a House vote on the floor to release the Epstein files. But Grok said above that he does not have the required 218 votes. Once again, we have to look past the narrative. Rep. Grijalva has already signed this legislation and is the 218th vote. However, Speaker Johnson refuses to swear her in. He does not need to convene the House to swear her in so this is the second procedural method to postpone the vote to release the files.

Is this delaying the inevitable or will it expose the House as being a puppet to Israel? We have to ask who is being protected by not releasing the Epstein files? Is it conjecture or a well founded assumption that Mossad ran a honeypot operation on politicians and powerful people for blackmail? It has even been asserted that Trump is against the release so that he can continue to use this information for his own blackmail. That may be wishful thinking but here we are.

So what are the options for the House?

1. Swear in Rep. Grijalva which will initiate the floor vote. This will not be about releasing the files: it will show which Representatives are controlled by Israel. The Israeli government cannot afford to let this happen.
2. Initiate a false flag to put yet another crisis in the news cycle.

Either way, we are living in desperate times.

David DeGerolamo