President Trump announced yesterday that he is releasing the files.

Just not the files.

"I have been asked by many people about the life and times of Amelia Earhart, such an interesting story, and would I consider declassifying and releasing everything about her, in particular, her last, fatal flight! She was an Aviation Pioneer, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and achieved many other Aviation "firsts." She disappeared in the South Pacific while trying to become the first woman to fly around the World. Amelia made it almost three quarters around the World before she suddenly, and without notice, vanished, never to be seen again. Her disappearance, almost 90 years ago, has captivated millions. I am ordering my Administration to declassify and release all Government Records related to Amelia Earhart, her final trip, and everything else about her. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

What about the Epstein files? That is to say, the information the government has admitted it has pertaining to Jeffrey Epstein and his "clients"?

Forget about those. Or so Trump apparently would prefer we do. They are, apparently, a "Democrat hoax." Sort of like the hoax perpetrated by the man who assured the people who voted for him that he would end the proxy war in Ukraine "with one phone call" and on "day one." Now the same man says he thinks the little front man for the failed state of Ukraine – Keeeeeeeev, in the supercilious enunciation of the people pushing this – who likes to style himself a "president" (in the Idi Amin sense) must have more aid and can "win" back everything the Russians currently possess and maybe more.

But – don't worry, say the red hats. He's just being sarcastic. You "normies" just don't get it!

Aren't you glad you Voted Harder last time?

Meanwhile, the slow-walk imposition of martial law proceeds apace and the Red Hats yelp approval. The soldiers being sent to American cities – most recently, Portland – are being sent to support the rounding up of all the unsavory Me Gustans who've slipped into the country. There is of course an element of truth in this; there always is. It is necessary to sell the bigger lie. "COVID" was perhaps the best example. There was a bug in the air – as there always is (especially in fall). But its threat was grossly overstated and that was done on purpose. Same also with regard to what is styled "climate change." The climate does change and C02 is a greenhouse gas.  But the climate is not changing in an unnatural or catastrophic way on account of our driving cars with engines and keeping warm in winter.