This week, two huge stories blew up the news. One is about the Epstein Files and the growing

list of rich and powerful names connected to a man whose entire life was built on darkness,

and the other is about Speaker Mike Johnson, responding to Pope Leo saying something that made

half the country cheer and the other half lose their minds.

By the end of this episode, I'm hoping you're going to see how both of these stories are

actually teaching the same lesson. And it might change the way that you choose your friends

and the way you think about compassion, justice, and the future of our country. But first, I want to give a shout

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carnivore snacks.com and put in the promo code, Kirk, you're going to get 15% off. Okay, first story,

the Epstein files. Take a look. The Department of Justice releasing its remaining documents from

the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blan saying the records will be

posted throughout the day,

including more than 2,000 videos, more than 180,000 images. Some of the material, so explicit,

we have to verify being an adult before you can actually access it. Many of Epstein survivors

have been publicly pushing for years to have these documents come out,

but it took a law passed with near-unanimous support in Congress to finally bring these documents to light.

Trump says that we just need to move past this, but so many questions are coming up now that the names are coming out.

More documents have been released.

I think there's over three million and millions

more to come. More names, more headlines. Now, let me say something carefully and clearly.

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