Bill O'Reilly here and I'm warming up. Stand by for the O'Reilly Update Morning Edition.

On this Thursday, Epstein mania sweeping the country. As you may know, the House voted 427 to 1

in favor of releasing Justice Department data on the now dead sex offender.

The Senate voted unanimously.

The one dissenting vote was a Louisiana guy who apparently doesn't have cable TV.

Now the legal petition will go to the president, where he is likely to sign it, and then

all the Epstein stuff will come tumbling out.

So what?

Well, a new morning console poll says 60% of the American public already has made up its mind.

And it believes Donald Trump was in cahoots with Epstein or something.

The soon-to-be-released data most likely will not crystallize anything.

But it will matter because people believe what they want

to believe.

Facts have little relevance in a time of unbridled social media where standards do not exist.

I know you've heard it before, but if President Trump did anything untoward in connection

with Epstein, certainly the Biden White House would have put it out there.

Nevertheless, the hysteria will play out, and even if nothing is revealed by the files,

folks will hold on to their preconceived notions.

Back in a moment.

Let's face it, the U.S. economy is under stress.

National debt rising, trade war, shaking the markets.

And meanwhile, China is dumping the dollar and stockpiling gold.

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