Good evening. Tonight, I want to bring you two deeply important stories—stories that matter to survivors, to working families, and to every American who cares about truth, accountability, and justice. The first centers on the ongoing fallout from Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and the renewed courage of his survivors. The second exposes a disinformation campaign about SNAP benefits and the political manipulation surrounding the government shutdown.
Before we get into the news, I need to address something. TikTok has taken down my content on Jeffrey Epstein and refused to let me appeal. This isn’t random moderation — it’s censorship, and it’s escalating right as a new TikTok ownership deal is being negotiated. The timing is no coincidence. That’s why I’m investing more energy here, on a platform I can trust. Subscribe today to support independent journalism before they silence it everywhere.
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Let’s begin with the Epstein update. In the past couple of hours, I received a letter written by Epstein survivors and sent to Speaker Mike Johnson. They are demanding that he swear in Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva, who won her race thirty-seven days ago but has yet to take her oath. Johnson has simply refused to perform this constitutional duty. The survivors’ message is clear: the same systems that protect abusers and the powerful are still in place, and still protecting their own. Here’s the letter for you to read:
Meanwhile, another major development came from Buckingham Palace. The Palace confirmed that disgraced royal and longtime Epstein associate Prince Andrew will no longer hold the title of “Prince.” He will now be known simply as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and will be forced to vacate his royal residence, the taxpayer-subsidized Royal Lodge, which he has lived in for over twenty years.
This is being framed as a long-overdue act of accountability, but for survivors, it is another reminder of how slowly and selectively justice moves when the wealthy are involved.
When I posted a short TikTok video about these updates, the platform immediately took it down, labeling it a community guidelines violation. They refused to allow an appeal, citing that my “appeal window expired in 1969.” Yes, 1969. A year before the internet even existed.
This kind of censorship isn’t random. It’s deliberate suppression of content that challenges entrenched power. That’s why I’m putting my full focus into Substack—because here, we can speak truth without being silenced by tech giants that profit from silence.
Now to SNAP benefits. There’s a flood of misinformation right now about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and it’s being weaponized for politics. The Department of Agriculture is claiming it cannot use contingency funds to pay for food stamps during the shutdown, warning that states will not be reimbursed if they step in to cover costs.
That claim is false. There are currently 5.5 billion dollars in emergency funds already allocated to SNAP—enough to cover at least two to three weeks of benefits for millions of Americans. Republicans are refusing to release those funds.
Despite these facts, the media has largely repeated the White House and GOP narrative that Democrats are responsible for any potential lapse in benefits. CNN’s Jake Tapper recently interviewed Representative Melanie Stansbury about this issue, and instead of clarifying the truth, he echoed Republican talking points. Tapper pressed Stansbury to “admit” that Democrats were to blame, framing the conversation as a partisan standoff rather than a matter of law and policy.
That is not journalism. That is propaganda disguised as reporting. Federal law mandates contingency mechanisms for SNAP. The administration cannot legally choose to stop feeding American families. The money is there, the authority exists, and the refusal to act is political.
Representative Stansbury pushed back with facts, but the exchange revealed a deeper problem: the mainstream media has become part of the narrative machine. And ordinary Americans, the ones struggling to keep food on the table, are the ones paying the price.
The truth is that billions of dollars remain available to keep SNAP funded.
This is why independent journalism matters more than ever. When corporate platforms censor truth and cable networks trade credibility for access, the only way forward is to build something real—something owned by the people who read it, not by those who fear it.