Dr. Stacey Patton

12/20/2025

And finally, the pacing of the file releases protects institutions. A full, uncontained release would force systems like courts, media, and political parties to respond all at once. It would collapse plausible deniability. But a drip feed allows everybody to react incrementally, strategically, and defensively.

Statements are crafted. Narratives are adjusted. Loyalists are activated. Distractions are deployed. The system has time to absorb the blow instead of being shattered by it.

So no, this ain’t justice unfolding slowly. Justice doesn’t tease or breadcrumb. Justice doesn’t ask the public to wait patiently while evidence of mass harm is “processed.” TF!

What this is, is governance through desensitization. It’s power teaching the public how much truth they can handle without rebelling, and how little accountability will follow even when they know everything. The most dangerous thing about the Epstein files isn’t what they reveal. It’s what the process is training people to accept, which is that elite criminality is permanent, unpunishable, and best consumed as spectacle. And once a population internalizes that, then power doesn’t even have to hide anymore.

Which brings us to Trump.

Trump doesn’t need exoneration. He needs diffusion. Trump thrives in ambiguity. He always has. Clear narratives hurt him. Murky ones protect him. A drip feed ensures there is no decisive arc, no “this is the day everything changes,” only a rolling fog where supporters can say, “Where’s the proof?” and critics burn themselves out answering the same freakin’ questions over and over. It also keeps Trump permanently centered without ever being cornered. Every drop puts his name back into circulation, which for him is oxygen. Attention is his currency, and scandal has never damaged him the way silence might.

Psychologically, it reinforces Trump’s core narrative to his base: that the system is corrupt, everyone is dirty, and therefore no one has standing to judge him. Each partial release confirms their worldview without threatening their loyalty. If Clinton’s name appears, Trump’s supporters feel vindicated. If Trump’s name appears, it’s dismissed as “they’re all in on it.” The slow drip allows selective interpretation. A full reckoning would force choices. Fragmentation allows allegiance without cognitive strain.

It also exhausts opposition energy. Trump’s critics are stuck in a perpetual state of half-outrage. Not enough to mobilize mass action, but enough to stay angry, arguing online, chasing documents, and relitigating old ground. That kind of sustained but unresolved anger leads to burnout, not organizing. Trump benefits when resistance is tired, fragmented, and stuck in analysis mode instead of coordinated demand. At the end of the day, Trump doesn’t win by being cleared. He wins by making justice feel impossible.