Rick Wilson's The Enemies List
Jul 24, 2025 · 22 min · 13 segments
Rick's back to take your questions. You won't be surprised to learn that we got a ton of questions about the Epstein files. In fact, this story is becoming so primary, so massive, that even if a…
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He's a, a sort of shell of a man, a mannequin, if you will, which has, goes back to the words meaning tiny man.
But look, as I'm recording this, Mike Johnson has ordered the House Representatives to go home.
And since Mike Johnson is an autocrat, a wee little pocket autocrat, that rule, as of the 21st of July, the year of our Lord 2025, is gone.
Why'd he do that? He did it because enough Republicans and Democrats had joined together to sign a discharge petition.
What is a discharge petition, you ask? Well, a discharge petition bypasses the normal House operations and can do what they wanted to do with this one, which was to send the DOJ a demand that said, "You will now turn over to the House of Representatives all the relevant Epstein materials." Mike Johnson was so scared out of his fricking mind, so utterly terrified that Donald Trump would be mad at him, he threw the House out of Washington.
He is Donald Trump's creature, his, his crispy sock under the bed of the White House.
Mike Johnson has gone out of his way to kill off a bipartisan attempt to look into the Epstein matter, to call off a bipartisan attempt from everybody ranging from conservative Republicans, the most conservative Republicans, to liberal Democrats.
You don't frequently get a lot of that in Washington, and this is why Johnson's on the enemies list in particular today.
In fact, if you're a Republican, you might as well stop doing constituent service.
He's a, a sort of shell of a man, a mannequin, if you will, which has, goes back to the words meaning tiny man.
But look, as I'm recording this, Mike Johnson has ordered the House Representatives to go home.
And since Mike Johnson is an autocrat, a wee little pocket autocrat, that rule, as of the 21st of July, the year of our Lord 2025, is gone.
Why'd he do that? He did it because enough Republicans and Democrats had joined together to sign a discharge petition.
What is a discharge petition, you ask? Well, a discharge petition bypasses the normal House operations and can do what they wanted to do with this one, which was to send the DOJ a demand that said, "You will now turn over to the House of Representatives all the relevant Epstein materials." Mike Johnson was so scared out of his fricking mind, so utterly terrified that Donald Trump would be mad at him, he threw the House out of Washington.
He is Donald Trump's creature, his, his crispy sock under the bed of the White House.
Mike Johnson has gone out of his way to kill off a bipartisan attempt to look into the Epstein matter, to call off a bipartisan attempt from everybody ranging from conservative Republicans, the most conservative Republicans, to liberal Democrats.
You don't frequently get a lot of that in Washington, and this is why Johnson's on the enemies list in particular today.
In fact, if you're a Republican, you might as well stop doing constituent service.
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