As nauseous as the idea felt, I found myself rooting for Rep. Lauren Boebert last week. She joined three other Republicans who have signed a discharge petition to release the full Epstein Files for public review.
Actually, my stomach roiled over the composition of that support. Sponsored by Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., the other two Republicans joining the cause were Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Rep. Nancy Mace, R-SC.
Boebert, MTG and Mace.
An unholy triumvirate of far-right, attention seeking bomb-throwers — and I was rooting for them. I did not have that on my BINGO card for 2025. But whatever their reasons, I support their cause.
A discharge petition allows a bill to move forward to a floor vote on the House without a report from the committee hea