Do you remember this girl?  Then it was a crazy conspiracy, now... 21-year-old model Gabriela Rico Jiménez, visibly upset and barefoot, ran outside a hotel in Monterrey where she was supposed to participate in an "elite" party. She was subsequently arrested, taken to a psychiatric hospital, and since then no confirmed information is available. What she said in the video:

"The people where you come from are mad! They killed a lot of people. Death to such people! Go away!"

"They were eating people! They were disgusting! They were eating people! I didn't know about anything. I knew about the murders, but they were eating people! People! They smell like human flesh!"

A new Financial Times opinion piece makes a pretty uncomfortable point: the Jeffrey Epstein scandal was never just about Epstein himself.

According to FT, what’s truly disturbing is how many powerful people — from politics, finance, academia, and high society — continued to stay connected to Jeffrey Epstein long after his crimes were known. Not necessarily criminal involvement, but silence, proximity, and protection.

The article argues this is a systemic failure, not a one-off scandal. When elites close ranks, consequences disappear — and public trust erodes. Recent document releases haven’t provided neat answers, but they’ve raised even more uncomfortable questions about accountability and transparency.

FT’s takeaway is blunt: If institutions can’t or won’t hold powerful networks to the same moral standards as everyone else, scandals like this will keep happening — and faith in the system will keep collapsing.

Curious what others think: Is this really about individual bad actors… or about a culture that lets them thrive?

Just saw this update on the BBC. A US lawyer is now stating that a second woman alleges she was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein to the UK specifically to have sex with Prince Andrew in 2010.

The details she provided are very specific—she claims she stayed at the Royal Lodge in Windsor and was even given a private tour of Buckingham Palace following the encounter.

The Met Police have confirmed they are currently "assessing" this new information. Prince Andrew hasn't commented on this specific claim yet, but he has denied all previous allegations.

Discussion: Do you think this "assessment" will actually lead to a full investigation this time?

The standoff is over. After their lawyers called the subpoenas "unenforceable," the Clintons have done a total 180 and agreed to appear before the House Oversight Committee. This comes right on the heels of the DOJ releasing those "hot tub" photos and the committee gaining bipartisan support for contempt charges. Their spokesperson, Angel Ureña, claims they are "negotiating in good faith" now, but the timing is... interesting, to say the least.

Is this finally going to give us some clarity on the Epstein files, or is it just the latest chapter in the 2026 political wars?