Sen. Marsha Blackburn Will Protect Artists and Athletes — But Not Our Children

WASHINGTON — Senator Marsha Blackburn has announced she is once again cracking down on predators. Not the kind that stalk school hallways or hide behind donor lists, mind you. The safe kind. The ones in radio stations. The ones sniffing around college athletes’ endorsement deals.

Those predators? Senator Blackburn will stop them cold.

This week, Blackburn proudly pushed legislation to make sure musicians get paid when their songs are played on the radio. She wagged her finger at broadcasters and declared exploitation unacceptable. Shortly after, she rolled out another bill to protect college athletes from predatory NIL agents, promising to cap fees and rein in shady middlemen.

Predators, Blackburn says, have no place in America.

Unless, of course, they’re rich. Or powerful. Or politically connected. Or potentially named in a sealed file sitting in a federal drawer marked “Epstein.”

Then things get complicated.

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When Americans asked for the full release of the Epstein files, Blackburn didn’t demand sunlight. She didn’t stand with victims. She didn’t say “let’s see the names and let the chips fall where they may.” Instead, she did what she does best when accountability threatens power.

She defended secrecy.

Apparently, the real danger isn’t child exploitation. It’s transparency.

Blackburn warned that releasing the Epstein files could be irresponsible. Divisive. Harmful. Which is Washington code for “some very important people might get nervous.” People with yachts. People with private jets. People who never wait in line at the airport and definitely never worry about campaign finance limits.

Funny how often those people end up on donor rolls.

So in Senator Blackburn’s America, exploitation is only a problem when it happens to musicians without lobbyists or athletes without accountants. When exploitation happens to children and the accused wear cufflinks instead of ankle monitors, suddenly it’s time for patience, restraint, and a stern lecture about due process.

The word predator gets very selective.

A radio executive underpaying artists? Predator.
An NIL agent skimming off a college quarterback? Predator.
A billionaire with questionable friendships and access to power? Well now let’s not jump to conclusions.

Blackburn tells us she’s protecting the vulnerable. But vulnerability, it seems, is defined by how useful you are in a press release. Artists make great optics. Athletes poll well. Children make people ask uncomfortable questions at fundraisers.

And nobody likes uncomfortable questions at fundraisers.

She warns about exploitation in the entertainment industry while defending silence in cases where real harm was done. She lectures about safeguarding young athletes while opposing transparency that could expose predators embedded in elite circles of government and wealth.

It’s a remarkable trick. She can spot exploitation from a mile away as long as it’s not sitting next to her at a donor dinner.

The Mountain Bee reached out to Blackburn’s office for comment. A spokesperson replied with a statement praising “family values,” “law and order,” and “protecting American traditions.” When asked specifically about protecting children by releasing Epstein related records, the spokesperson accidentally sent back a fundraising email.

Honest mistake.

In the end, Senator Blackburn’s record is clear. She will protect artists. She will protect athletes. She will protect billionaires. She will protect political officeholders. She will protect the reputation of powerful men whose names we are apparently not allowed to see.

Children, meanwhile, get slogans.

And that, folks, is the real American loophole.