
Anna Paulina Luna Wants Everything Disclosed
From Interesting Times by New York Times Opinion
June 5, 2026 · 1h 21m
About this episode
Representative Anna Paulina Luna discusses her efforts to expose government coverups and challenge institutional distrust in Congress.
In an era defined by deep institutional distrust, a new trend within populist conservatism has emerged. It’s a sense that the federal government is keeping secrets and protecting the powerful at our expense. My guest this week is Representative Anna Paulina Luna, a conservative Republican from Florida who has quickly established herself as a political troublemaker. She’s challenging fellow lawmakers — Republicans and Democrats — on issues like sexual harassment and ethics, but she doesn’t see her campaign to clean up Congress as in tension with her allegiance to President Trump. Luna has focused her first years in Congress on exposing what she views as coverups, from the Epstein files to the assassination of John F. Kennedy and longstanding government secrecy around U.F.O.s.
People in this episode
Host: Ross Douthat
Guest: Anna Paulina Luna
Topics covered
- populist conservatism
- government secrecy
- political ethics
- Congress
- institutional distrust
- sexual harassment
Keywords
- Anna Paulina Luna
- government secrecy
- populism
- Congress
- ethics
- Trump
- U.F.O.s
- Epstein
- sexual harassment
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: President Trump, Congress, Epstein
Places: Florida, U.F.O.s
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