Welcome back to How We Win(我们如何取胜), a Guardian opinion series with leading thinkers, offering bold ideas for America’s political future. Last week, Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit wrote about the GOP’s alignment(结盟，立场一致) with the tech overlord(霸主，领主)s. Today’s edition was written by Katie Phang, an independent journalist, trial lawyer(庭审律师，诉讼律师) and political analyst. Sign up for future editions here(点此订阅后续各期).
欢迎回到《我们如何取胜》——这是《卫报》评论版的一个系列专栏，邀请顶尖思想者撰稿，为美国的政治未来提出大胆构想。上周，《卫报》美国专栏作家丽贝卡·索尔尼特撰文，谈共和党与科技霸主的结盟。本期由独立记者、庭审律师兼政治评论员凯蒂·潘执笔。点此订阅后续各期。
When Americans go to the polls(去投票，参加选举) a week from now, accountability(问责，责任追究) will be front and center(处于核心位置，最受关注).
再过一周，美国人就将走向投票站，而问责将成为最核心的议题。
The Jeffrey Epstein files are emblematic(象征性的，典型的) of a corrupt system. And the fish rots from the head down(鱼从头烂起；上梁不正下梁歪). Beyond the grifter(骗子，诈骗者)-in-chief and his spawn(（贬）子嗣，后代) are billionaires profiting from pay-to-play(权钱交易，付费参与) relationships and predatory(掠夺性的，掠食的) corporations rewarded for choosing profits over people, machines over humanity.
杰弗里·爱泼斯坦档案，是一个腐败体制的缩影。俗话说，鱼从头烂起。在这位“头号骗子”及其子嗣之外，还有靠权钱交易牟利的亿万富翁，以及因“重利润轻人命、重机器轻人性”而受奖赏的掠夺型企业。