a closer look at the list of folks not seeking re-election note the winks of doubles..
Elizabeth Esty - EE
Gene Green - GG
Lamar Seeligson Smith - SS
Edward Randall Royce - RR
John James Conyers Jr. - JJ Jr
John James Duncan Jr. - JJ Jr
Bob Brady (Robert A. Brady) - BB-AB
Sometimes the wink requires things like looking into the spouses like
Jason E. Chaffetz who is married to Julie Johnson -JJ
or extra letters like Lynn Haag Jenkins - or names like Dorothy Louise McIntosh Slaughter. All not seeking re-elction
Most cult, as far as I can tell, aren't fully aware of the cult as a whole, they understand their own little branch and have a general understanding that the world is run by them but no one member knows the whole (aside from maybe the top)
This is why so many celebs have double consonants and things that line up and other winks, oh so many winks…. Like MM Micheal (F)rancis Moore from (F)lynt (M)ichigan Another celeb from Michigan? Marshal Mathers who stars as Slim Shady… see? Even a novice cult could solve it. - this is how the press knows who to support.
Furthermore when a cultist is in a position to hire people they look at resumes and find the "winks" the AA's or AB's or MM's . This is how they take over without obvious corruption. They aren't told to hire X and they likely never knew them- they just know he's "one of them" - Usually in the interview they will wear green as Green symbolism "I am your plant"
The more winks they have (like rings, 6's, and colors) the more obvious the corrupt press members and other power figures in society can promote/support them. Doing it this way there is no evidence. - This is part of why the cult is so powerful yet so incredibly stupid.