It's Jess Politics
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Moderate. Independent. Older than you think. Smarter than you look.
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This is not making America healthy again. This is sheer lunacy.
December 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This is not making America healthy again. This is sheer lunacy.
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ALERT: Attorney for Epstein survivors estimates only 1% of Epstein Files have been released so far
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BREAKING: Attorney for survivors estimates only 1% or Epstein Files have been released
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December 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
ALERT: Attorney for Epstein survivors estimates only 1% of Epstein Files have been released so far
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The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.
This year, statues of tall men clad in all black with masks drawn up to hide their faces are disrupting the serenity of a Charlotte church's Nativity scene.
The figures are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs as if preparing to make an arrest.
The figures are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs as if preparing to make an arrest.
As anti-ICE Nativity scenes spark outrage, faith leaders grapple with politics at the pulpit | CNN
As Nativity scenes depicting ICE draw attention and outrage, faith leaders are grappling with politics in religion and urging a closer reading of the Christmas story.
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December 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.
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It took an editorial in the New York Post, but it appears Trump finally learned that Putin may not have been telling him the truth
December 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It took an editorial in the New York Post, but it appears Trump finally learned that Putin may not have been telling him the truth
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So “a million more documents” is now “roughly 5.2 million pages of Epstein files documents”
And they’re “seeking to enlist about 400 lawyers” to do doc review, which means they don’t even have the people yet to get it done
Trump & Pamela Jo are just slow-walking the shit out of violating the law.
And they’re “seeking to enlist about 400 lawyers” to do doc review, which means they don’t even have the people yet to get it done
Trump & Pamela Jo are just slow-walking the shit out of violating the law.
December 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
So “a million more documents” is now “roughly 5.2 million pages of Epstein files documents”
And they’re “seeking to enlist about 400 lawyers” to do doc review, which means they don’t even have the people yet to get it done
Trump & Pamela Jo are just slow-walking the shit out of violating the law.
And they’re “seeking to enlist about 400 lawyers” to do doc review, which means they don’t even have the people yet to get it done
Trump & Pamela Jo are just slow-walking the shit out of violating the law.
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The vengeance presidency. Let's see a couple of overrides. ASAP.
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These bipartisan bills were noncontroversial — until Trump vetoed them
President Donald Trump has issued the first vetoes of his second term, rejecting two bipartisan natural resources bills.
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December 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The vengeance presidency. Let's see a couple of overrides. ASAP.
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The Trump administration ordered an aging coal-fired power plant in Colorado to stay open on Tuesday, a day before it was set to be retired. https://cnn.it/49yB1xE
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Trump administration ordered an aging coal-fired power plant in Colorado to stay open on Tuesday, a day before it was set to be retired. https://cnn.it/49yB1xE
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CNN: “Surely you don’t think a daycare should be unlocked.”
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
December 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
CNN: “Surely you don’t think a daycare should be unlocked.”
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
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As a final punitive act of 2025, Trump vetoes protection for the Miccosuckee Tribe in Florida's Everglades because the tribe sided with environmentalists opposing Alligator Alcatraz.
December 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he was ending his National Guard deployment in Los Angeles and his attempted military takeovers in Chicago and Portland. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump Pulls National Guard from Los Angeles, Ends Attempted Deployments in Portland and Chicago
Read more here.
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December 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he was ending his National Guard deployment in Los Angeles and his attempted military takeovers in Chicago and Portland. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?!
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
December 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?!
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
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The 255-page document, released on the last day of 2025, accounts for some eight hours of testimony. https://to.pbs.org/44LvaCE
Read Jack Smith's full deposition on the decision to indict Trump
The 255-page document, released on the last day of 2025, accounts for some eight hours of testimony.
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December 31, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The 255-page document, released on the last day of 2025, accounts for some eight hours of testimony. https://to.pbs.org/44LvaCE
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This 2007 reporting in the New York Post ties in with today's WSJ report about Mar-a-Lago: "Epstein denies he is banned from Mar-a-Lago and says, in fact, he was recently invited to an event there."
December 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This 2007 reporting in the New York Post ties in with today's WSJ report about Mar-a-Lago: "Epstein denies he is banned from Mar-a-Lago and says, in fact, he was recently invited to an event there."
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Question: As part of your investigation, did you or anyone from your office tap the phone of Senator Hawley?
Smith: No
Smith: No
December 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Question: As part of your investigation, did you or anyone from your office tap the phone of Senator Hawley?
Smith: No
Smith: No
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NEW: Per WSJ, U.S. national security officials confirm Ukraine did not target Vladimir Putin or his residences in a recent drone strike, despite Trump spreading Putin’s lies. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
December 31, 2025 at 10:33 PM
NEW: Per WSJ, U.S. national security officials confirm Ukraine did not target Vladimir Putin or his residences in a recent drone strike, despite Trump spreading Putin’s lies. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Smith: We had also interviewed Boris Epshteyn… He corroborated that they were, in fact, trying to call senators. He dissembled and tried to imply that the president hadn’t directed him to do it, even though there was a text message saying specifically that they had.
December 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Smith: We had also interviewed Boris Epshteyn… He corroborated that they were, in fact, trying to call senators. He dissembled and tried to imply that the president hadn’t directed him to do it, even though there was a text message saying specifically that they had.
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“Would you be surprised if President Trump directs the DOJ to indict you?”
Jack Smith: “No.”
Jack Smith: “No.”
December 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“Would you be surprised if President Trump directs the DOJ to indict you?”
Jack Smith: “No.”
Jack Smith: “No.”
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Question: Did anyone from the White House, including President Biden, ever tell you they expected you to bring charges against Donald Trump?
Smith: No.
Smith: No.
December 31, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Question: Did anyone from the White House, including President Biden, ever tell you they expected you to bring charges against Donald Trump?
Smith: No.
Smith: No.
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Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
December 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
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Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank watched as Israeli military bulldozers pulled down their homes Wednesday as part of a nearly year-long incursion into the territory's northern refugee camps. https://to.pbs.org/4q8d8Dg
Palestinians watch as Israeli bulldozers claw down their West Bank homes
Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank watched as Israeli military bulldozers pulled down their homes Wednesday as part of a nearly year-long incursion into the territory's northern refugee ca...
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December 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank watched as Israeli military bulldozers pulled down their homes Wednesday as part of a nearly year-long incursion into the territory's northern refugee camps. https://to.pbs.org/4q8d8Dg
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The Trump administration has said it is freezing child care funds to all states until they provide more verification and administrative data about the programs in a move fueled by a series of fraud schemes at Minnesota day care centers run by Somali residents. https://to.pbs.org/3YjDplD
What to know about Trump administration freezing federal child care funds
States will have to provide more verification for the child care centers that receive funds from the Child Care and Development Fund, according to a Department of Health and Human Services spokesperso...
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December 31, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The Trump administration has said it is freezing child care funds to all states until they provide more verification and administrative data about the programs in a move fueled by a series of fraud schemes at Minnesota day care centers run by Somali residents. https://to.pbs.org/3YjDplD
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The more you know…
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The more you know…
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NEW: Jack Smith's team interviewed Giuliani, and when asked whether Rudy believed his own lies about election fraud, Jack Smith said he did not, and that neither did Donald Trump.
December 31, 2025 at 9:48 PM
NEW: Jack Smith's team interviewed Giuliani, and when asked whether Rudy believed his own lies about election fraud, Jack Smith said he did not, and that neither did Donald Trump.
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They want to wipe out almost a third of the country. It’s got nothing to do with illegal immigration.
It’s white nationalism pure and simple. They’re fascists, and there’s no reason to doubt it.
It’s white nationalism pure and simple. They’re fascists, and there’s no reason to doubt it.
December 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
They want to wipe out almost a third of the country. It’s got nothing to do with illegal immigration.
It’s white nationalism pure and simple. They’re fascists, and there’s no reason to doubt it.
It’s white nationalism pure and simple. They’re fascists, and there’s no reason to doubt it.
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Smith: I think who should be accountable for this is Donald Trump. These records exist because, in the case of the senators, Donald Trump directed his co-conspirators to call these people to further delay the proceedings. He chose to do that.
December 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Smith: I think who should be accountable for this is Donald Trump. These records exist because, in the case of the senators, Donald Trump directed his co-conspirators to call these people to further delay the proceedings. He chose to do that.