Posts on Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Democrats have spent months trying to convince Americans the economy is in shambles under President Trump's second term, but Black Friday just delivered a reality check they can't spin away. Americans opened their wallets to spend at record levels, both online and in stores, making it clear the left's doom-and-gloom narrative is bogus. U.S. shoppers dropped $11.8 billion online on Black Friday alone, marking a 9.1% jump from last year, according to Adobe Analytics. The shopping frenzy hit its peak between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. local time, when consumers were burning through an average of $12.5 million every single minute. And that was just Friday.

Delegate Stacey Plaskett, a non-voting member of Congress from the Virgin Islands, shot to fame several weeks ago, when it came to light that during a Congressional hearing in Feb. 2019, she was exchanging texts with none other than Jeffrey Epstein, and even asking him for direction about how to conduct her questioning of Trump's executive assistant, Rhona Graff. To be taking advice from Jeffrey Epstein would be sordid enough for a lifetime, but Plaskett’s story has just gotten a good deal odder and sleazier than that. The Daily Wire reported Sunday, with a matter-of-factness that is positively breathtaking under the circumstances,