Review: Independent by Karine Jean-Pierre

HITO book club kicks off the new year with a review of Independent by Karine Jean-Pierre. This was certainly a book! In this review, the HITO men attempt to break down exactly what Jean-Pierre wants out of her new political project and the many places she contradicts herself along the way. This makes 107 Days look like a modern classic! Tune in to see how someone whose job it was to defend Biden highkey fails to defend Biden.Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/headintheofficepodSubstack: https://headintheoffice.substack.com/HITO Merch: https://headintheoffice.com/ Get 40% off Ground News: https://ground.news/checkout/all?fpr=headintheoffice YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4iJ-UcnRxYnaYsX_SNjFJQTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headintheoffice?lang=enInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/headintheoffice/Twitter: https://twitter.com/headintheofficeThreads: https://www.threads.com/@headintheofficeDiscord: https://discord.gg/hito Collab inquiries: [email protected]

Welcome one, welcome all, to the 4th annual HITO Award Show. If you are new around here, this show is our yearly recap of some of the year's most ridiculous events and people. The community votes on various nominees in categories like worst state of the year, most unhinged national news story, and worst Democrat/Republican. Then, we deliver the UNBIASED results after careful deliberation and offer our agreements – and disagreements – with the community's answers. Will Donald Trump walk away with worst person of the year, will Texas repeat worst state of the year? Tune in to find out! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/headintheofficepodSubstack: https://headintheoffice.substack.com/HITO Merch: https://headintheoffice.com/ Get 40% off Ground News: https://ground.news/checkout/all?fpr=headintheoffice YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4iJ-UcnRxYnaYsX_SNjFJQTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headintheoffice?lang=enInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/headintheoffice/Twitter: https://twitter.com/headintheofficeThreads: https://www.threads.com/@headintheofficeDiscord: https://discord.gg/hito Collab inquiries: [email protected]

It's the last news-focused episode of the year, and the HITO men are here to talk about Trump’s DOJ continuing to make the most suspicious move at every turn when it comes to the Epstein files. Pam Bondi thought she could get away with not only violating the law and not releasing the full files, but also fully redacting 550 pages of the little that was released. The DNC is also hiding things from the people as Ken Martin (DNC chair) announced the party would not be releasing their 2024 election autopsy. VOTE IN HITO AWARDS SHOW: https://forms.gle/xShijH2vSSFHVTAa7 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/headintheofficepodSubstack: https://headintheoffice.substack.com/HITO Merch: https://headintheoffice.com/ Get 40% off Ground News: https://ground.news/checkout/all?fpr=headintheoffice YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4iJ-UcnRxYnaYsX_SNjFJQTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headintheoffice?lang=enInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/headintheoffice/Twitter: https://twitter.com/headintheofficeThreads: https://www.threads.com/@headintheofficeDiscord: https://discord.gg/hito Collab inquiries: [email protected] on this episode:The Epstein Controversy Continues - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/trump-epstein-files-government-website.html https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5658888-epstein-files-trump-documents-release/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r38ne1x2mo https://www.cbsnews.com/news/epstein-files-redaction-over-500-pages-entirely-blacked-out/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/at-least-16-files-disappear-from-doj-site-for-epstein-documents-including-trump-photohttps://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-fbi-spent-nearly-1-214908889.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFmTXYm9P38Ku3D1Ay4vrKfTgWAUsb8oi7d8d-oKZxamtI6rJKPCp6EjhMgFj75zeJt7FV0nuNKRXIqMs74K3YFIOZE-i8nBH8JbQ2l_WQDWXifCDf4x5D1zXqhwdqPMqDM0YKMjI8C-1eYq0rwUkp98T_HK-a3h1e5xn3EJFD55https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/lawmakers-threaten-legal-action-bondi-doj-partial-release/story?id=128618210DNC hides 2024 autopsy report - https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/18/dnc-kills-its-own-public-2024-autopsy-00697403?nid=0000015a-dd3e-d536-a37b-dd7fd8af0000&nname=playbook-pm&nrid=0000014e-f10e-dd93-ad7f-f90fbc220002 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/us/politics/dnc-2024-autopsy-democrats-ken-martin.html Bari Weiss - ​​https://apnews.com/article/60-minutes-trump-weiss-cecot-56c68d45c3d6bc7183f23aa285a70719?__vfz=medium%3Dstandalone_top_pages

The HITO men discuss the Trump Cabinet Vanity Fair photoshoot, preempt the Epstein files release, talk about Trump's very Biden coded address, express disappointment in a war powers resolution that didn't pass, and run through a host of extras pertaining to both wacky and serious events. VOTE IN HITO AWARDS SHOW: https://forms.gle/xShijH2vSSFHVTAa7 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/headintheofficepodSubstack: https://headintheoffice.substack.com/HITO Merch: https://headintheoffice.com/ Get 40% off Ground News: https://ground.news/checkout/all?fpr=headintheoffice YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4iJ-UcnRxYnaYsX_SNjFJQTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headintheoffice?lang=enInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/headintheoffice/Twitter: https://twitter.com/headintheofficeThreads: https://www.threads.com/@headintheofficeDiscord: https://discord.gg/hito Collab inquiries: [email protected] on this episode:Trump’s Oval Office address - https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/trump-address-to-nation-2025-12-17/ https://foxbaltimore.com/news/nation-world/president-donald-trump-set-to-deliver-oval-office-address-to-tout-administrations-successes-economy-tariffs-2026-midterms-affordability Congress fails to stop war in Venezuela - https://theintercept.com/2025/12/17/venezuela-war-powers-vote-congress/Goodbye Dan Bongino - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/politics/dan-bongino-steps-down-fbi.html Weed reschedule - https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5655160-marijuana-rescheduling-trump-executive-order/Trump at Hanukkah event - https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-880585

The HITO men talk about how Trump can't get anything done and the American people are starting to turn on him for it. Republicans are failing to make healthcare more affordable, Trump's tariffs are stealing Christmas, and he can't get away from Epstein. They finish off the show with a story that uncovered Instacart charging shoppers different prices for the same items. Awards Show Nomination (closes end of day 12/17): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfoDuNNegEB-dgyLC0RnIzZiZVWNhZKDX_OkwYtt46_VKePvA/viewform?usp=dialogPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/headintheofficepodSubstack: https://headintheoffice.substack.com/HITO Merch: https://headintheoffice.com/ Get 40% off Ground News: https://ground.news/checkout/all?fpr=headintheoffice YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4iJ-UcnRxYnaYsX_SNjFJQTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headintheoffice?lang=enInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/headintheoffice/Twitter: https://twitter.com/headintheofficeThreads: https://www.threads.com/@headintheofficeDiscord: https://discord.gg/hito Collab inquiries: [email protected] on this episode:Trump is a lame duck president – https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/poll-trumps-maga-base-still-cracks-are-showing-ahead-2026-rcna248722 https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/14/politics/texas-redistricting-gop-latinos https://www.npr.org/2025/12/13/nx-s1-5643535/health-care-senate-house-gop-proposal https://abcnews.go.com/US/newly-released-photos-epstein-estate-include-images-trump/story?id=128345597 Tariffs stole christmas – https://nypost.com/2025/12/10/business/holiday-gifts-are-26-more-expensive-this-year-and-tariffs-are-to-blame-study/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/consumers-arent-having-a-very-merry-holiday-season-ap-norc-poll-findshttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-tariffs-on-china-are-making-the-holiday-season-less-merry-for-shoppersInstacart – https://www.cbsnews.com/news/instacart-price-discrepancies-investigation/

The show opens with the HITO boys discussing the current conservative civil war. Will you side with Candace Owens, Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, or Nick Fuentes? Democrats are seeing a little bit of infighting, too, with Jasmine Crockett entering the Democratic primary field for the Texas Senate against James Talarico. Lastly, the boys cover a new ICE operation that involves snatching immigrants who are on their way to self-deport (unfittingly called “Operation Irish Goodbye”).Awards Show Nomination: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfoDuNNegEB-dgyLC0RnIzZiZVWNhZKDX_OkwYtt46_VKePvA/viewform?usp=dialog Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/headintheofficepodSubstack: https://headintheoffice.substack.com/HITO Merch: https://headintheoffice.com/ Get 40% off Ground News: https://ground.news/checkout/all?fpr=headintheoffice YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4iJ-UcnRxYnaYsX_SNjFJQTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headintheoffice?lang=enInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/headintheoffice/Twitter: https://twitter.com/headintheofficeThreads: https://www.threads.com/@headintheofficeDiscord: https://discord.gg/hito Collab inquiries: [email protected] on this episode:Texas Senate race heating up - https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/11/cryptocurrency-super-pacs-jasmine-crockett/ https://ajpaction.org/democratic-scorecard/jasmine-crockett/ https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/21/james-talarico-miriam-adelson-billionaire-donations-00517288 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/texas-senate-race-republicans-brace-runoff-rcna245613 https://www.npr.org/2023/09/16/1199803661/ken-paxton-attorney-general-texas-acquitted-impeachment-trial https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/07/jasmine-crockett-democrats/683652/Operation Irish goodbye (ICE agents grabbing people self deporting) - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-plan-undocumented-immigrants-border_n_69371e0ce4b0020dff816622https://www.ice.gov/self-deportationhttps://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/03/white-house-doj-immigration-quota-mismatch-00490406

The boys gather to talk about the white supremacist rhetoric from Trump and other conservatives against Somali immigrants in Minnesota, honing in on a few fraud schemes to demonize the entire group. In other, also awful, news, CNN announced a partnership with the prediction market Kalshi to bring real-time betting odds into their reporting. From casual war profiteering to promoting destructive gambling addictions, what could go wrong with this partnership? Lastly, the boys denounce Netflix's acquisition of Warner Bros. and Fulnecky's growing celebrity.Nominate for the 2025 HITO Awards Show: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfoDuNNegEB-dgyLC0RnIzZiZVWNhZKDX_OkwYtt46_VKePvA/viewform?usp=publish-editorPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/headintheofficepodSubstack: https://headintheoffice.substack.com/HITO Merch: https://headintheoffice.com/ Get 40% off Ground News: https://ground.news/checkout/all?fpr=headintheoffice YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4iJ-UcnRxYnaYsX_SNjFJQTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headintheoffice?lang=enInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/headintheoffice/Twitter: https://twitter.com/headintheofficeThreads: https://www.threads.com/@headintheofficeDiscord: https://discord.gg/hito Collab inquiries: [email protected] on this episode:Trump hates Somalis for no reason - https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/minnesota-fraud-trump-somali-community-8433f648?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqfrxWl99wmk-xeLofMLTjP9beB3VOHp5pX9NGfkj0MKK13ka8Rw_woVMKjk3AQ%3D&gaa_ts=6935aa1a&gaa_sig=tCrGR26-toDHtihr4yV5ArTtu783KOXrczRjoSh3jB8EFucn8w0WSv24BqC0jtwEJ42uCq-NatOdaegdLnRjmQ%3D%3D https://www.npr.org/2025/12/03/nx-s1-5631809/somali-immigrants-minnesota-twin-cities-trump-ilhan-omar https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/politics/trump-somalia.html https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/economic-impact-refugees-america/ https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/somali-minnesotans-drive-economic-growth-pay-67m-taxes-annually/ https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/05/who-is-receiving-social-safety-net-benefits.html CNN & Kalshi team up for evil - https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnershiphttps://polymarket.com/event/will-israel-launch-a-major-ground-offensive-in-gaza-by-october-31?tid=1765155882932https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonwingard/2025/11/19/the-polymarket-effect-how-prediction-markets-are-beating-the-experts/

Donald Trump just entered the contest for worst messaging attempt of 2025 with his “affordability is a Democrat hoax”, and polling indicates the Republican coalition is utterly falling apart. Add the Tennessee special election shift towards blue in the mix, and things are beginning to look good for the 2026 midterms! Also, Pete Hegseth can't stop himself from lambasting reporters and being infinitely corny in the process – even when being questioned about his alleged war crimes.Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/headintheofficepodSubstack: https://headintheoffice.substack.com/HITO Merch: https://headintheoffice.com/ Get 40% off Ground News: https://ground.news/checkout/all?fpr=headintheoffice YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4iJ-UcnRxYnaYsX_SNjFJQTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headintheoffice?lang=enInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/headintheoffice/Twitter: https://twitter.com/headintheofficeThreads: https://www.threads.com/@headintheofficeDiscord: https://discord.gg/hito Collab inquiries: [email protected] on this episode:Pete Hegseth commits brazen war crimes - https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/28/hegseth-kill-them-all-survivors-boat-strike/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/02/hegseth-us-soldiers-iraq-rules-engagement https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/us/hegseth-drug-boat-strike-order-venezuela.html Affordability - https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/04/poll-americans-trump-voters-affordability-crisis-00674747https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/02/tennessee-special-election-live-updates/87479909007/

Man-made horrors beyond my comprehension! The HITO men dive into the narratives surrounding the man who shot the two National Guard members in DC. In the face of bipartisan calls to increase vetting for immigrants, they break down why liberals need to stop ceding ground to the right's narratives on immigration. Later, they highlight an ICE agent's use of AI to write a use of force authorization, and why that practice may be responsible for the inconsistencies between their reports and body cam footage. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/headintheofficepodSubstack: https://headintheoffice.substack.com/HITO Merch: https://headintheoffice.com/ Get 40% off Ground News: https://ground.news/checkout/all?fpr=headintheoffice YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4iJ-UcnRxYnaYsX_SNjFJQTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headintheoffice?lang=enInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/headintheoffice/Twitter: https://twitter.com/headintheofficeThreads: https://www.threads.com/@headintheofficeDiscord: https://discord.gg/hito Collab inquiries: [email protected] on this episode:OU student essay - https://www.oudaily.com/news/oklahoma-elections-2022-ryan-walters-wins-oklahoma-state-superintendent-of-public-instruction-race/article_1597ca4c-5fd9-11ed-ad22-8745d77a5287.htmlDC shooting of National Guard members - https://www.propublica.org/article/afghanistan-night-raids-zero-units-investigation-takeaways https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/us/national-guard-shooting-washington.html https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwk2p0d94xo https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/kristi-noem-radicalized-dc-national-guard-asylum-shooting-rcna246477 https://abcnews.go.com/US/national-guardsmen-shooting-dc-suspect/story?id=127912861 ICE use-of-force injunction - ​​https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-federal-agents-engaged-widespread-misrepresentations-justify-use-force-judge-ellis-says/18224047/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/judges-note-on-immigration-agents-using-ai-raises-accuracy-and-privacy-concerns

Marjorie Taylor Greene is resigning from Congress, effective early next year. She has separated from the Republican Party and Trump on some key issues like Epstein, the government shutdown, and Gaza... but has she actually changed? Is it a grift? Or can she just sense the political winds shifting? This was originally a substack post on our newsletter, Tertiary News, that was transformed into a short video essay. If you like this content, please check out our substack! Substack: https://headintheoffice.substack.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/headintheofficepodHITO Merch: https://headintheoffice.com/ Get 40% off Ground News: https://ground.news/checkout/all?fpr=headintheoffice YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4iJ-UcnRxYnaYsX_SNjFJQTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headintheoffice?lang=enInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/headintheoffice/Twitter: https://twitter.com/headintheofficeBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/headintheoffice.bsky.social Discord: https://discord.gg/hito Collab inquiries: [email protected]