It’s a chaos-filled holiday edition of The A Collective and honestly? We cannot get right.

From single-mom guilt and Pinterest-induced cookie overproduction, to the Epstein files debacle, political dysfunction, and Nicki Minaj’s very public villain era, this episode is unhinged in the most necessary way.

We break down:

Why the Epstein files are a mess and nobody is buying the rollout

Trump’s increasingly alarming behavior and why people are pretending it’s normal

How Republicans seized influencer culture — and why Democrats are behind

Healthcare subsidies, midterm strategy, and why messaging actually matters

Nicki Minaj’s Turning Point appearance and why tokens always get spent

It’s funny, furious, chaotic, and somehow still festive.

Merry Christmas. Give us the real Epstein files.

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