Jessica Reed Kraus

4 days ago | jessicareedkraus.substack.com | Jessica Reed Kraus

Prison dispatches are rich these days. I’ve earned a reputation as a quality penpal. New inmates keep finding me. The latest comes from Tallahassee. After learning what I write about, she asked—of all things: “Are Donald Trump’s hands soft?”I told her they were. Something I noticed the first time he shook my hand. “How soft?”“Softer than any man’s hands. Like silk. Like the hands of someone who’s never changed a tire or dabbled in carpentry.”That seemed to satisfy her.

4 days ago | jessicareedkraus.substack.com | Jessica Reed Kraus

"Motherhood is about raising and celebrating the child you have, not the child you thought you would have." —Joan RyanOne of the questions I’m asked most often is: What does “House Inhabit” mean—and how does it relate to news and culture? It doesn’t. Or at least, it didn’t. Not initially. It started as something personal—a name that honored the shape of my life as a stay-at-home mom held in place by routine and ritual. Originally, it was House of Habit.

6 days ago | jessicareedkraus.substack.com | Jessica Reed Kraus

I’m back! And while I’d much rather be spending my Friday rounding up Kate Middleton’s latest wardrobe perfection, welcome to the MAHA civil war. (Bouncing off of an earlier piece)Quick Update: the feud between Calley Means & Laura Loomer is escalating. Calley now claims he has proof that Loomer is being funded by Nicole Shanahan. Loomer, in turn, is accusing the Means family of being closet Never Trumpers, and drug addicts. Who’s going to tell her all of MAHA is pro Psilocybin?

1 week ago | jessicareedkraus.substack.com | Aaron Everitt |Jessica Reed Kraus

After Casey Means was announced Wednesday as Trump’s replacement pick for Surgeon General, backlash erupted almost instantly. Laura Loomer wasted no time spearheading the firing squad on X, painting Casey as yet another liberal fraud—just one more example, she argued, of Trump’s ongoing vetting crisis. Her contempt for RFK has become something of a personal crusade.

1 week ago | jessicareedkraus.substack.com | Jessica Reed Kraus

Forgive me. I’m a week behind. Honestly, it’s a wonder I finish anything at all on this schedule. Thank you to the writers who noticed and approached me during the parties asking how I find time to write. It’s a constant struggle. But I’m home now for a bit. Next week, I’ll reveal details about another upcoming adventure. In the meantime, please enjoy an overdue WHDC recap. My knowledge of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner is limited.