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"Today...Hillary Clinton told Kara Swisher: “I continue to believe that Putin has things on Trump. I continue to believe that he is holding photos, videos, whatever it might be.” - From Heather Cox Richardson's indispensable newsletter.

Even if this is correct, it's possible more than one thing is going on. It could be this & Putin has p-tapes, & Trump's repaying election interference favor & Trump loves dictators & Trump wants to geographically realign world power & be founder of a new world order & there's money in it for him...

Just 10 people have already poured over $1 BILLION into this year’s midterm elections. 90% has gone to Republicans. In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million. We need to get Big Money out of our democracy.

Trump makes hardball threatening statements to try to improve his negotiating position on whatever issue he's energized about today. It's a classic aggressive business tactic. His pro-Russia positions are an attempt to make Ukraine give up territories for peace, so Trump can claim he ended the war.

JUST IN: The police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office said on Monday. Her office will not charge the white officer who shot the child.

In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a Florida home, pledging it would be his principal residence. Seven weeks later, he attested a neighboring property would also be his principal residence. In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home. (Published Dec. 2025)

Despite a court order saying “no more than 10, w/o notification”, over 500 mature trees were torn down in a DC Historical Public Park. How about $1million for each tree torn down back to The Treasury from their own pockets. Not the Taxpayer’s. #Pinks #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue youtu.be/AjPVJDHY_pI?...

“The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage.” No words. I am speechless. This violates all ethical boundaries.

Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."

what is going on here?

“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.” (Published Dec. 2025)

Komorebi (木漏れ日): the Japanese word for sunlight filtering through the leaves. A gentle breeze, and the light began to dance🍃

Smiling, Unblinking Tom Cruise Just Wants To Know Why Nation Didn’t See ‘Digger’ https://theonion.com/smiling-unblinking-tom-cruise-just-wants-to-know-why-nation-didnt-see-digger/

For decades now, I've been nattering about the similar facial architecture of #WangYibo and Claudette Colbert. Just saying.

Also goes for boys.

A thing of beauty.

If you're in the mood for comedy, here's the opening of Paul Krugman's excellent Substack column today.

good #WYBWednesday morning! toast this biscuit with a pic of the noodle in the sun, and/or smiling, and/or wearing the bone necklace!

"Navatek’s CEO, Martin Kao, sent an initial $150,000 to the Collins super PAC using the shell company. Two months later, he told Navatek executives that Collins committed to getting the company $32 million in naval contracts, according to an internal company email reviewed by ProPublica."

Horrifying as usual. Randomly atarted chasing a guy, shot mutiple times into his car, didnt render assistance ince he was in custody. Local cop ended up ended up doing that. Isnt even in thr country illegally, tho obvs that shldnt include a death sentence open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

RIP Duncan Sheik. A sweet, sweet man. He had lots of cool guitars, and he played most every one for me. He took me chanting. He recorded "I Am A Pilgrim" for "Transamerica." He wrote heartfelt musicals. May his memory be a blessing.

Trump is a vile, vengeful, sadist, working against the American people. Note what he wishes to destroy:

In an amazing feat of time travel, Jesus did this stunt in "La Dolce Vita" (1960), 24 years before the dinosaur.

I told Chat to write a program that'd safeguard life on earth from deadly laboratory pathogens. It said the only problem would be deploying the program across AI systems. If you're one of the generals Hegseth fired, and have outrageous deployment skills, PM me.

Johnson literally sends Congress home to save Whiskey Pete

Christian Pornographer Refuses To Film Sex Tape For Gay Couple theonion.com/christi...

“Stop Making Sense” turns 42 today. Of his performance, David Byrne said: “You see this person in the beginning [of the film] who's kind of angsty, stumbling around .. And then, by the end, he's surrendered to the music and is fairly joyful .. He’s found a kind of community." 🙏🏼 “Slippery People”

Here's why MAGA people are beyond reason: They are loyal to Trump the way a toddler is loyal to a parent. They want to be kept safe in an unchanging world. They love him with utter dependence and devotion, and with utter terror at the thought of losing him. Growing up is taking the red pill.

Rereading the great James Hollis. He draws on Jung, history, philosophy, anthropology, & religion - not to provide answers, but to shine light on the work of knowing ourselves. And why else are we even here? Going forward is coming home.

In solidarity with the Iroquois Confederacy, Canada, the JFK Center, and Pluto, I'm renaming my water feature from "Water Feature" to "Lake Ontario."

There were lots of rousing Vietnam War protest songs. "War," "Fortunate Son," "Let The Sun Shine In," "Ohio," "Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die Rag." I think they made a difference. Feels like the current zeitgeist hasn't roused many songwriters yet.

The Met Gala is NYC's version of Vegas, where spectacle trumps art. Pity, because recent exhibitions - "Superfine" "Camp" "Sleeping Beauties" "Heavenly Bodies" - have been beautiful & moving. America loves a good show. In a perfect world, the Gala wld be as well curated as the exhibits.

“wE CarE abOUt tHe tRooPS” shut up no you fucking don’t, they’re just cannon fodder for your bloodlust

good #WYBWednesday night

What unsung topological, materials, and geospatial engineer genius, lost to recorded history, invented knitting?

Looks like #WangYibo for the win. www.facebook.com/groups/11506...

My 18 year old daughter and her friends have the same haircut as each other too. Just as curated, only long and straight.

This, by an artist I love named Teun Hocks, is what I see whenever I open my kindle.

Oldie but goodie, and it contains hints about why certain people react fearfully to what's now called "Woke-1". -- I had this same talk with each of my kids. I got eye-rolls and "Dad this is so cringey!" but, I learned a lot. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j4r...

Was Dolly Parton the reincarnation of 17th Century Japanese poet Basho? You decide. "The moon and sun are eternal travelers. Even the years wander on. A lifetime adrift in a boat or in old age leading a tired horse into the years, every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home." -Basho.

One of the more obscure facts I remember about Dolly Parton is this: just like Star Trek would not exist without Lucille Ball, Buffy would not exist without Dolly Parton. She was a silent producer of the movie and show. That's why Buffy Summers has the same birthday as Dolly: January 19.