This is a brilliant piece. “So I knew that a lie told enough becomes the truth, that terror is a government’s method of control, that fear is its greatest motivator.” They Were Ordinary Germans. We Are Ordinary Americans. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/o...

A new Kvetchbook by Barry Blitt.

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Benjamin Slyngstad. #NewYorkerCartoons

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“The problem is that he has lost all credibility in pleading good faith,since dishonesty has become an integral part of how he exercises power.Since arriving at the White House,Trump has continually pressured the justice system to prosecute anyone who stands in his way www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Kim Warp. #NewYorkerCartoons

Jon Stewart nailed it tonight. Wow

Why hasn’t this caused more of an earthquake? The Overton Window must have massively shifted. Fed Changes Course and Takes On Trump’s Political Fight www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/b...

“A larger problem is that, in a world of spheres of influence, why should countries like Lebanon and Syria want to be part of a U.S.-backed Israeli sphere?The United States is currently behaving like a lawless state, while Israel has engaged in mass murder in… carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...

The deep irony of the moment is that it is exposing how much the world order relied on its strongest member, who is now smashing it to pieces… The World Order Is Dead. What Comes Next? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Our “president of peace” sure is setting the stage for a much broader conflict with his direct provocations. WWIII anyone? This was all so avoidable.

The phenomenal Marion Nestle breaks down the new dietary guidelines. RFK, the bear cub killing, swimming in a polluted stream with his grandkids, hard living head of HHS talks about removing left wing ideology from FDA recommendations(??) when in fact he’s inserted blatant right wing bias.

“I can remember a time when all fifty-three Republican senators would have said that the mere hint of an American military attack on Greenland was crazy, outrageous, and in and of itself an impeachable offense…

“After a year of increasingly humiliating appeasement, it is now time to take a firmer stance, the only language Trump understands.” www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

An advance look at Barry Blitt’s “Guzzler,” the cover for next week’s issue. #NewYorkerCovers

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Teresa Burns Parkhurst. #NewYorkerCartoons

If you’re in NYC this week, try to catch Herve KOUBI dance company at the Joyce Theater. Truly amazing. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ili3...

“He also mused about canceling elections in the U.S. and repeated his false claim that the 2020 election was rigged against him.” Believe him. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Make Americas Great Again... by bombing them. And, will NATO have to invoke Article 5 against an expansionist US when we go after Greenland? (That used to be a question only a crazy person would ask.) markfiore.substack.com/p/americas-f...

A cartoon by Ivan Ehlers. #NewYorkerCartoons

NPR is amazing for doing this exhaustive account of January 6. We must not forget. We must not whitewash history. apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/

I needed to take a break from the absolute insanity of Trump. Had a great day at the Whitney museum yesterday.

Remember this? No foreign wars? m.youtube.com/watch?v=jvfU...

From the wise Timothy Snyder: "Trump is weak at home, and he can be stopped -- so long as the domestic political logic of foreign intervention is recognized and turned against him. This act of war is more about regime change in the United States than it was about anything in Venezuela."

I think we all know now that this was no joke. Not after yesterday. All the other countries he constantly brays about, Panama, Ecuador, Mexico, Canada, you are all on full alert. These people are insane. www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

“If what has happened in Caracas sets a new standard, those who praise the might of the American hammer while ignoring its dangers will bitterly regret their complacency when their own interests, just as arbitrarily, are crushed to dust” www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...

That was quick. Right on NYC

A cartoon by Anne Fizzard. #NewYorkerCartoons See more from this week’s issue: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/0ks7dR

Interesting and terrifying take on global tensions from a veteran BBC reporter. The world is a tinderbox. Who has the matches? Trump, Putin, or Xi? www.bbc.com/news/article...

The Trump administration have gutted science agencies, terminated research programmes and cancelled billions of dollars in grants to universities go.nature.com/4pMeAuU

Good for Havaianas. They’re as Brazilian as samba, caipirinhas, and churrasco. They Are Brazil’s Favorite Flip-Flops. Now, the Right Is Boycotting Them. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/w...

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Asher Perlman. #NewYorkerCartoons

TECHNOLOGY WILL MAKE OR BREAK US

Miller/Goebbels is at it again. Talk about a black heart. Stephen Miller Cites Children of Immigrants as a Problem www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

“And the current government has made it clear in the strongest possible terms that it equates the PA with Hamas, regards a Palestinian state as an existential threat, and is working to strangle the Palestinian leadership fiscally and diplomatically.” carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...

The 2 state solution is effectively dead because of illegal Israeli actions. Israel has 3 choices; a one state solution, expulsion of Palestinians, or full apartheid. That’s it. Land Grab: Israel’s Escalating Campaign for Control of the West Bank www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

What a little, pathetic man. A Memorial to Kennedy? It’s Trump’s Now, Too. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...

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Baalbek, Temple of Jupiter, Roman, 2nd century CE. Baalbek, Lebanon

“Peering into President Trump’s mind-set — the logic underpinning his priorities, his morality, his decision making — is like opening up a garbage pail left out for days during a summer heat wave.” The Trump Mind-Set Is Not Complex www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...

The Epstein Files Activity Fun Page - Jon Adams, New Yorker

A cartoon by Roz Chast. #NewYorkerCartoons See more from this week’s issue: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/fIhe9S

Frieze on the Guildhall. Bath, England. Architect, John Brydon. 1893

Welcome to Trumpistan. The dear leader’s image and name will be everywhere. I can’t. I just can’t. Lawsuit Challenges Park Service Passes Featuring Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/c...

"the current US government believes that its national security is best served by the destruction of liberal democracy in Europe." My new, and dark, op-Ed in @theguardian.com

Chand Baori stepwell, Abhaneri, Rajasthan, India, 9th century.

“The highly ideological document accuses mainstream European governments of subverting democracy and inviting “civilizational erasure.” These far right parties are a Trojan horse. The Challenges to Europe’s Security Go Beyond Trump’s Lack of Support www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/w...