In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."

Hopefully, the last time I'll be posting this. Here's to a revolutionary 2026!

If you watch the deposition of Jack Smith, you'll conclude as a matter of necessity that Donald Trump should be in a federal prison right now rather than the White House. He's only living outside a cage due to dumb luck. And all of us are paying the price.

Happy 2026 #BlueSky “Because we are moving into a new mythic age, it is little wonder that a kind of mutation is taking place in the entire earth-human order. A new paradigm of what it is to be human is emerging.” ~ Thomas Berry, The Dream of the Earth #new #emergence #myth #NewYear

Happy New Year! 🎉 Walking into 2026 like Victor Laszlo ... 🗃️ #HATM www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOli...

History doesn’t always wear a suit in City Hall. Sometimes it takes the subway. Zohran Mamdani sworn in underground, administered by Letitia James.

my favorite hubble images from 2025 🌌

Jazzy Auld Lang Syne Happy 2026!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-37...

At midnight tonight, the health care tax credits expire, causing insurance premiums to double for tens of millions of Americans. Republicans in Congress have blocked every attempt to extend these credits but we’ll keep fighting to lower health care costs.

Good morning #BlueSky “We are entering the long dark. I use that term not negatively at all. I use it alchemically, that certain things can only happen in darkness. We are in a time of decay, a time of collapse, a time of #endings, a time of sheddings. These are necessary.” ~ Francis Weller

BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.

"IT WAS ALSO GREAT FOR EPISODIC TELEVISION . . . " www.reddit.com/r/television...

Good morning #BlueSky “People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.” "Burn this in your heart; every day a new year begins in us, a new life.” "This time, like ALL times, is a very GOOD one...if we but know what to DO with it." ~ Ralph Waldo #Emerson

When one makes up that many lies it's inevitable the lies will conflict with each other. It's more proof that it's all been lies.

CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸

Rushing to finish season 6 of Northern Exposure before it leaves Prime on 12/31. A great show.

Morning #BlueSky "When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid."~Audre Lorde "Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. He who looks outside, dreams. He who looks inside AWAKENS."~Jung

Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta. Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.

Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.

Something for your Monday in this liminal week between what was and what will be. Leonard Bernstein and the Vienna Philharmonic, Beethoven's 6th Symphony, 1978 As well as you will ever hear it played. www.youtube.com/watch?v=40vp...

Wow.

Good morning #BlueSky “If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself.” ~ Martin Heidegger #anxiety #death

As the year draws to a close, a crowd-sourced effort, as well as trackers from advocacy organizations and labor unions, show that the Trump administration has implemented roughly half of the goals laid out in Project 2025.

Every Trump appointee if they were honest

🧵 This cosmic wonder is reminiscent of a Christmas scene! The image depicts NGC 2264, an energetic star-forming region, with its brilliant red hues due to molecular hydrogen. Located about 2,700 light-years away in Monoceros, ...⤵️ ➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20122... 🔭 🧪 #science #galactic 1/4

This week.

Thanks Elon!

"Between Christmas and new year's is a reflecting pool. Look in the still waters. Are you beautiful? Yes. At peace? Make it so. What now, my love?" ~ John Patrick Shanley

HAPPY BOXING DAY TO ALL WHO BOX.

Thank God, it's Frida!

Good morning #BlueSky “The hero would be no hero if death held any terror; the first condition is reconciliation with the grave.” “The hero is the one who can participate in life decently, in the way of nature, not in the way of personal rancor, revenge or anything of the kind.”~Joseph Campbell

With ZERO fucks left to give, Caroline Kennedy, throws down the gauntlet on the loathsome piece of shit for his desecration of The Kennedy Center. 😳👇

RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!” “A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”

On Christmas 2021, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launched into space This stunning new image—"a vivid portrait of a stellar nursery in action"—marks the anniversary Dozens of URochester faculty and alumni have been part of the JWST teams #URochesterResearch

This is sinister. If you're wondering why so many people don't report sexual assault, this is why.

Good morning #BlueSky It's Christmas Eve - may your day be whatever you need at this time of year. Whether filled with activity and people, or quietly alone; whether celebrating or grieving; whether inspirational or perhaps depressing. Much love to you and yours.

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Good morning #BlueSky “I believe in intention and I believe in work. I believe in waking up in the middle of the night and packing our bags and leaving our worst selves for our better ones.” ~ Leslie Jamison, The Empathy Exams #intention

Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

"REPRESS . . . " "AND RE-PRESS . . . " "MOVE FAST AND BREAK THINGS . . . " "BARI WEISS MEETS THE STREISAND EFFECT . . . " "AND ALSO THE DUNNING-KRUGER EFFECT TOO . . . " "THE MOST VIEWED SEGMENT IN CBS TV NEWS HISTORY . . . " "AND NO COMMERCIALS . . . " ANOTHER DECEMBER MADE IN USA MMXXV

Thanks for this pic. I didn't use either one, but you can see the subtle changes made. I went with one of Ingrid where you can't see her face to suggest Trump has a fav kind of victim. People have been posting bloody murder over the faked version here when I even posted that I knew it was Ingrid. 🤷‍♂️

Look at someone you love today, for one minute, as if you saw them for the first time. As if they were the first ray of sunlight, caught by the tender passion of your eye, lighting up your whole world. ~ Ron Starbuck

60 MINUTES CORRESPONDENT: “Our story was screened 5x and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.” #CBSNewsMAX #BariWeiss www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

So, what was on 40 MINUTES last night? #60minutes #bariWeiss #CBS

Good morning #BlueSky "Although pain is a problem, pain is not THE problem. Pain is a symptom that something is out of balance." ~ Eric Pearl "You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea." ~ Pearl S. Buck #pain

Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?

The person who made the decision to hold this story has never been a news reporter or a news editor. Really sickening.