Every time I hear about the transfer portal, I feel like that’s how the transporter on the Enterprise was originally referred to.

Magic Johnson was the grand marshal of the Rose Parade today, and as someone who remembers his November 1991 HIV announcement: if you had told anybody that day that he would be alive and healthy 34+ years later, I don't think they would have believed you. Medicine and research—they work.

If people think Alabama is embarrassed now wait to see if they elect Tommy Tuberville governor in November.

I’m so glad that Alabama came all the way out to California to be humiliated.

Democrats are the pro-Family Party.

them: do you have any goals for 2026? me:

Every year I’m surprised to learn that Carson Kressley is in an equestrian team.

The Visit Mississippi float will absolutely celebrate a fictional frog before they will celebrate any Black person.

MINI THERAPY HORSES IN LITTLE PROTECTIVE SHOES

I’m sorry Visit Mississippi, but I’m not going to visit Mississippi any time soon. My travel dollars are going to blue states.

Did you know there’s a bandcam link where you can listen to the Rose Parade bands without commentary? KTLA hosts it.

This is blue corn grits day to shine! #RoseParade

The San Francisco float is gorgeous.

We really should have stuck on the messaging that the GOP is just a big bunch of certifiable weirdos.

Rain on New Year’s Day in Southern California. I hope this is a trend for our area.

The only things on the parade route that loves this rain are the dogs and the flowers.

What if we all just carry on as if he's already dead?

I just heard there is a VP of Culture and Innovation at Trader Joe’s and now I want that job.

My husband just asked me if Magic Johnson is the king of the Rose Bowl parade.

Savor the season with comforting soups. Explore hearty recipes and international favorites from the archives of Here & Now resident chef Kathy Gunst.

Praise be to our fast food juggernauts doing the hard work to save us.

Zohran Mamdani was officially sworn in as mayor of New York City early on Thursday, just after the New Year’s Eve ball dropped in Times Square. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/n...

Clarification hardly needed.

One thing I love about living in SoCal is the wall-to-wall behind the scenes coverage of the Rose Parade.

Honestly, it’s not surprising that any of the things that happened in Stranger Things happened given that Reagan and Bush were in charge.

The movie Big is just a perfect film and still wears so well.

I’m trying to think what would have happened if, during the Mississippi welfare fraud scandal between 2020 and 2023, the Biden administration had halted *all* federal welfare funding to Mississippi. The right would have lost it; Fox & GOP would have called for an armed revolt.

WSJ breaks significant news reporting that Mar-a-Lago’s spa *for years* regularly sent young staffers to Epstein’s home purportedly to give him massages, contorts its scoop to find a more flattering angle for Trump, and still gets an icy blast of a comment from Leavitt. www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...

Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research. A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans. futurism.com/health-medic...

some personal news

“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.” Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter

marjorie taylor green believed in qanon which means i never have to take her seriously again even if her doctor found the right cocktail

Remember when Harris proposed covering at home care for the elderly as part of Medicare and the press yawned?

Not once, but twice ... "On this, no one was tricked. Voters knew Trump’s age when they returned him to the Oval Office, just as they knew about his felonies. They elected him all the same. Age is not at the root of that problem, either." inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...

U.S. removal of panels honoring Black soldiers at WWII cemetery in the Netherlands draws backlash.

I love this for him.

Donald Trump carried Pennsylvania’s populous Bucks County in 2024. But the Republican sheriff who then partnered with ICE to aid deportations lost his reelection bid last month.

Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.

This is important, especially for people who vote by mail and for tax filers. www.currentfederaltaxdevelopments.com/blog/2025/12...

If anyone has any newsworthy tips, reports or documents about sex trafficking or misconduct by public officials you can reach me at [email protected] or on signal, below.

Allegedly, the reason why everyone can un-redact the Epstein file is because Elon Musk and DOGE canceled the entire government’s Adobe Pro subscription. Which was a feature.

That time I said critical stuff about Tim Tebow is the only reason I’m not a Bronco today

A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.

Democrats need to be very clear about the things they CAN accomplish if they win in 2026 and run on that. They can hold hearings, they can impeach judges, they can vote on tariffs. I’m on the fence as to whether they can do anything about healthcare costs.

@eugenedaniels2.bsky.social exactly how do Democrats message this year that they are going to bring prices down when Trump is still the President and SCOTUS lets him run amok? If they message that they will bring prices down and then can’t, the low information voter will blame them.

Seems like a great way to force a court to rule on the illegal name change.

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