Partial credit where partial credit is due. Lawler lied about his intention to vote against Medicaid, but now backs extension to ACA credits.

"And Mr. Trump, who said he was elected to restore law and order, reiterated that he was willing to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy the military inside the United States and federalize some National Guard units if he felt it was important to do so." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...

DEMS: "Affordable child care" GOP: "Murder people" IDIOTS: "Both parties are the same."

Yes. Because Russia is now our only ally.

Hang in there, y’all.

I’m at the spot where ICE murdered Renee Nicolle Good today, along with my daughter and her bf. Still lots of people here at 11:00 pm. (Avoiding getting anyone in the picture) It’s beautiful, surreal but still mostly enraging. Abolish ICE.

CALL TO ACTION!! Hartford to Minneapolis A COMMUNITY VIGIL. TOMORROW, 1/8, 6pm @hcrichardson.bsky.social @jesscraven101.bsky.social @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @blumenthal.senate.gov @maddow.bsky.social @ctriverhuddle.bsky.social @takeactionct2017.bsky.social @indivisible.org

For the Daily Beast, I wrote about the moment America broke. www.thedailybeast.com/five-years-l...

Please read this. Nine years ago Steve Bannon practically told us the plan is to do it globally.

"Things are going to get worse. Almost certainly much worse. That much is obvious to everybody. Compounding matters is that the people at the center of the turmoil are seeking to accelerate the crisis rather than tamp it down." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/the-cluste...

Well this is ought to but won't wake people up.

Not gonna lie, NYT Spelling Bee is a little saucy today.

I don't think this is an accurate representation of what's going on because it presents Putin and Trump as competitors rather than allies. Other than that, thumbs up.

Wow. Not today, REM.

Posted this last night when I couldn't get to sleep.

Hope everybody's having an easier time going to sleep than me tonight. michaelianblack.substack.com/p/america-go...

With the swell of Greenland annexation in the news today, @michaelianblack.bsky.social’s essay is seeming even more accurate. (I want you to be wrong, too, Michael.)

I CAN ALMOST FEEL MY GROCERY PRICES GETTING LOWER!!

I just talked to celebrity comedian, writer and humanitarian @michaelianblack.bsky.social We savaged @roywoodjr.bsky.social and solved many of the world's problems www.youtube.com/watch?v=voAJ...

"Nations generally dislike being invaded, as repelling such invasions tend to take up a lot of time and energy." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/the-lit-bo...

Candace Owens will be out with an emergency pod later today explaining the jury were all secret Jews.

Odds we take either Greenland or Cuba by midterms?

"Well, I didn't win the prize. She won. But she gave it to me. Think of it, the Peace Prize winner giving the Peace Prize to me. So, in a way, it's like the Ultimate Peace Prize and I'm very honored to accept it, Madam President."

This is exactly what I outlined today in my piece, which I will link. The US isn't looking to occupy Central and South American countries - we're creating neighboring vassal states to provide resources and cheap labor. Rulers comply or die. michaelianblack.substack.com/p/i-explain-...

This conspiracy theory about why Trump is invading Venezuela and how it's connected to the Trump administration's attempt to reshape the world order is actually not crazy.

A great, if chilling, read by the always eloquent and erudite @michaelianblack.bsky.social. substack.com/@michaelianb...

Some of you will think I'm a nut for posting this. Believe me, I want to be wrong. michaelianblack.substack.com/p/i-explain-...

Praying the Venezuela attack doesn’t get in the way of the ballroom.

At least respect us enough to tell us that Venezuela did 9/11

"Bad people being removed from power is a good thing. Bad people being removed from power by an even worse person is a touch more unsettling." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/high-noon-...

Everybody this morning.

So Twitter is now not only the world's pre-eminent Nazi hang-out but is also a peddler of AI-generated child pornography, and the guy that owns it is about to become the world's first trillionaire? Do I have this right?

I'm excited about it, too. I wrote it for all the over-scheduled kids out there and Debbie nailed the illustrations, as always.

It's 2026 but I'm still writing "Slovakia" on all my Czechs.

Last year I got to do the CNN NYE special with Anderson and Andy Cohen. Andy asked what my plans for the rest of the night were. I told him, on air, I was going back to the hotel to rub one out. I wasn't invited back this year.

When I lived in Savannah, there were always gunshots on New Year's Eve. Now I live in Connecticut and all you can hear is the sound of knitting needles making mittens.

I'M EATING FANTASTIC ARTICHOKE DIP WITH HOMEMADE CRACKERS 2025 IS REDEEMED

This. Is. Beautiful. Read.

This year, I'm advocating for kindness. Also, pie. michaelianblack.substack.com/p/crappy-new...

I just don't see how buying a concert ticket BEFORE seeing a band would work.

I sure did!

Quiet, please. by @michaelianblack.bsky.social

Identity is a fungible thing. michaelianblack.substack.com/p/quiet-please

...and then his face melted right off his face!

This was the best Bond:

I love that someone behind so much dumb comedy I adore does such calm, insightful writing. ❤️ (but I'm not surprised: if you don't think deeply about people and the world, you'll never be able to so consistently hit that level of funny -- you'll just be loud and tiresome instead)

Our planet is buried in convenient shit. Bad but easy food. Bad but easy art. Bad but easy narratives, followed by bad but easy conclusions. Prioritizing convenience disincentivizes the slow work of contemplation. Perhaps, even, of questioning. michaelianblack.substack.com/p/cheap-fast...

Feeling a little chilly. IS THIS NORMAL???

"I'm not going to do it." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/what-i-wou...

I'm not saying nuthin' 'bout 'nuthing, but if it turns out Trump actually had regular "prostitute parties" at Mar-A-Lago, it certainly lends some credence to the Moscow pee tape story. NOT SAYING IT'S TRUE BUT WOULDN'T IT BE HILARIOUS IF IT WERE?