A statistically significant portion of "the MAGA base" has daughters.

His base is waking up.

I wonder how the increasingly grumpy King will respond.

Sit and twist for Xmas

@maryltrump.bsky.social: “[Donald Trump] is terrified. He knows his poll numbers are terrible. He knows his policies are unpopular... He knows on some deep level he’s losing his cognitive abilities at an alarming rate”

The Russians' "successful" military strategy: send poorly armed soldiers to the front in Ukraine and fire high-tech missiles at hospitals and kindergartens.

Wednesday's cartoon in The Mercury Newspaper: O Tassiebaum, O Tassiebaum!

I just announced my proposed budget. It's balanced. It doesn't raise taxes. It removes tax breaks for corporations. It preserves reproductive health care access. It maintains core services. And even as the federal government goes backward on affordability, we're moving forward.

Cartoon by Rob Rogers | Andrews McMeel

To give you an idea of why rivers are so swollen and flooding is historic, look no further than the high elevation rain/ snow. Up to 30” of precip has fallen in 2 weeks atop the mountains east of #Seattle Much more on the way over the next 2 weeks.

I'm investing in my future.

I don’t know who made this, but it’s spot on!!

Kaine: "I couldn't watch that video and say, 'Okay, America says that's okay,' then think about McCain getting shot down in North Vietnam & say, 'But it would've been wrong for the North Vietnamese to kill them rather than capture them.' If the US says this is okay, why wouldn't that have been okay"

Clarity in Contrast

Oversight Dems just dropped a new trove of photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate — including this one of Steve Bannon. @monacharen.bsky.social has a question: Where's the uproar over Bannon's connection to Epstein? Read it here: bit.ly/3Mq75uP

WATCH: Bystander disarms active shooter at Bondi Beach in Sydney

Was watching Spinal Tap this week, and thinking how lucky we are to have Rob on earth. RIP Rob Reiner and Michele Singer, gone too soon.

So poignantly haunting yet heartening. Chag Sameach.

Lindsey Graham is failing South Carolina. www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-pre...

What Democrats’ flip in Miami means for 2026

A MAGA star is born.

Russia failed to break Ukraine’s army on the battlefield, and now it’s trying to do it through a peace plan that would cap Ukraine’s forces at 600,000. The Kyiv Independent’s Yullia Taradiuk explains why the cap matters and what Ukraine’s post-war defense options really look like.

What is going on here?

“He isn’t worried about Trump’s political wrath; he doesn’t plan to run for reelection. His fear of speaking out is much more personal: ‘I’d rather my house not get firebombed’” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Something's brewing in Venezuela. www.flightradar24.com/multiview/-4...

⚡️Ukraine downs Russian Mi-8 helicopter with deep strike drone for first time, military claims. "We are changing the rules of the game: now we are hunting," Ukraine's Special Operations Forces said on Nov. 22. The Mi-8 was reportedly downed over Russia's Rostov Oblast.

"There is a non-zero chance we repeat this all over again at the end of January when the funding deal will run out. There’s a reason you’re not supposed to negotiate with terrorists." www.thebulwark.com/p/dems-rewar...

"Make my day, punk!"

I’m taking a victory lap for my coverage of young voters over the last year. I’ve argued that Trump’s 2024 gains with voters <30 stemmed mostly from anti-incumbent sentiment from high inflation — and that “GOP gains” / a youth “realignment” was a mirage. Tuesday’s results suggest I was right.

Supreme Court justices weigh refund process for Trump tariffs

Hope.

Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.

Who says the man has no empathy? He has expressed what is obviously deep and sincere sympathy for, among others: ✳️ Prince Andrew ✳️ Ghislaine Maxwell ✳️ Jair Bolsonaro ✳️ Vladimir Putin ✳️ Benjamin Netanyahu ✳️ the convicted January 6 insurrectionists ✳️ the Nazis who marched in Charlottesville

Meanwhile, in South Korea: "Starting at the end of November, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. This obligation applies not only to newly constructed parking lots but also to existing ones." cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...

#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al. A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator" 3 cops on a 53 yo woman.

Our most sensitive research (in terms of threats to Russia).

What "Red State" means...