Rick is a good man…an inspiration for all of us. Thank you for caring about your neighbors.

BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.

We rolled fresh pasta, ground our own burger meat, and more to find KitchenAid stand mixer attachments that truly enhance your cooking.

Man I remember Malheur so well. Such a clear signal of what was to come. Some of the most privileged & entitled white men in the f'ing world engaging in open lawlessness in the name of their own imagined victimhood ... ... and getting away with it. That's the true American template.

Warnock: He's got a lot of nerve saying that I'm using faith to divide people. This is a man who literally had protesters gassed and beaten down so he could hold up a bible in front of a church.

Pharmaceutical companies Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, GSK, Merck, Novartis and Sanofi will now rein in Medicaid drug prices to match what they charged in other developed countries. https://to.pbs.org/4s85Wbm

Once in a while you win one. “The board determined, after careful review, that Sinclair’s offer was not in the best interests of Scripps and our shareholders as well as our employees and the many communities and audiences we serve in the United States." coloradomedia.substack.com/p/colorado-t...

Here's a quilt of Volume 4 of the Epstein document dump. Gives you a 10,000 foot view of the redactions. that's 2,704 docs.

BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!

🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. " h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social

Congress named the Kennedy Center and only Congress can rename it. Another lawless action.

Russell Vought announced that the National Science Foundation will “break up” the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado calling it a source of “climate alarmism” and saying its work should be dismantled and redistributed.

“It was not unanimous. I was muted and not allowed to speak.” 🤔

A very generous donor — Tom from Seattle — is matching all gifts made to his GoFundMe benefiting ProPublica, up to $15K. Make your gift and double your impact:

It is unethical to do a randomized controlled trial in which you withhold a proven, life-saving vaccine from newborn babies.

Vaccination rates are plummeting across the country, as part of a larger, troubling trend of growing vaccine hesitancy that is fueling a resurgence of preventable diseases, an NBC News and Stanford University investigation found.

From Iditarod to Westminster. I think y'all might recognize this one. www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/12/18/w... #DogSports #MusherSky #UglyDogs

Trump ranting about TrumpRX so I’m resurfacing this video I made. Please do not trust it. DO NOT GIVE AWAY YOUR PERSONAL MEDICAL INFO TO TRUMP’S NEW TRUMPRX WEBSITE youtube.com/shorts/ffyS3...

Binge watching Married at First Sight is so much more satisfying than listening to the current occupant of the White House lie.

In the coming months, Your Health Idaho Executive Director Pat Kelly said he expects another 20,000 Idahoans will cancel coverage due to affordability concerns. It’ll likely take until April for enrollment to settle, as Idahoans get a better sense of how their insurance premiums fit in their budget.

“It’s a country that feels like a train coming off the rails, led by a driver whose own derangement was again laid bare in that contemptible assault on the Reiners, may their memories be for a blessing.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...

A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that protects us from infectious disease,” an expert said.

That’s JOMO! ☺️

“According to the UN Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, at least 200 civilians have been killed and 2,000 injured in drone strikes on Kherson and nearby Ukrainian-controlled areas since July 2024. Short-range drone attacks have become a leading cause of civilian casualties along the frontline,”

Sweden may have been politically neutral during the second world war, but Astrid Lindgren was an ardent anti-Nazi and a news junkie … The creation of Pippi Longstocking was her way of dealing with the darkness seeping into her life. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...

So much has happened in the past 10 years. Malheur proved to be the beginning of something bigger rather than the end of something small.

‘I Didn’t Vote for This’: A Revolt Against DOGE Cuts, Deep in Trump Country. Trump administration policies slashing staffing and funding for public lands are waking a sleeping political giant in Montana. Will either party notice? www.politico.com/news/magazin...

The bad news is the $27 increase in SSI led to a $12 decrease to my daughter’s SNAP benefits, meaning her overall benefits didn’t keep up with the COLA. :::sigh:::

“I don’t want anyone to ever forget what happened that day,” McKay said. “Most importantly, I don’t want the law-enforcement officers who put their lives on the line to think we’ve ever forgotten what happened to them that day.” #Jan6

So much has happened in the past 10 years. Malheur proved to be the beginning of something bigger rather than the end of something small.

If you can believe it, January 1, 2026 marks ten years since the armed takeover of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. For Portland Monthly, I wrote about how the ensuing decade was dominated by anxious men and a culture of lawlessness. www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-cit...

When I interviewed Spinal Tap and Marty DiBergi this summer, none of them broke character, for the whole hour. Except Rob Reiner, once, losing it when Michael McKean's David St Hubbins talked about minimalism. I didn't use this in the feature and hadn't published any audio, but this is joyful.

‘I Didn’t Vote for This’: A Revolt Against DOGE Cuts, Deep in Trump Country. Trump administration policies slashing staffing and funding for public lands are waking a sleeping political giant in Montana. Will either party notice? www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Great crime fiction can take root almost anywhere—in a rock-strewn wilderness, a London legal sanctuary or a swanky Manhattan apartment tower. on.wsj.com/4pu1oKR

Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organizations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.

Staff officers and at least one drone pilot have sought advice from outside groups over legal concerns about their own involvement — or potential involvement — in the strikes against suspected drug boats. n.pr/44sb9AS

Man, really not understanding the underpinnings of free speech open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

"Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, threatening new U.S. sanctions on the court if it did not." www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

Surely the most suitable font for this administration is Wingdings. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...

It is absolutely wild that the guy who won’t stop yelling about law and order is now personally stepping in to keep January 6 documents hidden from the police officers who were attacked that day. He knows exactly what’s in those files and he is terrified the country will see it.

He was healthy and fit at 54, an avid runner with no vices — he didn’t smoke, drink or do drugs. So when he suddenly experienced left-sided weakness, numbness and difficulties with balance, walking, swallowing and speech, a family member rushed him to a nearby stroke clinic.

In the Himalayas, local ‘astro-ambassadors’ help protect India’s first dark-sky reserve

There are Christians and then there are faux Christians (MAGA). After reading this piece I looked up the pastor at Good Sheperd. I am an atheist, but I have no end of respect for this pastor. The New Yorker did an amazing piece on his work during the pandemic. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Sweet! We were planning on a quick trip to West Yellowstone on the 20th. Maybe we’ll stay the night & make a quick trip into the park before heading home.

Creating cocktails tonight. Introducing 3 versions of my Irish Mexican Winter Espresso.

David Ellison of Paramount is furious that a) Netflix outbid him for Warner Brothers; and b) He is constantly being mistaken for Eric Trump