Cancer research costs too much but we have the money to run Venezuela

Obsessed with this juxtaposition

Could do the funniest thing with all those prisons they’re building.

Spent much of my New Year's Day deciding how to organize my dream kitchen in my new home. Found some great ideas here: 16 Amazon Kitchen Organization Hacks for 2026 share.google/nLmtfWTUqizB...

Just flat-out declaring that everything Adams did as mayor after the indictment—in the final fifteen months and five days of his term of office—was presumptively corrupt, and undoing everything that's in his immediate power to undo with a single stroke of the pen. This is the way.

I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this. He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.

ROSE BOWL CHAMPS! 🌹🏈 Fernando Mendoza threw for 192 yards and 3 TDs as the Hoosiers crushed Alabama 38-3 to win their first Rose Bowl and advance to the CFP semifinal game. Indiana will play No. 5 Oregon in the Peach Bowl on Jan. 9. (📸: AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

"Why should this moment be too big? Because our name's Indiana?" I would follow that guy into battle

I hope that all the IU fans who have suffered through decades of frustration have a wonderful day today. Go, Hoosiers.

Mamdani: I have been told that this is the occasion to reset expectations, that I should use this opportunity to encourage the people of New York to ask for little and expect even less. I will do no such thing. The only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations.

Clear-eyed, sobering assessment. "Under the Trump administration, the US is no longer an ally of Europe or Canada, it has aligned itself with Russia." "The world’s two nuclear superpowers are now headed by irrational decisionmakers." "Final thought. This is all both frightening and depressing."

This is outstanding, engaging and infuriating journalism. The level of corruption is staggering. 🎁 Gift link below

I’m overjoyed for NYC right now. A million obstacles are assembling themselves right now, yes, but this is wonderful new start. One of the most hopeful stories in a long time, in a place where some combination of corruption, mediocrity and downright evil seemed inevitable for so long. Hooray!

Smith “forcefully rebutted claims that his work was tainted by politics and delivered a granular defense of his office’s tactics and prosecution strategy — all while repeatedly restating his view that Trump was guilty of a historic crime.” www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

And here's why www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/n...

This beautiful and hopeful rendition of "Over the Rainbow" ushered in my first tears of 2026. Happy New Year! 🥳🙏

pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written

Interesting read.

2020: Trump Interior Secretary praises Trump “fulfilling the vision” of Colorado’s Ark Valley clean water project, saying Trump “has delivered for the people of the West by putting the West’s most precious resource first” 2025: Trump vetoes the project’s unanimous funding bill

Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.

The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.

This thread is a great reminder that despite our current troubles, this is an amazing country. Fantastic responses!

"When she urged Trump to invite some of Epstein’s female victims to the Oval Office, she says, he angrily informed her that they had done nothing to merit the honor. It would be the last conversation Greene and Trump would ever have." 🎁 Gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...

indiana democrats understand the assignment, at least

But I was told Donald Trump defeated Isis in his first term.

Shoutout to everyone who is scrambling to put the thing together Very meaningful eye contact to those who just realized they don't have and can't get the right batteries Strength to those who are putting together a thing with so. many. stickers. You're making magic happen, and I love you for it

"While a distorted economy leads us to treat human beings as mere merchandise, God becomes like us, revealing the infinite dignity of every person...Where there is room for the human person, there is room for God...Even a stable can become more sacred than a temple." ~ Pope Leo ✝️

In this Indiana diner, everyone has three questions: How's the breaded tenderloin? Is the quarry hiring? And why is the Bloomington Herald-Times running articles that lack quotes from Stephen Miller?

Name your fav movie/TV show couple.

Good piece with a bleak kicker: "Those of us paying attention are, for now, stuck—bombarded with enough troubling information and allegations to assume the worst about this conspiracy, but also possessing enough earned cynicism and suspicion to assume that little will change."

Over on X, a post with sad personal news from Ben Sasse, the Republican former senator from Nebraska.

Love this Wendell Berry quote sent my way by Anne Lamont. Perfect for the holidays — “Be joyful, though you have considered all the facts.”

NGL: Tom Steyer's "Love Actually" parody ad for California governor is clever and charming. www.facebook.com/share/r/17hk...

In other news: it's the winter solstice, so every day from here on out will get longer and brighter for us here in the northern hemisphere! So. You know. We've got that going for us at least.

"For reasons only you know, you aligned the Heritage Foundation with the rising tide of antisemitism on the right."

Courage is the order of the day. Thank you, Sharyn Alfonsi, for showing what it looks like.

I have never, once in my career, heard of a news org responding to a decline-to-comment with, “Well, we’ll hold it until you do.” The reason is obvious — it gives the subject of your story a pocket veto.

“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO...Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story.” 🎁 Gift link wapo.st/3YL4T3D

Hmmm

"Much of the leadership of the Trump administration, emphatically beginning at the top, exhibits the behavioral patterns of children—broken children, in many cases, who will never really become fully adult and do not understand what adult behavior is." 🎁 Gift www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

These are my five favourite songs about winter… 5. ABBA – “Snowing Me, Snowing You” 4. Lionel Richie – “All Night Longjohns” 3. Band Aid – “Duvet Know It’s Christmas?” 2. The Stone Roses – “I Wanna Be Indoors” 1. Kate Bush – “Running Up That Heating Bill”

And here’s a list of ten winter-themed books… 10. The Importance of Being Furnaced 9. Interview with the Campfire 8. Snow Country for Cold Men 7. Much Achoo About Nothing 6. A Farewell to Bare Arms 5. Wuthering Gesundheits 4. Angela’s Galoshes 3. Anorak Karenina 2. Catch Twenty-flu 1. The Chilliad

Today’s the winter solstice so here’s a list of ten wintery films… 10. Scarf-face 9. Casablanket 8. Jurassic Parka 7. Fleece Academy 6. Extra Layer Cake 5. Mittens Impossible 4. Thermals and Louise 3. The Men Who Stare at Coats 2. What’s Heating Gilbert Grape 1. The Snood, the Bad and the Snuggly

We’re going to have one unhappy dog on December 26th.

Epstein Files release reminded me of an exchange with my AT&T boss - a married, rising star executive, circa 1982 - after observing him behaving badly with a female colleague at a company gathering. I'll never forget that he asked me after the event: "Are you disappointed with me?" Yep, still.

Eighteen minutes. No new ideas. No real solutions. Just grievance, garbage, and a Diet Coke chaser. Eighteen minutes stolen from the country ; followed by a full news cycle laundering it as leadership.

This wasn’t leadership. It was insecurity in High Definition. A president yelling because persuasion failed. A man who believes volume substitutes for truth and repetition turns fiction into fact.

If he had stuck to reality, he might have made a case. Gas prices have dipped across the country. Border crossings are down. Those are defensible claims. But Trump doesn’t do defensible; he does delusional. So instead, he invented

Good thread 👇