This has been a rough month as a fan of The Wire. Rest in peace to the iconic Isiah Whitlock Jr, who gave a masterclass performance in the role of Clay Davis.

Isiah Whitlock Jr was one of those character actors who never met a bit part he couldn’t turn into a memorable role or a scene he couldn’t steal. RIP

An absolutely wonderful, versatile, powerful and powerfully funny actor who enlivened everything he was in, and a huge loss. I'm not going to say the word, but we're all thinking it in his honor. RIP Isiah Whitlock. deadline.com/2025/12/isia...

A masterclass in acting as Senator Clay Davis... Rest easy, Isiah Whitlock Jr. 🙏🏾🕊💙

24 seconds of the late Isiah Whitlock Jr saying shit on The Wire youtu.be/5mgCoesUZwI

Isiah Whitlock Jr. has sadly passed away at the age of 71

Isiah Whitlock Jr, best known for his role as Clay Davis on “The Wire,” has died. He was 71

Isiah Whitlock Jr. has passed away at the age of 71

RIP, Isiah Whitlock Jr

Well, this fucking sucks.

Just heartbreaking. 😢

7 Kennedy Center acts that canceled amid Trump’s takeover thehill.com/blogs/in-the...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis diverted more than $35 MILLION in taxpayer dollars to defeat two ballot initiatives last year. I’ve got the @miamiherald.com‘s blockbuster reporting on how DeSantis cheated needy Floridians and children from their already-earmarked funds. youtu.be/EM0uTojxLCM?...

Taking a nap and thinking rn. Love to all my friends. youtu.be/nEFfzHiEKHY?...

On Frozen Pond. Tuesday's start in Chicago.

This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.

Andrew is correct.

Ya know this reminds me how partisan politics has poisoned all things. So very sad. 😔

On behalf of the State of Maryland, congratulations to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and the Baltimore American Indian Center on the historic achievement of federal acknowledgment for the Lumbee People. https://www.npr.org/2025/12/20/g-s1-103223/lumbee-tribe-federal-recognition-137-years

"Please be kind enough to explain when and where and under what authority you gained access to this material.” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse & Sen. Dick Durbin write letter to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, asking how she's "read the Epstein files"

How much money does this depraved human need?

This is how you do it folks

" samandanabel: This boy doesn’t know how much happiness he has brought into my life #australianshepherd #dogtricks #dogtraining #cutedogvideos #doglover" #Animals are AMAZING & intelligent. #Pets are more than just "animals", they are family members with feelings & just want to live a good life🐶🐱🐾

Heartbreaking, beyond gross, and criminal. When will anyone be held accountable?🤬

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New Year’s Eve Concerts at Kennedy Center Are Canceled 🐔🌮🍊🤡 The center can have my patronage again when Donald Trump’s name is chiseled off www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/a...

MTG profited 476% off of Trump and insider trading. So stop praising her supposed newly found morality. She’s profited off Americans’ suffering under this MAGA regime #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue moneywise.com/news/investi...

Survivor Calls for Trump to Be Impeached Over Failure to Release Epstein Files By @askdinadoll.bsky.social 🔗 substack.com/@legalaf/not...

New at Fight the Fire: Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite would not be proud. CBS caves (again) to Trump, this time over a story about a notoriously brutal Salvadoran prison used by U.S. Please read before commenting. All links and subscriptions are free at Fight the Fire. Give us a look!

I’m shocked - shocked, I tell you - that refusing FBI criminal background checks likely resulted in… criminals in the administration. To be fair, that was also the entire point - there were several Trump appointees who wouldn’t have passed an FBI background check.

Unclear??? Seriously 😳

"The Stench" www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-che...

What complete bullshit. Oy!

MTG has yet to loudly and widely apologize for the damage she has personally inflicted,. There’s also no evidence she believes in liberal democracy. She’s a true believer who wanted a Trump dictatorship. She just realized he was a horrific person roughly 10 years after the rest of us.

This.

These both-sidesing year-in-review pieces that don’t center the cruelty, destructiveness, racism, and derangement of the Trump agenda are the perfect capper to a year of inexcusable normalizing by the elite media.

“South Park” just had one of its biggest years in ages by doing what it does best: absolutely roasting Trump and his Cabinet without mercy. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

I want you I need you youtu.be/k5hWWe-ts2s

Name a song with the word "Need" in the title or lyrics...🎶

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2... madmen: Putin with Trump's permission to do whatever

This is appalling

www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/12... What does this accomplish Do these two hardworking parents look like hardened criminals? No they're just another notch on ICE'S quota ICE AGENTS look & see more $$ on my bonus check To ICE they're not human beings What of their beautiful baby IT MUST STOP

Perspectives from Europe on Trump’s praising Putin while meeting Zelensky 🇩🇪 FrankfurterRundschau: Fairy tales from Florida. 🇫🇷 Le Fígaro: Can Trump impose negotiated peace in Ukraine? & The “peace” of Mar A Lago 🇮🇹 Corriere: Moscow accuses, chilling peace talks 🇮🇹 Repubblica: Putin pushes peace away

Exclusive: A year after Tenet Media was busted for funneling Russian money to MAGA pundits like Benny Johnson and Tim Pool, a Trump administration effort involving State and the FBI has welcomed Tenet's founders back into the US. @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-che...

More than 2 1/2 years after conviction, Michael McClain is in custody of the Bureau of Prisons, having been ordered to report Monday. The longtime ally of ex-IL House Speaker Mike Madigan was sentenced to 2 years for conspiracy. Background: chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-corr...

The Cookers canceled their New Year’s Eve concerts at the Kennedy Center, the second major event scrapped in a week amid the venue’s renaming dispute.

Here is the statement from The Cookers, the jazz band that was scheduled to play at the Kennedy Center on NYE. This is peaceful resistance, and I love it! Let’s ensure their popularity explodes in response. Download their albums, follow them on Spotify, play their music, catch a show. 💙 #Resist

Trump can slap his name on the building, but he can’t force artists to show up and clap. The Trump-branded Kennedy Center is bleeding artists. The Cookers, a veteran all-star jazz septet, just pulled their NYE shows.

Grifter in Chief

MFing LYING HATEFUL TRAITOR