As he rolls back clean-energy initiatives, Trump is getting another trophy today www.nj.com/politics/202...

Prince, 2007: Best. Press Conference. Ever. youtu.be/LjxHZ5Od7zs?...

You do not, under any circumstances, for any reason whatsoever, in any possible scenario, bring American food TO Milan.

When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it

⚡️Update: Russia launches 'most severe' mass attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure since start of 2026. Local authorities in Kharkiv classified the consequences of the Russian strikes as a local-level, man-made emergency.

"The center’s ambition, articulated by JFK and emblazoned on the wall of the building, was to symbolize a nation “which commands respect throughout the world not only for its strength but for its civilization as well.” wapo.st/4r1V9Pk

‘I shouted out….who killed the Kennedy Center…’

i'm afraid i'm going to exhaust my allotment of gift articles pretty soon. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

As the once proud institution is battered by cancellations and boycotts, Trump retreats and announces the Kennedy Center will close for two years for "renovations" buff.ly/UXkenU9

Quiet. We’re busy rebuilding Venezuelan infrastructure. And the Kennedy Center. 🤡

Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins solidly red Texas Senate seat in stunning special election upset. With ballots tallied from all but a handful of voting centers, Rehmet led Wambsganss 57% to 43% tpf.news/6nwno

Like most of the House, Mike Johnson has only been there in the Trump era. It’s not simply that he’s abdicating his power as a coequal branch, it’s that he doesn’t seem to understand that it *is* a coequal branch.

AKA three heavily armed, masked men in an unmarked vehicle attack a motorist …

Investigative Reporters and Editors strongly condemns the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, who covered a Jan. 18 protest against immigration enforcement at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Read IRE's statement: https://bit.ly/4rhavyW

Continuing the deployment (political stunt) for the next year could cost the nation over $1 billion, the estimate found. wapo.st/4k3Uydf

Once the staunch Second Amendment advocate, now Trump states "You can't walk with guns" - even legally registered ones www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

Bill Melugin of Fox News may be the best-sourced journalist within ICE and CBP. If he's hearing this, the administration has a real problem.

"Mr. Trump boldly and brazenly says things he knows or has been told are not true and even after being corrected continues to say them again and again."

This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.

The exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park have been removed amid pressure from the Trump admin www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...

How international financial markets outperformed US markets in 2025 cnn.it/4qvlwwt

Iceland, Greenland. Greenland, Iceland.

"In 2025 China installed more than half of all wind and solar added globally. In May alone, it added enough renewable energy to power Poland, installing solar panels at a rate of roughly 100 every second." bit.ly/4pJmvYX

I answered 8 of 10 questions correctly on the KFF Affordable Care Act quiz. Test your knowledge: www.kff.org/affordable-c...

Venezuelan opposition leader Machado said she would hand her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize award to the president, an extraordinary move to regain his favor as Trump warms to the remnants of the Maduro regime. wapo.st/3NojaB1

Perhaps this was his plan all along ... "Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act" www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

Shocked that Josh Hawley backed down from a threat.

Hawley and Young cave; Allowing Senate Republicans to block effort to check Trump’s power in Venezuela nyti.ms/4qmyQDl

It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face. If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.

This about a woman who said “That's fine, dude, I'm not mad at you ... ”

On Jan. 5, HHS announced major changes to the government’s recommended vaccination schedule for children. In a new policy watch, we examine how these changes may affect people and public health in the U.S. Get the details: https://on.kff.org/4syReKU

A @WSJ.com visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

Oh sure.

In about-face, Trump proposes 10% cap on credit card interest rates, after killing similar Biden administration consumer protections last year. www.cnn.com/2026/01/09/b...

The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred. It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

"The president appears to be wearing a pin of himself on his suit lapel, under an American flag pin." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

@pewresearch.org survey from October, 2025 found that 47% of Hispanic Republicans said Trump administration is doing ‘too much’ to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally – up from 28% last March. pewrsr.ch/4sxYG98

This is insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

“The decision is not only an indicator of America’s rejection from global diplomacy, it’s a finger in the eye to the billions of people suffering intensifying wildfires, droughts, threats to the food supply and other dangerous and costly effects of a warming planet.” www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

In a breathtaking reversal of reality, Trump uses a taxpayer funded website to whitewash the history of Jan. 6, blaming Capitol Police, Democrats and Pence -- everyone but himself and the mob that stormed the Capitol. @lukebroadwater.bsky.social @alanfeuer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/u...

Remember when a guy lost an election and then spent months making wild, baseless claims that it was stolen, leveraging the personality cult he’d built to try to get people to reject the results? And then thousands of his supporters rioted, injuring hundreds of cops? Whatever happened to that guy?

"While the U.S. recommends more pediatric vaccines compared to many peer countries, Denmark is an outlier on the other extreme as it recommends fewer." www.kff.org/quick-take/d...

Armchair soldier takes on a real hero.

Trump and Hegseth would be much better off if they just stood in the back let Caine do the talking …

Happy New Year …

While Johnson and Thune remain loyal to Trump, a diminished Congress weighs whether to reassert its power www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/u...

What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam

7 takeaways from Jack Smith’s congressional testimony – The New Year’s Eve transcript release buries details from the former special counsel’s investigation into Donald Trump. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

JACK SMITH: “We had proof beyond a reasonable doubt Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election, prevent the peaceful transfer of power, retained classified docs, obstructed justice… I’d charge an ex president again regardless of party.”