The 19 photographs in the initial drop – some of which have been seen before – plus another 70 released later Friday afternoon represent a small number of the almost 100,000 images released to the House oversight committee

Time is running out for Congress to act. after promising votes, the Senate failed this week to advance either a Republican healthcare plan or the Democratic bill to extend the tax credits for three years.Now,with just days to go,Congress is about to wrap up with no consensus solution in sight.

Its five-seat board, which hears disputes and oversees union elections, requires at least three members to issue a ruling. But days after regaining power, trump fired Gwynne Wilcox – an unprecedented decision – from the board, leaving it without this crucial quorum to make decisions.

SYDNEY — Two gunmen attacked a Hannukah celebration on a Sydney beach Sunday, killing at least 11 people in what Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of antisemitism and terrorism.

“Longing for the moon, I have become a lover of night.” ― Jayita Bhattacharjee

Day After Tomorrow

Edward Gorey's wonderfully odd Christmas illustration.

White Cardinal on a Snowy Branch

I have no explanation for this.

Elf by hisself.

Dogs watching TV.

“You don’t appreciate anything.”

Three Tales About Seasonal Edible Doorstops

If trump wants to deflect blame,he can try.If he wants to appeal to the American public for patience,he’s welcome to do so.But to push delusional claims about an economic nirvana that does not exist and then whine that people are showing him insufficient love in the wake of failure is pathetic.

This was scary

𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩’𝙨 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝘿𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙖 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤’𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛.

Good to know.

Of course, coming up with “something” is easier said than done. GOP officials have been trying to agree among themselves on an approach to health care policy for 16 years, and they still haven’t figured it out.

"What's for breakfast?"

the bully & his toadie.

As Americans turn sharply against trump’s handing of the economy,his team have other options,but they appear determined to keep playing make-believe, hoping the repetition of nonsense will bully reality into submission. trump’s approval rating suggests Leavitt and her colleagues might need a plan B.

the vote was a big victory for federal workers, but as a political matter, this was the first time in which the GOP-led House approved legislation to reject one of trump’s directives. House members made trump’s dreadful day just a bit worse, while simultaneously making Johnson look even weaker.

Unrestrained winter fun

The indefinite asset freeze is meant to use the frozen Russian cash to extend a loan of up to 165 billion euros to Ukraine to cover its military and civilian budget needs in 2026 and 2027. The loan would be paid back by Ukraine only when Russia pays Kyiv war damages

Two more senior Democrats have called for an investigation into a share-buying spree by two fossil fuel billionaires with close ties to the trump administration, after a Guardian investigation raised questions about potential wrongdoing.

Oh, he is hoo-hooing alright.

Jones called for reinforcing Alabama values of “hard work,” “fairness,” “looking out for your neighbor, even when you don’t agree on everything,” “telling the truth—even when we don’t want to hear it,” and believing “that every person deserves dignity, respect, opportunity, and a voice.”

“One should be able to find the trails of moonlight even in the thick dark, for this is the unconquerable summer even in a winterland.” ― Jayita Bhattacharjee

休憩中

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Trumpeting in Havana" Ignacio Ortiz