“Magic exists. Who can doubt it when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Everyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.” ~~ Nora Roberts ~~

The great McCoy Tyner, born today in 1938. “I play what I live,” he said. “My music is a reflection of the life I’ve lived so far, and of the people I’ve been blessed to be around. Everything that happens to you, everything you see, it all goes into the music somehow.” “Impressions” #RIP 🙏🏼

FBI OPS DIRECTOR: Antifa - that's our primary concern right now. CONGRESS: Where is Antifa headquartered? FBI: [Pauses]...We are building out the infrastructure right now. CONGRESS: What does that mean? FBI: Well, that's very fluid.

President Donald Trump claimed Thursday that he has issued a “full pardon” to Tina Peters — the Colorado election denier serving a nine-year state sentence — even though presidents have no constitutional authority to pardon state-level crimes. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Multiple U.S. citizens have been arrested during ICE operations. The forcefulness, lack of communication, and unlawful practices displayed by federal agents will not be tolerated in Minnesota.

🚨 Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/e...

That is the reason I said that this was the only article I could find that included the information regarding the shackles and wedding ring. This is the Newsweek article www.newsweek.com/us-citizen-s...

ICE men act like Nazis. Maybe because they are.

The article below refers to the shackles & the wedding ring incidents. For full transparency, it was the only link I could find that shared those details. Neither the local news nor Newsweek included the info. All articles do include her arrest & resolution to continue to help her community.

Eileen Higgins blows it out in Miami, wins 59%-40%!!!! In the last 2 years Dems have flipped Florida’s two largest cities, Jacksonville and Miami. Great work everyone! www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/eileen-hig...

What a wing-ding

"there's a new serif in town"

This is a BFD. Eileen Higgins won by a huge margin and will become Miami’s next mayor.

Congratulations to Democrat Eric Gisler,for winning the Georgia HD 121 special election and flipping the GOP seat blue.

I think we have the most ridiculous US President in the US history. He doesn't seem like a 'normal' human being no matter what he does/says.

Guess the FDA missed this: Universal COVID vaccination saves lives www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/uni...

Democrat Eileen Higgins will be the next mayor of the city of Miami, according to a projection from CNN’s Decision Desk, breaking a nearly 30-year Republican streak.

I only know that Laura Ingraham went to Dartmouth because I once read an appalling account of her time there. She went to a Gay Students Association meeting. And then printed the members' names in the school newspaper. This was during the height of the AIDS crisis. She is evil.

BOOM! Miami Elects First Democratic Mayor in Nearly 30 Years www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...

Trump: "Let's go to batteries where we have to go to the Congo and get it from China. But I actually stopped the war with Congo and Rwanda and they said to me, 'please, please, we would love you to come and take our minerals.' Which we'll do."

We knew this, but here is insider Marjorie Three Names confirming it. I wonder what Donald Trump thinks?

Congratulations to Eileen Higgins on being elected Mayor of Miami! The first Democrat elected to this position in decades, she understands what politics is about: building a safer, more affordable, and better everyday life.

More GOP resignations. More racism from Trump.

🚨BREAKING: More than 300,000 Missourians have signed a petition demanding that the gerrymander be put to a statewide referendum, advocacy organization People Not Politicians announced as it delivered those signatures to the state government Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Did anyone else see that bright-ass falling star or satellite over Dallas? Bright blue and white object 💫

Trump and the GOP has always loved to thank us vets for our service in front of us (probably because it doesn't cost them anything) while stabbing us in the back when no one is looking.

And Trump's cozying up to this terrorist state as he spurns our allies.

BREAKING: The AP calls the Miami mayor's race for Democrat Eileen Higgins. Higgins defeated a Trump-endorsed Republican — becoming the first Democrat in nearly three decades to win the office.

How ya gonna breastfeed those babies when you have to go back to your minimum wage job 2 weeks after the baby is born. That job that probably won’t cover the cost of daycare &/or formula. Huh, almost like it’s designed to be a trap in that exact way. 🤨

#ProsecuteICETerrorists #ClearNPresentDanger☠️ #ImpeachExpelIndicttrump @padilla.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @pelosi.house.gov @ericswalwell.bsky.social

nussknackers anyone?

Trump says $12 billion bailout plan for farmers will come from tariff revenue abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru... Trump isn't telling you that most of the tarrif revenue comes from working Americans who are paying higher prices for most of the things they buy due to his tarrifs it's our dollars

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That looks like the old wax figures they're getting ready to toss out of Madame Tussauds...

2. So we’ve gone from an organized conspiracy to kill her to an actual attempt to kill her that failed. This wasn’t the only time she used the phrase.

I don’t think all the people talking about shingles today appear to know about valacyclovir. It’s an antiviral. You must get on it within 72 hours. It’s a life-changing drug. People need to practice shingles awareness at any age, and even if they’re vaccinated. Breakthrough infections are a thing.

All day long, the Free Palestine crowd shouts that Jesus was Palestinian. Then they deface a nativity scene in Belgium. Make it make sense. “Free Palestine” is nothing but a pretext to destroy, to hate, and to spread chaos, not just against Jews, but against everyone.

The Free Palestine crowd isn’t fooling anyone. When they gather outside our synagogues, they’re not protesting a war, they’re protesting Jews.

Greg Abbott needs to focus on his catastrophic failures rather than comment on Democratic candidates. #JasmineCrockett

".. Obviously, if you’re more affluent, you can afford to buy the things you need. But if you’re seeking out lower prices, then where does the lower-cost consumer go?” Great snapshot of the current state of retail, via @mikecalia.bsky.social @nbcnews.com $WMT www.nbcnews.com/business/con...

"Many of you mentioned how much you have come to rely on independent — not institutional — voices. Many of you mentioned writers like Heather Cox Richardson, Paul Krugman, Judd Legum and Marisa Kabas, among many others."

Indiana Republicans are under significant pressure to do something they know is wrong: rig the maps and silence voters. Washington Republicans are demanding a "9–0 map." That’s not democracy - that’s cheating. They know it, and they’re ashamed, which is why they’re hesitating.

Goliath is winning.

2/"Together with the American side, we expect to make the possible steps as workable as possible, as quickly as possible."

❗️Steps to end the war. The Ukrainian and European components have already been worked out in greater detail, and we are ready to present them to our partners in America, – Zelenskyy.

I've loved Sigourney Weaver ever since one of my all-time favorite movies, ALIEN. Couldn't resist going all fanboy on her yesterday & asking for a photo. She told me she's now in the cast of The Mandalorian. Talk about bad timing: she's now in that galaxy far, far away, years after I checked out! 💔

Doing my morning reading, and want to call out @thebulwark.com, with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social (and others) for consistently smart takes that make me think.