It’s easy to watch the news and feel overwhelmed or even helpless at everything going on. I need you to fight that feeling. I’m an optimist. You have to be when you strap yourself to a rocket for a living. But there’s real reason to be hopeful this year and l’ll tell you why.

the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?

this is Minnesotan for "I am mad enough to bite through rebar"

they really do not have Enough Dudes

Wow, I was waiting for something like this to happen. There’s still a lot to happen here, as the story makes clear, but the Washington National Opera board voted today.

Fun fact! Supreme Court Barnes vs Felix - 2025 A police officer who steps in front of a vehicle is defined as “officer-created jeopardy” and DOES NOT legitimize deadly force.

The GOP didn't have the votes for many years but that didn't stop them from pulling out every procedural trick possible while screaming at Dems on TV. And now they're in charge.

Here’s my thing - no alt unis in the last two weeks of the season. Looking at you #49ers.

It’s worth saying out loud that this is Nazi propaganda. They’re not winking and nodding. It’s pure unadulterated lebensraum.

What better time than New Year’s Eve to express my sincerest hope that your 2026 is full of days, weeks, and even months. #HappyNewYear

Like Billy Mack chasing an Xmas #1 in LOVE ACTUALLY, I’m trying to rack up another 98 followers to break the 10K mark by midnight and ring in the New Year as a 5-digit Bluesky account! Help an aging tie-in writer achieve a meaningless arbitrary goal! FOLLOW ME NOW! PS There’s nothing in it for you.

Boycotting Constitution Hall because the DAR won’t let Marian Anderson sing has costs. It may end opera. Is that worth it? By Megan McArdle, 1939

The last time the Dallas Cowboys made the NFC Championship Game, George Burns and Gene Kelly were still alive and RENT was months away from debuting on Broadway. The Baltimore Ravens were not yet an NFL team.

no. furthermore, fuck no. you do not have to sacrifice your peace to appease someone just because you share dna. you just don't.

we’ve been over this we just did this in Massachusetts they’re not gonna leave, they’ll whine and bitch and moan and eventually this will raise more money than expected because nowhere they go is actually like the place they’re leaving

Speaking as a former Californian with continuing deep ties to the state: Go ahead and be Florida's problem, you greedy fascist fuckwaddles

There’s a full 15 minute lag between streaming the @netflix.com Lions/Vikings game and where things actually are. Pathetic. #NFL #Netflix

IT’S CHRISTMAS EVE

@mariancall.bsky.social Thank you for enhancing my holidays, and my holiday spirit, with your magnificent album.

Hey, GOP, just so you know, we Democrats do not deny that Bill Clinton is knee deep in this shit. Any establishment Dem trying to convince anyone that he's the Chuck Cunningham of the Epstein Files is full of shit and we know it.

The 6 richest men in the world are all Trump allies. They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube. Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.

Yes. Yes. Yes. It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Happy Epstein Files Release Day to those who celebrate! (And if you don’t? Get off my timeline.)

Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenage shooter who killed two people and wounded a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has returned this month with a big announcement. That announcement, however, proved to be as embarrassing as many of his previous attempts to call attention to himself. "I think you're a joke."

This is beautiful and correct. Do yourself a favor and read it.

I don't think happy customers realise how much we shop staff cherish them, especially at Christmas when so many punters leave their manners in the car. I haven't done shop work since 2006 but I'm still patient and polite to shop staff because... well, I've been where they are and it's not nice.

Once in a century political opportunity here, if only there were a party to claim it

This was a horribly violent weekend and to get right we need to be clear eyed. Violence is preventable. Mental health is meaningful. Sensible gun laws is a must. And humanity and decency from leaders must be a requirement and not simply a request.

The tune crooned by Bing Crosby is still one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time. It's endured as a favorite — despite a complicated and controversial history. n.pr/3MB4PAR

this really is becoming a December to Remember (derogatory)

Whether it's an obscure adjunct professor posting that Charlie Kirk did some bad things or it's the president of the United States celebrating Rob Reiner's death, there's plenty of incivility on both sides.

Have it ready on your phone. Print out a hard copy for them. Blow it up on a piece of poster board. Shove it in their faces and demand a comment. Make them own this shit.

both of these posts are still up as of 11:30 this morning

Just in case any journalist or editor reading this is tempted to minimize Trump's Reiner post because it's a "showbiz thing" and "real" stories are happening: No. It's a President thing and a decency thing, and if you don't understand that those things are newsworthy, you are failing in your duties.

Honestly, a POTUS expressing public sentiment like this should be impeachable. But then nothing is impeachable at this point, apparently.

Just to get ahead of this: Print the post out and bring it to the next Mike Johnson presser. You already know what his move will be. There’s no excuse to not be prepared for it.

Australia. Brown. The Reiners. I can’t remember the last time I was this angry.

When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.

Rob Reiner actually worked hard to help the people of this country while Charlie Kirk was a showboating asshole who promoted hate. Yet Reiner was outraged by Kirk's death and was nothing but kind and empathetic about it. Trump isn't worth a hair on Reiner's balls.

Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.

The magic of Rob Reiner is when someone says he was the best to ever do it, they could be talking about like 8 different things.

Since Very Famous & supposedly Very Serious People at the center of the National Conversation™️ have told you repeatedly that The Democrats main problem is that they Talk Funny & that this is alienating Real Folkz, here is the Republican Narcissist In Chief talking about Rob Reiner z”l 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

I’ve never read anything more sick and sickening.

Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama. Us: Across your entire career? Reiner: In a 6 year period. Us: That sounds- Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.

The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.

This scene was, to me, the core of what made ALL IN THE FAMILY more than a sitcom with a laugh track. It's the one I think about the most, when considering how people arrive at where they are. And it's just devastating this morning, in the light of yesterdays terrible, terrible events. 💔

As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...