Have we finally reached the end of the line for mass-market paperbacks? killercoversoftheweek.blogspot.com/2025/12/mass...

"Anything you don't take care of, kid, you don't deserve to own. A dog, a gun a reel, a bike or a woman. You learn how to do it and you do it, because if you don't you hate yourself." -- THE LONELY SILVER RAIN, John D. MacDonald

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Sometimes, life calls for a Christmas kitten. Meet Ziggy Stardust 🎄💫

#GVerse 😂😱🤣

#GVerse SNL completely DESTROYED #Shit4Brains for hiding the Epstein files. This is amazing. Check it out!

Why does this ridiculous, stupid, coke-addled nepo-baby of a nepo-baby brat have any say in U.S. foreign policy? What foolish, horrifying times we live in.

My favorite movie quote of all time 💜 (Pulp Fiction)

George Roy Hill's multi Academy Award winning 🇺🇲American caper film "THE STING" starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Eileen Brennan, Charles Durning, Harry Gould and Robert Earl Jones 🎬 Universal Pictures

Jasmine Crockett: “Did Trump’s DOJ really think dropping hundreds of blacked out pages counted as complying with the law— I know it’s a bunch of unqualified folks with no backbone over there, but this is next level”

📢 America’s Bravery Is Built From People Power open.substack.com/pub/peoplepo...

You would think they’d be better at this with the consequences being so high.

NEC director Kevin Hassett described the status of Trump’s tariff rebates as “very complicated.”

Oh what a relief

Since his appointment, RFK Jr. has pursued a brutal vision of American health that several experts liken to a sort of eugenics. Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated. Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...

Basically, the Deputy Attorney General of the United States taking the 5th on national TV to avoid answering why he did one of the most disgusting things any DOJ official has ever done in US history.

1000 Ways to Hide Epstein Files for a Dummie Administration #ABlueView🧵1/3 Distractions, distractions, distractions no matter how lame ...

Was in a speakeasy in NYC tonight and the singer sang SUNNY One of my late mothers favorite songs Merry Christmas mama youtu.be/mVhy7JPqM7A?...

BRENNAN: What are you going to do to force DOJ to comply? MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.

Among the most interesting recent crime and thriller releases are works by Con Lehane, Valerie Wilson Wesley, Ace Atkins, Val McDermid, Tod Goldberg, and Cara Black. therapsheet.blogspot.com/2025/12/revu...

Educator-blogger Marilyn Brooks reveals her 2025 favorites! therapsheet.blogspot.com/2025/12/elev...

I've become particularly fond of this episode over the years. It is the only film of any kind that James Garner directed.

Pretty much sums up America today.

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Blanche said the files “will come in all different forms,” including “photographs.”

And may every day be another wonderful secret.

Much reporting re DOJ’s omissions and redactions…but whose decisions were they? Surely they went up the line to Blanche and Bondi? Did they overrule career staff? Did they consult with the White House? With Trump? And if it’s a unitary executive, aren’t they all Trump’s decisions, redactions, etc?

This new book is a call to action and a guide for building an inclusive and intersectional reproductive justice movement. Loretta J. Ross and Marlene Gerber Fried provide a history of abortion politics through a reproductive justice framework that centers those most vulnerable.

Currently at the funeral for the penny, happening at the Lincoln Memorial:

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna plan to draft articles of impeachment against AG Pam Bondi over the DOJ’s failure to release all Epstein files as required by law.

Morning.

Trump can keep saying the economy is getting better and prices are going down, but Americans aren’t buying it.  Anyone walking the grocery aisle or doing their Christmas shopping can see how Trump is raising their bills.

12/19/2025- The President's Address www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/de...

12/17/2025- Merry Christmas, America! www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/de...

New lists of favorite crime/mystery fiction of the year from BOLO Books, CrimeReads, and Crime Fiction Lover. therapsheet.blogspot.com/2025/12/sele...

LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency? CARR: I think th--- L: Yes or no C: There's a test for this in the la--- L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question C: The FCC is not L: So is your website lying? C: Possibly

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Yeah, hard to explain that... #TDS #ItsAcult #MAGAtNation

I'm told that HHS has just terminated all funding agreements with the American Academy of Pediatrics. Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"

The My Voice, My Choice campaign gets a vote on Wed. in the European Parliament. It would enable women from EU countries that restrict abortion to have free abortions in another member state. It's expected to pass but the European Commission ​must still decide whether to adopt the proposal.

From editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes.

Cartoon by Rick McKee.