It’s fantastic news that all remaining hostages have been returned. I’m not ready to spike the football and declare victory on peace yet, though. These things can - and often do - go completely sideways.

Who was president in 2020? There appears to be a concerted effort to get you to forget www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/p...

the typo is just their tribute to the trump administrations disregard for proof reading pup!

Auspicious start for the new CBS News, laundering unattributed cop shit-talking through the incoming editor-in-chief’s blog and failing to correct a misspelling of the story subject’s name in the web headline for three days.

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But also, you have no case. This is a fishing expedition--of the sort I predicted in this post. Anyway, Comey says they get to challenge warrant first; Prosecutors say that's too much delay. www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/10/j...

The protocol is EXCEEDINGLY problematic--it seems like a bid to be a bigger asshole to Comey than anyone was to Trump's rubes. Protocol used with Rudy and Michael Cohen was aggressive--but had lawyer involvement. Protocol used w/John Eastman had Eastman involvement. BUT ALSO

So in the Comey case, prosecutors are working thru a bunch of shit that should have happened 6 months ago, at least. The most alarming of which is a bid to get inside SOME lawyer's device. This is most likely to be Dan Richman, BUT storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

veterans set up encampment in memphis to protest national guard deployment to their city www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRxQ...

columbia missouri musicians rally at city hall against ICE arrest of friend and colleague from local music scene www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuoO...

More clues.

Guess where we went today.

Please enjoy a 1910s Chaplin paper doll in these trying times

(My supposition is based on personal experience — I first came across him in YouTube videos of his work in the TXLeg — and a clip of Joe Rogan saying the same thing to him… “I saw some of your videos…”)

"Democracy is a spiritual practice." THAT IS HOW WE WIN!

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Huge crowd for James Talarico in deep red San Angelo, TX! This county hasn’t voted for a Democrat since LBJ, but they showed up for Talarico.

There are a number of GOP candidates, elected and not, who became famous b/c of viral videos: eg, Ben Carson (who confronted Obama at a prayer breakfast), Lauren Boebert, etc. Is Talerico the first Dem to follow this path?

A five-point-five billion Trump golf course in Qatar, and Qatar gets an air base in Idaho.

"Roughly three out of every four high-value, “emergency procurement” contracts the governor’s office has awarded are missing the legally required public documentation,"

Trump controls the White House, the Supreme Court and Congress. The only thing he doesn't control is public opinion. That's why the Trump regime is so worried about this coming Saturday's "No Kings" protests – so worried that it's blatantly lying about "No Kings" and showing itself to be pro-king.

#PostOfTheWeek (season 2): The Embarkation for Cythera by Jean-Antoine Watteau (French painter) It depicts aristocratic couples preparing to board a boat to the mythical island of Cythera, the birthplace of Venus and a symbol of love and happiness.

Taylor Swift, Caitlin Clark and the Kelce family are in attendance at tonight's Chiefs-Lions game.

Three absolutely loves Taylor Swift so why does #nycacc want him dead? He was found all alone in a hallway! He needs help! NY NJ NH NE RI VT CT ME MA DE DC MD PA VA WE NEED A FOSTER FAST! Can’t kill a pup that’s a #swiftie -Please repost this sweet boy! DM for info- #dogsofbluesky

This precious boy who also loves Taylor Swift - needs more than 76 reposts if he’s going 2find his human! #Swifties #nycacc Will kill him! We can stop that! We have the power to help find him a foster ! Pls REPOST HIM! Let’s get him over 100 reposts so we can save his precious life!

My 83 year old, concert pianist, music professor dad has asked us if we own “any Taylor Swift recordings” because he wants to see what the fuss is about

Remembering Art Blakey on his birthday 🎂 📷 Francis Wolff "He would turn each piece into an epic voyage, starting out calmly, slowly packing the tune with texture after texture, always controlling the dynamics until a thunderous barrage released the tension." - Peter Watrous

Elmore Leonard by Michael Brennan "Fuck your categorizations: This guy did some of the best writing in the last half of the 20th century." - David Simon

Elmore Leonard by Daniel Borris, 2012 "He had an acute ear for the stops and starts, the detours, switchbacks and inventive obscenities of conversation." - Nick Kimberley

Sohrab Hura Françoise, the neighborhood cat France, 2010 #caturday

Emin Özmen A cat seen in Cihangir Istanbul, Turkey, 2022 #caturday

David Alan Harvey Early Gray the cat perched atop an old pickup truck surveying the scene Outer Banks, North Carolina, 2017 #caturday

BUSTER KEATON

This scene. Reds.

Diane. On the Beach. With Jack | With Warren Something’s Gotta Give, 2003 | Reds, 1981

#RIP Diane Keaton 📷 Ruvén Afanador "She works with geniuses, chooses terrific projects, and runs away with every scene." - Christopher Bollen

#RIP Diane Keaton With Al Pacino on the set of The Godfather 📷 Steve Schapiro, 1972 “If you want to talk about acting, look again at that early scene when Michael tells her about the way in which Johnny Fontane got his freedom from the bandleader who had him under contract.” - David Thomson

Diane Keaton & Al Pacino by Steve Shapiro Godfather, 1972 “Her Kay is crucial to Coppola’s overall vision, & good enough to stir one with thoughts of how the romantic despair that watches the Corleones’ murderous conservatism could have been pierced with a positive alternative.” - DT #RIP

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#RIP Diane Keaton A great shot by Douglas Kirkland of Keaton with her family, September 1977.

#RIP Diane Keaton A stunning portrait by Kenn Duncan, taken during the Broadway production of Hair, November 1968. NYPL digital collection

Kenn Duncan’s contact sheet from his November 1968 photoshoot with Diane Keaton. Keaton began as the understudy for the role of Sheila, but took over the part three months into the show’s run.

Carole Lombard photographed by Robert Coburn. This photo session was taken shortly before she died and was intended as publicity for her next planned film, They All Kissed The Bride (1942).

“She Borrowed Some of her Mother’s Gold” youtu.be/G-SuRO5hhgE?...

Am I the last one to realize that the opening part of "Faith" by George Michael is actually an organ version of "Freedom" by Wham?

Really looking forward to Paul Myers' latest. I'm not just (as you know by now) a huge John Candy fan, but someone who has also enjoyed his other books on Kids In The Hall and Barenaked Ladies.

Praying that the latest developments in the Middle East will lead to the real results we all hope to see: an end to the suffering and destruction, the return of all remaining hostages, and meaningful beginnings toward a lasting peace.

Vance is back in Indiana today, personally pressuring GOP lawmakers to ignore their conscience and enact an extreme gerrymandering plan. The fact that they have to send in the VP tells us something important and encouraging: political pressure against this plan is working, even in deep red places.