Nancy Sinatra @NancySinatra (12:26 AM ET · Dec 28, 2025): "He's at it again, God bless him." forbes.com/sites/hughmc...

"I want to make sure that you all understand that each and every one of you has a role to play. You may not know it. You may not find it. But your life matters, and you are here for a reason." From Dr. Jane Goodall's interview recorded in March 2025, to be released after her death.

Next year's artists signed contracts to perform at "The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts." Since a venue with that name no longer exists, and one with a very division name many artists would not wish to be associated with does, they should be able to get out of their contracts.

Nichelle Nichols, American actress, singer, and voice artist best known for her portrayal of Nyota Uhura in Star Trek: The Original Series, was born on Dec. 28, 1932 (d. 2022). #NichelleNichols Nichelle Nichols - "Know What I Mean" (Nichelle Nichols?) (1967) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMrs...

Moe Koffman, Canadian jazz saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger, was born on Dec. 28, 1928 (d. 2001). #MoeKoffman Moe Koffman - "Swingin' Shepherd Blues" (Moe Koffman) (mid-1970s, CBC) #Music #Jazz www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h-d...

Hildegard Knef, German actress, voice actress, singer, and writer, was born on Dec. 28, 1925 (d. 2002). #HildegardKnef Hildegard Knef - "Mackie-Messer" (Mack the Knife) (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht) (1963) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVtp...

Johnny Otis, American singer, musician, composer, arranger, bandleader, "a seminal influence on ... R&B and rock and roll" (Wikipedia), was born on Dec. 28, 1921 (d. 2012). #JohnnyOtis "Willie and the Hand Jive" (Johnny Otis) (1954 or 1959) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOrQ...

Roebuck "Pops" Staples, American gospel/R&B musician, songwriter, guitarist and singer, member of The Staple Singers, was born on Dec. 28, 1914 (d. 2000). #PopsStaples The Staple Singers - "Great Day" (traditional) (1963) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ocz0...

Earl "Fatha" Hines, American jazz pianist, "one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano" (Wikipedia), was born on Dec. 28, 1903 (d. 1983). #EarlHines Earl Hines - "Boogie Woogie on the St Louis Blues" (W.C. Handy) (Live, 1965) #Music #Jazz www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbsV...

#Film "Ayn Rand Helped the FBI Identify It’s A Wonderful Life as Communist Propaganda" (December 25th, 2014) www.openculture.com/2014/12/ayn-...

“Judge a human being by his compassion and his sincerity.” ~ Rod Serling

What do Greenland, Honduras, Venezuela, and Nigeria have in common? The “network state” cabal—which includes Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, & Joe Lonsdale—has been circling them like vultures. 1/

How the Medicaid Expansion failure is still shaping Texas politics.

Stop the abuse of the *one thousand survivors* now. Epstein stole their youth. Allow their future to have some peace. 🚨This DOJ/admin is further abusing these survivors.

The Beatles @thebeatles (Dec 27, 2025): "Ain’t got nothing but love, babe 💙 Listen to the evolution of “Eight Days A Week” — from early takes through to the final master."

If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.

David Knopfler, British musician, co-founder (in 1977) and rhythm guitarist of the band Dire Straits, was born on Dec. 27, 1952. #DavidKnopfler Dire Straits - "Sultans of Swing" (Mark Knopfler), recording released in 1978 #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0ff...

Karla Bonoff, American singer-songwriter, whose songs include "Home", covered by Bonnie Raitt, was born on Dec. 27, 1951. #KarlaBonoff Karla Bonoff w/ Nina Gerber - "Home" (Karla Bonoff) (2019, My Father's Place, Roslyn, New York) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLx8...

Mick Jones, English musician, songwriter and record producer, member of the British-American rock band Foreigner, was born on Dec. 27, 1944. #MickJones Foreigner - "Cold as Ice" (Lou Gramm, Mick Jones) (1977) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySb1...

Mike Pinder, English musician, founding member of the Moody Blues, was born on Dec. 27, 1941 (d. 2024). #MikePinder The Moody Blues - "Have You Heard / The Voyage" (Mike Pinder) (1969), lead vocal on first song by Pinder #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCFn...

Scotty Moore, studio and touring guitarist for Elvis Presley until 1968, was born on Dec. 27, 1931 (d. 2016). #ScottyMoore Scotty Moore supporting Elvis Presley - "That's All Right" (1968 Comeback Special) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZe_...

Anna Russell, English–Canadian singer and comedian, was born on Dec. 27, 1911 (d. 2006). #AnnaRussell Anna Russell - "The Ring of the Nibelungs (An analysis)" (1953, Live from New York), duration: 21:39 #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM33...

Marlene Dietrich, German-born American actress and singer, was born on Dec. 27, 1901 (d. 1992). #MarleneDietrich "Lili Marlene" (poem of three verses by Hans Leip published in 1937, set to music by Norbert Schultze in 1938) (1953, from 'Time for Love') #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=7heX...

Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?

🚨Death in ICE custody, MI 🔑 points: ~ He mentions the conditions of the “facility” and notes the outrage we would see from animal rights groups if these were conditions under which animals were living/dying ✅ ~ How did they lose his body? Really ~ No legitimate regulatory authority is involved 1/2

"Assessing the damage from DOGE and the way it represents an authoritarian innovation" DOGE's Real Aims Have Nothing To Do With Efficiency (Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Dec 24, 2025 | Lucid) lucid.substack.com/p/doges-real...

Carolina Eyck, German-Sorb musician who specialised in playing the Theremin, a contactless electronic instrument, was born on Dec. 26, 1987. #CarolinaEyck "A short introduction to a unique instrument" by Eyck (2013) #Music #Theremin www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QgT...

Phil Spector, American record producer and songwriter, was born on Dec. 26, 1939 (d. 2021). #PhilSpector Ben E. King - "Spanish Harlem" (Jerry Leiber, Phil Spector) (1960) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwfw...

Una Mae Carlisle, American jazz singer, pianist, and songwriter, was born on Dec. 26, 1915 (d. 1956). #UnaMaeCarlisle Una Mae Carlisle - "Walkin' by the River" (Una Mae Carlisle, Robert Sour) (1941) #Music #Jazz www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKCk...

Shane MacGowan, British-born Irish singer-songwriter and musician, lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the Pogues, was born on Dec. 25, 1957 (d. 2023). #ShaneMacGowan The Pogues - "Dirty Old Town" (Ewan MacColl) (1985) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=s11B...

Noel Redding, English rock musician, best known as the bass player for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, was born on Dec. 25, 1945 (d. 2003). #NoelRedding The Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" (Jimi Hendrix) (1970, Live in Maui) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFfn...

Trevor Lucas, Australian folk singer, a member of Fairport Convention, one of the founders of Fotheringay, was born on Dec. 25, 1943 (d. 1989). #TrevorLucas Fotheringay - "Too Much of Nothing" (Bob Dylan) (1970), Sandy Denny on backing vocals #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QrD...

Pete Brown, English performance poet, lyricist, and singer known for his collaborations with Cream and Jack Bruce, was born on Dec. 25, 1940 (d. 2023). #PeteBrown Cream - "I Feel Free" (Jack Bruce, Pete Brown) (1967) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJkt...

"Cab" Calloway , American jazz singer, dancer, bandleader and actor, was born on Dec. 25, 1907 (d. 1994). #CabCalloway "It Ain't Necessarily So" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) (1965, The Ed Sullivan Show), from the musical Porgy and Bess #Music #Jazz www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyHM...

Edward "Kid" Ory, American jazz composer, trombonist and bandleader, was born on Dec. 25, 1886 (d. 1973). #KidOry Kid Ory - "Tiger Rag" (Eddie Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields, lyrics: Harry DeCosta) (1959) #Music #Jazz www.youtube.com/watch?v=06FE...

Nothing says Happy Holidays like a military strike against a terrorist group in Nigeria. There are terrorist groups across the globe. I am far more concerned about the terror group in our own government.

The Bucha Witches youtu.be/CkOsJIaE8A0?

The true meaning of Christmas. And watch what Linus does when he says “fear not.” Merry Christmas Everyone.👇 youtu.be/BeVDOu2_Fuc

Quiet, piggy.

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.

From @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social "Carol of the bells"/"Shchedryk" Marsh family adaptation Please listen and share and #SlavaUkraine youtu.be/vvMLtJ-Wyfs

Happy Crimble. I'm watching It's a Wondetful Life again right now, with brother and nephews. What a great script (and film).

"This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased." - Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, 1843 #Christmas #CharlesDickens

I recently heard how this song was originally about a harsh winter ending & welcoming speing, not a holiday season song.

Christmas Day Sunset.

🚨Video has 2 parts and you need to see both: “And to you Mr. President, we don’t defend Americans by hunting Americans. We defend Americans by protecting American citizens even when it comes to protecting them from our own President. We’re not going to drop bombs on nonprofits bc you disagree…” 1/2

In anticipation of the lengthening days: Sarah Brightman - "Arrival" (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, lyrics by Frank Peterson and Amelia Brightman) (2008, from A Winter Symphony) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewm6...

Lee Dorsey, American pop and R&B singer, whose biggest hits were "Ya Ya" (1961) and "Working in the Coal Mine" (1966), was born on Dec. 24, 1924 (d. 1986). #LeeDorsey Lee Dorsey - "Ya Ya" (Lee Dorsey, Clarence Lewis, Morgan Robinson, Morris Levy) (1961) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeF-...

NASHVILLE - TN HS Dems Tennessee High School Dems deliver a petition to Senator @MarshaBlackburn to stop the just-announced government partnership forcing TP USA chapters into every school in Tennessee. (“to stop far right extremism”)

#Grinch #HealthCare Cartoon from the New Yorker