Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

"But there's so much to learn," Milo said, with a thoughtful frown. "Yes, that's true," admitted Rhyme; "but it's not just learning things that's important. It's learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things at all that matters."

And now a message from the convicted felon and adjudicated rapist who leads the Republican Party

Do you normally park on City streets downtown? We'll likely need to plow some areas this weekend, so we're making select parking decks free during this storm! Free parking will be available during the weather event from 5 p.m. Friday through 7 a.m. on February 3 in the following City garages:

If you subscribe to Paramount-Plus, even if it is just to watch Star Trek, you are contributing to this person's salary and to her power. Govern yourselves accordingly.

It all makes perfect sense if the Don secretly told Auntie-Kristi to treat Stephen Miller as the deputy President.

My nominee for best meme of the 21st Century.

This is Alex Pretti. This morning he was murdered by ICE. Six ICE agents held him down and shot him at point blank range. Alex was a nurse and researcher at the VA. Our thoughts are with his loved ones and we stand united in action calling for the abolishment of ICE. #ScientistsAgainstICE

Everyone freezing on the East Coast or in the Midwest remember: Kyiv has the same weather, except that hundreds of thousands of people don't have electricity, heating or running water

Wow

Agree 💯 With Jack Smith......

Well said.

"may"

@scottlucas.bsky.social Fine job on The Trump Report today. Thank you.

I Completely Missed What ChatGPT Was Doing to Me—Until an 11-Minute Phone Call Made It Painfully Obvious I don’t want a chatbot that tells me “THAT IS A BRILLIANT IDEA!” no matter what I su... #Lead Origin | Interest | Match

NPR just referred to the Trump regime’s “willingness to push the boundaries of the law.” Trump keeps breaking laws, and the media keep saying he’s *almost* breaking laws.

👇👇

Could turn out to be important.

Tillis voted to acquit.

In a study following 23 million people age 18-59 (pretty young) for 4 years…despite the fact that the ones who got the COVID vaccine were overall older and sicker at baseline, they not only had 74% lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated but 25% lower risk of dying from any other cause!

The conversation on Threads

Resisting him almost always works, trying to bargain with him never ever works

From high-impact weather events to stratus clouds dancing over the open ocean, this year was filled with impressive satellite imagery. We look back on the most compelling satellite views of 2025. 1) Mesovortices slosh within Hurricane Melissa’s ferocious eye (October 8).

@gtconway.bsky.social , consider getting a new photo at the top of your wikipedia page. The one there now (28 Dec) looks ... out of date. You look better these days. People need to see that.

Preparing for my call with Donald before i reject his ceasefire plea.

Not sure I understand why the Trump administration cares about Christians in Nigeria and not Christians in Ukraine

Not that he cares, but Anne is right.

good news everyone it’s a rambling grievance session

Sadly, yes.

@jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social Great show tonight. Oh my gosh.

Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:

Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall

My legal team will be in federal court in North Carolina today fighting against the state's unconstitutional redrawn congressional map. Before you listen to those in the GOP who say we can't win, ask Texas how that worked out for them.

Why does Trump need to support the House vote to release the Epstein files? Can't he just order their release himself?

Even if we pretend Trump is not directly named in the Epstein files, which is hard to believe, plenty of others are. And those people are still walking free because the truth is being buried.

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Just spitballing here, but maybe if we all took seriously the idea that character matters in a president we would all be better off.

WSJ: Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James. www.wsj.com/finance/regu...

What should we call it? Putin Bot?

Way more.

Sometimes called NatSec democrats, they can also be called Service Democrats, since they come from the military and other professions that asked them to take oaths, swearing to be of service to Americans. They will be an important force in the future

My rare baseball post. Though I am pulling for the Blue Jays, I feel sorry right now for Ohtani. #MLB #WorldSeries #Game7

What kind of person calls large scale military violence "sweet"?

A draft dodger

Oh My Gosh

Perfect response from @neguse.house.gov here. Watch this.