I wish Hunter were here, to write about the death of journalism and what turncoat Republicans are doing to dismantle American Democracy. And Carlin too.

Remembering how the character evolved over the years into a diplomat, I wonder what Spock would say to all of this...

It's 2026 and we're still receiving spam phone calls from ppl who evidently never figured out that legit businesses don't disguise themselves behind fraudulent, phony phone numbers. 😏

Meanwhile: In 2021 a convicted fraudster named Adriana Camberos was freed from prison when Trump commuted her sentence. She and her brother were then convicted in 2024 in an unrelated fraud. This week, tRump pardoned both siblings, marking the second time he had opened the prison gates for them.

Although not mentioned at all in this piece, I couldn't help but recall that Republicans run everything in KY and that by and large, it's the Republican Party that the law enforcement community supports. A Republican Party btw with a convicted sex offender as its leader.

FWIW, you really can't talk about Jennings without also mentioning his long relationship with mentor Mitch McConnell. We're in this mess today (Citizens United et al.) because of their roles in orchestrating it. With a lot of help from the press establishment back in KY.

We stand at the precipice because this mfk'er spent decades building the road that lead us here. And the press back home just looked the other way.

Just want to stress that this was a woman who was simply trying to get to a doctor's appointment.

The part they still refuse to say out loud: Trump happened. "The financial difficulties come as Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry is facing increased economic pressure from declines in domestic demand, as well as slumping exports. This has led to a dramatic slowdown in whiskey production..."

Leni Riefenstahl would be proud.

Today's Word: hypocrisy "Trump Vineyard seeks foreign workers at lower wages after Trump administration policy shift" www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

I say this has all grown from the Patriot Act our politicians passed some 24 years ago after 9/11. Those of us expressing concerns of abuse were mocked. And now... here we are.

He spews shit like this because he knows that his Moron Army will believe ANYTHING he says without question. And he knows that his lying just pisses the rest of us off and he gets off on that.

I've been posting this video everywhere. Jesse nails it. And he walks the walk. youtu.be/cnF-DFTcpo8?...

Remember when Right Wingnuts would show up at Obama events, fully armed? And not one single cop ever fired a shot and nobody died?

How times have changed. Remember when the Bundy klan tried to assault federal officers and none of them were fired upon as a result? 🤔

For unknown reasons I can't get this out of my head today. youtu.be/8-r-V0uK4u0?...

That's a good question for the corporate media and newspapers, who still treat him and his Party as if all of this were normal. They flat out refuse to ask them the tough questions and then have the gall to whine about losing subscribers and viewers.

I'm pleased to announce that because I don't like how my neighbor lives his life, I've commandeered his home. It will be sold at its Fair Market price and the money will be controlled by me, to ensure it is used to benefit me and my neighbor. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Way to go MAGA. 😏

This is the house that #MoscowMitch built. With a LOT of help from the press back home who STILL carry his water. #complicit

Five years ago, Donald Trump instigated a violent insurrection in the Capitol to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 election. The fact that the GOP coddled him, protected him, renominated him, and now support him in office, is a stain that will never be erased.

It's been 5 years since the attack on the U.S. Capitol anntelnaes.substack.com/p/its-been-5...

Irony: Maduro accused of drug and weapons crimes while Trump pardons ppl in prison for... weapons and drug crimes. Why not mention that.

Fun fact: “Banana Republic” refers to Latin American governments overthrown with US backing so the Dole Corp. could install its own preferred corrupt government to protect its monopoly and profits

There's always a Tweet.

I can tell you who DIDN'T notify authorities. Even though he knew Epstein for decades. DJT. 🤔

Again. Thank Kentucky's Mitch McConnell. Although the press in KY will never say it, NONE of this would have been possible if he hadn't set the wheels in motion beginning with #CitizensUnited that allowed him to stack SCOTUS with Right Wing freaks who would later overturn established precedent.

RE: number 4... see also Mitch McConnell. His role in this conspiracy was no minor one and so far the press, especially in Kentucky seem satisfied to just let him skate on the whole affair and seem more interested in helping him whitewash his legacy. #complicit

Watching local news out of Lexington tonight, they open with story abt ACA subsidies ending. First person they interviewed blamed the victims. And of course, since this is KY, not a single mention of Mitch McConnell who fought for decades to end ACA instead of working to fix parts that needed it.🙄

Remembering that we have Trump because Kentucky's #MoscowMitch McConnell, instead of impeaching him sold out our Democracy in exchange for power and legacy (a legacy that the press back home is doing their damnedest to whitewash).

And who was more or less in charge of GOP politics, for decades? #MoscowMitch McConnell.

Sooner or later, everything he touches turns to shit. It's been that way for decades.

This is the house that Mitch Built. With a lot of help and support from the local press back home.

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Be sure to thank Mitch McConnell. We're going down a road he helped to build.

My thought to close out the year: Kentucky's Mitch McConnell could have ended this before it even began. AFAIC, his hands are forever stained with the blood of the innocent. He and those who enabled him instead of holding him accountable, when it could have mattered.

He's a life-long con artist, racist, sex predator (by his own admittance even b4 prosecution), convicted felon and serial liar. What did you really expect would happen when you put a deranged narcissist like that in control of the world's strongest power.

Gotta say, as a survivor, I’m not super loving this thing where the Department of Justice is running a cover-up of evidence the President sexually abused minors.

While working for The New York Times Bari Weiss said she was snubbed by fellow journalists because of her righteous but unpopular RW views In fact her peers hated her because she was a raging narcissist I’ve known a few like her in my decades in journalism. There aren’t many but they are poison

Make it go viral. Privately hosted so Paramount can't take it down.

Journalism only works when it’s separated from the power it’s supposed to hold accountable. @cbsnews.com

Corporate owned journalism is a corpse. No longer living and just stinking up the place. Just bury it already. @cbsnews.com

I don't condone violence but... Merry Christmas from Karma.

🤔 On Friday, Trump's DOJ released some Epstein photos. One included Michael Jackson. I'm sure it was selected on purpose, so ppl might forget that Trump knew and partied with Epstein for decades but never said a word to the authorities abt what was going on. He never once thought about the victims.