WaPo is following in the tracks of the WSJ- good reporting and bat-shit crazy editorials.

Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”

The real issue is bigger than 60 Minutes. Trump has laid bare how unfit corporate media is for the moment we’re in. These massive conglomerates have too many interests before the government, and when push comes to shove, they’ll sacrifice journalism to protect their bottom line. Dan Pfeiffer

Russia's estimated losses in Ukraine as of day 1403 of its all-out war, according to the Ukrainian Army's General Staff.

Keep the promise! Release the Epstein files!

The economy averaged the creation of 336,000 new jobs per month when Biden was POTUS. The economy has created 17,000 to 30,000 jobs per month since Trump's so-called Liberation Day. Trump promised an economic boom beginning on day one. Where is it?

Where prices have increased the most this year, per CPI data. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

The Beatles' television film Magical Mystery Tour had its world première on BBC 1 on 26 December 1967. The movie was a flop and was panned by the critics. It was the first setback for the Beatles. The Magical Mystery Tour album was a big success. www.beatlesbible.com/1967/12/26/m...

A must read column. Despite the failure of elite institutions, Trump has not successfully consolidated power. That has been staved off due to the efforts of regular people declining to go along with fascism. digbysblog.net/2025/12/26/y...

"The friendless, the weak, the victims of prejudice and public excitement are entitled to the same quality of justice and fair play that the rich, the powerful, the well-connected, and the fellow with pull thinks he can get." Harry S. Truman

"The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know." Harry S. Truman

You almost have to feel bad for an ugly old man with no family or friends to keep him company on Christmas Day that he makes 200 crazy posts ranting about everything under the sun. Almost.

In a 2002 New York Magazine profile, Trump stated: "I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side".

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL THE PATRIOTS WHO LOVE THEIR COUNTRY AND ARE NOT FURIOUSLY TYPING ON CHRISTMAS EVE, ATTACKING EVERYONE, SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE, BEGGING PEOPLE TO APPRECIATE YOUR FAKE ACCOLADES, AND HIDING FROM YOUR FAMILY WHO HATES ANYWAY AND ARE THRILLED NOT TO SMELL YOU. (Newsom account.)

Merry Christmas, Mr. President!!

In 1962, President Kennedy and his family spent Christmas in Palm Beach, Florida. If you’re celebrating the holiday today, we’re wishing you a safe and happy Christmas! https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/jfkwhp-1962-12-25-a#?image_identifier=JFKWHP-ST-C72-3-62

Stranger things have happened! Merry Christmas from the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center! 🎄

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, And 1 million Epstein files appeared from thin air

Two very different Christmas messages

February: "The Epstein Files are on my desk." July: "The review is complete. Nothing more to see!" December: "I just found a million more documents I haven't even look at yet."

Do you know about the War of 1812? It ended #OnThisDay in 1814, but the delayed news couldn't stop nearly 1,000 British troops from being killed at the Battle of New Orleans https://ow.ly/vsc750XH6i2#OnThisDay

"It is the day when we remind ourselves that man can and must live in peace with his neighbors and that it is the peacemakers who are truly blessed." - John F. Kennedy, December 17, 1962 https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/jfkwhp-1962-12-17-d#?image_identifier=JFKWHP-AR7621-1T

It was 57 years ago today! www.nasa.gov/missions/apo...

Hegseth Orders Strike on North Pole Narcoterrorist

Apollo 8 astronauts make first human orbit of Moon, today 1968. (H/T: Michael Beschloss.)

The new DOJ documents raise serious questions about the relationship between Epstein and Donald Trump. And why are Epstein’s co-conspirators being protected? What else is the DOJ hiding? This is a White House cover-up and we are going to end it.

"Someone told the party that Donald Trump had invited them all to a party at Mar a Lago. REDACTED told Villeneuve she wanted to go, but Villeneuve told REDACTED it wasn't that kind of party, it was for prostitutes."

Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar in 2019: "Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch.'" (Allegedly)

Among the newly-released Epstein files. This Justice Dept email from Jan 2020 'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"

23 December 1968: The Beatles hold a Christmas party at the Apple Corps HQ in London. "The crowning glory of the elaborate, stand-up buffet dinner was a 43-pound turkey billed by the supplying butchers as the Largest Turkey in Great Britain…" www.beatlesbible.com/1968/12/23/a...

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new Gallup poll on how Americans feel about Trump's performance as president: approve 36% disapprove 60%

Where can I find a pharmacy where they will pay me to take prescription drugs?

Bill Clinton just called on Trump to release the full Epstein Files, including all documents mentioning both Trump and Clinton. “Refusal to do so will confirm the widespread suspicion the DOJ’s actions to date are not about transparency, but about insinuation.”

The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.

According to Navigator Research, a significant number of Americans who voted for Donald Trump in 2024 now regret their choice. As the word cloud above suggests, this regret is largely driven by Trump’s utter failure to deliver on his economic promises.

"I'll write until I drop. That's one of the nice things about retiring, if you're a writer--you can go on writing. You may not know what you are saying, but you can keep on writing." John Bartlow Martin

Whether it's a low-level Biden staffer asking Facebook to correct some COVID misinformation or Donald Trump's right-hand man telling CBS to kill segment about ICE sending people to torture prisons, both sides have sought to limit free expression.

You plebes just don’t understand; it’s incredibly important for the health of the institution to cater to the whims of a President with a 37% approval rating.

On this date in 1970, Richard Nixon met with Elvis Presley in the Oval Office.

CBS. The C stands for capitulation

In the summer of 1950 most US newspapers ran an AP story about how race had become the main issue in the upcoming Georgia governor's race. Segregationist Herman Tallmadge, governor from '47 to '55 and then a Senator until 1981 made a name for himself by refusing to "apologize for being a white man."