What the KENNEDY Center used to be… Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.

The last #BirdWhisperer for 2025 is the European Crested Tit :) #birdart #art #digitalart

Happy New Year. Time for the traditional viewing of The Apartment as I fall asleep.

Mar-a-Lago spa employees allegedly warned one another about Epstein after he exposed himself during appointments and pressured at least one for sex.

POLITICO: “House Republicans decided to publicly release the transcript of special counsel Jack Smith’s Dec. 17 closed-door deposition on New Year’s Eve — while most of Washington was tuned out for the holiday…” www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

I won't lie, this was a tough year for democracy. But we enter 2026 with hope and optimism for the year ahead. I wish you all a happy and healthy new year.

Project 2025 * Slash federal agencies & staffing * Impound funding approved from Biden * cut Medicare, medicaid, and ACA subsidies * Release the Epstein files....Oh shit, we meant destroy. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Bill Barr had the reporter who broke the Epstein story surveilled. Nothing to see here, folks.

It’s not “patriotic” to bail out Argentina while Americans are struggling, to build a ballroom while cutting SNAP benefits, or to pad your own pockets while claiming “affordability” is a hoax.

It's been a while since we've had an elevated tornado risk in Indiana in December.

Hooray! I'm back from the land of the sick! 🤒 Here's Chapter V - Gratitude www.auntieelk.com/wic

Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank & mechanism for leadership strategies. Unfortunately, they "hitched their wagon" to about 140 former Trump administration white national zealots who designed the Project 2025 "Mandate for Leadership". Dozens have left. wincountry.com/2025/12/22/u...

That is most likely the anti-drone system made by ZM from Tarnów - nicknamed "the beast from Tarnów" (it is currently in use in Ukraine). Will be used to shoot down drones at low altitute as well as all kinds of crap Lukashenka sends. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt-w...

Hoppy #SundayBunday ☀️ We hope you have a great week! ❤️🐰 #bunny #rabbit

It has been 395 days of continuous demonstrations in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi. Our citizens demand the resignation of Georgia's mostly illegitimate and pro-Russian government, the release of political prisoners, and the return to a pro-European course.

Pacific Beach, San Diego, California #sandiego #sdca #pacificbeach #beach #surfing #sunset #sunsetchasers #ocean #crystalpier #landscapes_lovers #photography

The orange felon says the Epstein Files are a “Democratic Hoax” and yet he still felt it necessary to doctor documents and hide evidence whilst redacting everything that would be damaging to him. That’s called GUILTY AF.

I walked a lonely road, passion nearly gone, lost in the dark before the dawn. My muse had faded through my own remorse, anger rising in me by my own course. Then, for reasons unknown, God lifted my eyes above. God had painted my gray sky and filled it with love.

And the biggest loss in support for labor unions has come from the left since 1979. It's a terrible statistic, considering unions have been responsible for the greatest advances in compensation and benefits for the working class.

“The gauntlet thrown down by the Legislature was quickly picked up by not only teachers, firefighters and police officers, but also their allies in several other Utah public- and private-sector labor unions.”

US labor unions gear up to fight against Trump’s ‘Billionaire First’ agenda

As Trump prepares to escalate attacks on unions and immigrant workers, the labor movement must build power to stop him.

Proof that there is more than one way to prostitute yourself. Too bad.

Increase in productivity since 1979: 87% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

So in spring, Pam Bondi said there was nothing to the Epstein investigation, then “closed” it. Now, they “find” 1 million more docs. So did she close this without seeing these docs? Or was someone hiding them?

America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth. The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%. Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.

Virtual for Texas January 3, January 21 & January 28 Election day, January 31

I’m proud of what my team and I have accomplished in our first year serving Virginians in Congress — and we’re just getting started. Here are a few highlights from the work we’ve done on your behalf.

WASH POST: “Corporate bankruptcies surged in 2025, rivaling levels not seen since the immediate aftermath of the Great Recession, as import-dependent businesses absorbed the highest tariffs in decades.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Since Trump is now demanding treatment of the Epstein files outside the four corners of the law HE signed, I'm going to have to assume he used the autopen.

Fascism.

Outside Chicago’s Wrigley Building, a man holds a double-sided sign that stops people in their tracks #BlueCrew #ProudBlue #Resist #ResistTrump #TruthWarriors #chicago #FreePalestine #pedophiles #saveOurKids #PublicVoice #Solidarity

California this week dropped a lawsuit officials filed against the Trump administration over the federal government's withdrawing of $4 billion for the state's long-delayed high-speed rail project. https://to.pbs.org/49v2W1u

I’m a patriot. I love this country. It’s why I joined the military, and it’s why I’m stepping up now.

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.”

Sketched in a riverside garden in Hemingford Abbots, Cambs, a collection of garden objects with a creative display of plants (see alt text for more description). Watercolour and Indian ink done on the spot with no later reworking. #art #watercolour #Cambridgeshire #pleinair

A slow motion Christmas sea angel 👼🪽taken by Jamie with some of our dive-collected specimens from the Gulf of California #zooplankton #oceanography 🌊

Trump wants no more Epstein files released, and the whole Epstein story to go away. Why could that be?

Remember, Republicans in Congress have the power to put an end to all of this at anytime of their choosing.

Osteospermum April 22nd 2024

Norwich Cathedral nave, looking eastwards... #norwichcathedral #heritage #architecture #medieval #cathedrals #photography #history

The U.S. government just banned five people from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech. This ban, according to the State Department, is necessary to protect free speech. If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.

While the rest of "normal" America was spending quality time with friends and family, Trump was frantically posting crap on his Truth Social. We knew he was a fraud, we knew he was a bully and we knew he was a sexual predator...now Maga knows. www.rawstory.com/trump-truth-...