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Eric Badofsky
@ebadofsky.bsky.social
Anti-fascist husband and father • Historical archivist • Curio collector • Siamese cat addict • Chronic tree hugger • Volunteer curmudgeon • Windy City, USA • Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦

Banner art by Jason Holley (for Ray Lamontagne’s 2004 album, 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦)
Pinned
“Let me remind you: Surrender means Russian occupation. Russian occupation means torture, sexual violence, enforced disappearance, denial of your identity, forcible adoption of your own children, filtration camps, and mass graves. Occupation is just another form of the war.”

– Oleksandra Matviichuk
@adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com writes:

“𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 2027 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯… 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳.”

“𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘯. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵.”
We Are Going to Win
Trump's revolution will fail, but we still have a long and painful road ahead of us.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:46 AM
@perrybaconjr.bsky.social writes:

“𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘫𝘰𝘣𝘴, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵…

“𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘉𝘐 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 [𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱].”
Under Kash Patel, “FBI” Means Foolish, Belligerent, and Incompetent
All of Trump’s law enforcement people are toadies. But Patel and number two Dan Bongino have brought extra incompetence to the party.
newrepublic.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:19 AM
“𝘛𝘰 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴!”

– Dr. Septimus Pretorius (Ernest Thesiger), 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯, 1935

Great reading on one of the greatest science-fi/horror films of all time (via Jan A. Henderson and George E. Turner, for 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳, 1998):

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January 1, 2026 at 5:53 AM
@timothynoah.bsky.social writes:

“𝘝𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵’𝘴 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 […] 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘚𝘈𝘐𝘋 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘋𝘖𝘎𝘌 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘝𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘌𝘭𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘬’𝘴 𝘋𝘖𝘎𝘌 𝘱𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘒𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘝𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵’𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘬’𝘴…”
Why Russell Vought Is Worse Than Watergate
Conservatives used to think you could be a political hatchet artist or you could serve the Lord. Now they say: Why choose?
newrepublic.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 AM
@mford.bsky.social writes:

“𝘉𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪’𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦... 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘧𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 […]

“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴.”
The Department of Justice May Not Survive Pam Bondi
Her promise to restore integrity to the agency was one she broke on day one.
newrepublic.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:41 AM
@gregsargent.bsky.social writes:

“𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘢𝘸, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴...”
Stephen Miller Is The New Republic’s 2025 Scoundrel of the Year
He was counting on a nation of haters. He was wrong.
newrepublic.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:29 AM
@christhebarker.bsky.social’s annual “Sgt. Pepper” tribute to those we’ve lost in the year gone by. #InMemoriam #RIP
January 1, 2026 at 3:59 AM
“…𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥, 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘪𝘧 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥… 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮’𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 ‘𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘵’ 𝘵𝘰 ‘𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯.’”
How Close Are You to the “Slaughter Line”?
How the U.S. System Decides When You’re No Longer Worth Saving
patricemersault.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Brigitte Ann-Marie Bardot (September 28, 1934 – December 28, 2025)

A look back at her life, her career, and her oft-polarizing politics (via Andrew Pulver and Angelique Chrisafis, for @theguardian.com):

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
December 31, 2025 at 6:33 AM
@bluegal.bsky.social That prescient worry you shared with @bobcesca.bsky.social (at the 4:30 mark) about consequences; about newly-uninsured Americans facing terminal illness, and having nothing left to lose..

That very same worry has been haunting me, too.

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Driftglass and Blue Gal
Podcast Episode · The Bob Cesca Show · 12/17/2025 · 1h 16m
podcasts.apple.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Bipartisan bill—unanimously passed by both the House and Senate—bringing safe drinking water to an 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 district in Colorado…

DOA at Trump’s desk. Purely out of personal spite.

Are you MAGAts starting to get the message yet? Because your cult leader is just getting started.
Trump vetoes bill to fund Arkansas Valley Conduit in Colorado
President Trump vetoed a bill to fund a pipeline project to bring clean drinking water to communities on the Eastern Plains between Pueblo and Lamar.
www.9news.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Via @newrepublic.com:

Trump’s second administration is a real-life horror show—and these are its most grotesque characters.

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The 12 Worst MAGA Monsters of 2025
President Donald Trump’s second administration is a real-life horror show—and these are its most grotesque characters.
newrepublic.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:06 AM
@hafizr.bsky.social:

“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘬’𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴…

“𝘏𝘪𝘴 [𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦] 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘷’𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨…”

“𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘷’𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦...”
The Worst Thing About Elon Musk Is That He Got Away With All of It
His reign of terror didn’t end after he bought the 2024 election.
newrepublic.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling writes:

“𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦-𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘸𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦.”
RFK Jr. Will Let Us All Die Just to Make a Buck
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is forcing his MAHA agenda on all of us—and it’s already getting ugly.
newrepublic.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:43 AM
@malcolmferguson.bsky.social writes:

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘦𝘨𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘩’𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦—𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘨𝘺𝘯𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 ‘𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴’—𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺…”

History will not be kind.
Wannabe Christian Crusader Pete Hegseth Is Just Getting Started
The defense secretary spent Trump’s first year in office wreaking havoc on the U.S. military—and killing innocent people around the world.
newrepublic.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Lucille Ball (1911 – 1989) and Desi Arnaz (1917 – 1986) celebrate the arrival of 1954 with their son Desi Jr., daughter Lucie, and Pinto, one of their two Cocker spaniels
December 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Director Alfred Hitchcock (1899 – 1980) and actor Cary Grant (1904 – 1986) on the set of RKO Pictures’ 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴, 1946
December 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
“𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘏𝘚'𝘴 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘊𝘌 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 ‘𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮.’ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱'𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵…”
Justice Department says filming immigration raids is 'domestic terrorism'
A leaked Justice Department memo directs federal prosecutors to press “domestic terrorism” charges against individuals who record immigration operations.
reason.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:56 AM
It’s all about:

A) Fentanyl

B) Liberating Venezuelans from a brutal dictatorship.

C) Stopping a Communist Chinese invasion of Latin America.

D) Oil reserves that somehow belong to the United States. (We’ll explain it to you later.)

E) LOOK – A SQUIRREL!!

Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 4:45 AM
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘻𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘴.”

– Jesse Leon Henson

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Julius ("Groucho") and Adolph ("Harpo") Marx, New York City, c. 1902
December 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
December 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993) and a very lucky Santa at the New York Heart Association’s holiday gala, 1953
December 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
“𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘠𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱’𝘴 ‘𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦’ 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘗𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯’𝘴 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘮, 𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺.”
Trump’s ‘peace plan’ for Ukraine is wicked
It is immoral to absolve criminals of crimes and reward them. Yet this is how Trump’s peace plan treats Putin’s Russia.
spectator.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
JFC. We’re going to let this happen all over again, aren’t we?

Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM