what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!

Biden preemptively pardoned J6 police officers who were beaten and injured, to protect them against retribution from the insurrection leader because they dared to testify truthfully before Congress.

Trump pardoned the thugs who beat them.

House staff trying to raise the flags to full staff for the inauguration are struggling. The cords are frozen.

Senator Reed points out during the Senate confirmation hearing that Pete Hegseth tried to secure pardons for people who committed war crimes.

Whoa.

Bro is so beyond unfit.

Thank you, President Biden, for expanding benefits under the PACT Act, recognizing more cancers as linked to toxic exposure, lowering health care costs, and fighting Veteran homelessness. Supporting Veterans and their families is a sacred duty, and you delivered.

I often think about how this time is gonna be described in history books…

Talk about self-owns! This is rather amazing news on the abortion rights front.

I have shared the same bathroom with Sarah McBride on several occasions, and she never once made me uncomfortable. She did however help me fix my makeup. That congresswoman knows how to blend her foundation, which is more than I can say about Donald Trump.

So the House would release the Ethics report on Gaetz if he was still a Member, but since he’s been nominated to be the chief law enforcement officer for the US with control of every federal law enforcement agency, investigation, and case, they will hide the report. Makes sense.

BREAKING NEW: Food and Drug Administration to be headed by the Late, Great, Hannibal Lecter.

Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.

I’ll be staying inside books for the next four years. At least their villains are contained to a page.