Glenn Kirschner – Jim Jordan’s Text to Mark Meadows & the Crime of Obstructing a Congressional Proceeding
The Lincoln Project – The Fight
MSNBC – New Details Paint ‘Insane’ Picture Of How Right Wing Media Obtained Biden Daughter’s Diary
Robert Reich – How the Grinch Stole the Post Office
Armageddon Update – Taking The World By Storm
Puppet Regime – A Kremlin Christmas
Beau – Let’s talk about the post-Christian church…. (Oh wow.)
Yesterday was quiet enough. I frittered away some of it by looking at sales offered by a couple of my favorite supplers. The one at the knitting supplier awas particularly impressive – knitting needles originally offered at %25-$30 going for $2.99 ( and that’s not an inflated price range – I have paid that much before for needles made from rosewood.) Anyway, I did manage to get things posted – as if you couldn’t tell.
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Short Takes
The New Yorker (Borowitz) – Chris Wallace Ecstatic About Never Riding Elevator with Tucker Carlson Again
Quote – Stressing that his decision to leave Fox “wasn’t about money,” Wallace said, “At CNN+, I’ll never have to ride an elevator with Tucker Carlson, and you can’t put a price tag on that.”
Click through for the happiest photo of him that I for one have ever seen. I’m just as sure this is true as I am that he didn’t really say it out loud. But Andy seems to channel people very well.
ITPI – Yes, this Florida school actually raised test scores by installing street lights
Quote – What I [Jeremy Mohler] love about the community school approach is that it looks at public education as what it truly is: a public good. Meaning, it benefits the common good if all of us have access to it.
Click through for story. This is the kind of activism that “Beau of the Fifth Column” (who shows up in the Video thread daily) advocates more than any other. It certainly points up the difference between a real community and a community merely called so on account of proximity.
Heather Cox Richardson – Letters from an American – December 12, 2021
Quote – Tonight the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol released a report urging Congress to hold Trump’s White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress after he has refused to honor a congressional subpoena…. Anyone out there who is concerned that they have not heard much from the January 6 Committee will take heart from this comprehensive document, concerning, as it does, only one witness. The committee must have an astonishing amount of material and a number of talented personnel to produce such a report.
Click trough for a whole lot more. Anyonne can subscribe to her for free, or buy a paid subscription and get more. Not every letter is a powerhouse – but when they are, they really, really are.
Food For Thought:
Glenn Kirschner – Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Trump; Announces “Direct Linkage” Between Trump & Capitol Attack
MSNBC – Brian Wiliams’s Farewell (It ends around 3:40 but I can’t cut off the end. Watch the rest if you want to.)
Thom Hartmann – Democracy’s Only Hope Is With BRAVE Progressives! [Thom says we are among the brave – we are paying attention. Not that those of us who see it don’t need to do more.]
politicsrus – Kentucky HD
Crooks and Liars – Jen Psaki (This is even more blunt than usual, and I applaud.)
If Smart TV Commercials Were Honest | Honest Ads
Beau – Let’s talk about the FDA, an FOIA, and 75 years….
Glenn Kirschner – NY AG Tish James Subpoenas Trump; Will he Testify or Plead the 5th?
Thom Hartmann – Generals LIED To Congress About Trump’s Jan 6th Coup! (Politico is pretty right leaning, so this message has particular credibility)
Rebel HQ – AOC Bluntly Drops Truth On Coward Republicans
Ring of Fire – Trump Supporters Harassing People Door To Door Looking For Voter Fraud
John Fugelsang – Caffeinated – 10 Facts About ‘Illegals:’ A Guide for Racist Idiots
Puppet Regime – Xi’s Xmas Surprise
Beau – Let’s talk about the thing we missed in Crenshaw’s speech….
Glenn Kirschner – Former DOJ Official Jeffrey Clark to Plead the 5th Amendment for Crimes he Committed w/Donald Trump
Lincoln Project – Last Week in the Republican Party
Ring of Fire – Corporations Are Using Inflation As An Excuse To Jack Up Prices For Consumers
Represent Us – Why We Should Make Election Day a Holiday (Look, I’m not opposed to making Election Day a holiday. But I am violently opposed to the idea that doing so will solve all out electoral problems. Frankly, that strikes me as elitism and privilege at its ugliest. Making Election Da a holiday will not enfranchise low income workers paid hourly in call centers, retail establishments, and places like hospitals and prisons where some one must work, holiday or no holiday. In fact, it may further disenfranchise the poorest, who are desparate to cover minimum expenses – time and a half or double time are a great incentive not to vote. Unless we also make voting by mail, no reason required, nationally available, safe, and dependable, and continue to support early voting and making more places available to vote, all the holidays on the world are not going to enfranchise the people who need it the most.)
Liberal Redneck – Liberal Redneck – SCOTUS and the “Pro-Life” Crowd
Brent Terhune – Black Friday
Beau – Let’s talk about a video for grown ups…
Glenn Kirschner – Justice in a Georgia Courtroom: Three Men Convicted of Murdering Unarmed Jogger Ahmaud Arbery
MSNBC 1 – Three Men Found Guilty In Death Of Ahmaud Arbery
MSNBC 2 – Rep. Swalwell: They Are Getting Closer To The Commander Of Insurrection, Donald Trump
The Hill – Psaki Shuts Down Reporter Who Asks About Biden Spending Thanksgiving In Nantucket Of course it was Baby Dooce)
Every Hallmark Thanksgiving Movie Ever (Hey, I looked hard for this.)
Wild Horse Immediately Recognizes His Girlfriend After Years Apart
Beau – Let’s talk about bad news for DeJoy and good news for the postal service…. Apparently this process was under Beau’s radar – wee all knew exactly how this would go, just not when. And, yes, DeJoy gifted Bloom a whole lot of money in stock. It wasn’t 4D chess. It was just a President who knows how government works.
Glenn Kirschner – Defendant Jacob “QAnon Shaman” Chansley Sentencing to 41 Months in Prison for Capitol Attack
Meidas Touch – Kyle Rittenhouse NOT GUILTY verdict will inspire more vigilante killers
MSNBC – Media Dilemma: How To Cover Indecent Politicians Without Amplifying Them? (Sadly, Rachel is one of very,very few who even ask this question. But it’s nice for me to know that another of the very, very few is in Denver.)
politicsrus – Kevin Is a Creep
Caffeinated with John Fugelsang – Ep #3 Bribe Back Better
Puppet Regime – Obstreperous Turkey
Beau – Let’s talk about bad news for DeJoy and good news for the postal service….
Glenn Kirschner – New Reporting Reinforces Trump’s Criminal Liability for Avoidable COVID Deaths: An Analysis
CNN – Jim Acosta and Carl Bernstein It was a couple of days ago – but it is substantial.
Ring of Fire – Investigation Says 13 Trump Officials Broke The Law During 2020 Campaign
Crooks and Liars – Lauren Boebert
Mrs. Betty Bowers – One Nation Under the Wrong Impression
The Five Laws Of Stupidity
Beau – Let’s talk about Bannon being indicted and the impacts….