Glenn Kirschner – Donald Trump Flips (Politically) on Mo Brooks. Could it be that Mo Brooks has Flipped on Trump?
Meidas Touch – Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson takes Senator Cotton to School!
Lincoln Project – Josh Mandel: Ohioans or Trump?
Robert Reich – Why Abortion Bans Aren’t Pro-Life
Armageddon Update – Havin’ Fun Yet?
Shirley Serban – Song for Ukraine and the World – Give Us Peace / Dona Nobis Pacem
Beau – Let’s talk about Rule 303 Belorussian style….
Glenn Kirschner – Jan. 6 Committee is Talking with Former AG Bill Barr, Signaling Further Trouble for Donald Trump
The Lincoln Project – Bloodlines
Ring of Fire – Some Of The Capitol Rioters Were Even Dumber Than Previously Thought
MSNBC – Records Request Points To Congressman’s Role In Assisting Fake Elector Meeting
Records Request Points To Congressman’s Role In Assisting Fake Elector Meeting
Liberal Redneck – Biden “Attacks the Press”
Mrs. Betty Bowers – Reading Ted Cruz
Beau – Let’s talk about agents, influence, and cultural opinion makers….
Glenn Kirschner – Trump’s Draft Executive Order for Military Seizure of Voting Machines: Deeply Dangerous+Dictatorial
Biden Inaugural Committee – Year One of the Biden-Harris Administration
Ring of Fire (co-produced) – New Report Reveals US Chamber Of Commerce Criminal History
Political Voices Network – Top 3 stories last week
Rebel HQ – Fauci Goes Scorched Earth On Conservatives (ROTFL at Ojeda’s name for R Paul !!)
Pitties Who Lost Their Dad Do a Magical Thing When Meeting Their New Family (hanky alert)
Beau – Let’s talk about Mitch McConnell’s tribute to Malcolm X….
Glenn Kirschner – With Supreme Court Ruling, the Investigative Circle is Tightening Around Trump in NY\GA\Congress
The Lincoln Project- Trump’s Judges
Thom Hartmann – Will Any Polling Station Be Left By 2022 Election?
Rebel HQ – Richard Ojeds addresses Joe Manchin
Farron Balanced – Ivanka Trump Called To Testify Before January 6th Committee
Corey Ryan Forrester – This Week in Southern History – Jimmy Carter Is Inaugurated
Beau – Let’s talk about Ivanka Trump and the heart of the Republic….
Glenn Kirschner – VA Gov Youngkin, a mini-Trump, Issues Legally Dubious & Dangerous Executive Orders on Day 1in Office
politicsrus – Say Something 2022
Farron Balamced – Authorities Tell Republican Texas AG He Can’t Hide His January 6th Involvement
Robert Reich – How to Avoid Burnout
Puppet Regime – Putin It Out There: Leverage 101
Rocky Mountain Mike – Sinema Girl
Beau – Let’s talk about Ukraine…. (Ordinarily I leave foreign policy to the experts, but Beau has an idea so creative [and funny]…)
Glenn Kirschner – Pres Biden & VP Harris Address Nation on 1/6 Anniversary, as 1/6 Committee Ratchets Up Investigation
The Lincoln Project – Biden
Liberal Redneck – January 6th Anniversary
In memoriam Sir Sidney Poitier
MSNBC – Capehart memorializes Sidney Poitier
Colbert – Abhor-Rent
Beau – Let’s talk about Schumer and the filibuster…. Beau has a VERY good idea.
Yesterday, nothing was predictable or went as expected. Butterfingers here dropped some things … and then picked up some other things, some probably dropped months ago (like 4mm beads, and earring backs.) Mislaid some things, found one that I’d been looking for. Got a package and found one item was missing but one was included I hadn’t ordered (and it wasn’t on the packing slip – and this is unheard of with this supplier.) Loaded some pictures for FFT to the library, and two just disappeared (they were still on my computer, but I had to find them in the trash to re-load them.) All just little things, but a bit disorienting. Nothing I can’t survive LOL!
Cartoon – 16 Voyager loaded
Short Takes
Mother Jones – What if Media Covered the War on Democracy Like an Actual War?
Quote – As we wind down a year that began with a televised insurrection and ends with detailed reporting on what a 2024 coup could look like, it’s more important than ever to stay grounded in that story. Call it the Big Story, in contrast to the Big Lie…. The Big Story did not begin on November 3, 2020, but it did enter a new chapter that day. Remember those surreal weeks, just barely a year ago? Protesters banging on doors at ballot-counting centers, Rudy Giuliani holding forth outside a landscaping shop, election officials reporting vile threats to their families?
Click through for more reality. Yes, Monika wants to raise funds, but who can blame her. It’s not like this isn’t important.
Crooks and Liars – Seems Like People Are Missing The Real Mark Meadows Story
Quote – The plan all along was to create a clash between “patriots” and antifa/BLM that would allow Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act and stay in office. Leftists threw a major monkey wrench into the plot by not showing up. (Thank you, leftists. Major props!)
Click through. It’s not long, and not a word is wasted. And she’s right. And I missed it too.
HuffPost – Final Child Tax Credit Payments Go Out Amid Doubt Over Program’s Future
Quote – As a main Democratic holdout in the Senate, Manchin has faced relentless questioning from reporters about his position on various elements of Build Back Better, and he lost his temper on Wednesday when HuffPost followed up with a question about whether he supported continuing the child tax credit in its current form. “This is bullshit,” he said. “You’re bullshit.”
Click through for backstory, and consequences. I find this situation painful, and I don’t even have kids.
Food For Thought:
Yesterday, I visited Virgil.The sun wasn’t that bad in the morning, although I think I will start looking at the almanac hor how the time of sunrise moves. From four weeks ago to two weeks ago, the sunrise got ten minutes earlier. From two weeks ago to this visi, sunset got a total of two minutes earlier, and all of that was in the first few days – it’s been the same for nine days in a row. So I’m sort of expecting it to start getting later instead of earlier in a day or two. The days will still get shorter until the soltice, but all of that will come from the sunrise getting later, and none from the sunset getting earlier. The visit was good, and Virgil returns all greeting with thanks.
Cartoon –
Short Takes
From an email from Democracy for America:
[On Thursday,] at the direction of Mitch McConnell, Joe Manchin, and Kyrsten Sinema moved forward with a one-time exemption to the filibuster to raise the debt ceiling.
That’s right, Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, who have both previously stated that they would not support any filibuster exceptions under any circumstances, even to protect voting rights, just made an exception to the filibuster.
If Manchin and Sinema are going to make an exception to the filibuster when McConnell wants to, they should be bending over backwards to make that same exception to protect voting rights.
Join DFA as we tell Manchin, Sinema, and all Senate Democrats: If you’re willing to make an exception to the filibuster in order to raise the debt ceiling, you must make that same exception to protect voting rights.
Law & Crime – Our First Look at Josh Duggar Immediately After Child Porn Conviction and Months Ahead of Sentencing
Quote – Other court records indicate that the jury began deliberations at 12:17 p.m. on Wednesday. They asked for a recording of an interview with Duggar himself to be re-played — and it was, in its entirety — before jurors retired to deliberate once again. Court recessed for the day around 5:00 p.m. The jurors returned for about an hour and a hate Thursday before returning a verdict at 10:07 a.m.
Click through for more. This story just begs for snark, and both Wonkette and Crooka and Liars did not disappoint – but it’s also serious, so I decided to cover it from this source.
HuffPost – Tucker Carlson’s Jan. 6 ‘Agent Provocateur’ Is A Big Tucker Fan And An Amateur Cardinals Mascot
Quote – But the man is no fed. He is mainly known to St. Louis Cardinals fans as “Rally Runner,” HuffPost has learned, and he sprints around the outside of Busch Stadium during home games. Based on the man’s Facebook posts, he appears to have a fairly difficult life and has a tenuous relationship with reality. And he’s a huge Tucker Carlson fan.
Click through for more facts, and, sadly, more insanity (disturbing but valuable to grasp what we are up against.)
Food for Thought –
