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I have mostly been getting Global Warming news from Bluesky lately, and I have been preoccupied with COP30. I find that I have a backlog of climate-related e-mails. So today I am giving you the best of what I have received in the last month, with links...

Hello again, “gem” lovers! Here is today’s collection.

Russian forces conducted a series of missile and drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of December 3 to 4. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched two Iskander-M ballistic missiles from Rostov Oblast and occupied Crimea and...

Bombing the shit out of a bunch of small boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific to satisfy the blood lust of a demented old man is WRONG! The Senators and Representatives who go along with this are as complicit as the military officers who ordered the...

Happy Holidays to all, Happy Chanukah! We’ll return to our regular schedule with Bernstein in January. This month we are honoring a great Jewish-Ukrainian composer whose music was suppressed during his lifetime, in particular his 1st Symphony in...

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett was confronted on Fox News, of all places, with polling that shows most Americans have a negative view of the economy and blame it on President ...

Following a report that showed a spike in layoff announcements, a Fox Business reporter said it could be “good news” for President Donald Trump. The consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas ...

One of the most often repeated slogans from politicians of both parties is one that expresses their desire to regain control of government institutions that have been usurped by their opponents. They chant that they will "Take America Back" from the...

We sometimes forget that while super gross hyperconservative tech creep Peter Thiel founded Palantir Technologies, the data management/AI/surveillance juggernaut, it was co-founded and is currently ...

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona isn’t done wiping the floor with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. During a Center for American Progress event in Washington Thursday, Kelly was asked how he ...

Sunken Gardens in St Pete FL is one of my favorite places to spend an afternoon. They are always rotating plants in and out, so there is something blooming at every time of year. I come here at ...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey clapped back to President Donald Trump’s racist tirades against Somali immigrants in his city. Trump has recently taken to slandering Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of ...

The New York Times and its veteran intelligence reporter, Julian E. Barnes, filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon on Thursday, accusing the Defense Department of trampling on reporters’ First Amendment rights through a sweeping new set of reporting...

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, after calling Trump out at a stop in New York, California...

We all seemed to breathe a sigh of relief two weeks ago when it was reported the “Chainsaw” Musk’s DOGE and the DOGEbags had ceased operating inside our national government. It was a lie. Mike Masnick posted on TechDirt, Dec 3rd 2025, Forget Whether Or...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy appeared on CNBC on Thursday to defend the White House’s announcement that it would reverse fuel economy standards set during the former Biden administration. ...

Cartoon: GUGU GAGA, MAGA sobs MAMA! : “The TACO ruint my FUN” :-( NBF & Buynott! As the monster they’ve loosed on America, turns its lustful, graft sharpened teeth on them, MAGA no longer gets their ‘rocks off’ watching others suffer. But this level of...

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy � is � Now Open! � 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our � especially special Daily Specials, Me tro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays! Starting off in the Bistro C ...

The United States Institute of Peace has officially been named after President Donald Trump, with the egomaniac’s name now etched into the building. "This morning, the State Department renamed ...

The Tlingit are an Alaska Native people whose aboriginal homelands stretched along the Pacific coast for more than 400 miles. The Tlingit were 18 distinct and autonomous groups. Each group felt that ...

By � Samantha Liss � and � Sam Whitehead �for KFF Eliza Brader worries she soon will ...

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We Dems often suck at messaging, but now we have the perfect opportunity: The Epstein class. With this simple phrase, it connects so many dots. The Epstein class means the oligarchs who are OK with kidnapping, trafficking and raping children, with...

It’s the ECONOMY, stupid! TAKE ACTION Write, Email or CALL Capitol Switchboard (202) 224‑3121 to tell your elected officials to stop dropping sh*t on our cities. CLICK HERE to find your officials’ contact information. We must stand up and speak out,...

Welcome to my Picture of the Day. I’m showcasing photographs I have taken over the past 49 years. I hope my images can give your brain a short break from the chaos. You will be able to find ...

This was a better day for us.� The post op check with his GP went well.� He worked in the garden in the afternoon and I did a door prize DIY after meeting with Margie.� She has taken over the game ...

“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement,” Will wrote in his op-ed, which was highly critical of President Donald Trump’s foreign ...

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A bipartisan group of congressional leaders has asked Attorney General Pam Bondi for a briefing on when, exactly, she’s going to get around ...

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick appeared on CNBC on Wednesday, where he tried to massage Americans’ growing concerns over the economy. When asked by host Sara Eisen about the godawful jobs ...

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a panicked Trump ordered his MAGA Department of Justice to...

A cartoon by David Horsey. Related |� Two National Guard troops shot in ambush attack just blocks from the White ...

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy � is � Now Open! � 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our � especially special Daily Special; � Smothered Benedict Wednesdays! ...

Did you know that your refusal to purchase new devices is destroying the economy? It’s true, at least according to CNBC, the people who sell devices, and various economists. �The problem, you see,

The EU/UK plan to dump US Treasuries if the US abandons Ukraine starts to hint a growing global risk — the lack of underlying ability to trust. We are seeing it develop but haven’t tied it to the one big risk — are currencies going to cease to...

Welcome to my Picture of the Day. I’m showcasing photographs I have taken over the past 49 years. I hope my images can give your brain a short break from the chaos. You will be able to find ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected the US-Ukrainian peace proposal during his meeting with a US delegation in Moscow on December 2 and remains highly unlikely to accept any compromises short of his original war goals. Because Trump’s plans are...