As state legislatures convene around the U.S. this month, several knife-edge fights for partisan control have magnified the degree to which political polarization has become ingrained, not just in Congress, but in statehouses across the country.

"In the midst of the joy and relief, there was a profound sense of gratitude for simply being alive. We hadn’t forgotten the past, but in that fleeting peace, we allowed ourselves to remember how to hope again."

Pam Bondi, Trump’s pick for attorney general, refused to acknowledge Trump’s loss to Biden in the 2020 election while being questioned by senators during her confirmation hearing.

One of the mistakes I see democrats make is we dehumanize our opponents. That has to stop. You’re not dealing with monsters or robots or demons you’re dealing with something far worse- we’re dealing with intelligent but EVIL people who want bigotry and oppression to be the norm

From @ennui365

🚨 Osechkin's sources confirm the Azerbaijani passenger plane was hit by Russian air defense over Grozny.
Russian security services are seeking "cooperation" from Azerbaijan & Kazakhstan to bury the truth.
FSB is raiding military bases in occupied Chechnya to destroy evidence.

Sorry but you misspelled welfare queen.😁😉

https://bsky.app/profile/missingthept.bsky.social/post/3kcevpp7crr2w

In 1659, the the Puritans in Massachusetts enacted a law that declared that Christmas was sacrilege and exchanging of gifts, greetings, and wearing fine clothing on that day was Satanic. Anyone caught celebrating was fined 5 shillings. (About 5 days wages.)

The "War on Christmas" was an inside job.

Merry Christmas from us to you 🎄🎁💙 We launched Trending Topics today, and you can find it by tapping the search icon on the bottom bar of the app or the right sidebar on desktop.

🚨 EstLink-2 undersea electricity cable connecting Finland and Estonia sabotaged by Russia on Christmas Day. Oil tanker Eagle S suspected of dragging its anchor over the cable after departing Russian waters in the Gulf of Finland earlier in the day.

Lucas Raymond is making a name for himself in Hockeytown! 🐙

Watch the @MapleLeafs vs. @DetroitRedWings tonight at 7p ET on @Sportsnet or stream on Sportsnet+

💥 Russia: Ukrainian strikes on an oil depot in Oryol region.

I wrote about the Flynn Ordeal. I hope you'll give it a read:

open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

Ben Folds and Jeremy Irons should get together and start a dry cleaning business.

They could call it Ben and Jerry's.

Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and vetted and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like

Hawks fans chanting "the Earth is round" as Kyrie Irving goes to the line

This needs to be said, loud, and often.