Mike Nock
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Thank you Liza and HRC. Love the #NORAD story! There was a time when Stephen Miller wouldn’t have fired Col. Harry Shoup and shut down the Combat Alert Center for the insubordination. www.youtube.com/watch?v=teda...
Tracking Santa’s Sleigh | Talk & Draw with Liza Donnelly and Heather Cox Richardson
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Thank you Liza and HRC. Love the #NORAD story! There was a time when Stephen Miller wouldn’t have fired Col. Harry Shoup and shut down the Combat Alert Center for the insubordination. www.youtube.com/watch?v=teda...
Missing #WestWing? You don’t even need to see the previous episodes in this series to love the Christmas episode of “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.” Bonus: Trombone Shorty / “O Holy Night.” tv.apple.com/us/episode/t...
The Christmas Show - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (Season 1, Episode 11) - Apple TV
As he helps prepare the holiday show, Matt remains determined to bring the Christmas spirit to Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Danny wrestles with his true fe…
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December 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Missing #WestWing? You don’t even need to see the previous episodes in this series to love the Christmas episode of “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.” Bonus: Trombone Shorty / “O Holy Night.” tv.apple.com/us/episode/t...
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
Reposted by Mike Nock
Presidents who attended Kennedy Ctr events since its opening in 1971 and did not dream of putting their names on it
Nixon
Ford
Carter
Reagan
Bush I
Clinton
Bush II
Obama
Biden
Very different people. None of them this vulgar.
Would have made more sense for DJT to put his name on the Supreme Court.
Nixon
Ford
Carter
Reagan
Bush I
Clinton
Bush II
Obama
Biden
Very different people. None of them this vulgar.
Would have made more sense for DJT to put his name on the Supreme Court.
December 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Presidents who attended Kennedy Ctr events since its opening in 1971 and did not dream of putting their names on it
Nixon
Ford
Carter
Reagan
Bush I
Clinton
Bush II
Obama
Biden
Very different people. None of them this vulgar.
Would have made more sense for DJT to put his name on the Supreme Court.
Nixon
Ford
Carter
Reagan
Bush I
Clinton
Bush II
Obama
Biden
Very different people. None of them this vulgar.
Would have made more sense for DJT to put his name on the Supreme Court.
A timely upgrade. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Pope Leo Names Illinois Bishop to Replace Cardinal Dolan in New York
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A timely upgrade. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
“What the world interprets as Italy’s eternal culinary self-confidence is, in reality, the afterglow of that moment. Italians did not inherit abundance. They walked into it, slightly dazed, like people entering the wrong cinema screen and deciding to stay.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The myth of traditional Italian cuisine has seduced the world. The truth is very different | Alberto Grandi
The comforting tourist-brochure idea of what Italian food looks like obscures a story shaped by hunger, migration and innovation, says Alberto Grandi, author and professor of food history
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
“What the world interprets as Italy’s eternal culinary self-confidence is, in reality, the afterglow of that moment. Italians did not inherit abundance. They walked into it, slightly dazed, like people entering the wrong cinema screen and deciding to stay.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The pathetic cowering of Republican politicians to the anti-gun-regulation extremism of the NRA the last 30 years was *the* foreshadowing precursor to Republican politicians’ pathetic Trump-cowering of the last 10 years.
December 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The pathetic cowering of Republican politicians to the anti-gun-regulation extremism of the NRA the last 30 years was *the* foreshadowing precursor to Republican politicians’ pathetic Trump-cowering of the last 10 years.
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Greatest city in the world.
December 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Greatest city in the world.
Feeling bearish all of a sudden on the prospect of Netflix winning the contest for Warner Bros. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
Jared Kushner, the President’s Son-in-Law, Is Part of Paramount’s Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Feeling bearish all of a sudden on the prospect of Netflix winning the contest for Warner Bros. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
“Business decisions and economics are part of it, but the business (and coverage) of this sport has warped too many of us into believing all that matters is the championship at the end. For 100 years, that’s not what college football was about.” www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
Notre Dame’s opt-out crosses a new line — and college football is worse off for it
Notre Dame may be upset, but the point of playing football is to play football.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“Business decisions and economics are part of it, but the business (and coverage) of this sport has warped too many of us into believing all that matters is the championship at the end. For 100 years, that’s not what college football was about.” www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
Saw this recently at a lovely little theater on the town square in #Oberlin. Absolutely worth seeing.
Ready to see what all the buzz is about?
Join our one time only, live watchalong of "The Last Class" on 12/8 with Robert Reich!
And don’t worry – it’s free. RSVP today:
Join our one time only, live watchalong of "The Last Class" on 12/8 with Robert Reich!
And don’t worry – it’s free. RSVP today:
RSVP For Our Last Class Live Watchalong
We're excited to offer a one-time-only live online watchalong of The Last Class film on Monday, December 8 at 5:30 pm PT
actionnetwork.org
December 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Saw this recently at a lovely little theater on the town square in #Oberlin. Absolutely worth seeing.
Super-cool @WSJ.com visual featuring one innovative urban design solution. Let’s do a couple of these #Cleveland. www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Office-to-Residential Conversions Are Booming and New York Is the Epicenter
A tour of Manhattan buildings you can now call home, and a peek inside the architectural hacks that make transformations possible.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Super-cool @WSJ.com visual featuring one innovative urban design solution. Let’s do a couple of these #Cleveland. www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Heard much of this great list when our kids were home for Thanksgiving. Fellow geezers may need to walk out of the kitchen for a couple of them.
www.theguardian.com/music/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/music/ng-int...
The 20 best songs of 2025
This year’s outstanding tracks – from post-punk rap to indie-disco and operatic pop – as voted for by 30 Guardian music writers
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Heard much of this great list when our kids were home for Thanksgiving. Fellow geezers may need to walk out of the kitchen for a couple of them.
www.theguardian.com/music/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/music/ng-int...
“At Brown and Harvard, more than 20 percent of undergraduates are registered as disabled. At Amherst, that figure is 34 percent.”
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Accommodation Nation
America’s colleges have an extra-time-on-tests problem.
www.theatlantic.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
“At Brown and Harvard, more than 20 percent of undergraduates are registered as disabled. At Amherst, that figure is 34 percent.”
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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www.cnn.com/2025/11/29/p...
“I think we just gotta quit electing knuckleheads. We have a very high knucklehead percentage compared to non-knuckleheads up here,” Rep. Tim Burchett said when asked about recent rise in tensions on the floor. “By and large, we just need to start electing better people.”
“I think we just gotta quit electing knuckleheads. We have a very high knucklehead percentage compared to non-knuckleheads up here,” Rep. Tim Burchett said when asked about recent rise in tensions on the floor. “By and large, we just need to start electing better people.”
‘What’s going on with this place?’: GOP faces a House in chaos | CNN Politics
House Speaker Mike Johnson already had one of the toughest jobs in Washington: controlling an unruly GOP conference, with its razor-thin majority on the line next November.
www.cnn.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
www.cnn.com/2025/11/29/p...
“I think we just gotta quit electing knuckleheads. We have a very high knucklehead percentage compared to non-knuckleheads up here,” Rep. Tim Burchett said when asked about recent rise in tensions on the floor. “By and large, we just need to start electing better people.”
“I think we just gotta quit electing knuckleheads. We have a very high knucklehead percentage compared to non-knuckleheads up here,” Rep. Tim Burchett said when asked about recent rise in tensions on the floor. “By and large, we just need to start electing better people.”
Still haven’t found a better #Thanksgiving song. Grateful today for benrectormusic.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwax...
Ben Rector - The Thanksgiving Song (Official Video)
YouTube video by Ben Rector
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November 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Still haven’t found a better #Thanksgiving song. Grateful today for benrectormusic.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwax...
“It’s just that the very things that make Thanksgiving so wonderful — the presence of family and friends, the time off from work, indulging in that extra serving of turkey — also make gratitude unnecessary.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Why Gratitude Is Wasted on Thanksgiving (Published 2019)
Feeling grateful has many benefits, but they aren’t needed when you’re already surrounded by friends and family.
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“It’s just that the very things that make Thanksgiving so wonderful — the presence of family and friends, the time off from work, indulging in that extra serving of turkey — also make gratitude unnecessary.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
11 things I (still) love about Thanksgiving
- Ultimate family holiday
- Kids home from school
- Macy’s parade
- Non-commercial (No gifts!)
- Smell of turkey roasting
- Multiple trip to @Heinens
- Sanctioned low-level gluttony
- Crowded table
- Spotlight on gratitude
- All day nostalgia
- 4-day wknd
- Ultimate family holiday
- Kids home from school
- Macy’s parade
- Non-commercial (No gifts!)
- Smell of turkey roasting
- Multiple trip to @Heinens
- Sanctioned low-level gluttony
- Crowded table
- Spotlight on gratitude
- All day nostalgia
- 4-day wknd
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
11 things I (still) love about Thanksgiving
- Ultimate family holiday
- Kids home from school
- Macy’s parade
- Non-commercial (No gifts!)
- Smell of turkey roasting
- Multiple trip to @Heinens
- Sanctioned low-level gluttony
- Crowded table
- Spotlight on gratitude
- All day nostalgia
- 4-day wknd
- Ultimate family holiday
- Kids home from school
- Macy’s parade
- Non-commercial (No gifts!)
- Smell of turkey roasting
- Multiple trip to @Heinens
- Sanctioned low-level gluttony
- Crowded table
- Spotlight on gratitude
- All day nostalgia
- 4-day wknd
Wait ! ? ! ? George Bush is alive?
George W. Bush, Liz Cheney to deliver tributes at Dick Cheney’s funeral service
George W. Bush, Liz Cheney to deliver tributes at Dick Cheney’s funeral service
Cheney passed away earlier this month due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.
dlvr.it
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Wait ! ? ! ? George Bush is alive?
There won’t be enough DC-region prison capacity for the thousands of criminals pardoned, employed, corrupted or enabled by Trump. Fortunately there’s plenty of room in Hell.
Pam Bondi’s Department of Justice memo 4 months ago obeying Trump’s order not to investigate or prosecute anyone involved with Jeffrey Epstein.
And Pam Bondi’s announcement today, obeying Trump’s order, that DoJ will investigate his political adversaries friendly with Epstein.
And Pam Bondi’s announcement today, obeying Trump’s order, that DoJ will investigate his political adversaries friendly with Epstein.
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
There won’t be enough DC-region prison capacity for the thousands of criminals pardoned, employed, corrupted or enabled by Trump. Fortunately there’s plenty of room in Hell.
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Kind of wild that while food assistance was withheld from millions of families, one Trump-supporting billionaire (Ellison) saw his net worth grow more this year than the entire SNAP budget. And the YTD gains of the other four richest men would’ve fully covered salaries for all 2M federal employees.
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Kind of wild that while food assistance was withheld from millions of families, one Trump-supporting billionaire (Ellison) saw his net worth grow more this year than the entire SNAP budget. And the YTD gains of the other four richest men would’ve fully covered salaries for all 2M federal employees.