Karen Grigsby Bates

When the optimists say “this is not who we are,” I have to think”apparently it is.” Please post some positive examples of people helping people to counter this.

MS Now reports Kash Patel is heading to the Milan/Cortina Olympics—on the FBI jet. (What? cause there are no commercial flights that can go there? Even if he and his entire retinue took over first class, it would still be cheaper than flying him on the FBI’s bird…

If they don’t want Talaricoon. -‘ guessing they won’t allow Hasnine Crockett’s name to be mentioned, let alone have that candidate appear.

Times leadership is treating the paper like a public trust; they’re trying to figure out how to best get the news and service elements to the public. It’s working. Post leadership treats their paper as a business; profits drive their editorial decisions and we’re seeing the result.

👍🏽

The Puerto-Rican-specific details in this thread about Bad Bunny’s performance are worth reading:

If I was the head coach of a team that just won the Super Bowl, tradition be damned: I’d go to war with the first person who dumped Gatorade on my fresh blowout.

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

It was so bad, some civilians with skills did some of the repairs themselves, because nobody was coming to do it.

Photo first aired on the cover of the National Lampoon about 50 years ago: “Buy this magazine it we’ll kill this dog!” I bought a copy, took it on the D train, and laughed all the way to work. Wouldn’t today. Even fake-killing a dog isn’t funny.

Okay, that Dunkin commercial was pretty funny. And, I’m guessing, pretty expensive.

No, but I’ve seen several comments about it on this platform.

Truly.

Or maybe not so giant, and that’s part of the problem?
#compensation

He didn’t thank any of the reporters and editors who produced the content that made the Post one of America’s best newspapers. Didn’t thank a single one.

So far it has been revealed that the WH Faith Director advisor is pushing group sales of Melania tickets to her email lists, a GOP Rep seeking Trump’s endorsement is buying them in bulk and giving them to primary voters, and military commanders are pressuring troops to buy tickets.

For those who don't know, Luttig was once considered the intellectual heir to Scalia. He was about as conservative a judge as you could find...

a woman wearing a white tank top and a pink necklace holds her fists up in the air ALT: a woman wearing a white tank top and a pink necklace holds her fists up in the air

This.

It’s not, but if, God forbid, you end up in the Emergency Medicine end of a hospital, it’s good to know a bit about how they work. That waiting room, for instance, is 9th circle—and real.

How the Supreme Court Secretly Made Itself Even More Secretive

How the Supreme Court Secretly Made Itself Even More Secretive www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

“We cannot mistake our symbolic wins as structural ones. And state violence is a structural problem.”

Dr Tressie McMillam Cottom re why abolishing ICE isn’t a complete answer. It’s complicated.

Yes! I talked w Charlie about this a couple of times for stories. Smart, engaging man w a wry sense of humor. He said “people need to understand that in the South, EVERYBODY Black had a gun.” Including MLK. If not for hunting, then for self protection. Made nightriders think twice.

Fox, henhouse, etc.

Congratulations! You and Gracie will be good company for each other—wishing you many happy years together!

You’re right. Also, that rubber/silicone band is jarring, considering the bedazzled watch.

Yaaaaay Ryan Coogler!!! #Sinners is the most-nominated film in Oscars history, including Best Picture, Best Actor! Congratulations!

Depends on where your hotel is located, and how old it is. (City w water problems? Old hotel w ancient, maybe corroded pipes? Nope.)

Surrender????

Valentino Garavani, Regal Designer and Fashion’s ‘Last Emperor,’ Dies at 93

One of the greats. And one of a few who made haute couture for women who had real bodies. (Elizabeth Taylor, Princess Grace, Oprah.) R.I.P.

Valentino Garavani, Regal Designer and Fashion’s ‘Last Emperor,’ Dies at 93 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/s...

If you're a Democrat who's resisting the increasingly popular calls in your party to abolish ICE altogether and you're looking for some halfway measure, make it banning all masks and requiring clear badges and nameplates for all federal agents.

At the very least, we could ID the Proud Boys etc.