Prof. Stephen Farnsworth

Remind your children that they’re fasting because of the Lord and not because you can’t afford groceries.

Tips For Observing Lent https://theonion.com/tips-for-observing-lent/

The Washington Post slashes its newsroom staff.

Has NBC yet responded to criticism thst it muted boos of the vice president at the Olympics? We’re waiting.

How proposed congressional map impacts Northern Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a bill putting Virginia congressional redistricting to a vote. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on the local impact.

On WRC-TV 4 DC talking about Virginia's new NOVA-friendly congressional map, which may go to the voters in April. www.nbcwashington.com/video/news/p...

I will never understand how it wasn't obvious to everyone that crypto has no real function except speculation and crime

YouTube video by CTV News Trump threatening tariffs against European countries is an attempt at leverage: analyst

On CTV News Canada over the weekend talking about President Trump and Greenland.
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Opinion | Virginia belongs at the top of the presidential-election calendar Virginia belongs at the front of the line.

In honor of the Virginia Democratic plan to kick off the 2028 presidential nomination contest - my 2012 Washington Post opinion column suggesting that very thing. wapo.st/4r09kUw

What to watch as Virginia’s 2026 General Assembly returns to Richmond • Virginia Mercury With Spanberger taking office, lawmakers reconvene this week to tackle abortion, voting rights, redistricting and a new state budget amid fiscal headwinds.

In the Virginia Mercury today talking about the upcoming Virginia legislative session. virginiamercury.com/2026/01/12/w...

On the left: an illustration of two men in a snowy forest with a horse-drawn sled, collecting maple sap. On the right: "How Quebec farmers took on Vermont’s maple syrup king—and won. The David-and-Goliath fight with an American tycoon who had cornered the market.”

An overconfident business tycoon from Vermont. A public servant with a history of spurring people into action. These are the players that transformed the business of making maple syrup—and shifted the industry’s power north of the Canada-US border. thewalrus.ca/how-quebec-farme...

It’s worth revisiting this NY Post cover from January 8, 2025 (a year ago), now that Trump is invoking the name “The Donroe Doctrine” to describe his plans.

Ballots, tax returns and other important mail may not get postmarked the day you turn it in, Postal Service warns | CNN Politics If you rely on postmarks when casting your ballot, filing your taxes or paying bills, a new US Postal Service rule makes it clear that you should plan ahead.

Why isn't there more shouting about this? This is the USPS undermining mail-in ballots. They find every opportunity to subvert voting and democracy.
Ballots, tax returns and other important mail may not get postmarked the day you turn it in, USPS warns
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The dragon porch goose is the energy I’m bringing into 2026, and I invite you to join me.

YouTube video by MeidasTouch 🚨 FULL JACK SMITH VIDEO DEPOSITION ON TRUMP CRIMES

WATCH NOW: The full deposition of former Special Counsel Jack Smith released by the House Judiciary Committee

Phone Searches at U.S. Borders: What Travelers Need to Know Customs agents have broad authority to search the electronic devices of travelers entering and leaving the U.S. Here are tips for keeping your data safe.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have broad authority to search the electronic devices of travelers entering and leaving the country. Here are tips for keeping your data safe.

There it is. The final print edition, after more than 150 years, of the Atlanta Journal Constitution

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Universities embracing generative AI be like:

Deported and Imprisoned Archives A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...

CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.

You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...

WOW. They're not going to air their special on CECOT. I'd like to know who made this decision, and whether the federal government had a hand in it.

President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/qgeXZca

At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.

BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.

The right’s new false claim about missing signatures on ballots uses three of the five “moves” of misleading election rumors (#2, #4, and #5 from the image below):

DOJ Likely Pulled Photo of Trump from Released Epstein Files Read more here.

BREAKING: The Justice Department appears to have pulled a photo containing images of President Trump from the thousands of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein it released Friday.

Khanna: "The law clearly required all unclassified information being released today. They obviously have not complied with that law. They claim it's because it was only a few weeks -- well they've known about this for months."

UVA selected its December president

Anyone who is named president of UVA this month may not remain so for long. Same for the tenure of the current BOV members

U-Va. board likely to name president Friday amid calls to pause search A vote by the University of Virginia’s board would come after Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger (D) and others urged members to halt the search until she takes office.

The dean of the University of Virginia’s business school has emerged as the top candidate in the search for the flagship’s next president ahead of a board meeting Friday.

Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet

By this time next month, the wealthiest Americans will have already stopped paying into Social Security for the rest of 2026! Congress needs to #ScrapTheCap and make the wealthy pay their fair share like the rest of us!

The networks were afraid not to run Trump because they assumed he would use his office to punish them if they didn’t. The irony is that this is what Biden was warning about, a warning they chose not to share with America.

Dem Leaders Decide to Bury Damning Report on Why Trump Won in 2024 The Democratic National Committee has completed its long-awaited analysis on what went wrong in the 2024 campaign. But in a move that will attract intense criticism, it’s keeping the findings secret.

Everyone was probably going to cherry pick the report for the story line they wanted (Gaza? Groups? PACs? Woke v heartland, etc etc) but not releasing it doesn't help that dynamic newrepublic.com/article/2045...