Friends! Mr Penguin sang to the Triplets! They didn’t run away, and were quite intrigued, although perhaps not as impressed as they should be. Baby Dog was so happy to hear the singing! I feel I have given Percy long enough in the Sleigh - if he doesn’t vacate it today, SleighGate 🛷 might begin!

ok it is time for me to hibernate for the season
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well

Violence has no place in America. Michelle and I are praying for the servicemembers shot in Washington, DC today, and send our love to their families as they enter this holiday season under the most tragic of circumstances.

Friends! Mum has so little time at the moment with Dad not here, but she’s trying to do a bit of Christmas prep every day. Look what she got out of the loft! It’s the SLEIGH 🛷 and MR PENGUIN! 🐧 Percy likes the Sleigh a bit too much… I’m waiting for my turn!

THE GROUND HOG IS BACK

This is Scotchy. He is here to collect the belly rub toll. Would like to remind you that failing to pay results in a fine of even more belly rubs. 12/10 (TT: scotchythedoxie)

a bichon frise is sitting (or standing? laying down? hard to say, for reasons that will become apparent) on a light carpet and staring directly at the camera. her fur is teased out to form a perfect sphere, and her legs are nowhere in sight, so she just looks like a white orb with a little black nose and judgmental brown eyes.

a very round blob of dog is looking up at you from a light carpet with wide, intrigued eyes. there’s just the faintest smudge of discoloration around her mouth, but you better not make her self-conscious about it.

the round bichon is resting at the edge of an orange leathery sofa, but this time, her two front paws are hooked over the front edge of the seat, so we can confirm she actually has legs. jury was out until now.

This is Teena. She has heard your cotton ball jokes and is not impressed. 12/10 (IG: bichon_punta)

Excuse me! It’s Ron here. I wanted you to know that, every day, I look after Baby Dog. If he spills a biscuit when he’s eating, I pick it up for him. Also I let him snuggle up to me in the Favourite Sofa Spot so he doesn’t get cold. I think you’ll be pleased to hear this 🧡

Chums! Baby Dog here. Thank you SO MUCH for all your comments yesterday - what a gorgeous bunch of friends you are ❤️
Mum is doing all my walks at the moment. Yesterday I was Very Popular and made two new friends when we were out! I love making friends 🐴🐦‍⬛

Friends! Dad is having to stay at Grandma’s to look after her for a couple of weeks, so Mum is juggling everything on her own. I decided I should help more by being Hall Monitor. It’s a Tough Job! So much Shenanigans goes on - even under my watch ❤️ #Caturday

Chums! Baby Dog here. I know you’re all worried about what the Triplets will do to the Christmas Tree. I see it as my job to keep them Entertained and Distracted. Here I am doing a GREAT JOB of that. Mum isn’t quite so pleased that she has to pick the sofa cushions up off the floor 50 times a day! 🤎

Friends! Even though I’ve had words with the Triplets about respecting our Ornaments and Decorations, this was Ron last night. Even though I was watching him, he couldn’t help himself… and these aren’t even the Christmas Decorations! It doesn’t bode well 🎄

Friends! I thought you might like a #MalcysMindfulMoment this morning, so enjoy the calm before the Christmas Tree storm. Mum is sitting here PLANNING because last year’s ‘Christmas Tree Vs The Triplets’ was too stressful. Mum’s plan includes furniture moving around and a DIFFERENT Christmas Tree🎄

Excuse me! It’s Ron here. I would like to ask you to read Malcy’s Blog about Cats and Christmas Trees today. I helped Mum to help Malcy to write it, as you can see in this video. (Mum has learned to do EVERYTHING one-handed.) I think my input was useful (also, I am a Cuddle Monster!) 🧡

Friends! After kicking off #BedGate again yesterday, Baby Dog continues to be awkward. Here, he has managed to secure the Favourite Sofa Spot, but not with enough room to lay down. If it was Cleo and Percy in the way, he might shove them off, but it’s Ron and me. He’s in a dilemma! 😹

The framing of this by CNN implies she's talking about bad candidates, but she isn't. She's saying this country hates women. People say look at Mexico or Germany, they elected women. Yes. Because they, as a country, don't hate women nearly as much as we do. Fucked up shit. She's not lying.

A foreign country bribed the president with a bar of gold.

Where are my Originalists at?

This is Archie. He's deaf and doesn't hear when his humans get home. Luckily, his little brother Frankie lets him know with a gentle nudge to make sure he doesn't miss the moment. 14/10 for both (TT: melissamilne)

From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."

the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”

Friends! This was yesterday’s video of Baby Dog being naughty! So now you can watch this AND today’s video, posted just before this one xx

Excuse me! It’s Percy here. Guess what? Baby Dog’s head smells of CHEESE 🧀
Why??? It’s making me hungry. Malcy said something happened yesterday with a Doritos Packet…? I don’t know what happened but I’ll be hanging around with Baby Dog most of today because he also tastes good 😸

On manoeuvres
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.. VICTIM spent hours at my house with him

I’d started to wonder whether the Epstein files were a bit of a macguffin, but no no they implicate the President of the United States in a pedophilia ring—and show the entire Republican Party as well as much of the federal government has been baldly covering it up. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Oh good I was worried some hungry people might get some food

This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.

Brown, white and black Corgi dog with orange bandana looks very happy. He is a rescue.

Kip would like you to know that #therapydogs can also be lapdogs.

Disgusting. You engaged in political gamesmanship using them as pawns knowing they would get harmed and now you question *their* patriotism because some of them aren't wealthy like you and didn't want to work a high stress job for no pay?

We only rate dogs. This is a family of Suburban Gold Fairies. It's rare for them to travel together like this. Very magical but please only send dogs. Thank you... 13/10 for all (TT: hdbrosriley)

Breaking WSJ:

Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.