More snow pics! Shoveling allowed me to see all this beauty! Gust of wind showered the air w snow falling from trees in photo on right, as if they were shaking themselves off! Took a quick pic, then did some editing…

Yes, indeed!

Unusually warm fall in Chicago area, well over a ft of snow in past week… many leaves still on trees…so beautiful in the snow! #NatureHeals

I would like to propose legislation where parents of children that die or infect another child due to not being vaccinated be charged with manslaughter. If they honestly believe what they preach then they should have nothing to worry about.

Michael McFaul is really smart, so what he says absolutely gives me hope. There is SOOO much tht will need repairing whn we finally rid ourselves of Trump & his utterly corrupted Repub party…

Sounds intriguing, but I hate the idea of Alfre Woodard as a villain!

Trump Cognitive Test TBR Sunday Read

Love this cognitive test proposed 4 Trump by Andy Borowitz! Read it & laugh, before we all weep…https://open.substack.com/pub/borowitzreport/p/trump-cognitive-test-ef7?r=ad2kx&utm_medium=ios

YouTube video by Democracy Docket Stop Ignoring These Warning Signs From Trump's DOJ | Joyce Vance

Great interview of Joyce Vance by Mark Elias, two democracy heroes! Worth a listen! youtu.be/ZPsHT6MIFNc?...

Nauseating and pathetic.

Glad to see my senator speaking up and speaking out. Even among Dems, overall, there hasn’t been enough of this. Seems 2 b starting, slowly, 2 change. #DoTheRightThing

Opinion | What We’ll Never Know About the Trump Pardons

Great assessment of the inanity (or one could just as easily say insanity) of Trump v. U.S. I would add two further points (a) whether Trump will be paid off in cryptocurrency & (b) why the prior failure of the Emoluments cases set a terrible precedent.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/o...

Beautiful sentiment. Congrats to them both!

Himes: "I think it's really important this video by made public ... it's important people see what it looks like when the full force of the US military is turned on two guys who are clinging to a piece of wood and about to go under just so they have a visceral feel for what it is we're doing"

Spot on, Mr. Rather. 🎯 💯

This guy is a true American hero. Appreciate him.

Mark Kelly: "They are not silencing me. I'm still speaking out. I still am going to do my job every single day regardless of whether this president wants to kill me, hang me, execute me, or shut me up. I'm not gonna shut up."

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Saturday Report 12/6/25 — MAGA Mistletoe: Is "Daddy’s Home" Trump’s Strongman Branding? The Best of the Rest of the News and Opinion...

Enlightening yet creepy explanation of wht Trump admin is up to. We must continue& accelerate the fight 2 stop him. open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...

December 5, 2025 Late last night, the Trump administration released the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) of the United States of America.

Absolutely terrifying report re where U.S. is going. This man simply must b stopped. Did Putin write this? It’s certainly not springing frm Trump’s addled brain! open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Gotta love Rachel Maddow! Maybe Americans r finally waking up frm thr anger over price of eggs tht led thm 2 vote 4 the “othr guy” last year.

Pretty funny! Wouldn’t want him under my house, but he looks kinda cute in there, all cozy…

Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits Contact Congress today!

While Mike Johnson is running around trying to act like he’s not the most incompetent Speaker in US history, we’re pushing hard to extend the ACA tax credits for millions of Americans.

We’re almost there, and you can help!

Wow, I didn’t know this. Big, big mistake.

Koh: This is not about justice. This is about power. This is about a Secretary of Defense so drunk off alpha male bullshit that he's willing to take lives to get off on that power.

Tell the truth. It’s not hard 2 find.

CARTOON OF THE DAY

Let's Get Real: US Healthcare Is an Industry, Not a System Insurance and hospital corporations embrace higher profits over patient safety.

We have an industry that uses patients as widgets and counts profits as the only desired measure of success.

The Military Under Trump And more...

Helpful, yet disturbing, explanatory piece by Joyce Vance…wht she shares re the SCOTUS approval of TX redistricting is esp shocking, yet sadly not suprising. Cn’t wait until Dems win Congress & WH & expand court! open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

So thrilled w my Xmas Cactus! It was my mom’s last Chanukah gift to me back in 2018, and since I moved it up to my sunroom, it blooms multiple times a year! It’s so happy! It makes me happy, too, & we need tht these days!

US Congress has the power to help Ukraine. It’s time to use it About the author: Gregory P. Wilson is a consultant, author, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Oct. 24 is not a memorable date, but it was an important mom...

US Congress has the power to help Ukraine. It’s time to use it