Jeri Smith-Ready

(as if I watched it all the time or even once in the past)

"I am willing to wear a wire and set Jesus up."

Wait...Ghislaine Maxwell is not on the Kennedy Center Honors list?

Whew with these recipients I won't mind missing this year's Kennedy Center honors thingie.

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Trump takes on D.C., sort of, in a rambling news conference full of lies It's bad. But there are limits to the steps Trump actually took on Monday — and reasons why he could take these steps — that are worth noting.

NEW: Trump takes on D.C., sort of, in a rambling news conference full of lies.

It's bad. But there are limits to the steps Trump actually took on Monday — and reasons why he could take these steps — that are worth noting.

Today, at Law Dork:

This was my argument against it, back when I was 5. "How will we fit another star on the flag?"

This was my rationale against it, back when I was 5.

Obergefell v. Hodges made me believe in the whole "arc of history bends towards justice." In the 90s, I didn't think gay marriage would be legalized in my lifetime because homophobia was so deeply ingrained. We would have never gotten here without the decision and now it may be overturned.

Aaaah didn't know about this! I just reread The Stand in January.

A Show of Weakness, Not Power So far, Donald Trump’s D.C. law-enforcement surge appears mostly farcical.

gift link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

This is a really important corrective to a lot of reporting today. Trump did not—and cannot—federalize MPD. The police force remains under the ultimate control of the mayor.

And above all, do NOT say thank you.

Feels like we're just twiddling our thumbs, waiting for the sea cucumbers that make up the bulk of the American population to finally figure out that the GOP has in fact immanentized that eschaton.

At first glance this image looked to me like the surface of a water-based but terrifying planet.

It's crazy to think that, when the history of this period is written, the gutting of the federal bureaucracy and the loss of D.C.'s semi-autonomy will lead back to a character named Big Balls.

Future historians, I envy you.

the onion guy is posting this but it is real news

Lisa Murkowski warming up her stern-concern face muscles.

PRESS RELEASE Violent Crime in D.C. Hits 30 Year Low Friday, January 3, 2025 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia USADC.Media@usdoj.gov

WASHINGTON -Total violent crime for 2024 in the District of Columbia is down 35% from 2023 and is the lowest it has been in over 30 years, according to data collected by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and announced by United States Attorney Matthew M. Graves. A breakdown of the data is available here G. In addition to the overall violent crime reduction, homicides are down 32%; robberies are down 39%; armed carjackings are down 53%; assaults with a dangerous weapon are down 27% when compared with 2023 levels, with the District reporting the fewest assaults with dangerous weapons and burglaries in over 30 years.

the goons will likely try to scrub this but here’s what the official website of the US Attorney’s Office says about crime in DC (www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...)

So the “swap” is Putin gets 20% of Ukraine and Trump gets a slice of Crimea to go with his Gaza resort?

If we ever get our country back, DC statehood better be a First 100 Days issue.

The thing I hate most about today is that it’s probably better than tomorrow.

MSNBC absolutely DRAGGING Trump in real time, bringing the stats.

The irony is not lost on many in Washington that Trump says spitting on a DC cop is justification for hitting/punching back "hard" when he pardoned hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters who assaulted those same cops — and said attacks on them that day were "minor."

It would be really cool if DC had statehood.

“Big Balls” got beat up, and that’s a national emergency. The CDC got shot up, and whatever. Hey, it happens.

Schools get shot up and dozens of kids and teachers get murdered, and Republicans say, “too many doors!”

Actual regret like this--as opposed to the "he's hurting ME now it must be a mistake I still love him" syndrome--is rare, and we should welcome people who make that connection.

I need to check out Carol at the End of the World, because Bojack is one of my all-time faves. Hilariously sad or sadly hilarious? Yes!

mRNA vaccines can be modified and produced cheaply and quickly. This doesn't only help us respond to pandemics better, it enables researchers to rapidly test different treatment strategies for many diseases such as cancer. Cutting mRNA funding slows all of health research and makes us all sicker.

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