Hottest crime zone in Washington DC

Drop That Name !

Sounds plausible.

Useful thread here. Rocks and hard places…

Thank you Senator,

Our government is in the hands of the NRA: Nazis, Russians and Apartheid nostalgists.

“At long last my work here is done”.

“At long last my work here is done.”

In a nutshell.

In the grand tradition of the SNL cold open.

An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.

The shame of it all.

The artist as a contrarian. Wonderful.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell interviews President Biden.

What a first-rate interview of a smart, dedicated President looks and sounds like… before we forget.

She’s also excellent in Grand Hotel.

Joyeux Noël, yeah, yeah, yeah

Joyeuses fêtes à vous tous!

Woman Who Stowed Away on Paris Flight Tries to Flee by Bus to Canada The woman, Svetlana Dali, had been ordered to wear an ankle monitor after her arrest, but she cut it off and boarded a bus, a law enforcement official said.

Catch Me If You Can, 2024 reboot.

Woman Who Stowed Away on Paris Flight Tries to Flee by Bus to Canada www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/n...

My favorite entertainment reporter strikes again.

The Bee is picky when it comes to foreign words.

On la comprend.

Inside a Secret Plan to Bring Uyghurs Trapped in China to the United States On Thanksgiving eve, U.S. diplomats reunited family members who had not seen each other in years because of China’s harsh policies on the ethnic group.

Actual diplomacy at work.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/u...

Bonjour, Mira!

One thing to remember as Trump populates his administration with a cynic’s gallery of convicts, grotesques, and miscreants: Today’s toadies are tomorrow’s turncoats. Most of them will ultimately give him the shiv or vice versa. Trump’s pathologies conspire against loyalty.

Turns out, democracy also dies in broad daylight.

Exactly. Robert Altman’s Nashville comes to mind.