Brian Williams - General McCaffrey - Flynn's Talk About A Coup Is Very Dangerous

Game

 Washington Post: QAnon resembles the games I design. But for believers, there is no winning. The trail of ‘clues’ plays the people who follow it By Reed Berkowitz - Reed Berkowitz has created educational, gaming and entertainment products for the U.S. and international markets.

QAnon revolves around a fantastical narrative that “Q,” allegedly a top-secret government operative, has been leaving clues on websites about a cabal of Satan-worshiping, child-abusing Democrats and “deep state” elitists who run the nation’s power centers, and that Trump and his allies were working clandestinely to fight back against them. Believers pick up guidance from multiple sources, including rabbit-hole-like social media hashtags, TikTok influencers...

8 News Las Vegas - Radar Confirms UFO Swarm Around Navy Warship

MSNBC - Former Defense Secretary On Why Its Necessary To Have Jan 6 Commission

Chuck Hagel - The Real Threat To U.S. Democracy Is Internal

Morning Joe - Beto - Dems Stopped One Of Worst Voter-Suppression Bills In The US

Normalcy

 Axios: America's summer of normalcy by Sam Baker

Parole

 Washington Post: The Endless Trap of American Parole - How can anyone rebuild their lives when they keep getting sent back to jail for the pettiest of reasons? By Jennifer Miller

Grief

NY Times: The Pandemic in the U.S. Has Vastly Improved. For These Families, the Worst Has Just Begun. Families losing a loved one to the coronavirus now described a surreal, lonely kind of grief, as the threat from the pandemic lessens in the United States. By Sarah Mervosh

The Beatles - Rooftop Concert

Always fun.

'Menopause Rhapsody'

Infects

Axios: QAnon infects churches by Mike Allen

Drug

 Washington Post: Alzheimer’s drug sparks emotional battle as FDA nears deadline on whether to approve - If cleared, the drug would be the first for slowing cognitive decline, but critics say the data does not prove it works By Laurie McGinley

Three

NY Times: China Says It Will Allow Couples to Have 3 Children, Up From 2 - The move is the Communist Party’s latest attempt to reverse declining birthrates and avert a population crisis, but experts say it is woefully inadequate. By Sui-Lee Wee

Morning Joe - Biden's Job Approval Stands Over 60 Percent In New Polling

Have An Excellent Memorial Day

  Today we reflect on the deep sacrifices men and woman have made to keep the dream of freedom and democracy alive in the USA, and we reject those perverse collaborators who attempt to subvert democracy in the name of patriotism.

work by Emma Haworth

 

MSNBC - Trump Org Was ‘Rotten To Its Core’ Says Deputy Assistant AG

Ari Melber - Colossal Failure - Trump’s New Blog Has Less Traffic Than Petfinder

CBS News - 100 Years Later - Survivors Of Tulsa Race Massacre Reflect Back

Flynn

 The Palmer Report: Michael Flynn may have finally given the Feds a way to work around his pardon and put him in prison by Bill Palmer

Australia

Guardian UK: Covid sent Australia’s carbon emissions plummeting in 2020 to lowest levels in 30 years - Pandemic put handbrake on transport emissions and slowed economic activity, while an uptake in renewables also helped drive down levels by Graham Readfearn

Manatee

 Guardian UK: Sharp rise in Florida manatee deaths as algal blooms hasten food depletion - Death toll at 749, on course to pass high mark set in 2018 Pollution including nutrient runoff kills seagrass by Richard Luscombe in Miami

D.C. Statehood

Washington Post: Opinion: My father’s words are being distorted by those who oppose D.C. statehood by Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

Methane

Washington Post: A ski company built a power plant fueled by methane. It’s a success, but can it be replicated? News of its success comes as the international climate community continues to debate how best to stop the warming of the planet, with a new emphasis on methane reduction By Annie Gowen

Losing Democracy

 NY Times: Is America’s Democracy Slipping Away? by Charles M. Blow

And how does a segment of the population that is losing its numerical majority...maintain control in a democracy? It abandons the basic tenets of democracy, that’s how.

Rosanne

 NY Times: Death of QAnon Follower at Capitol Leaves a Wake of Pain - Rosanne Boyland had never voted before 2020, but she fell prey to dark conspiracy theories, family members said. She died on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, and they are still not sure why. By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Evan Hill

Texas

 NY Times: Texas Democrats Stymie G.O.P. Voting Bill, for Now - Republicans hit a significant stumbling block in their push to enact some of the strictest voting laws in the nation. But they could yet pass the measures through a special session of the Legislature. By Nick Corasaniti

The Market Is Closed On Monday

  Wall Street is closed for Memorial Day and reopens on Tuesday.

CNBC:  U.S. Covid cases near pandemic low as travel picks up for Memorial Day weekend by Nicolas Vega

Weekend!

  Have an excellent weekend and see you bright and early Monday morning.

'Heart Sutra'

Chris Hayes - NYT - Feds Probing If Ukrainians Used Rudy Giuliani To Meddle In 2020 Elections

Sabotage

 New Yorker: The Particular Psychology of Destroying a Planet - What kind of thinking goes into engaging in planetary sabotage? By Bill McKibben

To Its Core

 Raw Story: Trump Org appears 'rotten to its core' — their modus operandi was 'corrupt': - legal expert by Bob Brigham

Sounds Good

Raw Story:  Exclusive: Michael Cohen tells Raw Story indictments are coming within 60 days in Trump criminal probe by Mike Rogers and Shannyn Moore

Amazing

 

How To Make An Outdoor Sofa

MSNBC - What Happens Next For An Investigation Into Jan. 6 Capitol Attack

RoF - Matt Gaetz Tells Crazed Citizens They Have A Right To Attack The Government

Summer Travel

 Axios: Summer travel is forecast to be stressful by Hope King

More

 Washington Post: Opinion: A GOP senator’s angry shaming of Mitch McConnell demands more from Democrats by Greg Sargeant

Budget

 NY Times: Biden’s $6 Trillion Budget Aims for Path to Middle Class, Financed by the Rich - The president’s budget envisions a redistribution of wealth that will allow more Americans to enjoy prosperity, and it invests in climate change, education and infrastructure. By Jim Tankersley

MSNBC - Senator Murkowski Slams GOP For Blocking January 6 Commission

MSNBC - Schumer Speaks After Jan. 6th Commission Vote Fails In Senate

Got That Right

  The gap between the GQP and responsible governance just got even wider.

Axios: Schumer on Jan. 6 filibuster: Trump's "Big Lie" is now GOP's "defining principle" by Jacob Knutson

Russian Hackers

 Washington Post: Russian government hackers target civil society groups after compromising USAID email marketing account By Ellen Nakashima and Hamza Shaban

Despicable

 NY Times: Live Updates: Republicans Block Independent Commission on Jan. 6 Riot - Republican senators used the filibuster to prevent the creation of a panel modeled after the one that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks to scrutinize the assault on the Capitol. President Biden’s $6 trillion budget proposal will be released on Friday.

Lord Help Us

 Media-ite: POLL: 3 in 4 Republicans Believe Trump Supporters Are NOT to Blame for January 6th Capitol Attack By Colby Hall

Yet a full 73 percent of Republicans pin “some” or “a great deal” of responsibility on “left-wing protesters trying to make Trump look bad,” even though both the FBI and Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy have rejected the falsehood that leftist protesters were involved.

Have An Excellent Friday

 work by Armand Guillaumin 1840 - 1926

Lawrence O'Donnell - Rep. Ted Lieu - ‘It Can Only Get Worse’ For Trump With A 1/6 Commission

MSNBC - Texas Dems Push Back Against GOP Voting Rules

Chris Hayes - Embattled Trump CFO Now Tied To Inauguration Scandal

Witnesses

 The Palmer Report: Witnesses already lining up for Donald Trump’s grand jury indictment by Bill Palmer

Ingenuity

Guardian UK: Nasa’s Mars helicopter goes on ‘stressful’ wild flight after malfunction - Problem with camera-based navigation system saw helicopter wobble through the air in biggest tech issue Ingenuity has faced by Associated Press

Why

 Guardian UK: Revealed: majority of people charged in Capitol attack aren’t in jail by Lois Beckett

“I’m both surprised and not surprised. Most of these people are white...”

Again

Washington Post: The GOP’s brazen move to strip power from a fraud-narrative-busting secretary of state — again By Aaron Blake

Ryan

 Washington Post: Paul Ryan criticizes Trump’s hold on GOP, but not by name By Colby Itkowitz

Renters

NY Times: Low-Income Renters Who Fell Behind Face Staggering Debts - An analysis of New York renters in affordable housing found that the share of households owing more than $10,000 in arrears more than doubled, a year after the pandemic. By Stefanos Chen

Investigation

 NY Times: Prosecutors Investigating Whether Ukrainians Meddled in 2020 Election - The Brooklyn federal inquiry has examined whether former and current Ukrainian officials tried to interfere in the election, including funneling misleading information through Rudolph W. Giuliani. By William K. Rashbaum, Ben Protess, Kenneth P. Vogel and Nicole Hong

...focused on current and former Ukrainian officials suspected of trying to influence the election by spreading unsubstantiated claims of corruption about Mr. Biden through a number of channels, including Mr. Giuliani...

The Market On Friday

  Good morning. At 7:00 a.m. ET DOW futures are +166; the market is poised to open significantly higher.

CNBC: Russian hackers launch major cyberattack through U.S. aid agency’s email system, Microsoft says by Sam Shead

Ari Melber - Trump Org. Witness - I'm Facing Threats Over My 'Beat' Interview

Ari Melber - 'About Time' - Former Trump Exec Isn't Surprised By Criminal Probe

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche - Meditation With Pain

MSNBC - Senator Bennet - 'No One Hates Donald Trump More Than Mitch McConnell'

RoF - Arizona Audit Proves Republican Voters Really Hated Donald Trump

Barr

 Washington Post: Opinion: How William Barr served as Trump’s legal heat shield by Randall D. Eliason

Manitoba

 NY Times: The coronavirus is raging in Manitoba, hitting Indigenous people especially hard. By Ian Austen

Best

Get Pocket: What the Best Mentors Do - Mentorship comes in many flavors. It doesn’t always work unless leaders bear in mind a few common principles. by Anthony K. Tjan

MSNBC - Michael Steel On GOP Leaders Push To Block Jan. 6 Commission

MSNBC - Trump And Giuliani File Responses To Democrat Lawsuit Over Capitol Riot

The Lincoln Project - 'You Look'

Fall

 Axios: New coronavirus cases fall for fifth week by Sam Baker, Andrew Witherspoon

Plead

 Washington Post: Sicknick’s family and the police officers who protected lawmakers Jan. 6 plead with GOP senators to back investigation By Felicia Sonmez, Karoun Demirjian and Peter Hermann

Highways

 NY Times: Can Removing Highways Fix America’s Cities? By Nadja Popovich, Josh Williams and Denise Lu

Warped

Aeon:  The warped self - Social media makes us feel terrible about who we really are. Neuroscience explains why – and empowers us to fight back by Mark Miller

Obviously

 CNN: Romney says Republicans blocking January 6 commission 'would be seen as not wanting to let the truth come out' By Manu Raju and Ted Barrett

Have An Excellent Thursday

 work by Alexandra Dillon - paintings on unusual objects

Lawrence O'Donnell - Laurence Tribe - Trump Acting Like A Dictator With ‘Absolute Immunity’ Defense

Rachel Maddow - What Is A Special Grand Jury?

Brian Williams - How Will GOP Respond If Trump Gets The Book Thrown At Him?

Cornered

 The Palmer Report: Marjorie Taylor Greene is cornered by Bocha Blue

Adopt

 Guardian UK: Monkeys adopt ‘accent’ of other species when in shared territory – study - Brazilian Amazon primates found to adapt their calls to get along better with their neighbours by Natalie Grover

Lethal

 Guardian UK: Miami’s chief heat officer calls for action on ‘silent killer’ in climate crisis - Jane Gilbert urges greater federal and state response to lethal threat posed by rising temperatures by Oliver Milman

Zero

 Washington Post: Opinion: McConnell focuses ‘100 percent’ on blocking Biden — and zero percent on America by Dana Milbank

Global Warming, Raw Sewage, Dying Fish

Washington Post: A thick blanket of ‘sea snot’ is wreaking havoc on Turkey’s coast By Antonia Noori Farzan

And when it forms a layer that covers the water’s surface, it can set off a harmful chain of events, preventing fish from being able to breathe, causing mass die-offs...

Surrenders

 NY Times: A Wave of Afghan Surrenders to the Taliban Picks Up Speed - Dozens of besieged outposts or bases, and four district centers, have given up to the insurgents this month, in an accelerating rural collapse as American troops leave. By David Zucchino and Najim Rahim

Meet

 NY Times: ‘Witch Hunt,’ Meet Grand Jury by Gail Collins

If any of his business has survived, it’s at least in part because you the taxpayer were helping to bail him out by paying Trump properties for rooms the Secret Service rented while guarding the Trumps.

The Market On Thursday

  Good morning. At 6:50 a.m. ET DOW futures are -14; the market is poised to open slightly lower.

CNBC: New round of $1,400 stimulus checks brings total amount sent to about $391 billion by Lorie Konish

Chris Hayes - Trump Criminal Investigation Ramps Up - ‘Quick Sand Getting Thicker’

Better

 Wall Street Journal: Worried About a Difficult Conversation? Here’s Advice From a Hostage Negotiator. With chronic stress and flaring tensions, many of us are arguing with family and friends. Here’s how to achieve a better outcome. by Elizabeth Bernstein

MSNBC - Proud Boys Threats Cancel Clark County, Nevada GOP Meeting

'The Man Who Sold The World'

David Bowie

Rodney Dangerfield Stand-Up On The Tonight Show 1976

MSNBC - CFO Of Trump Organization May Influence Outcome Of Criminal Probe

Meet

 Washington Post: Opinion: Kevin McCarthy, meet Dr. Frankenstein by Karen Tumulty

Today's Headline Shooting

NY Times: Live Updates: 8 Killed in Shooting at San Jose Rail Yard - The gunman, whose home burned on Wednesday morning, was also dead, the authorities in Santa Clara County, Calif., said. They believe explosive devices were left inside the rail facility.

Morning Joe - Manhattan DA Convenes Special Grand Jury In Trump Probe

60 Minutes - Living Into Your 90s

CNN Confronts Woman Behind Bogus Arizona Election Audit

Pressure

 Axios: Mother of late Capitol Police officer pressures GOP senators on Jan. 6 commission by Orion Rummler

Stuck

 Washington Post: Trump isn’t ‘the former guy.’ We’re stuck with him. He isn’t done leaving his mark on American politics. by Rick Wilson

MGM

NY Times: James Bond, Meet Jeff Bezos: Amazon Makes $8.45 Billion Deal for MGM - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, while diminished, commanded a premium price, with Amazon seeking to bolster its crucial Prime membership offering. By Brooks Barnes and Nicole Sperling

The Lincoln Project - 'Conspiracy'

Joel Chadabe Dies

  Joel was one of my main music teachers, very influential. It was a pleasure being in his classes, very witty, open minded, sharp, knowledgeable. I will miss him. 

 NY Times: Joel Chadabe, Explorer of Electronic Music’s Frontier, Dies at 82 - As both a composer and an advocate, Mr. Chadabe devoted himself to what one music critic called the “marriage between humans and their computers.” By Alex Vadukul

Have An Excellent Wednesday

work by Kiki Smith 

 

Rachel Maddow - Trump's NY Criminal Probe Isn't The Only Investigation To Look Out For

MSNBC - Trump’s Tax Returns And The Level Of Data Uncovered

Chris Hayes - Trump Grand Jury Suggests Prosecutors Found Evidence Of A Crime

Overdrive

The Palmer Report: The Trump grand jury has sent the defeatists into overdrive by Bill Palmer

White

 Guardian UK: White male minority rule pervades politics across the US, research shows - White men are 30% of US population but 62% of officeholders - ‘Incredibly limited perspective represented in halls of power’ by Alexandra Villarreal

Blimp

 Guardian UK: Airships for city hops could cut flying’s CO2 emissions by 90% - Bedford-based blimp maker unveils short-haul routes such as Liverpool-Belfast that it hopes to serve by 2025 by Rupert Neate

Origins

 Washington Post: Top U.S. health official calls for follow-up investigation into pandemic’s origins - The theory that the virus came from a Wuhan lab has gained traction amid criticism of an international probe and reports that several researchers were ill in November 2019 — weeks before the virus was officially identified By Yasmeen Abutaleb, Shane Harris and Ben Guarino

Anniversary

 NY Times: Opinion: Republicans spent the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder trying to vote down a Black woman by Dana Milbank

Individualism

NY Times: Everyone Thinks Americans Are Selfish. They’re Wrong. By Abigail Marsh - Dr. Marsh is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Georgetown University, where she directs the Laboratory on Social and Affective Neuroscience.

Survived

 NY Times: Your Body Survived a Pandemic. Don’t Punish It With Diet Fads. Don’t let the weight-loss industry shame you into thinking “back to normal” means a return to intermittent fasting and appetite suppressant lollipops.

The Market On Wednesday

  Good morning. At 6:50 a.m. ET DOW futures are +78; the market is poised to open moderately higher.

CNBC: Malaysia now has more Covid cases per million people than India by Yen Nee Lee

Ai Melber - ‘Feeling The Pressure’ - Why The Trump Grand Jury Is Unique

RoF - Former Trump Officials Says That Trump Is Absolutely To Blame For Capitol Riot

CNN - Prosecutors Accidentally Reveal Part Of Giuliani Investigation

Convene

 Washington Post: Prosecutor in Trump criminal probe convenes grand jury to hear evidence, weigh potential charges By Shayna Jacobs and David A. Fahrenthold

Yes

 

CBS News - Why The Real Estate Market Continues To Explode

MSNBC - DOJ Partially Discloses Memo On Why Trump Wasn't Charged With Obstruction

Condemn

 Axios: GOP leaders condemn Greene's Holocaust comments, but accuse Democrats of antisemitism by Orion Rummler

Down

 NY Times: Opinion: How to knock down the filibuster by Jennifer Rubin

Commission

 NY Times: Why the Capitol Riot Inquiries Leave Room for a Broader Commission - Republicans have argued that the existing Justice Department and congressional investigations will address the assault. But they have strict limits. By Alan Feuer and Nicholas Fandos

Disgusting Pig

CNN: Trump responds to insurrection lawsuit by claiming immunity while he was President By Katelyn Polantz

Morning Joe - Stacey Abrams - Recounts Are Schemes Designed To Perpetuate Big Lie

Rodney Dangerfield On Carson

MSNBC - Family Of George Floyd Meets With Speaker Pelosi

Morning Joe - Anti-Semitic Attacks Make Troubling Spike Across U.S.

MSNBC - McCarthy - Greene Comparing Mask Mandates To The Holocaust Is 'Appalling'

Suppression

Washington Post: Opinion: No, Liz Cheney. Voter suppression laws have nothing to do with election security. by Jennifer Rubin

George Floyd

 NY Times: Live Updates: How America Is Marking the Anniversary of George Floyd’s Death - President Biden is set to host Mr. Floyd’s siblings and daughter at the White House. Remembrance of his life and legacy is interrupted by gunshots in Minneapolis.

Rudy

 CNN: Faulty redactions in court document show federal investigators seized more info in case against Rudy Giuliani than previously disclosed By Erica Orden and Kara Scannell

Life

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”

Have An Excellent Tuesday

SNL - Lingerie Store

Lawrence O'Donnell - DOJ Appealing Order To Release Memo On Bill Barr Not Prosecuting Trump

Lawrence O'Donnell - Rep. Schiff - Docs Show Paul Manafort Was ‘Bigger Liar Than We Knew’

Rachel Maddow - Proverbial 'Smoking Gun' Of Trump Camp Giving Info To Russia Seen In Documents

Reason

 The Palmer Report: The real reason the DOJ is appealing the Bill Barr memo by Bill Palmer

Beto

 Guardian UK: Beto O’Rourke considering run for Texas governor - Top aide says Democrat hasn’t ruled out challenging Republican Greg Abbott in 2022, but hasn’t taken formal steps

Whitewash

Guardian UK: The fight to whitewash US history: ‘A drop of poison is all you need’ - At least 15 states are trying to ban schools from teaching critical race theory and the 1619 Project. The reactionary movement stretches back to the 1920s and the KKK by Julia Carrie Wong

Irretrievable

Washington Post: Opinion: Salman Rushdie: What’s irretrievable after a pandemic year

...in Trumpistan, the virus (like everything else) was politicized, minimized, called a Democrat trick; the science was derided...unmourned by the self-obsessed charlatan who claimed, in the face of all the evidence, that he was making America great again.

Memo

Washington Post: Justice Dept. releases part of internal memo on not charging Trump in Russia probe By Devlin Barrett

...U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued a scathing opinion saying that she had read the memo and that it showed that Barr was disingenuous when he cited the document as key to his conclusion that Trump had not broken the law.

Timeline

NY Times: A Timeline of What Has Happened in the Year Since George Floyd’s Death By Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio, John Eligon and Adeel Hassan

Tulsa

NY Times: What The Tulsa Race Massacre Destroyed

The Market On Tuesday

  Good morning. At 6:35 a.m. ET DOW futures are +73; the market is poised to open moderately higher.

CNBC: India isn’t the only one. Covid cases are rising at record levels in these places too by Yen Nee Lee

Increase

 

Ari Melber - 'Evidence Points To All Of Them' - 3 Trump Insiders Speak In TV Exclusive

SNL - 'Making Man'

WTF?

  Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't the percentage of Republicans who thought Trump was president a bit higher back in January. This is an improvement, the GQP is making progress, baby steps as it were.

 Ipsos: Over half of Republicans believe Donald Trump is the actual President of the United States - Donald Trump's claims of election fraud has Republicans doubting the legitimacy of Biden's presidency

...53% (of Republicans) think Donald Trump is the actual President, not Joe Biden.

Mitt

 

How Cast Iron Pans Are Made By Hand At Borough Furnace

MSNBC - Alleged Capitol Rioter Tries The 'Tourist' Defense

Insidious

Salon: Never forget that Liz Cheney helped produced Trumpism — and could be worse in the long run - Praising Cheney to the skies won't change who she really is — possibly a more insidious force than Donald Trump By Chauncey DeVega

Spell It Out

Washington Post: Opinion: Democrats must make the GOP spell out what it is for and against by Jennifer Rubin

How Far

 NY Times: Just How Far Will Republican Attacks on Institutions Go? By Gail Collins and Bret Stephens

Beyond

The Atlantic via Get Pocket: Beyond the Five Senses Telepathy, echolocation, and the future of perception. by Matthew Hutson

MSNBC - U.S. Intel Report On UFOs Headed To Congress

Stephanie Ruhle - AZ Secretary of State - 'This Is Everything But An Audit'

The Lincoln Project - 'Last Week In The Republican Party'

D.C. Statehood

 Washington Post: Opinion: The campaign for D.C. statehood just got a big boost by Greg Sargent Columnist

Love

 NY Times: Ask Yourself Which Books You Truly Love By Salman Rushdie

This is the beauty of the wonder tale and its descendant, fiction: that one can simultaneously know that the story is a work of imagination, which is to say untrue, and believe it to contain profound truth.

The Onion - ‘And You Lived In Afghanistan For How Long?’ Asks Suspicious Agent Questioning Returning Soldier At Customs

 The Onion: ‘And You Lived In Afghanistan For How Long?’ Asks Suspicious Agent Questioning Returning Soldier At Customs

Twist

 Axios: Key impeachment witness Gordon Sondland sues Pompeo for legal fees by Fadel Allassan

Have An Excellent Monday

 work by Guy Diehl

SNL - Weekend Update: Republicans To Block January 6 Investigation

MSNBC - New Doc Shows ‘Dangerous, Delusional Beliefs’ On Capitol Attack

MSNBC - GOP Pushing Bill To Ban Teaching History Of Slavery

Rand

 The Palmer Report: Even for Rand Paul, this is just sick by Bocha Blue

Electric

 Guardian UK: Turn off the gas: is America ready to embrace electric vehicles? by Tom Perkins

Disgraceful

Guardian UK: Senate Republicans scramble to derail creation of Capitol riot commission - Minority leader Mitch McConnell opposes a bill for a 9/11-style panel that could unearth embarrassing facts about the role of Trump and his supporters

UFO

 Washington Post: How UFO sightings went from joke to national security worry in Washington By Michael S. Rosenwald

“Look at that thing!” a pilot screams in one video as his radar locks in on a strange flying object.

“It’s rotating,” another pilot says.

Better Than Nothing

 Washington Post: Opinion: The simple fix to our polarization: Befriend someone you disagree with by Gary Abernathy

Food Rescuers

 NY Times: Getting 8 Tons of Food to the Needy, Every Day - An army of “food rescuers” in New York try to make the best of an inherently wasteful grocery system. By Andy Newman

Update

NY Times: Covid-19 Live Updates: U.S. Cases and Deaths Drop to Levels From Summer - With almost half of Americans having received at least one shot, there are fewer than 30,000 new daily infections reported in the country. But the vaccination story varies widely across regions.

The Market On Monday

  Good morning. At 6:55 a.m. ET DOW futures are +132; the market is poised to open significantly higher.

CNBC: This $68 billion Australian city wants to become the next Silicon Valley by Karen Gilchrist

CNN Headlines On Sunday

 

Changes

NY Times: Long Slide Looms for World Population, With Sweeping Ramifications Fewer babies’ cries. More abandoned homes. Toward the middle of this century, as deaths start to exceed births, changes will come that are hard to fathom. By Damien Cave, Emma Bubola and Choe Sang-Hun

The Future Of Solid State Wind Energy - No More Blades

Weekend!

  Have an excellent weekend and see you bright and early Monday morning.

'Slowly Turning Your Head'

'Racist Sexist Boy'

The Linda Lindas - Live At LA Public Library

Washington Post - Some Republicans Still Won’t Say If Biden Is The Legitimate President

RoF - Arizona Audit Descends Into Chaos As Republican Official Threatens To Arrest Her Own Party Member

Aging

 NY Times: Aging in Place Comfortably and Stylishly - As more baby boomers move toward retirement, more and more are designing homes that will accommodate their needs even as they grow older and lose mobility. By Christina Poletto

About Time

  I suspect the binding commonality among members of Qanon is mental illness.

 Raw Story: Court orders 'QAnon Shaman' Jacob Chansley to undergo a mental health exam by Sky Palma

What

 The Bulwark: What Should Team Biden Do About Trump? Plus, Michael Cohen on whether his former boss will run for president again. by Brian Karem

Charged

 Yahoo: New York man charged for participating in Capitol riot after bragging at dentist’s office by Blue Telusma

Al Franken Explains Former Trump Fanatic Liz Cheney's New Role in the Republican Party

The Lincoln Project - 'Their Party'

Disgrace

Washington Post: Since leaving office, Trump has charged the Secret Service more than $40,000 to use space at Mar-a-Lago By David A. Fahrenthold and Josh Dawsey

Updates

 NY Times: Covid Live Updates: Deaths Could Be 2 to 3 Times Higher Than Recorded, W.H.O. Says Some six to eight million people may have died from Covid-19 or related causes since the start of the pandemic, the organization said, a figure far higher than the official toll of about 3.4 million.

The Onion - Apartment Listing Cagey About Whether Unit Has Floor

The Onion: Apartment Listing Cagey About Whether Unit Has Floor

Morning Joe - Conspiracy Theorists Are Desecrating Democracy

Epidemic

 BBC News: Black fungus: Call to declare epidemic in Indian states

...mucormycosis, has a mortality rate of 50%, with some only saved by removing an eye or jaw bone.

Wintergatan - Marble Machine

Have An Excellent Friday

 work by Sheila Hicks

 

Seth Meyers - Michael Cohen Says Trump Would Betray His Own Children

Lawrence O'Donnell - Stacey Abrams - GOP Voter Suppression Bills Are ‘A Coordinated Attack'

Rachel Maddow - ICE Detention Center With Dark Past To Be Shut Down

Brian Williams - Biden White House Felt Israel Invasion Of Gaza Was Imminent

Advances

 The Palmer Report: Criminal case advances against Rudy Giuliani by Bill Palmer

Whoa!

Guardian UK: Divisive 2016 US election linked to higher risk of heart trouble - Researchers say election may have increased abnormal heart rhythms and worsened high blood pressure by Natalie Grover

There was a 77% rise in the risk of cardiac arrhythmias during the election phase versus the control periods, even after accounting for factors including age and underlying medical conditions...

Confirms

Guardian UK: US no longer wants to buy Greenland, Blinken confirms US Secretary of State rules out any plans to buy the Danish autonomous territory by Helen Sullivan

The New Civil War

 Washington Post: Five rural counties in liberal Oregon vote in favor of leaving state for more conservative Idaho By Derek Hawkins

Replace

 Washington Post: Arizona secretary of state says Maricopa County should replace millions of dollars worth of voting equipment because of GOP-backed recount By Rosalind S. Helderman

Fragile Cease Fire

 NY Times: Live Updates: Cease-Fire Between Israel and Hamas Holds in Early Hours - There were no reports of violations of an agreement that went into effect before dawn on Friday, bringing nearly two weeks of violence to an end. The Biden administration said it would help lead reconstruction in Gaza.

Covid Debt

 NY Times: First They Fought the Virus. Now They Battle the Medical Bills. Insurers and Congress wrote rules to protect coronavirus patients, but the bills came anyway, leaving some mired in debt. By Sarah Kliff

...uses an Excel spreadsheet to organize the outstanding debts. It has 457 rows, one for each of his father’s bills, totaling over $1 million.

The Market On Friday

  Good morning. At 6:35 a.m. ET DOW futures are +137; the market is poised to open significantly higher. 

CNBC: The CDC’s new mask guidelines could actually increase risk of spreading Covid at work and in public, scientists say by Rich Mendez

Ari Melber - 'It's Going To Happen' - Trump's Ex-Lawyer Says Indictment Coming

  Is this guy teasing us?

Just Like All Of Us

 

Just Visiting

 

LA Times - Biden Signs Law Targeting Hate Crimes Against Asian Americans

MSNBC - Maricopa County Officials Speak Out Against Election Audit In Arizona

MSNBC - GOP Blocks Search For ‘Shared Facts’ With Jan. 6 Commission Opposition

Clueless

Washington Post: Opinion: Republicans might just be clueless by Jennifer Rubin

Cease Fire

NY Times: Live Updates: Israel and Hamas Agree to Cease-Fire in Gaza Conflict The cease-fire would take effect on Friday morning, officials on both sides said, after 11 days of fighting.

Study

 CNN: Drinking any amount of alcohol causes damage to the brain, study finds By Amy Woodyatt

Morning Joe - Senator Durbin - Republicans Voting Against Commission Are Afraid Of The Truth

Stephen Colbert - What Barack Obama Really Thinks About No. 45, Who May Face Criminal Charges

RoF - Trump Has A Major Freakout As New York Prosecutors Close In

Vile

Washington Post: Opinion: Republicans offer a vile new excuse for opposing a Jan. 6 commission by Greg Sargent

Strategy

 NY Times: The Biden administration releases its wildfire strategy as the climate threat grows.

The Onion - Congress Reaches Compromise To Investigate Events Of January 9

The Onion: Congress Reaches Compromise To Investigate Events Of January 9

The Gaetz Investigation Grows

 Politico: Grand jury subpoena lists previously unknown person in Gaetz probe - The subpoena says a grand jury is investigating alleged crimes "involving commercial sex acts with adult and minor women." By MARC CAPUTO

Everything Discovered On Mars So Far

Have An Excellent Thursday

 work by Jean Hélion 1904 - 1987

Making A Frame Cabin

Seth Meyers - Republicans Try To Rewrite The History Of The January 6th Insurrection

Rachel Maddow - What We Know So Far About NY's Investigation Of Donald Trump

Chris Hayes - ‘Bombshell’ - Why The Criminal Probe Into The Trump Organization Is A ‘Big Deal'

Up

 The Palmer Report: “Separately lawyer up” – legal expert reveals just how screwed Donald Trump and his kids are by Bill Palmer

Cicadas

Guardian UK: Some cicadas infected with psychedelic fungus that causes mating frenzy - Massospora cicadina, laced with the same chemical as psychedelic mushrooms, infects a small number of cicadas by Coral Murphy Marcos

Biden

 Guardian UK: The Guardian view on US bishops versus the president: Biden is on the angels’ side - Editorial - The president’s backing of abortion rights is not a reason to deny him holy communion

Disguise

 Washington Post: Opinion: Why Republican opposition to a Jan. 6 commission could be a blessing in disguise by Max Boot

The Republican refusal...will free Pelosi to set up a January 6 Select Committee in which Democrats will be more firmly in charge — as Republicans were on the Benghazi committee.

Commission

 Washington Post: House passes bill to create commission to investigate Jan. 6 attack on Capitol, but its chances in the Senate are dim By Mike DeBonis, Colby Itkowitz and Jacqueline Alemany

Erased

 NY Times: History Can Be Erased. It Often Has Been. by Charles M. Blow

They (Republicans) want to flatten all of this (January 6th) into a single mass of things that happened during the pandemic, none better or worse than the other, things happening on the ideological left as well as the right.

Pressure To End

 NY Times: Live Updates: Hopes for Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Build as International Pressure Grows - While fighting continued for an 11th day, it appeared to ease as the two sides indicated that they could soon reach an agreement.

The Market On Thursday

  Good morning. At 6:25 a.m. ET DOW futures are -197; the market is poised to open significantly lower.

CNBC: Lumber futures swing 10% in wild session as speculative frenzy ends by Thomas Franck

Building A Modular Plywood Garden

MSNBC - Message To The Trump Family - 'It's Time To Separately Lawyer Up’

Weisselberg

 CNN: NY attorney general has been looking into the taxes of Trump Organization CFO for months, sources say by Sonia Moghe By Kara Scannell and Sonia Moghe

The New York attorney general's office has opened a criminal tax investigation into top Trump Organization officer Allen Weisselberg...

Laugh

Get Pocket: Researchers Found One Way That Long-Term Marriages Get Happier Lighten up. Have a laugh. It’s worth it. by Lila MacLellan

MSNBC - New FBI Video Released In Search For Capitol Rioters

RoF - Friend Says Trump May Be Too Unhealthy To Run For President Again

Five

 Washington Post: Five questions about New York’s investigations of Trump By David A. Fahrenthold and Shayna Jacobs

How

 NY Times: How the Storming of the Capitol Became a ‘Normal Tourist Visit’ By Thomas B. Edsall

Severity

Raw Story:  'Few people grasp the severity' of Trump’s legal peril and will be shocked if he's finally charged by Brad Reed

Stephanie Ruhle - Ice Cream Shop Raises Minimum Wage, Flooded With Job Applications

MSNBC - Trump Reacts To Criminal Investigation By New York AG

LOL

January 6th Must Be Investigated

Washington Post: Republicans divided over whether to support Jan. 6 commission that would put Trump’s actions in the spotlight By Marianna Sotomayor, Karoun Demirjian and Josh Dawsey

Updates

 NY Times: Covid Live Updates: N.Y.C. Takes Big Leap Forward in Reopening - Europe agrees to open to vaccinated visitors and the new rules will also cover travelers from countries deemed Covid-safe. India has reported the highest known daily death toll of the pandemic in any single country. A company that ruined vaccine doses in the U.S. gave bonuses to top executives.

The Onion - Slacker Congressperson Praying He Gets Some Bullshit Committee Assignment Like ‘Climate Crisis’

The Onion: Slacker Congressperson Praying He Gets Some Bullshit Committee Assignment Like ‘Climate Crisis’

Morale

 Axios: Police recruiting suffers as morale hits new lows

Have An Excellent Wednesday

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Lawrence O'Donnell - Former Prosecutor Reacts To Trump Organization Criminal Investigation News

Rachel Maddow - AZ Republicans Finally Calling Out Shambolic Election Audit Spectacle

Brian Williams - Trump In Trouble? NY Trump Organization Investigation Is Now Criminal

Big Time

 The Palmer Report: The New York criminal case against Donald Trump and the Trump Organization just hit the big time by Bill Palmer

Hate Crimes Bill

 Guardian UK: Joe Biden poised to sign anti-Asian American hate crimes bill - Legislation, which passed the House on Tuesday, marks a bipartisan denunciation of attacks that have proliferated during pandemic by Guardian staff

Opens

Guardian UK: New York attorney general opens criminal investigation into Trump Organization - State joins Manhattan district attorney in launching ‘active’ inquiry into former president’s company by Luke Harding

War

Washington Post: Opinion: This is a war Israel can’t win by Max Boot

Marjorie Meet Door

 Washington Post: Opinion: It’s time for the House to show Marjorie Taylor Greene the door by Donna F. Edwards

Why

 NY Times: Why Can’t the Republican Party Quit Donald Trump? Opinion by Spencer Bokat-Lindell

"...that the surest way to regain power is to embrace his pugilistic style, racial divisiveness and beyond-the-pale conspiracy theories..."

Updates

 NY Times: Covid Live Updates: India Reports Highest Daily Death Toll of Any Country - New York takes its biggest reopening step today. And executives from Emergent, which ruined millions of vaccine doses, will testify before Congress.

India recorded 4,529 Covid-19 deaths on Tuesday, the pandemic’s highest single daily death toll in any country so far...

The Market On Wednesday

  Good morning. At 6:45 a.m. ET DOW futures are -214; the market is poised to open significantly lower.

CNBC: Hackers behind Colonial Pipeline attack reportedly received $90 million in bitcoin before shutting down by Ryan Browne

Criminal

 

SNL - The Last Dance - Extended Scene

'Life In Color'

trailer - very decent indie movie, found it on Amazon.

NPR - America's Satanic Panic Returns — This Time Through QAnon

 

Lies Or Truth

 CNN: This is the choice every Republican politician must ultimately make Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf

MSNBC - Maricopa County Recorder Speaks Out Against Trump

LOL! Andrew Giuliani Announces Bid For New York Governor

  LOL! He'll definitely get the rural vote...

Shoddiness

 Washington Post: In Arizona, Republicans accidentally created a robust demonstration of the shoddiness of their fraud claims

Absurd

 NY Times: Kushner’s Absurd Peace Plan Has Failed by Michelle Goldberg

'Heart Sutra'

Partners

 

Abuse

Pro Publica: Hundreds of PPP Loans Went to Fake Farms in Absurd Places - An online lending platform called Kabbage sent 378 pandemic loans worth $7 million to fake companies (mostly farms) with names like “Deely Nuts” and “Beefy King.” by Derek Willis and Lydia DePillis

Stephen Colbert - Juicy Book Alleges The Former First Family Got Extra Cozy With Secret Service Agents

Psaki Humiliates Trump

Sham

 Washington Post: ‘Our democracy is imperiled’: Maricopa County officials decry 2020 recount as a sham and call on Arizona Republicans to end the process By Rosalind S. Helderman

War Updates

 NY Times: Live Updates: Millions of Palestinians Join General Strike - The mass action in the occupied territories and in Israel was to protest the airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, which are fueling a growing humanitarian crisis. There have been quiet, but potentially promising, talks about halting the conflict.

The Onion - ‘Wow, Hope You Had A Nice 17 Years Off,’ Say Annoyed Bugs Left To Torment Humans Without Help Of Cicadas

 The Onion: ‘Wow, Hope You Had A Nice 17 Years Off,’ Say Annoyed Bugs Left To Torment Humans Without Help Of Cicadas

Against

Axios: McCarthy comes out against bipartisan deal on Jan. 6 commission by  Zachary Basu, Alayna Treene

Have An Excellent Tuesday

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