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- His tax returns prove it. Donald Trump achieved his wealth the old fashioned way: he inherited it.
- Numbers don’t lie. The people who reported them on the tax forms, however….
- Kevin McCarthy touted the largest Republican Jewish caucus in decades in Congress with the election of Jew-ish New Yorker George Santos. The total number of Republican Jews in Congress, including Santos as a “-elect”: Three: Santos, David Kustoff of Tennessee and Lee Zeldin of New York, whose term expires January 3rd. (There are 13 Jewish Democratic members of the House and ten Jewish Democratic Senators including sometimes Democrat Bernie.)
- Without irony, Greg Abbott forced migrants out on a cold Christmas Eve night, and he had no second thoughts as he heard the Gospel reading at the holiday service about a family forced out into the cold night because no one would give them a place to stay.
- There are too many bowls when one of them is a Mayo Bowl.
- Speaking of liars, Trump claimed he had no debt owned by foreigners when he ran in 2016. He also claimed to not have any dealings with Russians. Of course, he lied. He had an account with a Chinese bank, and the day of the first GOP debate in 2015 he signed a LOI to build a hotel in Moscow. It’s not out of the realm of possibility that he’s still currying favor with foreign leaders and lenders.
- Late night screen scrolling came across a legit movie called Trump vs. the Illumanti, Well, not legit in the “made by a recognized studio with a marketing budget” kinda way, but legit like “it’s a movie with credits and things” way. And thankfully, a parody.
- Just as killing turkeys causes Winter, so too does cutting evergreens lead to the warmer temperatures of Spring. Eventually. Mother Nature wants us to freeze our nipples off first in penance.
- CNN has ordered no hosts other than Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen abstain from imbibing while on air for New Year’s. Fox needs a similar rule regarding treason.
- I just learned a lifestyle called “Tradwives” exists and I am not better for knowing it.
- The people who need to heed this won’t: as a New Year’s resolution, promise to stop procrastinating about your medical tests. Whether you’re at the age to get a test, or even go in for a free (thanks to Obamacare) annual check up, schedule it next week. Even if you can’t get an appointment for four months, put it on your calendar.
- At some point when adding boiling water, hot cocoa mix turns into chocolatey water. That point is the economic apex of the hot cocoa mix.
- I absolutely love diner food. Corned beef hash with eggs over easy is as close to a perfect diner dish as one can create. You can opt for a classic like meatloaf or a patty melt, but I’ll always go for hash.
- Basically what we’re learning for the January 6th transcripts is that despite being told over and over again that Trump lost the election fairly, squarely and bigly, Trump and others dismissed those reports and decided Trump merited a second term no matter what voters said.
- Most deserved worst week: Andrew Tate. Taunts a teenage environmental activist and then gets arrested–for sex trafficking. The guy’s scum, which is why he was so admired by the Tucker Carlson lot.
- Who’s up for doing a reading of transcripts? I doubt non-political junkies will read any of them, but if we record and edit them, with good dramatic readings, it’ll be a good podcast. “Next week, Ed Norton recites Stephen Miller’s testimony.”
- Bad Santa is a better Christmas movie than Die Hard. To paraphrase Megyn Kelly, “It just is.”
- Party on New Year’s. Celebrate the end of the year. But as of January 3rd, be prepared for the unending vomit of Jim Jordan et al. Get ready for Hunter’s Laptop overload.
- Enjoy the holiday. See (vaccinated) friends. But if there’s one group that needs to be reminded, it’s here: don’t do anything stoopid.
