L.A. fires

Horrible fires in my state. I'm 400 miles away up north, but I've been to L.A. many times, from when I was a kid (Disneyland!) to visiting my sister who lived there to on my honeymoon. The threat of fire in a city is so scary, given the strong winds and dry conditions. Makes you realize that no one is really safe.

The man who bought the world*

Elon Musk helped Trump win. Now he’s looking at Europe, and many politicians are alarmed

Really? When you let the richest person in the world buy a country ... mine .... did you not know he was going to then want to buy them all?

I think all the important people of the world were so busy being impressed by and trying to impress the cool zillionaire who made electric cars and sent rockets into space, that they forgot that he is also a mentally and emotionally disturbed person with no limits on his behavior.

Wake up, fools. Stop being his beta male suck-ups and put him in his place while you still have an independent democracy. Sadly, it's too late for us in America.

* The Man Who Sold the World

Jan 6

- Police and congresmen barricade the doors and draw weapons to defend themselves against the mob at the Capitol on January 6, 2021

More from Rachel Maddow ...



Four years ago, Trump supporters violently attacked the Capitol to try to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power and keep Trump as presient (or dictator?) though he had lost the election.

Today the transfer of power was indeed peaceful because the Republicans won, unlike four years ago, and the Democrats actually respect the rule of law and the Constitution.

Next up on this - Trump will apparently pardon the "patriots" who peed and pooped in the halls of Congress and beat police men and women, while screaming "Hang Mike Pence".

My country is circling the drain :(

Antony Blinken

"Why there hasn't been a unanimous chorus around the world for Hamas to put down its weapons, to give up the hostages, to surrender - I don't know what the answer is to that." Anthony Blinken 🤔

War is a contest of wills. The world sent Hamas many signals to continue to fight. pic.twitter.com/KqmkjiRxHC

— John Spencer (@SpencerGuard) January 5, 2025

From Blinken interview with The New York Times. Europe and many in the US have chosen to ally themselves with the bloody terrorists of Hamas. Oops - I forgot - we don't call them terrorists anymore, though they raped and tortured and kidnapped and murdered civilians. Now they are "militants". After all, we don't want to sound too pejorative - yesterday's terrorist could be tomorrow's head of state.

Helen and Paris

I don't spend all my time online reading the news. Sometimes I visit the museums :) ...

Les Adieux de Pâris et Hélène
par Augustin Liancé sous la direction de Louis Simon Boizot @MuseeLouvre pic.twitter.com/cqdUEVdxcl

— Au Louvre j'aime (@O_Louvre_jaime) January 3, 2025

Listen to a soldier

Listen to a young Israeli special forces soldier talk about what it's like to be fighting in Gaza.