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Stephen and Jimmy, now off until Monday. John Oliver returns Feb. 15.
Trump at, of all places, the National Prayer Breakfast yesterday: “They rigged the second election. I had to win it. I had to win it. I needed it for my own ego. I would’ve had a bad ego for the rest of my life. Now I really have a big ego, though. Beating these lunatics was incredible, right?”
The Guardian:
Revealed: Private jet owned by Trump friend used by ICE to deport Palestinians to West Bank
But at least in this country the opposition to Trump’s ICE Age continues to grow, bigly. New Marist/NBC non-fake poll find 65% asserting ICE has “gone too far.”
Paul Krugman today:
Hatred of and brutality toward people of color are fundamental to Trump’s identity. He and his minions have responded to revulsion against their ethnic cleansing efforts by denying the reality of that revulsion, claiming that all the protesters and resisters are paid activists, and by doubling down on the brutality. I don’t think MAGA will change course; I don’t think it can change course.
So Trump’s war on immigrants is turning into a war against the decency of the American people. And it would be stupid as well as immoral to refuse to choose sides.
Music Picks
James Taylor on Colbert last night, with “Line ‘em Up,” which begins:
I remember Richard Nixon back in '74
And the final scene at the White House door
And the staff lined up to say good-bye
Tiny tear in his shifty little eye
Best album of 2026 (after first month of so) has to be Lucinda Williams’ new, highly political, one. Here’s the album closer, with Norah Jones, “We’ve Come Too Far to Turn Around.” (She first recorded it several years ago in a too-busy version with sax man Charles Lloyd.)
From Tunes to Toons
Bramhall:
Davies:
deAdder:
Goris:
Bagley:
Ohman:
Clay Jones:
KAL:
Bagley:
Photo Finish
From my camera to you, site of U.S. bombing of church almost two centuries ago, “Cemetery, Taos Pueblo, N.M.”
Thanks for the reminder about the Taos Pueblo church bombardment. Note, Taos Pueblo is in New Mexico, not Arizona.
Lucinda Williams new album is the perfect soundtrack for the year.
“World’s gone wrong”