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Stephen last night:
Glad to see this story won’t die:
Karoline Leavitt Tells Reporter Trump’s ‘Piggy’ Insult Shows He’s ‘Respectful’ by Being ‘Honest to Your Faces’
The White House press secretary told the press on Thursday that they should ‘appreciate the frankness’ they get from Trump
But The Atlantic:
Bruce Mackinnon:
Mike Luckovich:
From ““Pinky” to “Piggy”: You might want to check out my book “Tricky Dick and the Pink Lady” (a NY Times Notable Book of the Year) on the savage and pivotal Nixon vs. Helen Gahagan Douglas campaign, which set back women running for office for decades. Nixon even called her “pink right down to her underwear” and vowed, “I’ll castrate her.”
There’s an upcoming doc on famed investigative reporter Seymour Hersh and here is trailer. Sy broke some of biggest stories of our era, going back to My Lai, though he has slipped for many years now.
If you missed this, via NY Times and note: most Republicans in Congress remained silent:
A group of Democratic lawmakers recorded a video telling members of the military that they were not obliged to follow illegal orders. Trump accused the lawmakers of sedition and shared online posts calling for them to be put to death.
And also from the Times:
The cruelty that ICE has shown isn’t reserved for undocumented immigrants, Sarah Wildman writes. Read her essay on how it has treated noncitizens who are here legally.
Terrific new Lucinda Williams cut, with Norah Jones, from upcoming album, with pointed ittle, “We’ve Gone Too Far to Turn Around.”
The Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa has released a little vid re: his longtime friendship with super fan Patti Smith.
Meanwhile, Robert Plant paid a visit to NPR’s hallowed if battered Tiny Desk yesterday, with his fine new rootsy band and duet partner, singing what he calls “English-cana” tunes.
From Tunes to Toons
Matt Wuerker:
Enrico Pinto at The New Yorker imagines a new golden entrance to the White House with the “T” standing for “Truth.”
Michael deAdder:
KAL:
Photo Finish
From my camera to you, “The Hibiscus that Came in from the Cold,” November 19, 2025.
The press needs to start fighting back, something like this:
https://jaywilson1.substack.com/p/the-day-miss-piggy-talks-back?r=10sd39
The KAL cartoon and the NYT article on ICE cruelty show the anti Hispanic racism that flows like a deep river in the present administration.