Be Best

What do you expect from a mail-order bride?

Page 1 Roundup (12/13)

The Daily News: Michael Cohen, Trump's former fixer, sentenced to three years behind bars for 'smorgasbord of criminal conduct'

Woman wrongly depicted as HIV-positive in newspaper ad wins $125,000 in damages

I love how men can be speaker of the House forever but when a woman gets the job, there has to be strings attached ... and Britain's female prime minister had to agree not to run again to hold onto her job

7-foot-tall former high school basketball star accused of raping 18-year-old woman till she bled

New York Post: Michael Cohen slams Trump as he’s sentenced to 3 years in prison

Melania Trump is nearly as smart as her husband

Towleroad: 9 international LGBTQ stories you need to know about

The Washington Post: A day after Crazy Donald declared he would be 'proud' to let funding lapse for dozens of government agencies if he does not get the money he wants for the wall, congressional Republicans signaled little appetite to join his cause

Sonny and not willing to share

Mother Jones: As Congress passes a new farm bill, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue grumbles about poor people still getting SNAP benefits

The New York Times: Tabloid publisher’s deal in hush-money inquiry adds to Trump’s danger

The Wall Street Journal: The tyranny of Elf on the Shelf

Same-sex relationships are widely tolerated in Thailand, if not fully accepted, and tourism officials have talked up the potential to draw pink dollars

Window Dressing

"I saw it in the window and I just couldn't resist it."

Page 1 Roundup (06/22)

The Daily News: What ever happened to 'be best'?

'Real Housewives of New Jersey' star Joe Giudice is in deportation proceedings, ICE confirms

The WoW Report: ABC announces the Connors will be back on air without Roseanne

New York Post: A spokesman for Melania Trump insisted there was 'no hidden meaning' in her tacky jacket ... 

and then Donnie immediately contradicted what was said, per usual

And by the way ...

The worst part is 99% of the world has started using Trump's false meaning of the term "fake news," which is exactly what he wants. He will do anything to obfuscate from the fact that actual fake-news mills helped elect him.

Kylie Minogue: Being a gay icon ‘feels natural’ to me

The New York Times: U.S. prepares housing up to 20,000 migrants on military bases

The House rejected a hard-line immigration bill on Thursday and Republican leaders delayed a vote on a compromise measure that seemed destined to fail, then delayed it again, in the latest show of their party’s disarray over immigration

The Kansas City Star: Kate Spade's 'heartbroken' father, 89, dies night before his daughter's funeral

Page Six: Friends and family mourn Kate Spade at funeral

The Washington Post: Charles Krauthammer, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and champion of neoconservative foreign policy that helped lay the ideological groundwork for the war in Iraq(!) dies at 68

National Enquirer let Trump's lawyer sign off on stories before they were published, people familiar with the practice say

The Wall Street Journal: America’s northern neighbor prepares to retaliate against Trump’s trade sanctions by listing some perplexing imports; ‘prepared meals, of bovine’

Deplorable Style

 

This entire administration's only purpose is to troll decent-minded people, with no concern for actual policy outcomes. I'm done (over)reacting. I need to save my strength for Donald's inevitable glee over the planned "white civil rights" rally near the White House.

Melania Trump wears a 'I don't care' jacket to visit immigrant children in Texas

Welcome to America

Yearning to breathe free

Ivanka Trump AWOL for days on border crisis despite her pro-family agenda

Bully Pulpit

UPDATE:

From earlier today ...

Houston, We Don't Have a Problem

We’ve come a long way as a society when four former presidents and their wives show the world that sex workers deserve to be treated respectfully, too.

A post shared by Kenneth M. Walsh (@kenneth_212) on Apr 22, 2018 at 10:52am PDT

Tweet Nothings

! (From HERE)

Page 1 Roundup (03/20)

The Daily News: Cynthia Nixon officially announces she will challenge Gov. Cuomo in Democratic primary

I'm open to hearing what she has to say, but can't help thinking a congressional -- or mayoral -- run would make more sense if not for her personal vendetta ...

Depraved dad found guilty of beating, raping two stepdaughters who had eight kids with him

Bermuda authorities find body of American college student who went missing during rugby team trip

New York Post: What kind of woman would have an affair with a buck-toothed Internet troll?

 Killer nanny’s sister blames parents for own kids’ murders

The Associated Press: The taunt is coming from inside the house

Weinstein Co. files for bankruptcy, says it will release victims from NDAs

GMA: The important thing is no one's Second Amendment rights were violated

ABC News: Trump-linked analytics firm Cambridge Analytica used stolen data, ex-employee says

The New York Times: Facebook exit hints at dissent on handling of Russian trolls

Mother Jones: Undercover video captures Trump campaign’s data firm discussing entrapping politicians with sex 

The Washington Post: A look at the new lives of siblings freed from a house full of chains

Rewire: Advocates remember Louise Slaughter’s commitment to reproductive rights and LGBTQ equality

The Wall Street Journal: Plastic straws have begun disappearing from some taverns and restaurants as bartenders, liquor companies and others argue that too many end up in the ocean

You're Killing Me!

Every time I think I should abandon social media (for my own emotional well-being) something wonderful like this happens!

From HERE.

Page 1 Roundup (02/22)

The Daily News: What could possibly go wrong by arming a bunch of overworked and underpaid teachers?

Only seven more years ...

Spin: Crazy Donald needed an 'empathy crib sheet' because Republicans are devoid of that emotion

I think I have a new favorite baseball player -- and his name is Brandon Drury

Republican congresswoman suggests mass murderers are often Democrats

New York Post: Donnie, it's time to do something about guns

Record temps were just a spring fling for NYC

7th-grader dies after shooting self in Ohio school bathroom

Anyone else find the coach of the Red Bulls even hotter than the players, who are half his age?

The New York Times: Parents and students plead with Crazy Donald: ‘How many children have to get shot?’

Melania Trump's parents have obtained their green cards -- and immigration experts say it was likely through 'chain migration,' which Crazy Donald has fought to end

Fifteen years after a college student was found shot five times in a quiet Brooklyn neighborhood, the circumstances of his death remain muddled. And a man convicted in the killing remains in limbo, even after his mother went undercover(!) to prove his innocence

The Hill: Florida shooting survivor: Trump Jr. is 'immature, rude, and inhuman'

The Washington Post: Across the country, decades’ worth of rape kits are finally being tested, but no one can agree on what to do next. A story of good intentions -- and government blunders

The Associated Press: Jamie Anderson wins silver in women's Big Air snowboarding

Lindsey Vonn fails to finish, Mikaela Shiffrin takes silver in Alpine combined

United States beats Canada for first women’s hockey gold since 1998

Baltimore Sun: I think Under Armour owes our speed skaters an apology

Daily Kos: When you sue abusive prison guards and win, the guards should get 25 percent of your award, says SCOTUS

The Wall Street Journal: Over two decades after the great Beanie Baby craze, speculators are back, hoping someone will finally buy their floppy collectibles