This morning’s Gospel reading is John 1:35–42: John was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God.” The two disciples heard what he said and followed Jesus. Jesus turned and saw them following him and said to them, “What are you looking for?”

Just in case you’ve forgotten exactly how much Katie Couric disdains Republicans and despises President Trump, look no further than Friday’s edition of Bill Maher’s show on HBO. Couric said that Republican lawmakers should be deprogrammed during Real Time with Bill Maher in a panel discussion about Republican lawmakers who supported Trump in trying to

How low is the nation’s confidence level in the safety of the new COVID vaccines at this point? Well… it’s this low. This story comes to us from Oak Valley Hospital in Oakdale, California. As with most medical facilities, Oak Valley’s doctors and nurses were in the “1A” group, first in line for getting vaccinations.

Given the number of incredibly stupid ideas that get cooked up in the New York State legislature, it can be tough to point to any of them that truly stand head and shoulders above the rest in terms of idiocy. But with a recent measure introduced a couple of weeks ago, we may have a

I’m staring at the headline of this post and I’m thinking: We have to be in a simulation, right? Even Trump-era reality isn’t this bizarre. Anyway, it says “sort of” in the hed because the evidence is a photo of a partially obscured page of notes. But if you enlarge the first photo below, you’ll

Some bad news to close out your week. The CDC warned today that the spread of the UK COVID variant in America means it’s likely the number of cases in the U.S. is going to get a lot worse before the distribution of the vaccine can help it get better: Federal health officials warned on

If you’re a regular reader you already know that things have been tough on people living in San Francisco. In fact it’s fair to say they’ve been crappy. More than two years ago I wrote about the “poop patrol” the city had launched to try to deal with the human feces frequently found on the

I know I’ve said this before, but people who didn’t live through this era will never truly understand how bizarre it was. Stuff like Mike Pence assuming Trump’s duties in the final days, with no notice or explanation to the public until he’s suddenly on TV acting like he’s president, can’t really be captured in

It’s not even close. The vaccination drive in Israel kicked off on December 19th with Benjamin Netanyahu getting the first shot. Less than a month later, Israel has vaccinated roughly 21 percent of the entire population: Israel leads the world in vaccination rate per capita. It’s been less than a month since its vaccination campaign

Joe Biden will unveil his plan to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic this evening in a prime-time address. No one will be more surprised by it than the advisers that supposedly formed it, according to Politico. Despite Biden’s claim that he would assemble the best and brightest for his COVID-19 advisory board to develop a

With their wins in Georgia earlier this month, Democrats will now be in control of a 50-50 Senate and that means Senator Bernie Sanders will become the Chair of the Senate Budget Committee. The NY Times reports Sanders is already chomping at the bit to make some “aggressive” moves. Just how aggressive will be part

No, Tom Hanks will not unite Americans any closer together than we already are right now, which is not united at all. Hanks is Hollywood’s idea of an actor with a non-partisan appeal. He’s been chosen to host a 90-minute primetime Inauguration Day Special titled Celebrating America. We are about to be under the complete

Lauren Blair Bianchi resigned as communications director for Senator Ted Cruz. It is reported that she did so in reaction to the riot on Capitol Hill and her own discomfort over Cruz’s role in contesting the 2020 election results. She has worked for the senator since July 2019. Bianchi and Cruz mutually agreed that “it

Brian Monahan, the attending physician to Congress, wrote to members of Congress on Sunday morning to warn of the possibility that they may have sheltered against the Capitol Hill riot with another member infected with the coronavirus. His warning has turned out to be the reality for three House members so far. The reason for

The House is voting on a resolution calling on Vice President Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office. But this afternoon, before the vote happened, Pence sent Speaker Pelosi a letter saying he won’t be doing that. “I do not believe that such a course of action is in the

They say the cover-up is often worse than the crime and that seems to be the case at the NY Times. It all began with a podcast created by the NY Times called Caliphate which told the dramatic story of a Canadian man who was lured from his home to Syria by ISIS and eventually

First Lady Melania Trump has penned a letter to America to say farewell. It is the first time she’s made any statements since the riot on Capitol Hill last week. She calls for an end to the violence and for Americans to “heal in a civil manner.” Melania began with a mention of the coronavirus

I asked that question the morning after the attack on the Capitol and the answer seems no clearer five days later. Cabinet members are resigning, some Republicans are talking impeachment, Trump himself is incommunicado thanks to his Twitter ban. Apart from giving out medals to his friends and cronies, he doesn’t even seem to even

Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser is asking people not to attend the inauguration of President-elect Biden next week. Monday she warned the city was under the threat of more violence and asked people to participate virtually. Speaking at a news conference Monday, Bowser, a Democrat, warned of an “immediate threat to our democracy” and said

The latest conspiracy theory regarding fraud during the 2020 election involves a claim an Italian-based defense firm switched votes from soon-to-be ex-President Donald Trump to President-elect Joe Biden. A breathless news release from Nations in Action vows arrested Arturo D’Elia teamed up with US Embassy in Rome officials to manipulate the vote. An alleged affidavit

This week is starting out no better than last week. Consider this post a palate cleanser and a chuckle we can all use. There is a hissy fit happening on social media today over the cover shot of Kamala Harris on the February issue of Vogue magazine. I doubt I’m the only one finding it

This morning’s Gospel reading is Mark 1:7–11: This is what John the Baptist proclaimed: “One mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” It happened in those days that

You’ve probably seen a lot of video of the storming of the U.S. Capitol by now, including video of Ashli Babbitt being shot. Until this morning I hadn’t seen this clip showing a massive mob of people trying to force their way into the Capitol through a narrow entryway. There are dozens of people packing

A migrant caravan is forming in Honduras with the help of social media. Hondurans are using Facebook and WhatsApp to organize a trek to the U.S.-Mexican border scheduled for next week. Mark Morgan, the acting commissioner at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, has a message for them – “Do not waste your time and money,

Give the American Civil Liberties Union at least some credit for grasping the slipper slopes here, even if they get tangled up on expressing their dangers. Oh, the ACLU understands why Twitter banned Donald Trump and hundreds or thousands of his followers, and they even sympathize with it. But they warn that the precedent of having

No one will be busy in Washington DC on January 20, right? No social events on the calendar? According to a new memo from Mitch McConnell and given to the Washington Post, any impeachment trial of Donald Trump would begin at the earliest on that day, no sooner than 1 pm ET — an hour

A member of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga coaching staff has been fired over a tweet. How many times does the lesson need to be learned? Apparently, Chris Malone had to learn the hard way that personal tweets can extinguish a career. Malone aired his anger over the Georgia run-off results at 11:35 p.m.

Yesterday, I wrote that four people had been killed during the riots at the Capitol. One person was shot inside the Capitol and three others died outside from unspecified “medical emergencies.” But last night a fifth person died from injuries sustained during the riot. Capitol Hill Police Officer Brian Sicknick walked away from the conflict

The fall-out from the insurrection at the Capitol Wednesday continues. American Airlines announced there will be no alcohol served on its flights to and from Washington, D.C. through Thursday night. This is a safety precaution after the violence at the U.S. Capitol as well as after the treatment of Senator Mitt Romney in an airport

What were police in DC thinking? Apparently Chief Steven Sund was thinking the group coming to Washington was just there for a peaceful free speech rally. He told the AP, “Today Chief Sund announced he would resign over his failure to protect the Capitol: Sund’s resignation will go into effect on Jan. 16, just a