When you think of others, you no longer think only of yourself. When we face problems, we can use our intelligence to overcome them. We have to tell ourselves, ‘I’m a human being and I’m not alone’. We need never feel hopeless.

Mark your calendars: Jan. 6 Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson says the panel will hold its final public meeting on December 19. The full report will come out December 21.

President Biden just announced his 28th round of nominees for federal judicial positions — bringing the number of announced federal judicial nominees to 150.

Gretchen Whitmer has been sworn in for another four-year term as governor of Michigan.

The Campaign Legal Center has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, accusing George Santos of illegally using campaign funds to pay personal expenses and of concealing the source of more than $700,000 that Santos plowed into his election bid.

The Chairman of the Nassau County Republican Committee, which had initially backed George Santos's candidacy, said that campaign was full of lies and deceit. "I am calling for his immediate resignation."

Good Biden admin news: A solar manufacturing company from South Korea, Hanwha Q CELLS, announced plans for $2.5 bil in investments at one existing and one new plant in Georgia — the largest single investment in solar manufacturing in the U.S. It's expected to create 2,500 jobs.

Breaking: The Trump Organization has just been fined $1.6 million by a New York judge for running a 15-year tax fraud scheme.

New: A lawyer for Mike Pence discovered about a dozen documents marked as classified at Pence's Indiana home last week and has turned those classified records over to the FBI. cnn.it/3D8Czy4

Going by Republican Byron Donalds's standard, Mike Pence violated the Espionage Act.

NBC News confirms: Classified documents were found at Mike Pence's Indiana home. MSNBC

Breaking on MSNBC: The FBI has captured two people, described as "racially motivated" extremists, before they could launch an attack on Baltimore's power grid. The suspects were taken into custody last week, one in Maryland and the other in Florida.

Compassion is a state of mind unable to bear the sufferings of others. If we all had more compassion, there would be greater peace in the world.

NBC News: Trump attorney Joe Tacopina confirms to NBC News that the Manhattan DA's office wanted Trump to turn himself in and surrender TODAY, but Tacopina, along with other aides, rebuffed the request — saying the Secret Service needed more time to prepare.

NBC News: A shareholder of Fox Corp. is suing Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch and several members of the company's board of directors, alleging they violated their fiduciary duty when they allowed Fox to broadcast falsehoods about the stolen election. MSNBC

Today, Donald Trump is scheduled to return to New York for a second round of questioning in the lawsuit brought by Attorney General Letitia James over his business dealings.

All 8 billion human beings alive today are brothers and sisters. We’re physically, mentally and emotionally the same. We all want to live a happy life and avoid suffering and we all have a right to fulfil that wish. So, it's important to acknowledge the oneness of humanity.

CREW has filed civil and criminal complaints against Clarence Thomas, arguing that the Justice Dept. and Chief Justice Roberts should investigate Thomas for failing to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts from and property sales to GOP megadonor Harlan Crow.

Compassion is the basis of courage and determination—qualities we require because suffering cannot be overcome immediately. We have to be realistic. We must seek out its causes and uproot them—something we human beings can do because we have intelligence and self-confidence.

Since taking office, President Biden has seen 129 of his federal judicial nominees confirmed. That's a higher number of confirmations than Trump, Obama, and Bush 43 had up to this point in their presidencies, according to the White House.