Brilliant job by ⁦⁦Philip Rucker⁩ capturing Trump's awkward encounter with his presidential peers. washingtonpost.com/politics/bush-…

I'll Never Say Another Snarky Thing About Tyler Perry's Movies Again, Dept: ⚡️ “Tyler Perry cuts layaway debts down to a penny for some Georgia Walmart shoppers” x.com/i/moments/1070…

Glad to see I'm not the only brother who finds Kevin Hart, a fellow Philly boy, unfunny as hell. I've watched several of his standup specials. Yawn! Why he simply doesn't acknowledge the bigotry of his earlier tweets and distance himself from them is keeping it 'real' -- and dumb

MSNBC Really Needs to Retire Chris Matthews, Dept:

Tony Norman: Democracy is too important to leave to voters post-gazette.com/opinion/tony-n… via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Being a Political Cartoonist in 2018 thenib.com/being-a-politi… via The Nib ✒️

It's the end of news as we know it (and Facebook is feeling fine) motherjones.com/media/2018/12/… via Mother Jones

Yeah, a Lot of My Favorite Black Male Writers Are Missing, But This Is An Attempt to Truly Represent, Dept: Black Male Writers for Our Time nyti.ms/2zC015T

So if Don Jr. and/or Jared get indicted, which seems highly likely, will Trump make a deal and resign to protect them? Not a chance. In the end, Trump cares no more about family that he does anyone else. Trump is only about Trump.

If it is the case that Donald J. Trump won the presidency by illegitimate means then it stands to reason that the Office of the Presidency cannot protect him from being held accountable for that fact.

Tony Norman: Whatever happened to the Republican Party? post-gazette.com/opinion/tony-n… via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Tony Norman: The Right Stuff in dumb times post-gazette.com/opinion/column… via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

An extremely sobering moment...I'm letting it sink in...

There's something so poignant about this, especially given today's political realities in D.C.: Watch: the original cast of Hamilton reunites to perform at the Kennedy Center Honors vox.com/culture/2018/1… via Vox

If only this was satire: Featuring Chris Cillizza, Bari Weiss, an anonymous Trump official, Axios and other leading thinkers of thoughts. huffingtonpost.com/entry/2018-the… via HuffPost Politics

As Florida Goes, So Goes the World, Dept:

I'm not upset by Louis C.K.'s sad attempt at a redemption tour, but I'm appalled by how lame his material has become. Were we wrong about his 'comic genius' all along? Louis C.K.’s Leaked Set Reveals He’s Still a Piece of Sh*t thedailybeast.com/louis-cks-leak… via The Daily Beast

Only a self-hating human race would create something as self-defeating as a robot that moves better than most humans: