Congress is wrapping up the year in the shadow of the longest government shutdown and with a growing reputation as the least productive in modern history. "Congress is in a coma. It has a pulse, but not many brainwaves," said former Rep. Jim Cooper, a Democrat who represented Tennessee for 32 years. "It's hard to tell that it's even alive as an institution."
President Donald Trump is expected to sign a defense bill this week that orders an investigation into whether the U.S. military bioengineered Lyme disease read more
"There is no legal requirement that US citizens carry papers or have proof of their citizenship on them," said an attorney at the ACLU of Northern California. read more
Attorneys for former special counsel Jack Smith again asked for a public hearing after he testified behind closed doors about his efforts to prosecute President Donald Trump. read more
NASA's ongoing testing and management of the Perseverance Mars rover has confirmed it should be able to continue its journeys on the Red Planet for many years and miles to come. It's covered about 25 miles so far, but the onboard actuators for the motors should last at least another 37 miles, giving it plenty of room to roam.
US Pursuing Third Tanker Near Venezuela
www.newsweek.com
... The United States is pursuing another tanker off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, Reuters and the Associated Press reported on Sunday morning, citing officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The Pentagon referred Newsweek to the White House on the matter when contacted for comment. Newsweek has reached out to the White House for comment and confirmation via email on Sunday. ...
At least 16 Epstein files removed from DOJ site, including image of Trump
www.scrippsnews.com
... At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department's public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein " including a photograph showing President Donald Trump " less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government and no notice to the public.
The missing files, which were available Friday and no longer accessible by Saturday, included images of paintings depicting nude women, and one showing a series of photographs along a credenza and in drawers. In that image, inside a drawer among other photos, was a photograph of Trump, alongside Epstein, Melania Trump and Epstein's longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
The Justice Department did not say why the files were removed or whether their disappearance was intentional. A spokesperson for the department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. ...
... President Donald Trump appears to be completely omitted from the files despite his history with Epstein. ...
Trump is named 1,500 times in the Epstein document dump. (November 12, 2025)
www.cbc.ca
... Donald Trump's name appears at least 1,500 times in documents from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein made public Wednesday by Republicans in the U.S. Congress, according to an AI-assisted search of the material by CBC News. ...
The times Trump's name appeared in the Epstein files the DOJ has already released (July 2025)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/times-trumps-appeared-epstein-files-doj-released/story?id=123848078
... Along with other high-profile individuals who were associated with Jeffrey Epstein, President Donald Trump's name was mentioned nine times across the hundreds of pages made public earlier this year in the "phase one" release of the declassified Epstein files. ...
Dennis McCarthy - Where My Heart Will Take Me (2012)
www.youtube.com
(no lyrics seem to be available ...)
@#17 ... Trump lies so much how do we even know if ...
That's the thing, we don't.
Maybe apropos?
New Johnny 5 - Let Go (1986)
www.youtube.com
(apparently, too obscure of a song for lyrics to be posted ...)
Ten Wheel Drive - Morning Much Better (1970)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt ...
...
How many times have I told you, baby
That I'd do anything you say
But listen here, daddy
I got a new feeling
That you can't do me this way
Ain't said no to your love
And never did and never never plan to do
But if you want to keep me happy, baby
Better hear what I'm saying to you
Coming to night I might dig being up
For floating around on a cloud
Watching people walking past my window
Playing my music out loud
Coming to noon I can't think about nothing
But the daylight blazing through
And the afternoon is a no count time
'Cause I got my business to do
Well I could probably function
For a little conjunction, yeah
But I usually like it
In the morning much better, yeah
Most people think that the midnight trip
Is the proper kind of scene
But I come on feeling very foggy
And I never can cut it too clean
People think they're at the top of their form
After staying up half of the night
But I know after a good night's sleep
Well I can get it on all right
I ain't never resisted, lord
When you have insisted, no
But I usually like it
In the morning much better, yeah
Early in the morning with the sun just up
And the air so fresh and sweet
Folks just getting their boots pulled on
And they're straggling out to the street
Taken their time while before they start
In to cutting on their wood
I can't say just what it is sugar
But I know it sure feels good
Pull the curtain behind me, yeah
You better come find me
'Cause I usually like it
In the morning much better
...
W.G. Snuffy Walden - West Wing Suite
www.youtube.com
Yeah, I often watch the West Wing DVDs that I have to assuage me that Pres Trump's reign of terror upon the Constitution is only a temporary thing.
That aside,from what I've heard, the producers of The West Wing decided that a more classical music oriented music background would be better for the show than the original rock-oriented music background that had originally proposed.
imo, good decision.
The full version of this Cheers theme song, complete with the verse that is usually omitted ...
Gary Portnoy - Everybody Knows Your Name
www.youtube.com
@#7
My current view is that you may be looking towards a future that may not be allowed to exist.
The Twelfth of Never
en.wikipedia.org
... "The Twelfth of Never" is a popular song adapted from an old English folk song in 1956 by Jerry Livingston and Paul Francis Webster. Various recording artists have had chart hits with "The Twelfth of Never", including Johnny Mathis, Cliff Richard, Donny Osmond and Slim Whitman. ...
"The Twelfth of Never" was adapted from "The Riddle Song" (also known as "I Gave My Love a Cherry"), an old English folk song. Jerry Livingston and Paul Francis Webster wrote the bridge and new lyrics in 1956.[1]
The title "The Twelfth of Never" is an idiom referring to the date of a future occurrence that will never come to pass.[2] In the case of the song, "the 12th of Never" is given as the date on which the singer will stop loving his beloved, thus indicating that he will always love her. ...
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