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Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

The current Supreme Court is a dangerous, rogue court.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

This fight is for everything.

Speaker Mike Johnson is a vile traitor to the House and the Constitution.

After dobbs, women are no longer free.

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

Republicans in disarray!

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

Rupert, come get your orange boy, you petrified old dinosaur turd.

One lie, alone, tears the fabric of reality.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. keep building.

The real work of an opposition party is to hold the people in power accountable.

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Petty moves from a petty man.

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Early Morning Merry Xmas Open Thread

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HONOLULU — A handful of kids calling to pinpoint Santa’s progress on his Christmas Eve journey may have been surprised to hear Michelle Obama’s voice on the other end of the line.

The first lady is vacationing with President Barack Obama and their daughters in Hawaii, but spent about a half-hour Tuesday manning the phones for the North American Aerospace Defense Command. The agency’s NORAD Tracks Santa program takes calls each Christmas from children wanting to ensure their presents are on track for timely delivery…

Also, too bad for Megyn Kelly — meet Pancho Claus!

HOUSTON — He usually has black hair and a black beard, sometimes just a mustache. Like Santa, he wears a hat — though often it’s a sombrero. He dons a serape or a poncho and, in one case, a red and black zoot suit. And he makes his grand entrance on lowriders or Harleys or led by a pack of burros instead of eight reindeer….

Born from the Chicano civil rights movement, Pancho Claus is a mostly Texas thing, historians say, though there may be one somewhere in California. Lorenzo Cano, a Mexican-American studies scholar at the University of Houston, says Pancho was apparently conceived north of the border as Mexican-Americans looked to “build a place and a space for themselves” in the 1970s. His rise coincided with a growing interest in Mexican art, Cinco de Mayo, Mexican Independence Day and other cultural events.

Now, Pancho is an adored Christmas fixture in many Texas cities…

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  2. 2.

    Glocksman

    Can you just imagine some 8 year old trying to convince his parents that the President of the United States just personally told him that Santa was on his way?

    Good for BHO, and Happy Christmas to everyone both here on BJ and elsewhere.

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    El Caganer

    WHY IS MICHELLE TRYING TO RAM ISLAMOSEXUAL PROPAGANDA DOWN OUR CHILDREN’S THROATS? WAR ON CHRISTMAS FIRST AMENDMENT OBAMACARE GLEEP SPLOOT FLORGGGG…

  5. 5.

    PurpleGirl

    Good Morning, BJers. Happy Holiday for whatever you celebrate. May your day be peaceful, fun, and joyous.

    Megyn Kelly will just have to get used to the idea that Sinta Claus, Santa Claus, Grandfather Frost, Father Christmas, whoever, is a local deity who visage is indeed just that — local.

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    Mustang Bobby

    Merry Christmas for all of you who celebrate it. I have a lot of memories of growing up with the Midwestern WASP celebration, which usually involved a lot of tasteful decorations, rich food, and plenty of booze.

  9. 9.

    Baud

    Reading the last few Christmas threads, I’m seeing a discernible absence of commitment to the War on It.

    Bah! Humbug.

  11. 11.

    Linda Featheringill

    Merry Christmas, everyone.

    As the Hershey commercial indicates, we all need to be reminded from time to time that life is sweet. I hope you succeed in giving pleasure to someone today.

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    raven

    CBS This Morning has a piece on how the Moon Mission of Christmas 68 made everything better that year. Uh huh.

  20. 20.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @raven: It’s true. And the failure of the ACA is going to be the end of American healthcare. We are going back to leeches and snake oil.

  21. 21.

    vogon pundit

    Really love the veggie layout in the original post! Santa has been here and gone already- 15 frantic minutes– just wrapping paper to clean up, and scanning for candy on the rug before the dog finds it.

  22. 22.

    geg6

    Merry War on Christmas, Juicers!

    Damn, it’s cold this morning. I have absolutely nothing wrapped yet, so that’s what I’m up to this early morning. Happily, not much wrapping needed since the nieces both wanted gift cards. Just have to wrap John’s gifts and put together the gift bags for my sisters with the things we preserved from our garden. Everyone is getting a jar of pickles, one of relish, one of tomatoes and a jar each of black raspberry and red raspberry jam.

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    geg6

    @raven:

    I’d rather have watched that than the piece on Good Morning America with Cardinal Dolan explaining how the new Pope thinks. As if he has a clue, that fat fuck.

  25. 25.

    Suffern ACE

    @geg6: let me guess. Because we don’t have any legitimate poor people here, we’re not going to be making any changes.

  27. 27.

    Southern Beale

    Good morning, y’all!

    Looks like Fox News has a story up, “13 Reasons Why Santa Claus Is A Conservative.” So pathetic how these folks are constantly seeking cultural validation.

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    Mike in NC

    @Southern Beale: POX Noise also had a piece out yesterday (USA Today) about how the new pope is a disaster for the Catholic church. Meaning that they just might not remain a permanent appendage of the Republican party of the USA.

  36. 36.

    Jay C

    @geg6:

    What did Cardinal Dolan have to say? I think he’s blocked himself into a fairly poor position, PR-wise: I mean, he’s fairly telegenic, runs the biggest Archdiocese, and loves to put on the friendly-Father-Tim-from-the-parish-down-the-block shtick. But back in Pope Benedict’s tenure, he was also a point man for (in Charles Pierce’s immortal phrasing) the Red Beanie Brigade trying to enforce rigid culture-war conformity on the American Church – heavy on the sex-and-sin moralizing, and larded with blatant partisan politicking. IOW, exactly the stuff Pope Francis has made it quite clear he wants de-emphasized.

  37. 37.

    Jay C

    @Mike in NC:

    And yet – (holding my nose) I clicked the NewsMax link at top today, and found that American Catholics (according to this poll they cited) give Pope Francis an amazing 88%-positive approval rating: just typical of FOX to focus, probably exclusively, on the disgruntled 12%….

  40. 40.

    Ruckus

    Headline at TPM:
    “Palin Never Read Interview Before Defending ‘Duck Dynasty’ Star”

    I’d be surprised that she can read at all. And yes that’s cruel, on this commercial holy day.

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    Mnemosyne (iPhone)

    Merry Christmas or, as people in my former hometown celebrate it, Happy Chinese Food and Movie Day. We’re still slothfully sitting around on the couch in our pajamas, but we will soon be getting up and getting ready to head up to my brother’s with the rest of the gifts for my niece and nephew.

    Watched the rebroadcast of the Pope’s midnight mass and now have “A Christmas Story” on cable, so a typical Christmas, media-wise.

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