I love the December getaway. Have fun, drink, toast your mom with a favorite memory per person, cry, do whatever you can. ((Internet hugs))

A whole Presidential Drinks theme party sounds amazing. You could even do a Halloween Dead Presidents party!

I’m so sorry for your loss. We can’t ever fill the void for one parent left by the death of the other. We can only try to lessen it and try to deal with our own grief. I know you didn’t ask, but if it feels right, please talk to your dad about the things you miss about your mom. My dad died unexpectedly, and my mom…

• Guess how much experience doing international diplomacy and stuff this woman who might be our next U.N. Ambassador has? No, go ahead! Guess! [Politico]

Apparently, Reagan liked orange blossom specials!

The woman is in both paintings! I said elsewhere that I think it’s the artist’s muse.

They’re each paintings of only Republican or Democratic presidents. ;)

But as of last month, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) has decided to make such rehabilitation much harder. Going forward, books and publications, including legal primers and prison newsletters, cannot be sent directly to incarcerated Pennsylvanians. Instead, if they want access to a book, they must…

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It’s also no accident that state offices have shifted toward Republicans over the last decade. Democrats never raised an army of ideological zealots to run for everything from school boards to city councils. That’s how you cultivate experience. The evangelicals did this, and they succeeded in taking over state…

Those opposed to abortion won’t change their minds based on women’s deaths, injuries, or other negative outcomes. Their position is showy. They don’t want to admit that themselves or people they love have had or may need abortion care. If they recognize it, they categorize that need as “different.”

I noticed her, too! Maybe she’s the artist’s muse? 

Trump didn’t ask for the painting. The artist did Obama, too.

Eisenhower! That's who we were missing in Tacky Presidential Painting Guess Who!

Someone else can do Fun with Flags on this nightmare. 

We also learned that this is hanging in the White House:

Putin also denied meddling in our elections. Trump is a big fan of the R. Kelly defense.

I just wanted to openly say that you’re right instead of simply starring the comment.

And unfortunately, we don't get the alien rescue the other Styx promised us.