I think (b) is Hope Hicks... she is pretty and stylish, but ugh.

Yeah, she currently has a collection out with MAC, so I presume they gave her the blanket with the logo of their collaboration on it.

They look like Patagonian maras. So yes, big bunnies or really small capybara creatures. I remember seeing them run around in the zoo in Buenos Aires... they let them wander free through the zoo!

Also, news reports have Ivanka Trump and her husband house hunting in DC. Looks like she is going to move there when Trump is inaugurated.

The “before” picture you posted is after her nose job and lip fillers.

This. I do not doubt that this was planned to be a distraction from all of the bad news that the Trump transition has been getting swamped by. Was it appropriate and ethical for Ivanka to accompany the President-elect as he met a foreign leader, from a country with whom the Trump Organization may be interested in…

Mike Lee might continue to be a thorn in the side of Trump if he feels there are enough of his constituents behind him. Worth a shot to get in touch with his office!

I haven’t been to Quality Italian, but I have been to Quality Meats several times, which is the steakhouse restaurant of the same owners. Quality Meats is amazing and worth the splurge.

You are completely right that he can play the game. Even before assuming his new leadership position, he has had the uncanny ability to whip his colleagues in line to vote. Reid gave more discretion for most votes... I imagine Schumer will run a tight ship. I just hope the ship is headed in the right direction.

Yes, there’s nothing less classy than an ambitious woman seeking a job for which she is eminently qualified. A classy woman steps aside and keeps her goals tempered.

This exemplifies one of my greatest fears about him - he has no idea how government works, why it works like that (often based on the structure established by the Constitution), and seems to have no desire to learn.

I was about to make a comment with basically every point you’ve made. I hope everyone sees and thinks about what you’ve written because it’s very accurate and important.

I’ve been playing the old school Pokemon gameboy games (via an online emulator) to distract myself. It’s a great way to lose yourself (and sadly, lose time that could be spent on something productive)...

Agreed, the first thing I thought of when I heard the premise of this show was Dollhouse. It’s a shame the show got rushed through the 3rd season because it got cancelled. So interesting. I really loved that show when it was on the air, and have watched it again since then!

OMG really?

You guys... one year of his tax returns have been leaked, with a $916 million loss that apparently could preclude him from federal income tax liability for over a decade!

My gym stocks this in the lorckerrooms... I use it on my hair (often, dry hair after I work out) and it smooths it a bit, makes it softer, but doesn’t make it sticky or greasy. I haven’t tried it on wet hair, which is what the label says to do, but from my experiences, it’s good stuff. Smells great too. I was actually…

Agreed. She speaks properly, probably due to her Choate education, but that doesn’t make her smart. All of her efforts to look poised and polished act as misdirection away from the fact that she is quite an ordinary little rich girl. This projection seems to work on the vast majority of people.

Beyond the issues that exist in some police departments in handling rape cases, as detailed in other comments, often the remedies that a rape victim who is a college student seeks requires action by the school.

Yeah, and reading between the lines in her Vogue interview when she was asked about why she keeps her relationships private, she said something about being feeling like “everything is all over the place” because she’s young and still figuring stuff out. Maybe if she is gay, she either is still coming to terms with it…