Looks a little complicated, but it works for him, so….

https://dansinker.com/posts/reflections/

https://accountable.us/house-gop-set-to-gut-office-of-congressional-ethics/

Apparently, OCE was expected to have a heavy workload this term.

Also mentioned by a major “print” outlet, but using language I won’t endorse by re-posting.

@tracilaw 🔗 https://mstdn.social/users/tracilaw/statuses/109616559677797042 – Netflix has made the interview with Zelenskyy and Letterman free and public for everyone in case anyone is interested. #Ukraine #RemovePutin

Really?

@sethcotlar 🔗 https://mastodon.social/users/sethcotlar/statuses/109622227250928882 – Get ready for the propaganda initiative in which Mastodon will be labeled a site for “groomers” and “pedophiles.” It’s the least creative messaging imaginable, but you know it’s only a matter of time before we hear it coming from Elon, Fox, Daily Wire, etc. FWIW, Human Events is a right wing rag with roots that stretch back to the Goldwater conservatism of the early 1960s. It was Reagan’s favorite source of information.

I don’t think this post needs a title. Y’all figure it out.

«And who, he asked, would be the site supervisor? A bearded man in Ray-Ban sunglasses and a Norfolk State University sweatshirt stepped forward.

“What’s your name, sir?” Jones asked.

“Devon Henry.”

“Devon Hen—” Jones began, then dropped his voice respectfully. “Oh, Mr. Henry. Of course.”»

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/01/02/devon-henry-confederate-statues-richmond/

Someone posted a one-liner to Mastodon and I felt compelled to look it up.

«From all that I have attempted to say it should now be apparent that sincerity and conscientiousness in themselves are not enough. History has proven that these noble virtues may degenerate into tragic vices. Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. Shakespeare wrote:

For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; 
Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds. 

As the chief moral guardian of the community, the church must implore men to be good and well-intentioned and must extol the virtues of kindheartedness and conscientiousness. But somewhere along the way the church must remind men that, devoid of intelligence, goodness and conscientiousness will become brutal forces leading to shameful crucifixions. Never must the church tire of reminding men that they have a moral responsibility to be intelligent.

Must we not admit that the church has often overlooked this moral demand for enlightenment? At times it has talked as though ignorance were a virtue and intelligence a crime. Through its obscurantism, closedmindedness, and obstinacy to new truth, the church has often unconsciously encouraged its worshipers to look askance upon intelligence.

But if we are to call ourselves Christians, we had better avoid intellectual and moral blindness. Throughout the New Testament we are reminded of the need for enlightenment. We are commanded to love God, not only with our hearts and souls, but also with our minds. When the Apostle Paul noticed the blindness of many of his opponents, he said, “I bear them record that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.” Over and again the Bible reminds us of the danger of zeal without knowledge and sincerity without intelligence.»

Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love

Entertaining little nugget buried in a long document. 🙂

«Friends, I’m not all that sympathetic to these record requests, but the White House response is bravo sierra.»

https://firstbranchforecast.com/2023/01/02/first-branch-forecast-for-january-2023-hindsight-is-2022/