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Gun violence in Denver is going down.
So far this year, the city has seen a 12% decrease in overall gun violence compared to the same point in 2023, including a 30% drop in the number of fatal shootings and a 28% drop in non-fatal shootings, Denver police Cmdr. Jake Herrera told City Council members Wednesday during a presentation to the Safety, Housing, Education and Homelessness Committee.

Avengers assemble: Trump’s team is evocative of the Marvel comics characters.

As of this writing, Matt Gaetz is about a 3-1 dog for confirmation by the Senate according to Polymarket, the online betting site that favors Republicans, and was bullish on Trump winning the election. Seems they're not so keen on Matt Gaetz though, earning just a 33% chance at the moment.

On this day in 1983, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” premiered in Los Angeles. Directed by John Landis (An American Werewolf in London, Three Amigos, Trading Places), the video paid homage to some of Hollywood’s biggest horror films, including a voiceover from one of the genre’s OG icons, Vincent Price.
Digby's Hullabaloo: Onward Christian Soldier.

I’m beginning to lose count of how many cabinet picks by President-Elect Sexual Abuser seem to have a similar predisposition. We have Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, Robert F. Kennedy and now Linda McMahon.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries yesterday rejected the idea that voters delivered some kind of mandate to Trump and the Republicans, arguing that the GOP’s razor-thin majority in the House means that nothing will get done in Washington without Democratic support. Via The Hill:

If they want to stop Matt Gaetz, a Democrat needs to stand up on the floor--and show the guts in breaking precedent, collegiality, and tradition, with the truth that Republicans have shown breaking all rules, decorum and LAWS. Yet, in their case, they do it in service of lies, conspiracy, cruelty, Christian Nationalism and greed.

Republicans are so pathetic, they're almost certainly going to block a bill they already passed because Herr Goldenhair has ordered them to do so. Why even show up? Just let Trump vote directly on legislation and everyone else can stay home! Via the New York Times:

Hang on a minute. Whom did we just elect?