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We're very close to the anniversary of the Jan. 6th attempted coup d'etat that was incited by our incoming Vice President, Donald, who is trying to normalize the violent attack on our Capitol. Voters, though, suffer from memory loss, so they gave him the coveted keys to the White House again.

Remember when professional victim and publicity hound Nancy Mace was so alarmed about a transgender woman’s election to Congress that she went on a social-media-friendly rampage over the very thought that Rep.-elect Sarah McBride might wind up in a bathroom stall near her? Among her publicity stunts over the issue (including faking an assault from a trans activist), was a Fox News hit in November, not long after McBride’s election sent Mace into a hate-mongering tizzy: "I'm a rape survivor, and I know how vulnerable women are in personal and private spaces, and I'm going to make sure that I protect all women and girls," Mace said to defend a bathroom ban enacted by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). Well, it turns out Mace did not “make sure” to “protect all women and girls” from the horrors of finding a trans woman in the same bathroom space, after all. The Daily Beast’s Josh Fiallo explains:read more

Fox & Friends hosts Rachel Campos-Duffy and Joe Concha were none too happy with President Biden awarding Hillary Clinton and George Soros the Presidential Medal of Freedom: President Joe Biden will hold a star-studded ceremony at the White House Saturday for the latest batch of Medal of Freedom recipients -- which will include Bono, José Andres, Lionel Messi, Hillary Clinton, Jane Goodall and many more. The medal is the nation's highest civilian honor, presented to people who have made "exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values or security of the United States, world peace or other significant societal, public or private endeavors," according to the White House. Biden on Saturday named 19 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Here's Duffy and Concha's anti-Semitic rant against Clinton and Soros, and Liz Cheney as well who, much to Trump's angst, was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by Biden earlier this week. CAMPOS-DUFFY: Today Biden is going to present, get this, Joe.

A petty Republican county executive on Long Island has refused to lower flags to half-staff to honor the late President Jimmy Carter. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has declined to comment on his divisive decision as Americans mourn the passing of a former President. CBS News reports: A Republican official who oversees Nassau County on New York's Long Island has seemingly refused to lower flags to half-staff in memory of the late Democratic President Jimmy Carter, who died last weekend at the age of 100. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a Republican, has not publicly explained his reason for not lowering flags at Nassau County-operated buildings.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) would not commit to voting against Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for FBI director, despite his vow to conduct a revenge tour against MAGA opponents. During a Sunday interview on NBC, host Kristen Welker noted that Patel had written about getting retribution for several federal prosecutions of Trump. "The expectation is, and as the leader of the Senate, that we're going to get the president his people as quickly as possible in the key positions where he wants them," Thune promised. "Let me ask you about Kash Patel and his book," Welker said.

Alicublog: Roy Edroso breaks it down. Press Watch: Trump coverage needs to change, and here’s how. The Psy of Life: A guide to influencing your member of Congress and other government officials. Open Windows: Why I'm quitting The Washington Post, and the role of editorial cartooning in a free press. annieasksyou…: Ringing in the new year. This installment by Batocchio.