ABOVE: The Bidens are here with a sweet holiday message about giving back and giving thanks. And he promises there are “brighter days are coming soon.”
Huff Post: YASSS! Schumer declares Dems will filibuster Gorsuch's nomination, requiring at least 60 votes for confirmation.
New York Times: George Weinberg, the psychotherapist who invented the word homophobia in the '60s, dies @ 87. Wish its practitioners would follow suit.
Raw Story: Ladybird Bachmann's psych clinic — which is into gay conversion therapy — has been cited for its failure to keep records. Shocking, I know.
Politico: Trumpcare, once a certainty, now may die in the House. Theresa may also gutting health care in the UK — read an HIV-positive man's story.
BBC: Terror attack on Westminster that left four (including attacker, so three) dead came from a British-born assailant known to intelligence services.
Kenneth in the (212): Oklahoma State Sen. Ralph Shortey, a Republican and YMCA volunteer, has resigned amid allegations he hired a 17-year-old boy for sex.
Shortey didn't want his child prostitution charges to be a distraction. (Image via public record)
Chris Matthews tries to swat down Joy-Ann Reid, who very fairly and firmly questions how Michele Bachmann can brush off Donald Trump's pussy-talk. Unreal.