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Watch: President Jimmy Carter tells Oprah America is no longer a democracy, it’s an oligarchy — and he’s not wrong.

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We've got a screamer on table six. Ca. 1900. Source.

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Rand Paul Floats Elon Musk For House Speaker

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is floating Elon Musk to be Speaker of the House after the powerful tech billionaire helped torpedo a bipartisan agreement on a short-term spending bill, a move made possible by the fact that the Constitution does not specify that the House Speaker must be a member of the chamber. What do you think?

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Castle Combe Village, Cotswolds

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I am going to eat this entire candy cane.

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The Holdovers 2023 | Alexander Payne

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Counting down the days until the end of his work year, local Christmas tree lot guy Alan Martin told reporters Wednesday he was “so ready” for his annual 46-week vacation. “By the time late December rolls around, I’m usually pretty burnt out and just waiting for Christmas Day to get here so I can take that much-needed 10-and-a-half-month break,” said a visibly exhausted Martin, leaning against his pickup truck in the St. Paul parking lot where he has worked day in and day out since mid-November.

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Portuguese crown jewels and Amélia de Orleães, last Queen consort of Portugal, (1865–1951), wearing a sapphire pendant

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“Mary, posed by a small Christmas tree.” Ca. 1935. Source.

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Vintage Paris by Émile Zola. 1900s

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