FIRST CLOSE-UP IMAGES of NASA’s New Horizons target Ultima Thule reveal a lumpy snowman.

These pictures are the first high-resolution ones we have of an object in the Kuiper Belt named Ultima Thule (2014 MU69). The images were taken on January 1st around 12:33AM ET, when the New Horizons spacecraft sped past the rock at a whopping 32,000 miles per hour.

IT’S NOT MY FAULT, it’s neurobiological. To a certain extent, I'm surprised at the court's verdict; it seems to be a basic tenet of progressive policy that individuals cannot be held responsible for their own failures.

The Fifth Circuit isn't 'woke' yet....

CORPORATIONS are finding their 'politically responsible' side. I'm with Glenn Reynolds on this one; when companies virtue signal on my nickel I try to avoid them.

ELIZABETH WARREN'S KITCHEN CABINET meets on Instagram. Both of them -- and that includes her husband and dog....

CHICAGO POLICE MAKE FIRST GUN-RELATED ARREST OF 2019 -- two minutes into the new year.

At that rate they'll make approximately 263,000 arrests in 2019.

TEXAS AND FLORIDA see big population gains while New York and Illinois see big losses. So Texas and Florida are the losers since the 'migrants' will likely bring their decadent cultures with them.

Maybe Texas and Florida should build their own walls....

“SHUTDOWN” POLITICS: House to test Trump on wall.

An extended shutdown over funding a wall would present some political peril for both sides. However, Trump’s position is at least as strong as Pelosi’s, and I believe he’ll test the House at least as much as the House will test him. Probably more.

The longer the government stays shut down the happier I'll be.

FAUXCAHONTAS DRINKS A BEER TO SHOW COMMON TOUCH: The 2020 Presidential Race has begun. Tune up your lie detectors.

MORE: She got into her tank, fired it up, and drove straight into the Atlantic ocean.

CORKER, FLAKE OUT: Two GOP senators leave Washington, and President Trump won’t miss them.

Now if they'd just go quietly into the night ... but they won't. I just wish Trey Gowdy wouldn't go quietly, but he's an honorable man, so I know he will.