THE DEMOCRAT 'B' TEAM: Why Biden, Bernie and Beto shouldn’t get cocky.

I would nominate Bloomberg, (Eliza)Beth, Booker, (Sherrod) Brown, (Jerry) Brown, and (de)Blasio to fill out the 'B' team. And I'm sure there are at least 4 more B's to make a baker's dozen.

Now - where is the 'A' Team?

THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN? Who noticed?

Nice comment about the aftereffects of a 'Republican' shutdown....

THE RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION: What we have learned so far (Part I), (Part II), and (Part III).

"TRUMP FINALLY WENT FULL TRUMP. That is, he actually did what he promised, and the establishment lost its collective Schiff."

VICTORY GIRLS: The Hogg goes to Harvard. I'll give him a year, maybe two, before he slinks away.

SO, MR. PRESIDENT, 'You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive'.

And learned the lesson that the American polity hasn't.

GOFUNDME WALL CAMPAIGN hits $16 million in 6 days.

Heh. A counter-campaign to buy "Ladders Over Trump's Wall" has raised $137K.

JUDICIAL NOMINEE FACES SENATE SCRUTINY over Knights of Columbus membership.

MORE: Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Knights of Columbus?

I DON'T NEED EVIDENCE, I need subpoenas.

RAND PAUL TO THE LEFT: "How about you just admit you hate the President, love war and have been wrong for the last twenty years on every part of foreign policy?"

DON SURBER: Day 4 of no government.

The effects of the government shutdown have gone from bad to worse. Last night was eerily silent. Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

Now go read the rest.

YES, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus.

Not quite what you expected, eh?

AND A TRUMP CHRISTMAS to Congress.

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM SHADOW'S WORLD:

And Mele Kalikimaka and Feliz Navidad from where we used to live....

IT'S ONLY A PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: Ocasio-Cortez calls for furlough of congressional salaries.

She's probably pissed because she's not on the payroll yet....

DON SURBER: Day 3 of no government. From the comments:

As a show of solidarity with the hordes of furloughed government workers, I have chosen not to go to the office today or tomorrow.

Solidarity ends Wednesday, however. I've got too many deadlines coming up.

Read it all, including comments.

NO BORDERS, NO WALLS! NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio builds ‘privacy fence’ around Gracie Mansion.

Maybe Trump could get Democrat support for his border wall if he called it a 'privacy fence'....

SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESS OWNER: "We live in a pretty f**ked up city."

So when will the city fathers mothers persons of indeterminate gender you voted for notice?

IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO THE BUREAU: Former FBI agents sound off on James Comey.

I THINK 'BOTH' IS THE CORRECT ANSWER: Is MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow a bigot or just ignorant?

I'd say we are better off with a private Christian university that affirms the teachings of Jesus Christ, than a government-run university that affirms the teachings of Karl Marx.

Religion may not be fulfilling for everyone, but secular progressivism is fulfilling for no one.