Some Big Picture Thoughts on the Sanders/DNC Derp War  —  For most of today I was preoccupied trying to resolve some management issues at TPM.  So I barely had enough time to keep tabs on the Sanders/DNC story through headlines and the barest skimming of articles.

Watch the Christmas Parody Infomercial the Ted Cruz Campaign Has Paid to Air During ‘SNL’  —  Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz will air a Christmas-themed parody infomercial during the broadcast of this weekend's “Saturday Night Live.”  —  The ad, which features …

Fox News Poll: Trump jumps, Cruz climbs, Carson sinks in GOP race  —  Donald Trump, a candidate even Republicans once considered a side show, increases his lead yet again in the nomination race, according to the latest Fox News national poll.  —  The poll also finds Ted Cruz ticking up, Marco Rubio slipping, and Ben Carson dropping.

Jeb Bush: ‘Donald Trump is a jerk’  —  Contoocook, New Hampshire (CNN)While Jeb Bush has been railing against Donald Trump all week, he still had more to say on Saturday, uttering perhaps his strongest comments yet about the Republican presidential front-runner.

Students at Lena Dunham's college offended by lack of fried chicken  —  Students at an ultra-liberal Ohio college are in an uproar over the fried chicken, sushi and Vietnamese sandwiches served in the school cafeterias, complaining the dishes are “insensitive” and “culturally inappropriate.”

New Poll Shows College Students Reject Absurd “Microagression” Culture, Black Lives Matter  —  A new scientific poll sanctioned by Young America's Foundation and conducted by Inc./Woman Trend shows the majority of college students reject the “microaggression,” politically correct culture plaguing campuses around the country.

After a somber start to his vacation, President Barack Obama arrived in Hawaii on Saturday to celebrate Christmas and ring in his final year as president.  —  Air Force One carrying Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and daughters Malia and Sasha landed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam …

Tina Fey on internet outrage: “There's a real culture of demanding apologies, and I'm opting out of that”  —  Which is more of a cop-out than an opt-out.  —  Despite the Star Wars: The Force Awakens furor that's currently dominating film news and criticism, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler …

GOP gobsmacked by Trump's warm embrace of Putin  —  Four years ago Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee, stood before the American public and definitively stated that Russia was America's biggest “geopolitical foe.”  —  This week, the far-and-away Republican poll leader Donald Trump gave Vladimir Putin …

Leader McConnell warns GOP voters: We need candidates ‘who can win’  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday warned Republican voters to steer clear of nominating Tea Party candidates who can't win in next year's general election.  —  “The way you have a good election year …