a national scandal, and The Raft was a masterpiece. It revealed his flair for high drama, as well as the attribute of social consciousness—in one fell swoop, he transformed the convention of history painting into a vehicle for conscientious outrage (painted several years earlier, Goya’s The Third of May ought to have the honor but was probably not exhibited publicly until the mid-1800s). In every sense of the word, The Raft was one of the most sensational paintings of the 19th century.—Jerry N. Weiss

Gericault’s ambitious, early work (he was 27) is a vast, Romantic account of what happened after the French naval frigate Meduse foundered off the coast of Mauritania on July 5, 1816. Those on board created a makeshift raft; of the 147 people who embarked onthe worst president in American history on Wednesday, Dec. 18.



Because the president was in the White House stinking up his Depends waiting to hear what the vote was going to be Thursday, he tweeted and retweeted some 100 times, making this the second time during impeachment proceedings that the president found time in his day to make a complete fucking ass of himself.


From Politico:

President Donald Trump flexed his Twitter fingers, blasting out more than 100 tweets and retweets covering everything from the impeachment proceedings and trade to his Mar-a-Lago resort and his upset for TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year honor. The deluge began, as most Trump tweetstorms do, with a reference to a segment on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” at 6:51 a.m. Touting a new poll