It’s that time of the year again, folks — when Ms. Mix and Ms. Match meet on the fashion runway.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas are mostly “feather meets leather” gal pals on the fashion runway. Two total apparel opposites.
Except at Christmas time.
Last Christmas, Maria the mover, decked out in a pink and black fluffy feather jacket, decided to mix things up and gave her conservatively suited pal, Toni the Tiger, a dressing up: a denim jacket studded with a huge “Evil Eye.”
It was also studded with feathers, flimsy, whimsy and a bright red lapel flower.
Maria chuckled. Toni chortled. A chummy pic was snapped.
This Christmas season, Maria gave Toni a new holiday jacket: a sparkling, silvery-studded, more conservative number — minus feathers this time and no giganto eyeball.
“I just thought Toni could use a bit more Pappas style,” Pappas chuckled.
“Well, Maria is known for her fabulous jackets; she is my friend and I thought why not jazz it up a bit with plenty of sparkles (if only for a few minutes) during the holiday season,” chuckled Preckwinkle.
Prudent politics, folks. Government style.
What’s in a job?
Here’s what, Trump-style.
Specifically, President-elect Donald Trump’s stunning selection of former Arizona TV Trumpette Kari Lake to head the globally broadcast Voice of America, which is funded by the U.S. government.
The hiring of the loyal Lake, despite the fact she lost separate bids to become Arizona’s governor and U.S. senator, could result in Trump’s ultimate flip off to his Yankee detractors.
It’s foxy as heck.
Here’s why, Trump-style.
To wit: Why not grab the “Voice of America” microphone, which is broadcast all over the world, and hand it to Lake, a seasoned communicator and unapologetic election denier, a mega MAGA stumper who believes that Trump’s 2020 presidential re-election bid was stolen.
The big question?
During Lake’s VOA reign, if Trump survives another four years of hamburger consumption, how will the international broadcasting channel she runs deal with Trump’s insistence that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him?
It’s gotta come up.
Begun in 1942 to combat Nazi propaganda with accurate and unbiased news, the Voice of America (VOA) was tasked with serving the world with "truth, hope and inspiration.”
Hmm: Will the VOA, under Lake’s reign, become the definition of a “squelch": a soft sucking sound like one made in mud?
Or will it become the electronic definition of a “squelch": a circuit suppressing the output of a radio receiver if the signal strength falls below a certain level?
It’s hard to know whether to laugh or cry.
Trump won.
Still flabbergasted? Flummoxed?
Well, here’s food for thought in advance of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in January.
To wit: Don’t be surprised if the record-breaking “massive” crowds Trump “falsely” claimed showed up at his 2016 inauguration might indeed break records this time based on his overwhelming 2024 vote totals.
The talk balk: Due to Trump’s disdain of teleprompter speeches and his love of rally rants, don’t be surprised if his “formal” inaugural acceptance speech in January stretches into a titillating Trump rally monologue.
Saturday birthdays: actress Natascha McElhone, 55; actress Vanessa Hudgens, 36. ... Sunday birthdays: actor Don Johnson, 75; The Supremes singer Cindy Birdsong, 85; drummer Dave Clark of the Dave Clark Five, 85; actress Michelle “Downtown Abbey" Dockery, 43.
