Hometown USA: In his own way, Trump is bringing people together.

Yellowdog Granny: The politics of the day in imagery.

Glenn Geist: Trump's "deal-making" is in the spirit of sleight-of-hand and perpetual-motion machines.

Badtux the Snarky Penguin: Mattis as Secretary of Defense? There could be an upside.

Blog round-up by Infidel753. Tips to mbru [at] crooksandliars [dot] com.