We were here. 📷@jimwatsonafp:#DougJones takes selfie with supporters during rally in #Birmingham #Alabama #alabamasenate pic.twitter.com/xVbJF5S84v
— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) December 10, 2017
Really, it’s impossible to tease out the how much one political issue effects another. Democrat Doug Jones’s victory in Alabama was astonishing on its own merits. (Above, it’s a selfie for the ages.) The Senate contest, however, was as much tied to a radical shift right and culture war (see the shunning of Trump at the new Mississipi civil rights museum) as it was to the national awakening over sexual harassment and abuse. Not only was an already flawed Moore badly tainted, but Trump’s strong endorsement put even more focus on the president’s abusive past. Meanwhile, in California, raging wildfires cast a hard light on the nation’s climate in a more literal sense. As we wrote in October in response to the wine country fires, global warming seems to have permanently altered the California dream. The other pictures on our radar involved the massive and wayward tax bill that looks to be become law, and the fifth anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre. Yes, we’re still waiting for that national conversation about gun violence. At least The Atlantic brought some cheer with an upbeat year end round up.
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A rather stunning shot given how Moore’s people see him as God fearing and Jones as a heathen. 📷 @JimWatson_AFP #DougJones on stage in #Birmingham #alabamasenaterace pic.twitter.com/0QoiVfRmQD
— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) December 11, 2017
Pro-Trump group sends 12-year-old girl to interview Roy Moore https://t.co/VPNUkjMQjM pic.twitter.com/aTbmuupe5k
— The Hill (@thehill) December 11, 2017
Don’t even know where to start with this one, it’s so incredibly boneheaded. A man is known by the company he keeps? https://t.co/3xAzQIxUzI
— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) December 12, 2017
Renewed questions about Trump’s history of #sexualharassment. The official end of “we’ve already been through it”? 📷kevin dietsch @UPI https://t.co/hvcKdN2UzU pic.twitter.com/mNMeH2DGVf
— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) December 12, 2017
The whiteness, the chill, every allusion to higher ups and the almighty. 📷@mbenderphoto: “Pointing up at the #Trump International Hotel and Tower, in a call to hold POTUS accountable for #sexualviolence. #MeToo Rally #NYC. pic.twitter.com/vubHo7DKbY
— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) December 10, 2017
Many elements here. Trump with Carson, his buffer. The look of uncertainty, unwelcome as he is. Trump beneath the mug shots, heroes that paid. Same as the @NMAAHC photo-op in February, never bothered to remove the overcoat. 📷 SusanWalsh @AP_Images #MississippiCivilRightsMuseum pic.twitter.com/K9I4tIuhDS
— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) December 11, 2017
At the holiday season, if this doesn’t make you cry…. 📷@Jeff_Frost “Ember Trees. Crazy. Last night was crazy. #thomasfire #calfire #venturafire #hwy33 #hwy101 #ojai #santapaula” https://t.co/WTS2Snn9pG #climatechange #christmas pic.twitter.com/PXZPFmX0jc
— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) December 10, 2017
The symmetry and the painterly yellow in @hlswift_’s heartfelt Instagram “thank you” to firefighters makes this so smolder so much more. https://t.co/SQemUxIGRu @VCFD #CalFire #ThomasFire #Ventura pic.twitter.com/am6LN1qBqT
— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) December 11, 2017
Hell on earth. 📷@WallySkalij @latimesphotos #ThomasFire #VenturaCounty Man runs through flames to save his cats https://t.co/fhfga6HBS9 pic.twitter.com/2DLV67d57E
— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) December 8, 2017
Deaf ears. 📷@erinschaff @UPI pic.twitter.com/rHPbXAdpNx
— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) December 3, 2017
Read it and weep. “Scribbles by Mitch McConnell’s Grandchild Accidentally Incorporated Into G.O.P. Tax Bill.” @BorowitzReport @NewYorker https://t.co/2XgB08J1yo pic.twitter.com/q1uTCzNcBK
— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) December 4, 2017
An extraordinarily painful photo via @markpetersonpixs:
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“City Hall in Newtown CT 12/14/12 the day a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School …. @reduxpictures #newtown #sandyhook #america” pic.twitter.com/o5cRktxo5R— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) December 14, 2017
Hopeful Images From 2017 – A tradition I’ve begun, after a year of difficult news photos, putting together a collection of images of personal victories, play, volunteer work, expressions of love & compassion, or small, pleasant moments from the past year https://t.co/MOgAJqAQEH pic.twitter.com/t1jxvIbsq0
— The Atlantic Photo (@TheAtlPhoto) December 8, 2017
Great intention. Especially shots of people taking peace into their own hands. https://t.co/PjisPmCKLU
— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) December 9, 2017
Photo: Jim Watson/AFP Caption: Democrat Doug Jones scored a stunning upset victory in a fiercely contested US Senate race in conservative Alabama in a bitter blow to President Donald Trump
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