Politics
Biden counter terrorism memo targeted conservatives
Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, recently declassified a memo from the Biden years. Gabbard described the memo as an “abuse of power” as it targeted people simply for their ideological stance without the normal requirements for investigating someone. Under the auspices of countering terrorism, the memo focused on individuals deemed to have engaged in […]
Baseball shooting report “butchered” by FBI
Remember the baseball field shooting in 2017 in which a bunch of GOP legislators were playing a softball game and a fella opened fire on them? James T. Hodginson was killed at the scene. The House Judiciary Committee, Intelligence Committee and Intelligence Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation released their opinion of the FBI investigation into […]
Saturday updates
A few quick follow-ups to folks we have seen in the past: Starting with ol’ Tombstone Teeth Sandy – Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez has been recently jet-setting (literally) around the country with Bernie Sanders, presumably to raise her public awareness for a potential run at a higher position. As has been disclosed in he past, this could […]
DNC Chair: No DNC officer should attempt to influence primary election outcome
Ken Martin, chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), said that no DNC officer should try to influence the Democratic primary election outcomes. The DNC will not favor either the incumbent or the challenger during the primaries; they can’t simultaneously be referee and player. David Hogg appeared to be the intended recipient of this message […]
Enough politics?
Well, tough. Today is updates. First up – Molly Kaptur of Ohio (a D) just won re-election for the 22nd time. I suspect she thinks of the House as a relatively low-stress job, as she has only introduced a whopping 5 bills in 41 years. (Ironically, the same number as of bills Trump has signed […]
Dominican Republic 1965
JeffLPH sends – this was the USS Okinawa ‘Family Newsletter’ from 15 May 1965. May not ring bells with many of you, but we got ourselves briefly involved in another hot spot then, half-way around the world from Vietnam. He notes that the deployment went so rapidly that they had trucks piling up on the […]
Hegseth’s body man’s qualifications questioned
SECDEF Hegseth’s office is in the midst of a couple of scandals. We talked recently about his troubles with using the app Signal for potentially sensitive information, but there’s also an IG investigation in leaks to the media. This has led to a few people in Hegseth’s inner circle being fired or reassigned. Of those […]
Democrat game plan
Y’know, if AOC (or for that matter any Democrat) is going to get elected, if they are smart they are probably going to have to come to James Carville for advice – at minimum. For those who don’t know, or don’t remember, Carville was the eminence grise campaign manager who had a finger in most […]
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