Politics
Letitia James pleaded not guilty in federal court
New York Attorney General Letitia James appeared in a federal court in Norfolk, Virginia. She is accused of engaging in bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution. James pleaded not guilty to both charges. Ironically during her campaign, James voted to investigate Trump and his businesses. From Fox News: New York Attorney […]
Marine vet running for Senate has Nazi tattoo on chest
A Marine veteran of the Afghanistan War is running for the US Senate from Maine. Around these parts we tend to respect vets that run for office, even if they are doing so as Democrats. Well this fella, Graham Platner, took to a podcast to admit that he’s got a great big Nazi tattoo on […]
Justice Jackson compares Voting Rights Act to Americans with Disabilities Act
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, in her arguments related to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, attempted to make comparisons with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Just as ADA made buildings accessible to Americans with disabilities, Jackson reasoned that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act made voting available to minorities. Section […]
Bondi Bitchslaps Blumenthal
I can die happy after writing that headline… Attorney General Pam Bondi – all here know that I am not a fan – or wasn’t – until today. Bondi was at a Senate Judiciary meeting Tuesday about the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey. During a Senate Judiciary hearing on Tuesday, Blumenthal confronted Bondi […]
Wednesday short takes
That Earth-shattering Big Story? Not today. First up, you may remember the odd case of the Massachusetts cop who was trying to buy a gun for his cop job and triggered an ICE response? A Maine police officer arrested by immigration authorities has agreed to voluntarily leave the country, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
China and US clash at UN over Panama Canal
I’m sure no one in the Carter Administration envisioned China effectively running the Panama Canal when they gave the Canal Zone back to Panama. I say that honestly with utter conviction and not a hint of sarcasm: mainly because those idiots couldn’t have foreseen sunshine after dawn on the days after, much less China’s growth […]
Loomer over the line
Seems Laura Loomer, the internet influencer who has some influence over Donald Trump, is now attacking Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll by questioning the Army’s commemorative honoring of Medal of Honor awardee CPT Florent Groberg. The young captain literally tackled a suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest. In doing so he saved the […]
Trump fires BLS head after disappointing revisions
The big news at the end of the week was that Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, was fired after revised labor data showed sharply reduced hiring than was previously reported. President Donald Trump responded to the lackluster jobs report by directing his team to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner […]
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