White House responds to Nadler's deadline: You should end this garbage...
This afternoon was the deadline Nadler gave them to say whether Trump or any of his lawyers would attend future impeachment hearings before the Judiciary Committee. Want to cross-examine witnesses?...
View ArticleWarren suggests she'll slash defense budget to pay for other promises
Amid declining poll numbers, Elizabeth Warren seems to be attempting to tune up a few of her standard answers to questions about her budget-busting campaign promises. While it didn't garner much...
View ArticlePentagon: By the way, our secret UFO program wasn't about UFOs after all
After two years of constant media buzz following the bombshell announcement in December of 2017 that the Pentagon had been investigating UFOs (or UAPs, as they prefer to call them now), the government...
View ArticleGreta Thunberg scolds in Madrid: "We have achieved nothing"
Greta Thunberg arrived in Madrid in time to lecture attendees of the 2019 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 25) Friday. She was a late arrival due to a weather delay. Greta...
View ArticleGreat news: The Peloton wife is safe, she's leaving her husband, and she's...
I don't want to dwell on my own humble role in driving the national narrative that the Peloton ad is actually a searing drama about a domineering man and his traumatized wife.I just think it'd be nice...
View ArticleDuncan Hunter will not serve his next congressional term in jail
When we learned last week that California Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter would be pleading guilty to various campaign finance fraud charges, we probably should have seen this coming. After...
View ArticleBiden: Our lily-white debate stage won't be "representative of the Democratic...
Won't it? When Democrats reconvene for their next re-run of their previous debates in twelve days, their viewers may end up with only six flavors of vanilla on screen. For a party obsessed with...
View ArticleJohn Kerry endorses Joe Biden. Is that a good thing?
John Kerry endorsed Joe Biden this week. John Kerry, the former senator from Massachusetts and Obama's Secretary of State in his second term as president, is an old friend and colleague of Biden's so...
View ArticlePortland considers "mandatory rest spaces" for the homeless on private property
Portland, Oregon, like many cities on the left coast, is struggling with a growing homelessness crisis. But what can they do about it? One idea that's now being floated is to change the building codes...
View ArticleSaudi shooter held a mass shooting video party, plus an online rant pointing...
No one was ready to jump to any conclusions yesterday but the gap between what we suppose and what we know is getting a lot smaller. The AP reports that shooter Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani held a party...
View ArticleSunday morning talking heads
Democrats are bringing out the big guns, or what passes for big guns, this fine Sunday morning to press the case for impeachment. Adam Schiff is back after a rare week off, turning up on "Face the...
View ArticleNow we (probably) know what North Korea's "Christmas gift" is
As John discussed on Wednesday, the saber-rattling in North Korea has been slowly ramping back up in recent weeks. Their dictator, Kim Jong-un indicated that he would have a special "Christmas gift"...
View ArticleMedicare administrator bills taxpayers for $43,000 of stolen jewelry
It's likely you are not familiar with the name Seema Verma. Ms. Verma is the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Her name is in the headlines today because her luggage was...
View ArticleMountains and molehills: Sunday reflection
This morning’s Gospel reading is Matthew 3:1–12:John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” It was of him that the prophet...
View ArticleNFL week 14 open thread, the Brady Fade-y edition; ESPN: No NFC East re-seeding
Ed: I'm back in control of the thread again after yet another tie with Jazz, mainly because I snuck this post in when he wasn't looking. We both went 5-2 last week, which pushed my season record to...
View ArticleGiuliani issuing Ukraine report to DOJ?
This has been one of the more curious occurrences in the entire Ukraine mess to be sure. Right in the middle of the impeachment hearings, Rudy Giuliani seemed to simply disappear. Shortly after that,...
View ArticleComing soon: Jesus Christ, the video game
I can't decide if it's the worst idea anyone's ever had for a game or the best.The title is "I Am Jesus Christ." This isn't a game that's merely about the Bible, in other words, in which you interact...
View ArticleSNL's Pelosi prays: Bless Lindsay Graham with a black and gay baby
It's the story that won't die, and rightly so. Speaker Nancy Pelosi jumped all over journalist James Rosen for daring to ask the question the rest of us think: Do you hate President Trump, Speaker...
View ArticleKatie Hill says she contemplated suicide
The former congresswoman from California who was at the center of the whole "throuple" mess somehow remains in the headlines this week despite having tendered her resignation. The New York Post reports...
View ArticleTrump may have China on the mind with Brazil, Argentina tariffs
Steel and aluminum tariffs on Brazilian and Argentinian products will go back in place in America. President Donald Trump announced the decision almost a week ago in a series of tweets accusing both...
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