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- With the disclosure of the twins he fathered with an executive at one of his companies, it appears the Twitter deal is the only thing Elon Musk will pull out of.
- Imagine how dejected Kelly Loeffler must feel: Georgia voters rejected her and the state’s Republicans decided Herschel Walker was a better choice for the future.
- Remember how the Colonies rebelled against England and established the United States as a beacon of democratic rule? Now, the United States can get a refresher on the peaceful transfer of power from its colonizer.
- We need a law barring members of Congress from requesting and receiving pardons. If you are a member of Congress and requested or received a pardon from the President for activities you undertook while in office (regardless of whether it’s related to your job), you should be expelled from Congress because you’re admitting you broke the law. A pardon does not erase your actions; it only isolates you from criminal prosecution, and you can still be expelled from office.
- Clarence Thomas once voted to strike down a gun ban statute in Highland Park, Illinois saying that the “overwhelming majority of citizens who own and use such rifles do so for lawful purposes.” The “overwhelming majority” of people also don’t misuse pharmaceuticals, but we still have laws protecting us against it.
- “Impregnated 10-year-old rape victim denied abortion by the government.” A decade ago, that headline would’ve ended “in Afghanistan.” Today, it ends, “in Ohio.”
- Both Dons–Jr. and Sr.–abandoned Truth Social’s board of directors. How much of a sucker do you think Devin Nunes feels like now? He’s their fall guy. Again.
- On Fox, they promote the idea that more guns make people safer, but when guns are repeatedly used to murder and maim people, they respond that the proliferation of guns is the cause of gun violence, and in illogical thinking, claim MORE guns will make us safe.
- Keep an ear out for the name John Wood. He’s a Republican former US Attorney running as an independent for the Missouri Senate seat. He’ll avoid the primary and run in the general as an independent. His candidacy unsettles the race because it’s unclear who he’ll attract votes from at this point. He could take voters away from Eric Greitens, the spouse-abusing GOP frontrunner at this point, or from conservative Democrats in the state. Most likely, though, if Greitens is the nominee, Greitens finishes second to either Wood or the Democratic nominee.
- Remember when Trump claimed he was being audited as a Democratic hit job? Of course, he wasn’t, but he’s demonstrating he’s guilty of everything he accuses others of doing by having the IRS target his enemies. We’ll find out Comey’s and McCabe’s were just a drop in the bucket.
- WTF, Georgia Whack-o Conservatives? Blowing up the Guidestones? Are you tryin’ to become Florida? The rest of the state disagrees with you.
- In his 17 years in Congress, Jim Jordan has never been the primary sponsor of a bill signed into law. That includes two years under GW Bush and four years under Donald Trump. Not even a bill to name a post office. He is literally there to cause chaos, not govern.
- We had more “oohs” and “aahs” yesterday than on the Fourth of July because our neighbors got a new puppy on Thursday, and puppies > fireworks.
- Workplace sexual harassment settlements cannot include confidentiality requirements for the plainiffs/victims. It’s in the public interest to know what assholes–both male and female–have paid to settle charges, not just for transparency, but to inform any person who may want to work for that individual or organization.
- A strong jobs report–again–means business has continuing confidence that any rough economic conditions that may lie ahead will not be short, or mild, or both.
- Snacking vegetables, like the kind you can eat raw, what was once called crudité, are truly underrated. Can anything beat a baby carrot? Cherry tomatoes, celery sticks, cucumber slices are all fine, but the baby carrot is the best. Good on its own, or with a dip. But the unsung hero of the category is the red bell pepper: a good snack, fine with a dip, and it can help alleviate garlic breath.
- Next week’s House Select Committee hearings are going to be fun: I can’t wait for the Proud Boys to testify on TV, either live or on tape. We’ll see a modern version of a 1930s Brownshirt.
- When it’s still in the ground, is a baby carrot properly called a “fetus carrot”?
- Can we all agree that when a gun violence advocate talks on the House floor about she needs to be able to get a gun to become a family annihilator to protect her grandchildren, one side of the argument has lost all reason.
