House Judiciary Ranking Dem Jamie Raskin on Monday gave dipshit FBI Director Kash Patel a little hint of what life might be like if spandex-wearing grapple-freak Jim Jordan loses the committee gavel, CBS News reports with clips of a letter Raskin sent to Patel seeking answers on his not-very-official uses of the official FBI plane, including the “effin wild” trip to the Boondoggle Ranch.

“You flew there because your girlfriend was performing at a wrestling match on the campus of Pennsylvania State University,” Raskin and Dem Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove wrote in the letter. “After attending her performance, you used the government’s jet to fly with her home to Nashville the following day. Your ‘date night’ had no apparent connections to your official duties.”

“Later that weekend, you took the jet to Texas for four days, where Republican mega-donor Bubba Saulsbury hosted you at Boondoggle Ranch – ‘a scenic hunting resort’ that touts itself as the ideal place to ‘waste money or time on unnecessary or questionable projects,'” the letter continued.

“Lightning is among the most energetic manifestation of electrical activity in planetary atmospheres, with documented observations not only on Earth but also on Saturn and Jupiter. On Mars, the existence of electrical activity has long been suspected, but never directly demonstrated.”

“The dusty atmosphere of Mars undergoes aeolian processes, ranging from wind-blown dust and sand, metre-to-hundred-metre-sized dust devils to thousand-kilometre-scale dust storms, which, in Earth’s deserts, can become electrified through triboelectric charging. For this reason, electric fields have been predicted to build up on Mars, but with no measurement of Martian atmospheric electrical activity so far. Here we report in situ detections of triboelectric discharges, identified by their electrical and acoustic signatures captured by the microphone aboard the Perseverance rover. ”

“Fifty-five events have been detected over two Martian years, usually associated with dust devils and dust storm convective fronts. These serendipitous observations demonstrate that Martian electric fields can reach the breakdown threshold of the near-surface atmosphere of Mars, predicted to be on the order of several tens of kV m−1. Such electrical activity could affect dust dynamics and potentially fuel a reactive electrochemical environment enhancing the oxidizing capacity of the atmosphere, with consequences for the preservation of organic molecules. This in situ evidence may have implications for surface chemistry, habitability and human exploration,” says the abstract to a study by a team of researchers from the University of Toulouse and the University of Versailles, confirming the electrifying news that Mars has lightning. Fucking amazing, right?

Comments are still “temporarily” disabled at Villages-News.com, you can see it at the bottom of this story about Brian William Decot, who last month surrendered his passport to authorities ahead of his trial in the Halloween 2024 cocaine overdose death of his ladyfriend Tracy Jean Miller.

Which is a shame. Both the comment thing and morseso the tragic death of Miller, 54, of course.

Because man this is messed up and locals’ reactions to specific details of the case would be interesting to say the least. Decot, 47, and a registered Republican who lives with his 79 year-old mom spent a few months in the clink awaiting trial before making bail on October 23, 2025 following his April indictment on charges stemming from the incident the previous Halloween. That night, per police, the two were effing in Mrs Decot’s house when Brian suggested “injecting cocaine to further enhance” their effing. He then needled himself and Tracy, who also took two Xanaxes.

Decot then “logged onto his computer and searched for pornographic websites,” but Miller “began to shake badly,” according to Villages-News’s sequence of events, the conjunctive composition of the sentence never explained, which is weird. What they write next however is… Well, just read it:

“Nancy Mace has yet again decided to turn her back on MAGA to hug the political cactus that is the Rand Paul + Thomas Massie wing of the Party. I have notified her and her team that I am resigning because of this. My name has been used publicly, while going back on her word to pay me, to trade on my Team Trump status and to work on her behalf with the White House, and I am 100 percent breaking with her campaign out of loyalty to the President. The 2026 gubernatorial race has always been first and foremost a run for the President’s endorsement. South Carolina is Trump Country.”

“Earlier this year Nancy parted ways with her General Consultant, because he was openly criticizing the President’s Iran strike and siding with Thomas Massie. Last month the Rand Paul-affiliated Protect Freedom PAC began spending money on Nancy’s behalf. I had no prior knowledge of that, and campaigns can’t control outside spending. I chalked it up to nothing but independent activity.”

“When I talked to Nancy last Wednesday, it became clear she has embraced the Rand Paul PAC. She told me she is directing a personal friend to fund a 7-figure check to Rand’s PAC. She distanced herself, and now she’s fully embracing the Rand Paul + Thomas Massie wing for money. Nancy Mace is wittingly or unwittingly a proxy for Rand Paul’s 2028 presidential campaign. That’s the straw that broke the camel’s back,” writes GOP operative Austin McCubbin in a lengthy tweet that keeps going.

Noteworthy because it’s not about her being criminally insane but “disloyal” to Trump and that there’s some inside baseball pretext for that disloyalty rather than the actual disloyalty she displayed by providing one of really only two contested final signatures to the Epstein files discharge petition.

“The United States is very satisfied with the results displayed, through hard work and determination, in the Country of Syria. We are doing everything within our power to make sure the Government of Syria continues to do what was intended, which is substantial, in order to build a true and prosperous Country. One of the things that has helped them greatly was my termination of very strong and biting sanctions — I believe this was truly appreciated by Syria, its Leadership, and its People! It is very important that Israel maintain a strong and true dialogue with Syria, and that nothing takes place that will interfere with Syria’s evolution into a prosperous State.”

“The new President of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is working diligently to make sure good things happen, and that both Syria and Israel will have a long and prosperous relationship together. This is a historic opportunity, and adds to the SUCCESS, already attained, for PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST!” posted the leader overseeing America’s new economic golden age on Monday, the response to increasing energy costs going into what looks to be a very cold and snowy winter in much of the United States very clear on how focused he is on delivering relief to struggling, shivering voters.

Namibian legislator Adolf Hitler Uunona, who recently was elected to his fifth term as Ompundja constituency councillor in the Oshana region of the Sub-Saharan African country, tells local paper the Namibian he’s had his name legally changed and now goes by simply Adolf Uunona.

“My name is not Adolf Hitler,” the 59 year-old career politician said. “I am Adolf Uunona. In the past, people have called me ‘Adolf Hitler’ and tried to associate me with someone I don’t even know.”

It’s not clear why Uunona’s father named him after the far more famous 20th century politician and Adolf himself had never asked. From 1884 to 1915 the country was known as German Southwest Africa, a colony of Imperial Germany, though that year the white government of South Africa invaded and seized control which it held until 1990 when Namibia gained independence. Some remnants of the German presence remain in place names and in the ancestry of locals but it does not appear Uunona has much German heritage if any at all. Still it’s a clue as to how he got his name.

More than 400 Minnesota government workers say Governor Tim Walz "systematically retaliated" against whistleblowers. pic.twitter.com/I1cHTWr2K3

— FOX & Friends (@foxandfriends) December 1, 2025

“Seriously retarded” Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has been stealing President Trump’s most tried and true method of handling scandals, Fox News reports by citing a devastating tweet from an account run from inside the state’s Department of Human Services that Fox News did not link.

“We let Tim Walz know of fraud early on, hoping for a partnership in stopping fraud but no, we got the opposite response. Tim Walz systematically retaliated against whistleblowers using monitoring, threats, repression, and did his best to discredit fraud reports. In addition to retaliating against whistleblower[s], Tim Walz disempowered the Office of the Legislative Auditor, allowing agencies to disregard their audit findings and guidance,” tweeted the anon account that Fox didn’t link.

A “close Trump ally” speaking on “the condition of anonymity so as not to antagonize” grandpa tells The Atlantic’s Jonathan Lemire that the Orange God Emperor is becoming extremely isolated and thus completely out of touch with his base to a politically dangerous degree. “People voted for him to lower prices, to bring manufacturing back, to stand up to those taking advantage of them. They didn’t vote for him to build a damn gilded ballroom. He’s not hearing them,” said the anonymous ally in the medium-length piece about the growing distance between MAGAmerica and their messiah.

It’s not that quote however that’s the most effective at illustrating said distance but Lemire’s composition itself on the best laid plans of Donald’s handlers going to shit over the summer after the Big Beautiful Scam passed: “There had been tentative plans this summer to get Trump back out on the road. Republicans had just passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, but polls showed that a majority of Americans didn’t like how it favored the ultrarich. White House aides hoped to have Trump tour the country to emphasize that the bill’s tax cuts and deregulation would benefit his supporters.”

“But it never happened, because Trump got distracted. He turned his attention overseas and, desperate for a Nobel Peace Prize, scheduled a summit in Alaska with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, while pushing for a cease-fire in Gaza. And, just weeks after Trump presided over the tax legislation’s July 4 signing ceremony, his White House was consumed by the return of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.”

“The last thing Trump wanted was to face members of his base who might have questions about his ties to the disgraced pedophile,” Lemire writes and, well, if that ain’t a glowing vindication of the Dems’ strategy to leverage Donald’s ex-bestie against him then let’s hear the other side of it.

In a 3-0 decision against convicted felon President Trump’s regime that will have impact elsewhere, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday ruled that former parking lot lawyer Alina Habba is still not the lawfully serving US Attorney for the District of New Jersey and will never be unless the Senate does away with the Blue Slip norm and confirms her to the post… Or cuts a deal with Dem Senators Cory Booker and Andy Kim, probably even less likely than the end of the Blue Slips.

“It is apparent that the current administration has been frustrated by some of the legal and political barriers to getting its appointees in place. Its efforts to elevate its preferred candidate for US Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Alina Habba, to the role of Acting US Attorney demonstrate the difficulties it has faced—yet the citizens of New Jersey and the loyal employees in the US Attorney’s Office deserve some clarity and stability… The defendants in two criminal cases moved to dismiss their indictments and to disqualify Habba from participating in their prosecutions, arguing that she is unlawfully serving as Acting US Attorney. The District Court denied the motions to dismiss, but it granted the motions to disqualify Habba from the prosecutions. The Government appeals. We will affirm,” the three judge panel of one Obama and two Dubya appointees wrote.

For your Christmas wish list… pic.twitter.com/pLXzg20SaL

— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) December 1, 2025

An October 22nd call by the Trump Regime to deny two Northern Michigan electric utilities federal funds to recoup the costs of repairs following a massive ice storm last March will see ratepayers in a deep red area on the hook for thousands of dollars in surcharges for the fixes, Politico reports.

“It could be tens of millions of dollars left on the backs of the members,” said Allan Berg, the CEO of Presque Isle Electric and Gas in northeastern Michigan, while the other utility, Great Lakes Energy, said on its website that “all storm-related costs not reimbursed by state or federal disaster aid will be paid for by the cooperative’s entire membership.” Gov Gretchen Whitmer had in an August letter warned the Orange God Emperor that ratepayers face surcharges and rate hikes “equivalent to at least $4,500 per household” without federal aid. Which he ignored, fucking over his voters.

Pope Leo XIV on Monday told reporters it’s time for shitbag Israeli dictator Benjamin Netanyahu to grab his balls and recognize an independent Palestinian state, the Associated Press reports.

“We know that in this moment, Israel doesn’t accept this solution, but we see it as the only one that can offer a solution to the conflict that they are living in,” said the pontiff during a “gaggle” on Pope Force One. “We are also friends with Israel and we try with both sides to be a mediating voice that can help bring them closer to a solution with justice for all.”

“I am asking all America First Patriots in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, who haven’t voted yet, to please GET OUT AND VOTE on Election Day, Tuesday, December 2nd, for a phenomenal Candidate, Matt Van Epps. Matt is fighting against a woman who hates Christianity, will take away your guns, wants Open Borders, Transgender for everybody, men in women’s sports, and openly disdains Country music. She said all of these things precisely, and without question — IT’S ON TAPE!”

“Do not take this Race for granted. The Radical Left Democrats are spending a fortune to beat one of the best Candidates we’ve ever had, Matt Van Epps! You can win this Election for Matt. GET OUT AND VOTE FOR MATT VAN EPPS, who has my Complete and Total Endorsement — HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!” posted convicted felon President Trump on Sunday. Such confident swagger.

Some background for those unfamiliar with the intricate geography of New York City and the surrounding metro area: The city’s divided into five “boroughs” which were individual counties prior to 1875 when the southern half of Westchester County was ceded as the Bronx. Then in 1898 the city annexed Staten Island – aka Richmond County – and a third of Long Island, including the city of Brooklyn – conterminous with Kings County – and the western half of then-Queens County.

The eastern half of Queens was renamed Nassau County, a jurisdiction currently led by hardcore MAGA douchebag Bruce Blakeman, who early last week told Fox News he’s responding to 34 year-old socialist Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York City’s mayoral election by “installing technology along the border of New York City that will read license plates, that will have facial recognition, that will have video cameras,” because Mamdani will unleash a wave of crime that will spill over the border. “We’re doing everything necessary to make sure that Nassau County is safe.”

Fun fact: Somewhere between 50 and 100 private properties, including dozens of homes, are actually bisected by the haphazardly drawn border that Blakeman seeks to fortify with facial recognition cameras. “Right now, I see his values as anti-American. So, I have a lot of issues with Mamdani. We built the greatest economic city in the world, with the financial capital of the world being in New York City. His policies will probably destroy that,” Blakeman said, adding that those who feel displaced by the socialist Muslim mayor-elect are “welcome to come to Nassau County.”

“It’s safe and affordable,” Blakeman added and lol. Safe? Yes. Safe relative to Queens? Yeah, but not by light years at 163 violent crime incidents per 100,000 in Nassau in 2023 to 439 in Queens. Factor in traffic fatalities per 100,000: 3.5 in Queens, 4.8 in Nassau (also 2023) and it’s closer to a wash on safety. Affordable? Get fucked Bruce. Property taxes are 78 percent higher per sq ft in Nassau.

In a video statement released on Sunday, Israeli dictator Benjamin Netanyahu urged President Isaac Herzog to pardon him from his still-unresolved corruption charges from like six freaking years ago, with “Bibi” telling Herzog that he expects “anyone who wishes for the good of the country support this step,” Reuters reports. Herzog’s office acknowledged the request and said he passed it along to the country’s Ministry of Justice for consideration and a required recommendation.

It’s no mystery what the recommendation’s going to be since Justice Minister Yariv Levin is a member of Netanyahu’s Likud party and a close ally. Then Herzog makes the final call, though traditionally the Israeli president pretty much rubber stamps the amnesty. Traditionally being the key word here as traditionally offenders need be convicted first before they can apply for a pardon. And then there’s the fact that Ike and Benny kind of fucking hate each other and have for a while.

One extra wrinkle on the pre-conviction pardon thing though: The first one in Israeli history was issued in the 1980s to the defendants in the “Bus 300 affair.” None other than Isaac’s father, former President Chaim Herzog, pardoned four Shin Bet agents accused of summarily executing two Palestinians captured after they had hijacked a public bus full of civilians. Chaim cited national security as the pretext for letting them off the hook, the same argument “Bibi” is making now.

Also inconvenience. “I am required to testify three times a week… That is an impossible demand that is not made of any other citizen,” Bibi said in the video, six years after he’d been charged, a period during which as many as 100,000 men, women, and children living in Gaza and the West Bank were killed outright via kinetic action or starvation/disease wrought by his genocidal campaigns.

It’s not always this easily that Congressional Republicans admit that they’re simps to their Holy Orange Messiah in the White House but Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin did it fairly easily this Sunday, first by telling CNN’s Dana Bash that “the particular circumstances of” Trump’s intention to pardon drug trafficker ex-Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez Mullin is “not quite aware of,” but seconds later he trust’s Trump’s “natural reaction and his approach to foreign affairs.”

“Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies located and arrested a 21 year-old Beach Park man, after he set his house on fire, following a Thanksgiving argument with his family. On November 27, 2025, at approximately 7:30 pm, Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a non-violent, verbal domestic dispute at a residence in the 40100 block of North Lone Oak Road, Beach Park. Family members were upset with Erik J Crump, 21, of the same address, as he was antagonizing and arguing with others in the home. Sheriff’s deputies arrived and were able to deescalate the situation. Crump, nor others, committed a crime and Crump agreed to keep to himself for the remainder of the evening.”

“Later the same night, at approximately 8:40 pm, Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the same residence for reports the home was on fire. As firefighters arrived, they reported seeing a man, matching Crump’s description, armed with a knife, standing on the side of the roadway about a block from the residence. Crump then fled. As Crump was seen fleeing on foot, sheriff’s deputies established a perimeter. A sheriff’s canine team responded and tracked Crump’s scent to a dead-end in the roadway, indicating he left the area in a vehicle. Sheriff’s deputies were able to track Crump’s location to a storage facility in the 39400 block of North Lewis Avenue, Beach Park. He was successfully taken into custody without incident,” says a press release from the Lake County, Illinois Sheriff’s Office that does not contain much if any clues that this was a politically-motivated incident.

Really could go either way. Like maybe Erik’s a Packers fan but his family are all Bears fans.