Seriously...really?

So .3 of a Scaramucci?

Watching replay of SC debate. Andrews issues invitation to Graham for debate. Graham says it's more important for her to hear from SC people than to debate. But doing a debate televised statewide might help SC voters know where each stands on the issues. Maybe Graham doesn't want educated voters?

If Darline Graham was truly a viable candidate for Senate, she would stand and speak with solid knowledge about the topics of her platform instead of changing her last name to rely on a sympathy vote tied to her deceased brother. Thanks, but no. Annie Andrews presents as a much better candidate.

Wait...did he offer to sell American weapons to China? The same China that supplied weapons to Iran during the first 6 months of this year? So potentially, he could indirectly supply weapons to the country the US is at war with? Wow...stable genius indeed. Brilliant.

So the guy who craves being the center of attention denies reporting crews access to where he'll be doing something and then wants to complain about why they're not talking about him. Seems he has a problem with cause and effect. They could just make stuff up, but there's that "fake news" thing...

Trump complains that the news outlets he banned from the WH don't give him any positive coverage. Maybe they should just start their daily broadcasts with "We can positively state that we received word that the president is reportedly awake today." Given his day-sleeping habit, being awake is a +.

Saw video of RFKjr saying teens today have half the sperm count teens had decades ago. How exactly did they test teens for sperm counts decades ago and was that a normal part of an annual physical? Is it a normal thing to do now?

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Volvo anticipates putting thousands of driverless tractor trailers on US roads in the near future. The claim is that they'll be very safe due to technology. But what if there's an accident with one of those trucks? Whose DL & insurance info do you get from an empty driver's seat?

There's a lot of talk about the grand ballroom to be constructed. Renderings show something overloaded with embellishments and coated in gilt. Guests will be so distracted that they won't be able to focus on whoever is supposed to be the center of attention at any event held there.

So Trump wants to eliminate vote by mail. Wouldn't it be a rip if SCOTUS said, "Sure, no more vote by mail"? (Pretty sure it was credibly reported that Trump voted by mail in the last presidential election.)

People are questioning if the McConnell photo is AI or not. Ms. Chao was reportedly in China even after McConnell was in the hospital. If it's not AI, wouldn't reporters have seen Ms. Chao here in the US, maybe at his DC home, going into the hospital, or another DC location, wouldn't they?

Hmmm...seems like recent reporting begs the question: What did Ms. Leavitt know and when did she know it?

Are Kash and Pete collecting up all the open containers like the kids the morning after Mom & Dad's cocktail party?

Ok, so the entertainment at the WHCD is a mentalist. Among the things they can do is influence thoughts. Oh, the possibilities!

If Ms. Bondi is being removed from the AG position, will Trump make up a new position for her like he did for Ms. Noem?

Reportedly GOP sens/reps were told they can't leave DC to celebrate Easter with their families. Wouldn't that be a form of religious discrimination? Thought that might be against the law, even if they were promised dinner with the prez as a consolation.

ICE agents "helping" TSA? Reports say ICE just walks in past the checkpoints into the TSA security areas. Really? ICE doesn't have badges & don't show ID aanywhere, but they walk right in? Yet travelers have to produce ID, remove shoes, belts, get x-ray'd, and potentially physically searched? Wow.

Will this "excursion" be the undoing of this administration? Or are the cabinet, GOP & MAGA so drawn in that they'll parrot & support the talking points presented by whoever is pulling the admin's puppet strings, regardless of what is obvious to everyone else (and in private, even to themselves)?

Can't wait for the next SNL cold open after this SOTU.

Who describes a child just learning to walk and then tells her to stand up?

Why are JD Vance's brows knit so much during this speech? Is it because even he's having a hard time with what is being said?

Bulletpoint in today's NYTimes Morning newsletter says ICE agents will accompany the US Winter Olympics delegation to Italy. Article says they'll "vet and mitigate risks from transnational criminal organizations." (I thought ICE works at/inside the US border, not on foreign soil.) Italy is pissed.

Don't let this Jan 6th point get lost: Jack Smith testified to Congress he had "proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election." In other words, he could prove in court that Trump attempted a coup.

Great question for all those still blindly following the man in the Oval Office and those who control him. How do they explain why the gov't has no funds to curb rising healthcare costs or rural hospitals/clinics shutdowns, or fund the ACA, but heck yeah, let's start a war with Venezuela?

Isn't the daily recommendation to take 1 baby aspirin (81mg) daily to prevent heart attack/stroke? Just saw some reporting that included a bit saying DJT is taking more than 315mg of aspirin a day. I'm no mathematician, but that's roughly 4 times the 1 baby aspirin. Why take so much?

Excellent!

Yeah! What she said! 👇

So Trump is a tenant in The People's House, yet he decided to demolish it, it'd be totally fine if one of his tenants, say a club member at Mar-A-Lago, decided to demolish the Mar-A-Lago ballroom?

Yeah, well...this is positively beyond what he (or any president) should be allowed to do to The People's House without approval of the People, or at the very least, their representatives. Keep documenting so we can keep sharing.

I don't agree that the president should be able to make major changes to "The People's House" on his own (regardless of who pays for it). He's given an allowance to redecorate the personal residence portion of the house and that's fine. But this is too much. www.reuters.com/world/us/wat...

Oh, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social how I love your delivery of "...two of his three wives were immigrants, proving yet again that immigrants will do the jobs that even Americans are not willing to do." Thank you for choosing to move here and become a citizen, bringing your wit and wisdom with you!

That might not have been an "accidental" slip of the tongue. Perhaps he has "small man syndrome" and just desperately needs people to know he's in charge.

MAGA blames the Dems for the government shutdown. The shutdown of the same government that is gleefully controlled by the GOP. Anybody else confused by this logic?

Yeah...this. This is what the current administration is working to effect in the US.

So, the WH is now "laing off" federal employees during the shutdown. Just wait until the next employment numbers report comes out and the administration doesn't like what it says. They'll need to be reminded that they are responsible for the job losses.

Wonder if the chef (or cleaning staff!) has given an order to lock up all the bottles of ketchup yet.

Did ABC choose to suspend Jimmy Kimmel indefinitely rather than cancelling his contract just so they could keep him from going to another platform led by management/ownership with a backbone that supports free speech under the 1st Amendment? Is keeping him from going somewhere else a favor?

I don't watch much network TV. But after a recent Bucs game on ABC, I saw a show with some promise: High Potential. Listen up ABC mgmt (& show sponsors): I won't be watching because you axed Jimmy Kimmel. Bye Disney, all of it. Thankfully, I never spent money on Hulu. They sold out.

NBC is reporting that Charlie Kirk has died after being shot in Utah and that a person of interest is in custody. Regardless of what you thought about Kirk, his family and friends are grieving his loss.

And yet, he expects us to believe him in his expert capacity as head of HHS when he talks. So...hypocrisy?

Considering how badly the bi-partisan inquisition of RFKjr went, could Congress impeach him or is it only the president who can relieve the US of this incompetent secretary?