With so many crazy things happening, sometimes things fall through the cracks. Here are some headlines that may be worth discussing.
- The Justice Department is investigating a potential crime related to funneling money to the White House or related political committee in exchange for a presidential pardon, according to court records unsealed Tuesday in federal court.
- The DOJ investigation involves two people, whose names are redacted, who were improperly acting as lobbyists to secure the pardon for a person whose name is also redacted. The plot involved the person offering “a substantial political contribution in exchange for a presidential pardon or reprieve of sentence.”
- Talk of self-pardon for Trump heats up: Sean Hannity suggests Trump pardon his entire family.
- “The president out the door needs to pardon his whole family and himself because they want this witch-hunt to go on in perpetuity, they’re so full of rage and insanity against the president,”
- The first doses of a coronavirus vaccine should be given to an estimated 21 million health-care workers and three million residents and staff of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, a federal advisory panel recommended Tuesday afternoon.
- Fewer Americans shopped during Black Friday weekend sales and Cyber Monday sales were down as well showing further signs the Trump Economy has spiraled even further down the drain.
- A bipartisan group of senators rolled out a compromise version of an economic rescue package on Tuesday. Coming in at just over $900 billion, it moved substantially away from what Democrats want (around $2 trillion) and a whole lot closer to what Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has pushed for (around $500 billion). However, Moscow Mitch announced the compromise was a non-starter.
