With so many crazy things happening, sometimes things fall through the cracks. Here are some headlines that you may find interesting and worth discussing. Please feel free to post ‘headlines’ you would like to share that we may have missed.
Biden Administration:
- Pay attention wing nuts–Repairs, not building a Stupid Wall. Biden administration resumes repairing wall on southern border to prevent ‘catastrophic flooding’.
Congress:
- ‘Beyond the pale’: Pelosi says that House ethics committee should ‘probably’ investigate Marjorie Taylor Greene over AOC confrontation.
COVID-19 Updates and COVIDIOTS:
- The C.D.C. confirms more cases of a rare blood clot disorder linked to the J.&J. vaccine.
- Secret Service recovers $2 billion in fraudulently obtained Covid-19 relief funds
White ISIS/MAGAts/ White Supremacists/Wing Nut Watch/GUNZ!:
- A key target of federal prosecutors in an ongoing sex trafficking investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is expected to enter a guilty plea in the case on Monday, according to a new court filing.
- The Thursday announcement of a change-of-plea hearing for Joel Greenberg, a close friend of Gaetz, puts additional heat on the congressman in the high-profile investigation into whether he violated a federal law against transporting minors for sex or other laws against sex trafficking.
- ‘American Idol’ finalist Caleb Kennedy out after KKK-style hood video surfaces
World News:
- U.S. forces have left one of the largest military bases in Afghanistan, according to three defense officials.
Other Headlines:
- Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Thursday that he will not expand Medicaid, ignoring the state Constitution that requires it after voters supported the measure in a referendum.
- Two boys, including an 11-year-old caught driving a stolen car, were arrested Wednesday after a violent robbery of an elderly Asian man in Northern California, officials said.
- The 80-year-old victim was strolling near the 14200 block of Acapulco Road in San Leandro, about 12 miles south of downtown Oakland, on Saturday afternoon when two people in hoodies jumped him and swiped his Fitbit in an attack captured on a home security camera.
