Last Call
Last Call: February 20, 2021
As I typed in the date, I just realized, we’re almost three months into 2021 and what a year it’s been thus far. A few things that affect all of us that I’m thankful for MORE
Year: 2021
Breaking News
United Airlines jet forced to land at Denver airport as aircraft debris found in neighborhoods
A United Airlines flight bound for Honolulu was forced to return to Denver International Airport Saturday after suffering an engine issue, a spokesperson for the airport told CNN. The flight returned safely to the airport MORE
Wingnut Watch
DoJ and FBI investigating what role Alex Jones and Roger Stone played in insurrection
Although it doesn’t necessarily mean that Alex Jones, Roger Stone, and other wing nuts who got involved in the Jan. 6th attack on the Capitol Building, the DoJ and FBI just wants to investigate what MORE
Breaking News
Munich Security Conference: Biden Reconnects with Allies: ‘America Is Back’
President Biden used his first public encounter with America’s European allies to describe a new struggle between the West and the forces of autocracy, declaring that “America is back” while acknowledging that the past four MORE
Biden Administration
Biden Visits Pfizer, Relief Bill Unveiled
President Biden visited Pfizer’s plant in Portage, Michigan, on Friday, to thank the nearly 3,000 workers there who are making coronavirus vaccines, ensuring every dose is properly made, safe, and free of contaminants, and then MORE
News
Federal Agents Seize Cocaine Frosted Corn Flakes Cereal in Cincinnati
They‘re Gr-r-reat Bico, a narcotic detector dog with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, sniffed out the cocaine coated flakes on Feb. 13 in a shipment of cereal from South America, according to a release from the MORE
Wingnut Watch
Cruz Family’s Private School Want Children to Quarantine
Three weeks before Ted Cruz escorted his family to Mexico, the private school his daughters attend sent a message warning of international travel. The bottom line: St. John’s School students who travel internationally must quarantine MORE
It's 5:00 Somewhere
It’s 5:00 Somewhere
The Friday 5:00 happy hour is provided for you as a means to relax and alleviate the stress of the week. While this is often suggested as a place to partake of a cocktail, beer, MORE
News
Ron DeSantis orders flags lowered to honor ‘legend’ Rush Limbaugh
NU††ER WA†CH Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Friday that he would order flags to fly at half-staff in honor of conservative talk radio star Rush Limbaugh, who died this week at the age of MORE
Pandemic Morons
Family in food line gets verbally abused by man yelling at people to ‘get a job’
Since the pandemic hit, food lines across the United States have helped feed many families struggling just to get buy. In Buckeye, AZ, “a man harassed and yelled at people who were waiting in line MORE
Pandemic Morons
Florida Women Disguise Themselves as Grannies to Get Vaccines
Two Florida women disguised themselves as grandmas to gain access to their second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Florida is currently distributing vaccines to those 65 and older. The two women were 34 and 44, and MORE
Sedition
Capitol Police Investigating 35 Officers While Union Calls it a Witch Hunt
The United States Capitol Police says that 35 officers are under investigation and 6 have been suspended without pay in response to the Capitol riot on January 6. MORE
Coronavirus
Cuomo’s shocking abuse of power
The biggest political scandal in America right now is playing out in New York, where Governor Andrew Cuomo is in a lot of trouble – and rightly so. The Democratic governor did not merely wildly mismanage his MORE
Biden Administration
Release of Intelligence Report on Khashoggi Killing Could Push Already Strained U.S.-Saudi Relations to New Lows
Facing court cases and its own promises of transparency, the Biden administration is about to release a long-sought U.S. intelligence report concluding that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the 2018 killing of journalist MORE
Coronavirus
Dr. Fauci talks about losing influence over Trump
In an interview with The Telegraph, Dr. Fauci talked about losing his influence over Trump starting in late April and early May of 2020 when Trump diverted his focus away from the deadly virus to MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 7
Happy Friday, News Viewers, and it is a happy one despite the usual bad and insane news. What are you talking about, you may ask? I refer to yesterday’s landing of the Mars Rover Perseverance MORE
News
New text messages unravel Ted Cruz’s explanation for Cancun trip while Texas is freezing
A series of new text messages appear to show Sen. Ted Cruz’s wife Heidi Cruz talking to neighbors about a getaway to Cancun as the state endures freezing temperatures and widespread power outages. The text MORE
In case you missed it:
Liveblog - In case you missed it: Headlines 02/18/21
Biden Administration: President Biden is set on Friday to announce a total of $4 billion in contributions to COVAX, the vaccine alliance trying to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to 92 low- and middle-income countries, a senior MORE
News
OHIO: Off to Prison Party was Planned at Bar for Woman Behind Drunk Driving Crash That Nearly Killed Teens
CINCINNATI (WKRC) – A local woman and her friends decided to throw a party, but this was no ordinary get-together. They apparently wanted to celebrate her role in a drunk driving crash that sent two MORE
Live Discussions
3:30 ET Live Today, The Rover Perseverance, the Red Planet and a Dicey Landing
Our discussion will open around 3 p.m.; The actual landing will happen 3:30ish…. And please, if you plan to bring food, NASA requires we eat only red foods or dry-as-desert foods or some mixture of MORE
Immigration
Democrats to unveil sweeping, new immigration bill
Democrats in Congress are set to introduce a sweeping immigration bill backed by President Joe Biden Thursday. The proposed legislation would raise per-country caps on family and employment-based legal immigration numbers. It would also replace MORE
Hate Watch
Remembering Rush Limbaugh’s Racist and Misogynistic Legacy
People are remembering Rush Limbaugh, the identity politics conservative radio host and historical hatemonger who died yesterday. Limbaugh attacked many races and individuals, all while pushing the envelope of racism and anti-feminism into the mainstream. MORE
Environment
Opinion: Texas Republicans lied about the power crisis. We need more investment in renewables — not less.
TEXAS’S WEATHER and power crisis continued to leave millions shivering across the state Wednesday even as the state’s Republican leaders seemingly lied about the reasons for the disaster. They blamed the blackouts on the state’s supposed overreliance on MORE
Pandemic Morons
DeSantis Takes His Vaccine Show to Affluent White Community
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis became testy when questioned at a vaccination site in an affluent, mostly-white community in Manatee County on the Gulf Coast on Wednesday. It was the latest in a series of vaccination MORE
Politics
Ted Cruz Accused of Flying to Cancun Amid Texas Power Outages As Photo Goes Viral
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has been accused of traveling to Cancun, Mexico, amid the ongoing crisis in Texas, where millions have been left without power or heat in freezing temperatures. Photos circulating on social media MORE