Last Call
Last Call: April 30, 2022
Goooooood evening News Viewers and TIMBER! I’ll get to that in a minute. So, another month has flown by. It seems like just a few weeks ago, we were ringing in 2022 but, damn, we’re MORE
Month: April 2022
Editorials
Opinion: Putin is not the only Autocrat warping history to manipulate ”the masses.”
Portions of this article are written by Katie Stallard of the Atlantic 1984 is commonly quoted when discussing a bleak future where humanity is controlled by Big Brother through information manipulation and conformity. “Who controls MORE
Environment
Rescuing The Nation’s Largest Cypress Swamp; Home of a Declining Ecosystem and Vulnerable Coast
Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin, the nation’s largest cypress swamp, nurtures an abundant ecosystem and protects a critical coast. But years of exploitation and neglect have made it a “ticking time bomb.” In the swampy heart of MORE
Health
Doctors are prescribing time in nature to heal physical and mental health
Much has been said about the healing power of nature. Now, some medical professionals in Canada, Japan, Scandanavia and the US are increasingly prescribing it. Doctors are instructing their patients to wander park trails, feel MORE
Entertainment
Who is Stephen Smith? Madison Cawthorn Staffer Appears to Grope Madison in Clip
✱The president of a PAC dedicated to removing Cawthorn from office has filed an ethics complaint against the congressman. ✱The complaint alleges he did “not properly filed House financial disclosures regarding gifts and loans to MORE
Wingnut Watch
Laura Ingraham’s Mom Worked as a Waitress Until 73 to Pay for Laura’s College
On Thursday morning, Fox News host Laura Ingraham argued against cancelling student loan debt because her own mother waited tables until she was 73 to help Laura pay for her college debt. On her Friday MORE
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Liveblog - The Russia-Ukraine Conflict and In Case You Missed It: April 30, 2022
We will continue to combine both blogs, In Case You Missed It and the Russia-Ukraine Conflict. Please feel free to share any headlines we may have missed or new developments occurring in Ukraine or Russia MORE
Abortion
Ohio introduces a trigger ban outlawing all abortions; calls pregnancy resulting from rape ‘an opportunity’
The ‘great’ state of Ohio is preparing for SCOTUS to overturn Roe v. Wade by introducing a ‘trigger ban’ that would outlaw all abortions, including for victims of rape and incest. Republican State Rep. Jean MORE
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Liveblog - The Russia-Ukraine Conflict and In Case You Missed It: April 29, 2022
We will continue to combine both blogs, In Case You Missed It and the Russia-Ukraine Conflict. Please feel free to share any headlines we may have missed or new developments occurring in Ukraine or Russia MORE
The Former Guy
Judge Rejects Trump’s Bid to End a Contempt-of-Court Order That is Costing Him $10,000 a Day
Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron said that the new affidavits attesting to Trump’s and others’ inability to locate documents sought by Attorney General Letitia James were not sufficient to purge Trump of being held MORE
WTF America?
Goofy Woman Goes Off The Rails at Clark County School Board Meeting
A leader of a parent group supporting Nevada Republicans spewed nonsense from the dais of a Clark County School Board meeting. The woman started off on a pro-family values, anti-Disney diatribe that went straight downhill MORE
Religion
Roger Stone: A ‘Satanic Portal’ Opened Up Above the White House After Biden Became President
NU††ER WA†CH During an appearance on the Elijah Streams livestream — a show that hosts some of the most whacked-out conspiracy theorists and “prophets” in the pro-Trump evangelical world — longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone MORE
Congress
Jamie Raskin Goes After Marjorie Taylor Greene in an “Unparliamentary” Way
Rep Jamie Raskin (D-Md) followed a two-minute speech made by the gentlelady of Georgia, Marjorie Taylor Greene. He ended up admitting he used “unparliamentary” language on the House floor and agreed to having his words MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 17
Happy Friday News Viewers; the April that just started is now over and we’re looking at another glorious pollen filled weekend. Why, you may ask, am I bringing up allergies and weather? There are so MORE
2022 Election
GOP Governor Candidates Being Challenged for Fraud
Petitions filed by three different GOP candidates for governor in the Michigan election are being challenged by Democrats due to fraudulent signatures and other irregularities. Those hoping to run for Michigan governor in the 2022 MORE
Social Media
Elon Musk Targets Twitter Executives Prompting Online Attacks
Elon Musk is not tweeting very nice things about Twitter executives, and some of his 86 million followers are piling on. Twitter’s top lawyer, Vijaya Gadde, was one of those being targeted by Musk. What followed MORE
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Liveblog - The Russia-Ukraine Conflict and In Case You Missed It: April 28, 2022
We will continue to combine both blogs, In Case You Missed It and the Russia-Ukraine Conflict. Please feel free to share any headlines we may have missed or new developments occurring in Ukraine or Russia MORE
Russia/Ukraine Conflict
Europe scrambles for natural gas solution as Putin squeezes supply
The European Union is racing to find alternative suppliers of natural gas .after Russia’s Gazprom cut flows to two EU nations, sparking fears that others will soon follow. The developments come as Brussels is fearful about nations MORE
Russia/Ukraine Conflict
US cites credible reports that Russia executed Ukrainians trying to surrender in Donetsk
The U.S. has credible evidence Russia executed Ukrainians who tried to surrender in the Donetsk region, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack said at a United Nations (U.N.) meeting on Wednesday. “We now have MORE
Coffee Talk
Coffee Talk
Good morning, NewsViewers. Welcome to Coffee Talk, the free chat forum for Thursdays. It’s a great place to talk about cats. Now at Coffee Talk, you can talk about anything on your mind. You can MORE
2022 Election
Meet Ohio Gubernatorial Candidate, Joe Blystone
Joe Blystone is a farmer and business owner who wants to run the great state of OHIO!!! What qualifies Joe to take on such a daunting task? Nothing, absolutely nothing. His political experience includes voting, MORE
Police Behaving Badly
L.A. Approves $300,000 Payout to Protester Shot in Testicle by LAPD Projectile
Bond had been part of a large protest near City Hall in downtown L.A. on May 29, 2020, when he alleged he was shot in the groin at close range with a projectile. Bond claimed MORE
Wingnut Watch
Matt Maddock Kicked Out of Michigan House GOP Caucus
Rep. Matt Maddock, husband of Meshawn Maddock, was given the boot by the Michigan House GOP caucus on Tuesday for “violating caucus rules.” Meshawn Maddock is the co-chairperson of the Michigan Republican Party, and together MORE
Newscasts
Tucker Carlson: ‘Qevin McQarthy is a puppet of the Democratic Party!’
On Tuesday’s edition of the Fucker Tucker Carlson Show, Tucker told his audience consisting mainly of White Supremacists, bigoted, Russian supporting, braindead MAGAts that Qevin McQarthy is nothing more than a puppet for the Democratic MORE
TFG
Under oath, TFG testifies he personally oversaw the pay of the Trump Organization
In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday that The Daily Beast published, TFG testified under oath that he personally oversaw “the compensation of an executive (Matthew Calamari Sr.) whose corporate perks have been under scrutiny by MORE