Weekend Wrap Up
Liveblog - Weekend Wrap-Up: December 31, 2023
We’ll do the news and all the stuff we missed but this thread will also be a free chat. If you post any missed headlines or whatever, you know the drill, only from credible sources, MORE
Year: 2023
Sports
NFL World Loses Mind as Cowboys Hold Off Lions’ Comeback in Wild Finish
The only thing wilder than the flu I’ve suffered with since Wednesday was how the Lions/Cowboys game ended on Saturday night. With 1:41 to play in the game, the Cowboys converted on a 43-yard field MORE
USA vs. TFG
Special Counsel Jack Smith Pushes Back on Stinky’s Presidential Immunity Claim
Special Counsel Jack Smith pressed his case that former President Donald Trump does not enjoy the protections of “presidential immunity” in the 2020 election conspiracy criminal case in an 82-page court document filed Saturday afternoon MORE
News
Ohio’s Gov. DeWine: I Cannot sign this. . . .”
CNN reports that Ohio’s Republican Governor DeWine has vetoed legislation that would have barred transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care saying government should not override medical and parental decisions. Per AP: Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a MORE
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Liveblog - ICYMI: December 30, 2023
With so much going on in our world, we sometimes miss important issues. Please feel free to share any headlines or new developments we may have missed providing they come from reliable and credible sources. MORE
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Liveblog - ICYMI: December 29, 2023
With so much going on in our world, we sometimes miss important issues. Please feel free to share any headlines or new developments we may have missed providing they come from reliable and credible sources. MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 52
As I hit the road back to Kentucky from DC, I’m hoping for the rain to stop in DC and for the snow to hold off in Kentucky until I’m home….. While I’m driving and MORE
Breaking News
Maine Boots the Stinky Insurrectionist From Their 2024 Ballot
And another state just disqualified Adolf Benito Trump from their 2024 ballot. According to CNN: The Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, has removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 primary ballot, in MORE
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Liveblog - ICYMI: December 28, 2023
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Two Stupid
Lauren Boebert Will Switch Congressional Districts to Improve Her Chances of Winning in 2024
Boebert won by just 546 votes last year in the 3rd District, which spans Colorado’s Western Slope into Pueblo and southeastern Colorado. The 4th District is anchored in Douglas County and includes Loveland and the MORE
Health
Ohio Woman Faces Prosecution for ‘Abuse of a Corpse’ After Pregnancy Ends in a Miscarriage
A grand jury is set to decide whether an Ohio woman who miscarried a nonviable fetus should face criminal consequences. Brittany Watts, who was reportedly turned into the police after her September miscarriage, has been charged with MORE
2024 Election
Nikki Haley Crashes and Burns on a Simple Question About the Cause of the Civil War
Afraid to alienate the GQP’s racist and hate filled base, 2024 presidential candidate, Nikki Haley (Darling Nikki), declined to say slavery was a cause of the Civil War, arguing instead that it came down to MORE
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Liveblog - ICYMI: December 27, 2023
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Politics
The Biggest Political Losers of 2023
Salon.com uses McCarthy’s farewell speech as a prime example of going out a loser “Do not be fearful you could lose your job,” is where this speech, it turns out, was actually heading. This time, MORE
TFG
Michigan Supreme Court Will Not Hear Appeal Blocking Trump From Primary Ballot
Michigan’s Supreme Court said on Wednesday it was not persuaded to take up an appeal to have Trump disqualified from Michigan’s primary ballot under the Insurrection Clause. While the seven-member court was “not persuaded that MORE
Wingnut Watch Wednesday
Another Merry MAGAt Christmas: Former WV State Rep. and J6 Hatriot’s Disgusting Christmas Decor
The boi don’t learn: Former Republican West Virginia state lawmaker and convicted J6 Hatriot/Insurrectionist, Derrick Evans, decked his MAGAt Christmas tree with ornaments depicting Democratic leaders, including President Biden, VP Harris, former President Obama, Dr. Fauci, MORE
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Liveblog - ICYMI: December 26, 2023
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Talk o Tuesday
Talko Tuesday: December 26, 2023
Good morning, News Viewers! I seriously have all my days screwed up. Yes, I know yesterday was Christmas but for some reason, I kept thinking it was Sunday and today is Monday, only because of MORE
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Liveblog - ICYMI: December 25, 2023
Whatever it is that you do or do not celebrate, News Views wishes you and your family a Happy Holidays! Stay safe. As usual, today’s blog will consist of headlines and news from around the MORE
Tinfoil Hat Theories
Some of the Unhinged Right Wing Conspiracy Theories of 2023
Salon:”From the “fedsurrection” to “the new Wayfair,” right-wing media and GOP spent the year boosting blatant falsehoods.””,, Fedsurrection: Per Salon, 16 members of Congress have pushed, or at least “entertained,” a conspiracy theory suggesting that MORE
Inspirational
Trump’s Christmas Message: God Will Help Me Win the Election
Trump’s entire campaign this year has employed messianic messaging. Every one of his rallies begins with a random local pastor lamenting that the country has been taken over by evil people backed by Satan. That MORE
Craven Assholes
Ammon Bundy Resurfaces to Hint at Revenge After Losing $50M Defamation Lawsuit
After losing his Idaho home and falling off the radar for weeks, militia leader Ammon Bundy has popped his head up to issue thinly veiled threats against those he blames for losing a massive defamation MORE
USA vs. TFG
TFG Files a Last Minute, “Two Stupid” to Practice Law Brief, with D.C. Appellate Court
Just for openers: “During the 234 years from 1789 to 2023, no current or former President had ever been criminally prosecuted for official acts. ” Issues Before the Court: Whether the President has immunity from MORE
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Liveblog - ICYMI: December 23, 2023
With so much going on in our world, we sometimes miss important issues. Please feel free to share any headlines or new developments we may have missed providing they come from reliable and credible sources. MORE
Middle-East
NYT: Israel Routinely Dropped 2,000-Pound Bombs In Areas Designated Safe For Civilians
A Times Investigation Tracked Israel’s Use of One of Its Most Destructive Bombs in South Gaza During the first six weeks of the war in Gaza, Israel routinely used one of its biggest and most MORE