Weekend Wrap Up
Weekend Wrap Up: August 18, 2024
Today’s blog will consist of both news and a free chat of sorts. As usual, post the headlines we may have missed and feel free to chit and chat and enjoy one another’s company! Updates: MORE
Month: August 2024
Updates
Trump Shooting Update: Republican’s Preliminary Report hints at cover ups and conspiracies
Congress report says shot hit would-be assassin’s weapon, wounding him before he was killed by Secret Service sniper. The first shot back at the would-be assassin who was firing at Donald Trump last month was from local MORE
D' OH!
Rick Wilson Responds to Cease and Desist Letter from Trump Campaign
A new ad running on Fox News in Mar-a-Lago from The Lincoln Project, a group of anti-Trump Republicans, prompted a cease-and-desist letter from the Trump campaign. The Lincoln Project said Friday it received the letter over its ad, MORE
Craven Assholes
The Pathological Liar and Fraudster, George Santos, Expected to Plead Guilty on Monday
The criminally indicted, pathological lying, kicked to the curb, former Congresscritter, George Santos, will plead guilty to federal criminal charges in the Eastern District of New York on Monday. Santos is currently facing 23 federal MORE
2024 Election
The Felon Guy Enlists Tulsi Gabbard’s Help for Debate Prep
Former Democratic Congresswoman and failed Democratic 2020 presidential candidate, Tulsi Gabbard (Gabbernov), will pretend she’s VP Kamala Harris to help The Felon Guy sharpen his attacks against her in preparation for the September 12, 2024 MORE
The Armed Forces
VFW Condemns Trump Statement as Asinine
The Veterans for Foreign Wars (VFW), one of the nation’s largest and oldest veteran advocacy organizations, on Friday condemned Donald Trump’s recent statement elevating the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded to civilians, over the Medal of Honor, which MORE
Opinion
Boeing Starliner astronauts may be waiting in Space until February. Will time fly?
Astronauts Wilmore and Williams expected to spend five days on the International Space Station (ISS) That was in June. They’re still stuck in space and may remain until February. What’s the effect on them? Waiting MORE
2024 Electile Dysfunction
Corey Lewandowski: He’s Back to Let Trump Be Trump
It’s been eight years since Corey Lewandowski was fired as Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign manager, but he’s back, along with his mantra of “Let Trump Be Trump.” Lewandowski and several new aides are joining the MORE
In case you missed it:
Liveblog - ICYMI: August 16, 2024
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
News
Exposed: Project 2025 plans for Trump’s second term revealed in undercover video
(CNN) Russell Vought, one of the key authors of Project 2025 and a former Trump cabinet member, was recorded on a hidden camera talking to what he believed to be relatives of a wealthy conservative MORE
News
Polls: JD Vance is more unpopular than Sara Palin
(ABC News) It’s important to make a good first impression — whether you’re on a first date, interviewing for a job or running to be vice president of the United States. And the two men MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 33
Good Morning, News Viewers, and do my eyes deceive me? I’ve turned on the dreaded “Morning Joe” and both Joe and Mika are on at the same time, both laughing at something quippy. Mika isn’t MORE
News
DOJ charges 2 doctors, 3 others in the death of Matthew Perry
(ABC News) Five people have been charged in connection with the ketamine death of “Friends” star Matthew Perry, federal officials in Los Angeles announced Thursday. Three of the defendants, including a doctor, have already pleaded guilty to MORE
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Liveblog - ICYMI: August 15, 2024
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
Newscasts
Mark Cuban Explains Silicon Valley’s Support for TFG as a “Takeover Thing”
Business investor and television personality Mark Cuban talked to Jon Stewart on the Daily Show, describing the collective Silicon Valley executive support of Donald Trump as a “takeover thing.” “They want Trump to be the CEO MORE
2 Stupid
RFK Jr. Approached Harris Campaign Seeking a Cabinet Position in Exchange For Endorsement
According to Robert Kennedy Jr.’s campaign, the Independent presidential candidate reached out to the Harris campaign with a quid pro quo offer: Kennedy would throw his support behind her in exchange for a Cabinet position, MORE
Human Rights
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vows to keep busing migrants north. One problem: Not enough migrants.
NBC reports: Fewer buses from Texas have been arriving in blue cities since the start of the year because of a steep drop in the number of migrants apprehended at the border. Republican National Convention MORE
News
Weirdo JD Vance Disses on Postmenopausal Women; Their Purpose in Life is to Babysit Grandbabies
In a newly resurfaced audio clip from a podcast interview from 2020, JD Vance made some weird comments about postmenopausal women. Eric Weinstein, host of The Portal podcast claimed that “the whole purpose of the postmenopausal female” is MORE
2024 Electile Dysfunction
JD Vance Holds Cute Rally at Non-Union Shop in Michigan
On the same day that inflation fell below the three-percent mark for the first time since 2021, JD Vance labeled inflation a “disaster” during a campaign stop in Byron Center, Michigan, and said he sees MORE
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Liveblog - ICYMI: August 14, 2024
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
Russia/Ukraine Conflict
Ukrainians Troll Russia with Fake Restaurant Reviews in Kursk
As Ukrainian forces moved into the Kursk region of Russia, some Ukrainian soldiers are trolling Russian restaurants with fake reviews. Ukraine’s top military commander, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, announced that troops are “fulfilling their tasks” in MORE
Business
UAW’s Shawn Fain Says Trump Doesn’t Care About Working Class People
United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain continues to hit Donald Trump’s claims that he cares about working people. “Donald Trump’s all talk, and he’s a master at BS,” Fain told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes. “And you know, MORE
Economy
Inflation Rate Falls Below Three Percent, Lowest Rate Since 2021
Grocery prices have not decreased as much as other categories but Robert Reich explains why:
In case you missed it:
Liveblog - ICYMI: August 13, 2024
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
2024 Electile Dysfunction
Trump and Musk “Conversation” a Disaster
When Elon Musk invited Donald Trump onto “X” for a fascist-friendly streaming interview, it was dubbed by Elon as a “conversation.” But the online shitshow interview went mostly off the rails, with a multitude of MORE