Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 48
Happy Friday, News Viewers, and here we are in the 48th week of a 52 year long 2021 or some would say a 104 week long 2020. The top collection of cartoons are a few MORE
Articles by Rachel Kennedy
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Updates
“Ku Klux Klan caucus”: Democrats rally in defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar against GOP attacks
After a second video was released of Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., suggesting to a crowd that Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was a “black-hearted” terrorist was unveiled on Tuesday, Democrats are now rallying to condemn the GOP. The MORE
Crime
Alec Baldwin says he “didn’t pull the trigger” in fatal “Rust” movie set shooting
Alec Baldwin says he never pulled the trigger on a prop firearm that discharged on the “Rust” movie set. The October 21 shooting in Santa Fe killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza. “The trigger MORE
Live Discussions
Jen Psaki and Dr. Fauci: WH Press Briefing today, Dec. 1, at 12:30 p.m.
Join us today for the White House Press Briefing with Jen Psaki and ‘Dr. Anthony Fauci. We will have a live discussion concerning the Omicron Variant and other Covid related developments.
Hate Crime
Ilhan Omar receives death threat; states “condemning this should not be a partisan issue”
The US politician Ilhan Omar played a harrowing death threat left recently on her voicemail, as she implored House Republican leaders to do more to tamp down “anti-Muslim hatred” in their ranks and “hold those who perpetuate MORE
Free Range Free Chat
Free Range Free Chat
Happy Monday News Viewers, a Monday also known as “Cyber Monday”, another day to “buy things I don’t need with money I don’t have to impress people I don’t like. . .” as my Dad MORE
News
Zero Tolerance Policy from FAA Means Steep Fines for Unruly Passengers
A passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight from San Jose, California, to San Diego last April allegedly guzzled their private stash of booze on the plane, sexually assaulted the flight attendant who told them that MORE
Coronavirus
The Omicron Variant: What we Know so Far
The new Omicron coronavirus variant – identified first in South Africa, but also detected in Europe and Asia – is raising concern worldwide given the number of mutations, which might help it spread or even MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 47
Happy Friday News Viewers — Day after Thanksgiving, and today I’m thankful that Thanksgiving is over for another year. . . .We call this “Black Friday,” a day for shopping and deals; I’m reclaiming the MORE
Coronavirus
New COVID Variant B.1.1.529, Which May Evade Immunity, Found in These Countries
B.1.1.529 was added to the World Health Organization’s list of variants under monitoring on Wednesday. Scientists have voiced concern about a new COVID variant that has a “really awful” combination of mutations that could possibly MORE
Updates
Brian Laundrie died of self-inflicted gunshot wound, medical examiner confirms
From WFLA-NBC Brian Laundrie, the fiancé of Gabby Petito and person of interest in her death, died from a self-inflicted gunshot, autopsy results show. The District 12 Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Tuesday it had completed its investigation MORE
Biden Administration
Senators make bipartisan push to block Biden’s $650M weapons sale to Saudis
From The Hill: Three senators on Thursday made a bipartisan push aimed at blocking a proposed $650 million weapons sale to Saudi Arabia. Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced a joint resolution disapproving of the proposed arms MORE
Sports
By-the-Book GOAT of Chess faces Fearless, “Lightening Quick” Challenger in World Chess Championships
The World Chess Championship between Norway’s Magnus Carlsen and Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi begins on Friday, 1,094 days after Carlsen won his fourth consecutive title. When COVID locked the world down in March 2020, few activities MORE
Sedition
Two Fox News contributors quit over Tucker Carlson’s “Patriot Purge” Indoctrimentary
A pair of Fox News contributors have quit their roles at the network, saying prime-time host Tucker Carlson‘s recent documentary series examining the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was a breaking point. Stephen Hayes and Jonah MORE
Crime
Then and Now: Update on the Turpin Siblings Escape from House of Horrors and Living Free Now
Jordan Turpin was 17 years old when she found herself crawling out of a window of her family’s home, hoping to save the lives of her 12 siblings. For two years, she had been planning MORE
2022 Election
Republicans Plan to Get Revenge if they Regain Power in 2022
Gosar and MTG rewarded for threats of violence? House Speaker Donald Trump? Everything appears to be on the table As member after member of the House Republican caucus took the dais Wednesday to speak during debate MORE
Biden Administration
Biden will temporarily hand power to Harris during medical procedure
The White House announced that President Joe Biden will temporarily transfer power on Friday to Vice President Kamala Harris while he undergoes a colonoscopy under anesthesia during his annual physical. Harris will work from her MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 46
Happy Friday News Viewers as we face the reality that we’ve been freely chatting with each other for 46 weeks, almost all of 2021. Do you remember when the year was 2020, the year from MORE
Post Trump
Cheney knocks Ted Cruz: ‘A real man would be defending his wife’
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) sparred with one another in television appearances this week, each saying that former President Trump “broke” the other. Cruz appeared on Sean Hannity‘s Fox News show on Tuesday and said the Wyoming representative had “Trump derangement syndrome.” MORE
Debate
Boebert faces heavy criticism after Gosar floor speech
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) is facing a wave of backlash following a fiery floor speech she made Wednesday in defense of Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) before he was censured by the House for posting an animated video on MORE
Crime
Ghislaine Maxwell finally goes on trial after 15 months on remand
Ghislaine Maxwell is to emerge from her New York prison cell on Monday after a 15-month wait for the start of a trial for sex trafficking children, perjury and the enticement of minors while she MORE
Free Range Free Chat
Free Range Free Chat
Good Morning News Viewers, this is Free Range, our Monday Free Chat; our focus is the planet and all things living and non-living in and around it; as a free chat so it’s open to MORE
2022 Election
2022 Republican primaries: Rogues Gallery of Misogynists
During the 2016 presidential campaign, the Republican Party was embarrassed when a tape of Donald Trump was released in which the then-GOP nominee saw heard bragging about sexual assault with the memorable lines “grab ’em by the pussy” and MORE
Sedition
Michael Flynn says of the US: One Nation, One Religion
Michael Flynn, former national security advisor in the Trump administration, on Saturday suggested that the United States should have a single religion. “If we are going to have one nation under God, which we must, we MORE