Howdy News Viewers and Happy Friday, this is Friday’s Free Chat, a place to talk about the happenings of the week in all those arenas of concern — political, personal, cultural, national and local and MORE
Hi All, join us as Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary, provides the White House Press Corps. with the latest information from the Biden Administration. Expect questions about Gen. Mark Milley, Anthony Blinken’s testimony before MORE
The September 18 right-wing rally in Washington, DC, has brought a new wave of concern about more potential violence on Capitol Hill as law enforcement prepares for a variety of scenarios. But it remains unclear how many MORE
In the wake of the Capitol riot Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, took covert steps to prevent President Trump from potentially ordering a military strike or launching nuclear weapons, a CNN MORE
A House hearing spiraled out of control when a GOP congressman asked misleading questions. He refused to let Secretary of State Antony Blinken respond and repeatedly shouted over others. “I do not wish to hear MORE
The Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards, co-founded by professional photographers Paul Joynson-Hicks and Tom Sullam in 2015, unsurprisingly celebrates the latter while promoting wildlife conservation. This year’s finalists, announced at the start of the month, feature MORE
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani gave a rambling speech at his annual 9/11 dinner. In video clips, Giuliani can be seen impersonating Queen Elizabeth II and talking about wanting to get into a MORE
Meanwhile, Sean Spicer, also among the Trump loyalists being shown the door, is threatening to sue the Biden administration. More than six months after taking office, President Joe Biden is finally doing what he probably should’ve done MORE
Happy Friday, News Viewers. . . . . .wait, is “Happy” the right word? Maybe it should be Solemn Friday, Meditative Friday, Agitated Friday, Zen Friday, Serene Friday, Expectant Friday. . . . . or MORE
Join us for Jen’s press briefing today, Wednesday, September 8 at 1 p.m. Two guests will briefly speak as well, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and NEC Director Deese. I use the word “briefly” because I am MORE
The world’s most predictable exercise in public hypocrisy is unfolding right on schedule. After spending a couple of weeks belaboring the administration over how it allegedly left our Afghan allies behind, even as the administration MORE
Happy Labor Day, News Viewers, a day off for many humans; a day dedicated to the American Worker; a day initially set aside to honor the labor movement. While we may think parades, grilling, protesting MORE
Retired Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman traded jabs with Ohio Republican Josh Mandel on Saturday over President Joe Biden‘s plans to resettle tens of thousands of Afghanistan refugees in the U.S. following the troop withdrawal. Lt. Col. MORE
Last year, in September of 2020, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. In September of 2021, the Supreme Court allowed the most repressive Anti-Choice law in the nation to stand, seen as a precursor to the MORE
Join us for a live discussion during the White House Press Briefing– expect the Afghanistan numbers to be an issue, expect further grilling about the numbers of Americans and Refugees left in the area. Also MORE
Candace Owens, a vehement vaccination critic, has accused a laboratory in Colorado of refusing to test her for COVID-19 because of her political views. Last month, the right-wing conservative firebrand dubbed the vaccine as “purely evil,” tweeting MORE
Join us for a live press briefing with Jen Psaki; the WH Press Corps will no doubt ask questions about Afghanistan and President Biden’s speech yesterday. Join us!
According to Chelsee Yee and Sam Spangler reporting for KHON2, Chloe Mrozak, a 24-year-old woman from Illinois, allegedly used a fake Covid-19 vaccination card in an attempt to bypass Hawaii’s mandatory 10-day quarantine for unvaccinated travelers. MORE
Welcome to Free Range, our Monday free chat with an environmental slant. This is the place for those wide ranging conversations about all things land and sea, sky and space, animals, birds, bugs and yes, MORE
Hurricane Ida has strengthened into a Category 4 as it heads toward landfall on the northern Gulf Coast today, where it will bring life-threatening storm surge, dangerous rainfall flooding and potentially catastrophic winds. Ida had MORE
Hurricane Ida is forecast to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane as it draws closer to the northern Gulf Coast this weekend, where it will bring life-threatening storm surge, dangerous rainfall flooding, potentially catastrophic winds MORE
Happy Friday News Viewers, and welcome to Free Chat (not that there’s anything to talk about) 😊😁 Ok, there’s way too much to talk about, as 2021 is a continuation of the dreaded 2020, a MORE
Roughly $6 billion that was either approved or will be approved for Afghan military training is now up for grabs after Kabul’s collapse last week, and the jockeying among lawmakers to find a new home MORE
When Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign in 2015 by saying “Nobody builds walls better than me”, it was to say the least a questionable claim. Trump insisted the “great wall” he planned for the MORE
“Humans have never lived on a planet this hot, and we’re totally unprepared for what’s to come” Jeff Goodell What might an accurate worst-case picture of the planet’s climate-addled future actually look like, then? The MORE