Gov. Ron DeSantis weighed in for the first time on Donald Trump’s woes at a news conference Monday morning, without once mentioning the ex-president’s name. Instead DeSantis belittled the Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg as a MORE
As New York prosecutors prepare to indict him over hush money payments to porn star Stomy Daniels, Donald Trump reminded us why he was not reelected. Without providing any details Trump said he expects to MORE
Top o’ the morning, Coffee Talkers! It’s an hour darker this morning than it was last week in this time and space — and I’m not talking about the coffee, but not a terrible idea. MORE
Rand Paul walked out of a Homeland Security Committee meeting after the Democratic Chairman Sen. Gary Peters (Michigan) bested him in a procedural argument in order to block Republican votes on the Fire Grants and Safety Act. MORE
A new CNN poll of GOP voters and independents who lean GOP shows that those voters prefer a candidate who shares their “values” and beliefs over a candidate who can beat President Biden. The poll MORE
In response to a Tucker Carlson questionnaire, likely presidential nominee and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sided with Trump: DeSantis says that Ukraine is not a vital interest to the U.S., and that the invasion by MORE
Marine biologists are tracking a 5,000 mile-wide sargassum seaweed blob so large it’s visible from space, and it’s heading for Florida’s Gulf Coast. Sargassum blooms are nothing new, but scientists think this could be the MORE
The U.S. Secret Service has received and is reviewing a sworn declaration from a Brazilian man who claims Rep. George Santos was the mastermind of a fraud scheme that led to the man’s arrest in 2017 MORE
Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued a serious of subpoenas this week as part of an investigation of the “mistreatment of parents who protested woke school board policies.” Rep. Eric Swalwell had MORE
Tennessee Republican Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, 79, sat down in an interview to explain his social media interactions with a gay model on Instagram after he found himself facing accusations of hypocrisy. A progressive website MORE
Following the kidnapping of four Americans and the murder of two, Mexican cartels delivered five men they say were responsible along with an apology letter. Authorities believe the letter to be authentic. “The [Gulf Cartel] MORE
The newly empowered Democratic legislature in Michigan wasted no time to begin the work the voters expected of them, repealing an archaic abortion law, a right-to-work law, codifying LGBTQ rights, and expanding background checks on MORE
Good morning, kids, welcome to Coffee Talk where we begin the free chatting on Thursdays. By all means, knock yourselves out with concerns of your own, questions, complaints, etc. The subject matter is up for MORE
On Tuesday the Arizona Secretary of State announced that the No Labels Party, a centrist political party, has surpassed the minimum requirement for signatures to be placed on a ballot, and has qualified as a MORE
Mexican officials reported that two of the four Americans kidnapped in Mexico were found dead, while two are alive. One is severely injured. The two survivors are now back in the U.S., while the two MORE
The Republican Georgia legislature is pushing through two new proposals that would create a new state oversight board for prosecutors. The newly established committee could punish or remove prosecutors for loosely defined reasons, including “willful MORE
On John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” on Sunday, much of the episode was devoted to Governor Ron DeSantis, or as Trump has so cleverly nicknamed him, Meatball Ron. (And Oliver goes into more detail on MORE
The former chairman of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, Paul Manafort, has agreed to pay $3.15 million to settle a civil case filed by the Justice Department over undeclared foreign bank accounts. The details of MORE
This week in Florida authoritarianism, a bill was introduced by State Sen. Jason Brodeur that would require bloggers to register with the state government when they are paid to write about the governor and other political MORE
Tom Sizemore, after suffering a brain aneurysm on February 18 and remaining in a coma since, died on Friday at 61. The actor was known for playing tough guy roles, and appeared in several films MORE
Donald Trump and a group of imprisoned minions who rioted for Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud collaborated to release a new “patriotic” song called “Justice For All.” *** Four Barfbag Alert In the “song,” MORE
The Department of Justice says it will not back Trump’s claim of immunity against civil suits for his conduct on January 6, 2021. The DOJ urged a three-judge federal court of appeals panel that a MORE
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel confirmed she was a target of threats directed at Jewish elected officials after the FBI arrested a heavily armed man charged with transmitting an interstate threat, a five-year felony. Jack MORE
Good morning, Coffee Talkers, it’s that time again — to grab your coffee/morning libation and join News Views for some free chat. Or — our alternative free chat-ish topic. Your choice. It’s a thread about MORE
Several different U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that the symptoms of “Havana Syndrome” were not likely caused by a foreign adversary weaponizing energy waves. This new assessment caps a years-long effort by the CIA and MORE