Live Discussions
Watch Live: The Iowa Caucus
The 2024 Election has officially kicked off tonight. Join News Views for a Live Discussion on the Iowa Caucus. I have put two links below to watch or…turn on your favorite news channel and watch MORE
Civil Rights
“Somewhere I Read ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident’. . . .” January 15, 2024, Martin Luther King Day
Some states, Tennessee included, are arguably no longer democracies; One political party flies the flag of Non-Democracy even on MLK day, Kennedy, who is seeking the 2024 presidency as an independent, defended his family’s authorization MORE
News
Tennessee First-Grader Disciplined by Teacher for Saying ‘Jesus Christ’ in Class
WQBC reported that Shonna Coleman said she received an unexpected call from her 7-year-old son’s teacher at the Hope Sullivan Elementary School earlier this month. The teacher reportedly told Coleman that her son said a MORE
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Liveblog - ICYMI: January 15, 2024
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Trump Trials
Another Trump Lawyer Bites the Cheeto Dust
Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina will no longer represent Defendant Trump in his criminal trial in Manhattan, according to a notice sent to the court on Monday, nor will he represent Trump in an appeal of MORE
Climate Change
Now What? The US is Hit with an Arctic Blast. . .
This week’s cold snap across the U.S. will be one of “the most impressive Arctic outbreaks of this century,” one climate scientist says. This is “global weirding rather than global warming. . . .” The MORE
Police Behaving Badly
Retired Kentucky Police Officer Arrested for Rape, Child Porn Charges
David Love before THE THIN BLACK AND BLUE LINE DATELINE: LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A retired police officer in Radcliff, Kentucky was arrested on Jan. 4 for charges that include rape and sodomy. According to an MORE
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Liveblog - ICYMI: January 14, 2024
Today’s blog, and going forward on Sundays, 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 MORE
Updates
UN International Court of Justice hears Arguments from South Africa that Israel is Committing Genocide
South Africa brings charges against Israel of Genocide toward Palestinians; US Secretary of State Blinken states the charges are meritless. NPR reports the following: “A hearing on Friday concluded two-days of arguments in a case MORE
Two Stupid
Vivek Ramaswamy Thrown Under the Trump Bus
Vivek Ramaswamy threw himself under the Trump bus on Saturday with what the Trump camp is calling “disingenuous campaign tactics,” and declaring Ramaswamy “not MAGA.” It started with Vivek posting to “X” a photo of MORE
Immigration
Texas National Guard Soldiers Prevent Border Patrol Agents from Rescuing Drowning Migrants
Federal Border Patrol Agents have alleged that the Texas National Guard soldiers prevented them from rescuing a woman and two children from drowning in the Rio Grande river. Federal officials and a Texas congressman said MORE
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Liveblog - ICYMI: January 13, 2024
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Craven Assholes
Trump Uses Mobster-Turned-Rat as Character Witness
Donald Trump would like to thank former mob boss Salvatore Gravano aka “Sammy the Bull” for his support. In a post on Truth Social, Trump shared an old interview with the former Gambino crime family MORE
crime
Justice Department seeks Death Penalty for Payton Gendron, Convicted for Buffalo, NY Mass Murder in May, 2022
Buffalo Mass Murder Sentence, Payton Gendron, Racist motivation, tennis MORE
Sports
Tomorrow’s Dolphins at Chiefs Could be the Coldest Game in History for Both Franchises
Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City Missouri If the Dolphins had beaten the Bills in Week 18, they’d be getting ready to play a wild-card game in the balmy weather of Miami, but due to their loss, MORE
Two Stupid
WINNING! Trump Ordered to Pay $362K in Attorney’s Fees to NY Times
The most litigious man in the history of the United States is now getting hit with blow after blow for his abuse of the judicial system. Today, he was ordered by a court to pay MORE
Middle-East
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Ordered Houthi Strikes While Still Hospitalized
The U.S. on Thursday launched the most significant strikes against Iranian-backed proxies in the Middle East since President Joe Biden took office — and it did it all the while the nation’s top military leader MORE
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Liveblog - ICYMI: January 12, 2024
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2024 Election
David Axelrod’s “Tough Love” for Biden’s Campaign Earned Him a Tough Nickname
Political analyst David Axelrod, who advised the Obama campaign in 2011 when his approval ratings were hovering around 40% against Mitt Romney, has been offering tough love for the Biden campaign.
President Biden has privately called Axelrod a pr*ck. MORE
Immigration
Greg Abbott Says Texas’ New Border Policy Stops Short of Shooting Migrants Because the Biden Administration Would Charge Officials with Murder
In an interview with former Breitbart ‘News’ editor and NRA scum Dana Loesch, Texas governor Greg A-Butt said that “Texas has used every tool to control the border short of ordering officers to shoot migrants MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 2
From the Past: A gallery of January 6 political cartoons from 2021, 2022 and 2023 And what about now? A few ‘toons from the news January 5-12, 2024, Friday’s Free Chat A Happy Friday to MORE
Gun Violence
Two Arrested After Gun Goes Off Inside Albuquerque Restaurant
This is a follow-up to “Police Seek Man After Gun Goes Off, Wounding Customer at Albuquerque Restaurant” that was posted Tuesday. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque police say two people have been arrested following a MORE
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Liveblog - ICYMI: January 11, 2024
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Justice
Grand Jury Declines to Indict Ohio Woman Who Miscarried at Home
A grand jury in Ohio on Thursday declined to indict a woman who had miscarried a nonviable fetus at home on a felony charge of abuse of a corpse, ending a case that had drawn MORE
Florida Man
New Florida Bill Will Make it Defamation to Accuse Someone of Racism, Sexism, Homophobia and Transphobia
If you frequent shitholes or are the ‘master creator/bator’ of one or if you espouse racist, sexist homophobic, transphobic or any other forms of disgusting hate and bigotry, you might want to think about relocating MORE