People will die. Tens of thousands, perhaps year after year after year, as a result of the Republican assault on the healthcare of the American people. I’m sad. I never thought I would be on the House floor saying this is a crime scene. ~House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries House Speaker Mike Johnson called Jeffries’ … Read more
In the Coen brothers’ 1998 cult classic, “The Big Lebowski,” Jeff Bridges plays Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski, an unemployed slacker who spends most of his time at a bowling alley. Mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, the Dude is attacked in his apartment by thugs sent by an adult film producer from whom … Read more
Pork barrel, or simply pork, is a metaphor for allocating government spending to localized projects in the representative’s district or for securing direct expenditures primarily serving the sole interests of the representative. ~Wikipedia This afternoon, a revised Senate version of the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB)” was approved on a vote of 51-50, with Vice-president J. D. Vance casting the deciding … Read more
The Trump administration has discussed possibly helping Iran access as much as $30 billion to build a civilian-energy-producing nuclear program, easing sanctions, and freeing up billions of dollars in restricted Iranian funds – all part of an intensifying attempt to bring Tehran back to the negotiating table, four sources familiar with the matter said. ~CNN/June … Read more
My latest guilty pleasure is crime stories. It does not matter whether they are fictional such as the recent Jon Hamm vehicle “Your Friends and Neighbors” or a documentary like “The Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal.” A road trip is not complete without at least one episode of the podcast “Small Town Murders.” My curiosity … Read more