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- Thu May 16, 2024 6:51 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Trump Charged With 37 counts of Espionage, Obstruction and related crimes
- Replies: 1094
- Views: 130254
Re: Trump Charged With 37 counts of Espionage, Obstruction and related crimes
Not only did Robert Hur testify today (apparently to no great effect), but House Democrats released the transcripts of Hur's October interview with President Biden. The Department of Justice had provided the transcripts of this interview to a Republican-led House Committee that asked for them. That...
- Thu May 16, 2024 6:11 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: US Supreme Court Discussions
- Replies: 600
- Views: 176745
Re: US Supreme Court Discussions
Justice Clarence Thomas, of all people, wrote today's 7-2 decision upholding the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency devised by Elizabeth Warren and created by Obama administrations that helps people avoid scams. Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented....
- Thu May 16, 2024 6:02 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: The challenges ahead (Biden's America)
- Replies: 2026
- Views: 309969
Re: The challenges ahead (Biden's America)
For the first time ever, the Dow Jones rose above 40,000 today. That Wall Street Journal article says this is "a milestone that appeared implausible little more than two years ago when the Federal Reserve began raising interest rates to cool an overheated economy. Gloom and doom forecasts aboun...
- Thu May 16, 2024 5:22 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: The (no longer) much too early 2024 election thread
- Replies: 1150
- Views: 138180
Re: The (no longer) much too early 2024 election thread
The link I put here: This morning, President Biden informed the Commission on Presidential Debates that he would not be participating in any events they scheduled this year, and his letter made a decent case as to why the Commission's format doesn't serve the Amercian people... is a link to a tweet ...
- Thu May 16, 2024 4:47 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Chaos in Congress
- Replies: 633
- Views: 94427
Re: Chaos in Congress
Sen. Bob Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey facing a twice-superseded indictment on corruption charges, gave a speech in the Senate today complaining about that. "Senator Menendez, Charged in Bribery Scheme, May Blame His Wife" ( New York Times ). And in the opening statements of Sen. Bob M...
- Thu May 16, 2024 4:23 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: The (no longer) much too early 2024 election thread
- Replies: 1150
- Views: 138180
Re: The (no longer) much too early 2024 election thread
Mark Joseph Stern expects SCOTUS will restore the legislature's map for this year's election in accordance with the "Purcell principle" (which says maps shouldn't be changed too close to an election) but there's a good chance that next year the Court will use this case to scrap what remai...
- Thu May 16, 2024 3:47 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: War between Hamas and Israel
- Replies: 399
- Views: 64938
Re: War between Hamas and Israel
Israel's defense minister, Yoav Gallant, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party, today publicly demanded that Netanyahu "make a decision and declare that Israel will not retain civilian control of Gaza, that there will be no Israeli military rule, and that an alternative to Hamas...
- Thu May 16, 2024 2:11 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: The challenges ahead (Biden's America)
- Replies: 2026
- Views: 309969
- Thu May 16, 2024 2:08 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Chaos in Congress
- Replies: 633
- Views: 94427
Re: Chaos in Congress
A bill reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration was held up for a long time because Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, insisted that the bill allow for more flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, despite concerns from the FAA, Dept. of Transportation, and other agencies...
- Thu May 16, 2024 2:01 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: World News Thread
- Replies: 785
- Views: 212738
Re: World News Thread
And not just in Tblisi... I haven't been closely following the news from Tblisi, where there have been large protests almost every night https://twitter.com/revishvilig/status/1790838593851732434 Not sure whether or not it would be cool to live in a "Black Death city," but that's a typo: R...
- Thu May 16, 2024 1:54 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: The (no longer) much too early 2024 election thread
- Replies: 1150
- Views: 138180
Re: The (no longer) much too early 2024 election thread
Biden also said, "I hear you're free on Wednesdays," but June 27, the date of the debate on CNN, is actually a Thursday.
- Thu May 16, 2024 1:45 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: World News Thread
- Replies: 785
- Views: 212738
Re: World News Thread
I haven't been closely following the news from Tblisi, where there have been large protests almost every night against the Georgian parliament's "foreign agents" law that apparently is a pro-Russian measure that will "set back the country's ambitions to join" the European Union. ...
- Thu May 16, 2024 1:33 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: The challenges ahead (Biden's America)
- Replies: 2026
- Views: 309969
Re: The challenges ahead (Biden's America)
" S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Dow Jones Shatter Record Highs In Unstoppable Bull Market Rally" ( Business Insider ). After a dip in April, the Dow Jones average closed at 39,908 today, breaking the record of 39,807 set on March 28. (The peak during Donald Trump's presidency was about 31,000 i...
- Thu May 16, 2024 1:25 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
- Replies: 1031
- Views: 128890
Re: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
"Russia's state-owned energy giant Gazprom recorded a $6.8 billion loss in 2023, the first loss since 1999." (That's U.S. dollars.)
- Thu May 16, 2024 1:19 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: The (no longer) much too early 2024 election thread
- Replies: 1150
- Views: 138180
Re: The (no longer) much too early 2024 election thread
I like this effort to bring the truth about Donald Trump's presidency out of the memory hole: Trump's first term turned out much worse than anyone feared. He did the mean tweets and some racist stuff. He deployed armed, masked, and unbadged federal agents to grab citizens off the streets. He did his...
- Thu May 16, 2024 1:09 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
- Replies: 1031
- Views: 128890
Re: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
The hatred for Ukraine among some on the American right is just so weird:
I didn't realize that Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World" was as recent as 1989. I think when I first heard it, I assumed it was a 70s song.
I didn't realize that Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World" was as recent as 1989. I think when I first heard it, I assumed it was a 70s song.
- Thu May 16, 2024 1:05 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: War between Hamas and Israel
- Replies: 399
- Views: 64938
Re: War between Hamas and Israel
After the much-publicized news last week that President Biden's administration had paused one particular weapons shipment to Israel, last night it was reported that the White House has just authorized another $1 billion in military aid to Israel, specifically "$700 million in tank ammunition, $...
- Thu May 16, 2024 12:57 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: 2020 Election: Predictions, Results and Reactions
- Replies: 4058
- Views: 577817
Re: 2020 Election: Predictions, Results and Reactions
Where in the world is Rudy Giuliani? " Arizona grand jury has indicted Trump allies for 2020 election interference " ( Politico ). Donald Trump is "Unindicted Co-Conspirator 1." (Ken Chesebro is "Unindicted Co-Conspirator 4.") Only some of the eighteen people who have b...
- Wed May 15, 2024 11:34 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
- Replies: 1031
- Views: 128890
Re: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
"And then there's Ukraine. I want you to consider the following : If Donald Trump wins [the 2024 election], then Vladimir Putin will have executed one of the greatest geostrategic coups of the last century. He will have pushed all of his chips into the center of the table and, though a combinat...
- Wed May 15, 2024 10:17 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: The challenges ahead (Biden's America)
- Replies: 2026
- Views: 309969
Re: The challenges ahead (Biden's America)
In fact, those are rare bright spots in a long, bleak history . The only years that saw a decrease in the number of fatal drug overdoses in the past five decades (1974-2023) were 1976 (the last year of Gerald Ford's presidency), 1977-1980 (all four years of Jimmy Carter's presidency), 1987 (the seve...