Chris Thomas

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Here's an interesting exercise: look at what the headlines were four years ago.

NYT: "2020 Election Live Updates: Republicans Reject Trump's Suggestion to Delay Election, Something He Cannot Do"

WaPo: "Michael Flynn case to be reheard by full federal appeals court in D.C."

If Kevin McCarthy wants any Democrats to vote against the motion to vacate the chair that would end his speakership, he had better make some concessions their way, rather than remain ever beholden to the far-right radicals in Congress. One concession I can think of: End the silly “impeachment inquiry” of Joe Biden launched at the request of the MAGA right. It’s a politicized farce with no evidence, and he knows it. No concessions, no support.

House Republicans: Our rich aren't rich enough and our poor aren't poor enough.

The GOP Budget includes almost a TRILLION dollars a year in cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Food Stamps.

https://www.rawstory.com/house-gop-unveils-budget-with-trillions-in-cuts-to-medicaid-food-benefits-and-more/

House GOP unveils budget with trillions in cuts to Medicaid, food benefits, and more

House Republicans unveiled a budget blueprint on Tuesday that proposes trillions of dollars in federal spending reductions over the next decade, specifically targeting Medicaid and federal nutrition assistance for steep cuts.House Budget Committee Republicans' new resolution also calls for the estab...

Raw Story - Celebrating 19 Years of Independent Journalism
So, word is Elon is re-branding Twitter to "X."

So Private 2nd Class Travis King was serving in S. Korea, got in some kind of trouble, and was being sent back to the USA for "disciplinary reasons." He slipped out of the airport, joined a border tour group, and then made a run for it into the DPRK.

Reporting on this has been REMARKABLY unclear.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-korea-us-national-american-crosses-border-demilitarized-zone-dmz-tour/

U.S. soldier believed to be in North Korean custody after unauthorized border crossing, officials say

The U.S. service member crossed the border so quickly that South Korean and American soldiers didn't have time to stop him, according to local media.

CBS News
Exclusive | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. press dinner explodes in war of words and farting

A verbal war broke out between two old-timers over climate change that led to one loudly farting at the table to express his disgust.

Page Six

The Washington Examiner uses the phrase "scandal" to describe the on-going coverage of "someone found some cocaine in the White House."

Scandal seems like a hugely overblown term for it. Even if it was found on the Resolute Desk it would still be a less concerning scandal than any given Thursday in the Trump administration.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/former-press-secretary-kayleigh-mcenany-white-house-cocaine-hunter-biden

Former press secretary Kayleigh McEnany says White House cocaine can't be Hunter Biden's

Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany eliminated Hunter Biden as a suspect in the Biden administration's cocaine bag scandal despite the president's son's well-documented history of drug use.

Washington Examiner
Extravagant field trips for the 4th grade class at Walkerville Elementary seems like a wildly inappropriate use of the FTL, nanoassembly, genetic reprogramming, inertial damping, sentient AI capabilities of the Magic School Bus.

Virginia now requires robust age verification to view nudity and/or depictions of sadomasochism online... so why is this image still up on the governor's website?

https://www.governor.virginia.gov/

Ron DeSantis says he will end birthright citizenship if he is elected President. What ever happened to Republicans insisting that people read the constitution?

First sentence of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article276758641.html