Glenn Kirschner – Chinese spy balloons, Jim Jordan, and the debasement of the House & Senate Judiciary Committees
The Lincoln Project – Built Back Better
Farron Balanced – Trump Threatens To Help Democrats If Republican Voters Reject Him
Armageddon Update – Book Banning
Bearded Dragon Comes Running When His Mom Calls Him
Beau – Let’s talk about a laptop and a change of strategy….
Glenn Kirschner – Demands for DOJ & Senate Judiciary investigation of new misconduct allegations about Brett Kavanaugh
The Lincoln Project – MTG + McCarthy
Political Voices – Joyce Vance & Stephanie Miller: Obstruction & Lying, There’s No Line Donald Trump Won’t Cross. (I’ll probably find more on these multiple stories, but this is a hoot – and very knowledgeable.)
These Feral Kitten Siblings Transform Into Completely Different Cats
Parody Project – The Real GOP (This has turned into an earworm for me. Hope you are spared.0
Beau – Let’s talk about proposed detrumpification laws….
Yesterday, there was an unusual article picked up from Jezebel by CPR about a bear who has used a wildlife research camera to take more than 400 selfies, all very professional looking. If we humans want to stay at the top of the food chain we had better start improving our game. Also, the weather forecast indicated a possibility of snow tonight – only about one chance in four, but if it does snow, they think it will be a fair amount. I’ not holding my breath, but it is something to keep in mind. I’ll slip in a comment before I leave, and of course will comment when I get back.
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The Daily Beast – Inside the Democratic ‘SWAT Team’ Combating the GOP’s Biden Probes
Quote – Now, a more conspiratorial and hard-edged crop of House Republicans is sharpening their investigative knives for President Joe Biden, eyeing everything from his handling of the Department of Justice to his son’s business dealings. Determined to prevent a rerun of the Obama years, top Democrats are standing up a pair of outside groups—the Congressional Integrity Project and Facts First USA—and building them for the sole purpose of running aggressive interference for Biden on the barrage of GOP probes from Capitol Hill.
Click through for more information. I don’t know whether this is the best way to function because it hasn’t been tried before. But at least we can stop saying the Democratic party is not even trying to message.
The Daily Beast – ould a Secret Contract Halt This Tell-All Book on the Trump Probe?
Quote – The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office is warning that a tell-all book about its stalled investigation into former President Donald Trump could derail the office’s probe and leave the author of the book, a former top prosecutor there, in legal jeopardy for violating a secretive nondisclosure agreement. The NDA, obtained exclusively by The Daily Beast, warns that “any work performed for the office” is “privileged and confidential.” That clause appears to directly conflict with a memoir that promises juicy details in what has so far been a failed effort to indict Trump. People vs. Donald Trump: An Inside Account, written by former special assistant DA Mark Pomerantz, is due to hit bookshelves on Feb. 7—and it’s being billed as a “fascinating inside account of the attempt to prosecute former president Donald Trump.”
Click through for details. Not unexpectedly, I have mixed feelings here. My desire to have all the facts of TFG’s sordid Presidency become public knowledge is tempered by my desire to see him convicted, and have those convictions (plural, ues) stick and keep him locked up permanently.
Food For Thought
Political Voices Network – Neal Katyal & Andrew Weissmann: Trump’s Political Fate May Have Been Decided…
The Lincoln Project – Last Week in the Republican Party January 18, 2023
MSNBC – ‘Dumb’: GOP’s Ron Johnson humiliated over nonsensical coup claim
Really American – Karl Rove OBLITERATES Republican whataboutism on Biden documents
This Dachshund Mama Dog Was Rescued From A Puppy Mill
Beau – Let’s talk about how to understand the House Republicans….
Glenn Kirschner – New interview with Michael Cohen suggests NY DA Bragg may be back in the Trump prosecution mix
Farron Balanced – Oops! Republicans Accidentally Admit They’ve Been Lying About Tax Cuts For Decades
The Lincolm Project – The Way I Handle Things
Politics Girl – Debt Ceiling Crisis
Stray Cat Stuck In A Wall For Over A Week
http://www.samizdat.qc.ca/arts/lit/PDFs/OutofSilentPlanet_CSL.pdf
Beau – Let’s talk about explaining Earth to aliens…. (C.S. Lewis did something like this in the first volumne of his “Space Trilogy” – and he [deliberately] wrote himself into a corner where his hero had to fail to translate a concept because it flat made no sense. There’s a pdf here of the whole book – the conversation begins at the bottom of page 119 of the pdf [numbered 115 in the text] and the untranslateable concept appears at the bottom of the following page. The conversation ends near the top of pdf page 122 [118] – not terribly long, but a bit long to quote. Though you aay have to suspend disbelief a bit, it’s very reavealing as to some things we think we know but really haven’t a clue.)
Glenn Kirschner – Republican representatives say, “smoke ’em if you got ’em,” reintroduce carcinogens into Congress
MSNBC – Why the stakes of the debt ceiling fight are so high
Thom Hartmann – Was The FBI Started To Stop Black Revolution?
Ring of Fire – Trump Wanted To Nuke North Korea And Blame Another Country
Friendly Stray Cat Gets An Uber Home
Beau – Let’s talk about Special Counsel updates….
Glenn Kirschner – Two issues: Will Trump’s federal tax crimes be prosecuted? Will Republican Special Counsel be fair?
The Lincoln Project – Kingmaker
Liberal Redneck – Republican Projection
The Riccardis – Jack Smith Baby
These two go together
Rescuing an Emaciated Kitten, Small Fry, and her family
Small Fry, Emaciated Kitten – 1 Week Update!
Beau – Let’s talk about Biden and classified documents….
Glenn Kirschner – Trump Organization sentenced. Next up, NY AG Tish James suit against Trump Org AND Tump personally
Thom Hartmann – What Really Happened During McCarthy’s ‘Battle for the Gavel’ Featuring Rep. Mark Pocan (title not 100% accurate, but some interesting points made)
Farron Balanced – Giuliani Hit With Subpoena As Special Prosecutor ‘Follows The Money’
Robert Reich – Do We Have to Bribe Corporations to Do What’s Right?
Pittie Puppy Rescued From The Worst Owner Smiles Through Every Setback
Beau – Let’s talk about Georgia and the Special Grand Jury….