Glenn skipped a day and threw me off balance so I’m using this to gain it back
Talking Feds – BREAKING Hunter Biden News EXPLAINED
The Lincoln Project – When Dems Fight
PBS News – New report looks at the changing face of extremist groups in America
Puppet Regime – More unmanned attacks on the Kremlin?
Mama Cat Does The Cutest Thing While She’s In Labor
Beau – Let’s talk about the Dems ending the influence of MAGA Republicans….
This is long – but he missed a day and has multiple topics.
Glenn Kirschner – Will Trump’s crimes at Bedminster, NJ, be the next federal indictment pursued by Jack Smith
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The Lincoln Project – They Will Never Quit Trump
Thom Hartmann – Words a U.S. President Will Never Say Again! JFK’s Powerful Speech You NEED To Hear
Rocky Mountain Mike – The Shower’s Where Secrets Were Stuffed By Trump (lyrics provided @ YouTube)
This Kitten Was Obsessed With Her Mom’s Baby Bump
Beau – Let’s talk about Montana and constitutional case….
Glenn Kirschner – NY AG James says NY civil case may take a back seat to Trump’s federal case; what about other cases?
The Lincoln Project – Last Week in the Republican Party – June 13, 2023
Robert Reich – Busting the “Paid What You’re Worth” Myth
Parody Project – Whn Will He Ever Learn?
No One Wanted To Be This Baby Mini Cow’s Friend Until…❤️
Beau – Let’s talk about a european cop asking about black Americans….
Yesterday, I got an email from John Pavlovitz – not that that’s unusual, and some of y’all get them too. But for those who don’t, I wanted to share some words from this one. He is featuring aome new merchandise specifically for Pride Month – including just about anything you can put a message on – and the messages are well said. “God is Non-Binary.” “LGBTQ Christian isn’t an Oxymoron. Hateful Christian is.” “We Say Gay.” More power to him! i also got a package with a bunch of AAA batteries, which I needed. My little (but powerful) flashlights all take three AAA batteries, and I have at least one in every room. And I was down to my last two batteries – which is the same as being completely out when you need three. And those flashlights are not just for power failures. My home was built in 1956, and in any building that age, every piece of furniture placed against a wall will lean in slightly – not enough to be dangerous, but enough for small items like beads and knitting needles to roll or slide off… and then roll or bounce into dark corners. I have a number of “grabber” tools to retrieve them with, but first I have to see them. And yesterday was also the first day of that cringey time of year when, for a month anf a half, Donald Trump** and i are the same age. At least it will be over soon.
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The Daily Beast – Former Fox Executive: Is It Time for the FCC to Take a Close Look at Rupert Murdoch’s Licenses?
Quote – I was a Fox executive from 1990 to 1997 helping to build Fox Broadcasting Company, the long sought fourth free-over-the-air commercial TV network…. In addition to Fox Broadcasting, Fox owns cable channels including Fox News Channel and 28 local broadcast TV stations. The Federal Communications Commission has almost no regulatory authority over cable channels like Fox News but heavily regulates local broadcast stations that use public airwaves. Section 308 (b) of the Communications Act requires the FCC to assess the character qualifications of parties licensed to broadcast on the public airwaves. The FCC considers conduct at the broadcast station and elsewhere. The FCC has revoked broadcast licenses based on character issues.
Click through for story. Now, if somene were to start a petition to the FCC on this, that would be a petition I could get behind.
Letters from an American – June 13, 2023
Quote – [Fox News Channel] has been hemorrhaging viewers since it fired Tucker Carlson, a threat to its bottom line that might have been behind its chyron tonight attacking Biden by claiming “WANNABE DICTATOR SPEAKS AT THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER HAVING HIS POLITICAL RIVAL ARRESTED.” In statements similar to the one from FNC, right-wing pundits spent the day flooding Twitter and other social media with furious insistence that Trump is being unfairly prosecuted, followed by attacks on former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, and with allegations that there are tapes of President Biden accepting bribes—allegations that Biden openly laughed at this evening.
Click through for more (As always, click “Continue reading” on the pop-up). Yes, I’m beating up on Fox today. I’m aware that others exist, such as OAN and Sinclair, but Fox is still the most prominent.
Food For Thought
Glenn Kirschner – Donald Trump arraigned on his criminal indictment BUT judge imposes NO conditions on his release
The Lincoln Project – Trust
MSNBC – Eric Holder: Jack Smith won’t be ‘deterred by anything Donald Trump throws at him’
Brent Terhune – Cracker Barrel Has Fallen
Tiniest Kitten Is The Biggest Fighter [If this is a rerun, I apologize. I’m getting to the point where I’m not always sure.]
Beau – Let’s talk about FD-1023s and shows…
Glenn Kirschner – Trump poses a danger to the community. What will the judge do about it at Trump’s arraignment? [of course we all know that he was not detained, and probably we all have theories as to why not. Mine is that detaining him would not prevent him from being a danger to the community, and might even make the danger worse, given his cult. Hoewever, the way he keeps pushing envelopes, it still could happen at some point.]
The Lincoln Project – The MAGAVERSE Reacts to Trump’s Second Indictment
C-Span – Special counsel Jack Smith gives statement after Trump indictment unsealed. The video goes on for over 22 minutes total, but the statement is over before two minutes are up. That’s what I’m posting it for. If you want to watch further, that’s up to you.
Parody Project – Just A Reminder
Rescued Baby Pigeon Plays Exactly Like Her Dog Best Friend
Beau – Let’s talk about Judge Cannon and Trump….
Yesterday, we had thunder, lightning, and hail, and also a power outage which lasted about an hour. And, of course, it was cold – low fifties with a “feels like” in the high forties. The outage must have stressed me, thoug, because I tripped and fell – no damage to speak of – two small cuts is all – just annoying. Incidentally, if anyone is wonderng abot whether the indictment really has 37 or 38 counts, the aner is 38, but the 38th one only applies to the pool boy, so 37 relating to Trump** is correct.
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NPR – What is HAPE? How people in the mountains can still fall ill to mountain sickness
Quote – High altitude pulmonary edema — commonly referred to as HAPE — is a more serious case of altitude sickness that, if not treated quickly or properly, can lead to death…. “There are deaths usually every couple of years in adults who come to ski or have a vacation with their friends,” [Summit County’s Dr. Christine] Ebert-Santos said. “There are so many times when people are sick with a virus and you don’t really give it a second thought. Without having somebody’s eyes on you or having a pulse oximeter to see what is happening with your oxygen, you can’t really know if this is something going on in your lungs or it’s just a cold.”
Click through for details. I know, I’m the only one who lives in the mountains. But people do come up ere for reasons – and this was certainly news to me. I do own a pulse oximeter and I know how to use it, so here’s that.
USA Today – I don’t want to live in a country where Trump could be held accountable
Quote – It’s like Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin wrote in a tweet Friday: “These charges are unprecedented and it’s a sad day for our country, especially in light of what clearly appears to be a two-tiered justice system where some are selectively prosecuted, and others are not.”… TWO TIERS! One tier in which President Trump keeps getting indicted via both state and federal justice systems and another in which the people I don’t like keep getting not indicted via all the things Fox News tells me they did wrong.
Click through for full satire – if it isn’t too close to reality for you to stand. It realy doesn’t get any more “bothsiderist” than this.
The Nib (Rosemary Mosco) – The Future Is on Thin Ice
Quote – Growing up in Canada, I used to skate home from school. I know this sounds like a stereotype…. I grew up in … Ottawa. A canal runs through the city…. [I]t holds the Guiness World Record for the largest naturally frozen ice rink. In the winter, the canal freezes over…. Only this year it didn’t.
Click through for graphic essay. Back in the ineties, when the general public started to hear about climate change (which fossil fuel pushers had known about for decades), the changes resulted in some extremely heavy swnowfalls for us (because so much polar ice had thawed, there was more water in the air elsewhere.) So many ignorant people thought that was a reason to deny that glabal warming existed. What will that say to this, I wonder? Will they even see it?
Food For Thought
Glenn Kirschner – Mark Meadows testifies in grand jury about BOTH the insurrection & Trump’s classified docs crimes
The Lincoln Project – Last Week in the Republican Party – June 6, 2023
MSNBC – Lawrence: Mark Meadows could be second White House Chief of Staff convicted of crimes
Thom Hartmann – Are You Scared Of Woke?! Fox News Propaganda Exposed
Tiniest Abandoned Puppy Is Found In A Box On The Curb
Beau – Let’s talk about Trump, wokeness, and branding….