AT SEA: Some members of Congress say they are increasingly concerned about the crew of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln as it approaches nine months on deployment following a report that a member of the crew jumped overboard. The crewman was …

CAREER PLANNING: The pundit class is scrutinizing the announcement by New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that she’s going to have her eggs frozen and that she has broken up with her long-term boyfriend Riley Roberts.   This comes amidst increasing speculation …

IT’S POLITICAL: Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan won the Democratic primary race for Senate, another win for a progressive defeating a centrist congresswoman in the latest victory for the party’s left wing.   But in Wisconsin the progressive Francesca Hong lost to the …

DR. TRUMP PRESCRIBES: President Trump yesterday signed an executive order calling for American children to be immunized against fewer diseases with a longer schedule of shots.   He offered no medical evidence to suggest the change.   The order recommends immunizing children against 11 …

CRAZY IS AS CRAZY DOES: Nothing seems urgent this morning so we are going to mostly take the morning off.    But we thought we would share that the President of the United States, who presides over  a war he started and can’t …

August 8, 2026Vol. 15, No. 2346 STOP THE DANCE: A federal appeals panel in a scolding opinion yesterday voted two to one to stop construction on President Trump’s White House ballroom.   The court said in its decision that, “Each president is …

IT’S POLITICAL: Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced she will vote against confirming Todd Blanche to the position of attorney general.   While Blanche serves as acting attorney general, Murkowski said in a social media post that, “The politicization—even weaponization—of the Department …

IT’S POLITICAL: The Muslim Dr. Abdul El-Sayed had barely been declared the winner of the Michigan Democratic primary for US senator when Republicans launched their attacks. The progressive candidate was called dangerous and a communist for wanting universal healthcare in an indication …

IT’S POLITICAL: The primary race for senator from Michigan that’s considered a weathervane for the Democratic party is too close to call this morning.   Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive, holds a narrow lead over Representative Haley Stevens, a centrist and firm …

THE WAR ROOM: President Trump declared yesterday in the Oval Office that he’s giving Iran one “last chance before decapitation.”   “This is a last chance,” Trump said. “This is the last chance for them to sign a good document,” and that, “I want to give …