Bridge to Nowhere: West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin who holds the 50th vote to pass President Biden’s  $2.2 trillion social safety net, climate, and tax bill, dropped the bomb on Fox News yesterday that he can’t muster himself to vote in favor.   “I cannot …

Covid Nation: Federal health officials warn that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus threatens a massive wave of infections as soon as next month, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.   With Omicron surging, President Joe Biden yesterday dramatically warned …

Covid Nation: Facing a surge of Covid cases among students, Cornell University is going on “alert level red,” shutting down its campus in Ithaca, New York and putting the last classes and final exams of the semester online. The libraries are …

In Contempt: The full House of Representatives last night voted to hold former Donald Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows in criminal contempt of Congress for refusing to testify before the January 6thinvestigating committee. Only two Republicans voted in favor.   He …

Patriot Games: The House committee investigating the January  6th insurrection has recommended criminal contempt charges to be brought against Donald Trump’s last chief of staff, Mark Meadows, for his refusal to cooperate with the investigation.   A trove of 9,000 documents Meadows handed over before going …

Aaaaaaand, were back!!! Disaster and Counting: Mayfield, Kentucky is only beginning to dig out from the monstrous tornado that levelled the town and flattened a candle factory on top of more than 100 overnight workers.   The overall number of certain dead …

Relaxing the Hands: Some subscribers have been kindly asking why The Rooney Report has suspended publication. The reason is that the editor in chief has developed arthrititis in the hands after a lifetime of typing. We expect it to calm …

The report is on leave for another week. We’ll be back

Taking a Break: The Editor in chief, beat reporter, and typesetter of The Rooney Report has sore hands after too many hours at the keyboard. We’e taking another week off, but we’ll be back. -30-

Guns and the Defense: The jury in the Kenosha, Wisconsin trial of 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse found him not guilty of any crimes in the killing of two men and wounding of a third during street demonstrations in August of 2020.   Rittenhouse …