Crazy: Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff, told Senate investigators yesterday that House speaker Nancy Pelosi called him on January 8th, concerned about President Trump’s ability to launch nuclear weapons.   “She was concerned and made various personal …

Covid Nation: New cases of Covid-19 have dropped 18 percent over the past two weeks, giving encouragement that the summer surge may be coming to an end.   Deaths in that same period were up 23 percent, but deaths as you might …

Hostage Diplomacy: In a deal that removes a thorn from relations between the US and China, the  Justice Department agreed to release the detained Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer for Huawei Technologies, and allow her to return to China in exchange …

Covid Nation: The director of the Centers for Disease Control, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, overruled her own agency and endorsed Covid booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for frontline workers.    The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices had recommended boosters for tens …

Covid Nation: Covid-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic, about 675,000. The flu hit when the US population was about a third of what it is today.   As of this morning, Johns Hopkins University reports …

Covid Nation: Comedian Chris Rock announced online yesterday that he has developed a breakthrough case of Covid-19 and he urged people to get vaccinated. He said, “Trust me you don’t want this.” He was vaccinated in May.   The average US daily …

End of the Road Trip: A 23-year-old Florida man is refusing to cooperate with the police about what happened to his fiancée who went missing on a cross country trip. The search for Gabrielle Petito, 22, by FBI agents and National …

Abused and Ignored: Four US Olympic gymnasts delivered stunning testimony before Congress yesterday, describing sexual abuse at the hands of team doctor Larry Nassar and how their complaints were ignored then misrepresented by investigating FBI agents.   Simone Biles, the winner of …

Newsom Survives: California Gov. Gavin Newsom appears to have beaten back a recall effort, winning more than 64 percent of the vote.   The election had been portrayed as a “life and death” battle against “Trumpism” and far-right anti-vaccine activists.   About two-thirds of …

Real Money: Democratic congressional leaders revealed a plan to raise taxes on the rich and corporations to raise $2.9 trillion for financing President Biden’s social safety net.    The Democrats ultimately are pushing toward a $3.5 trillion bill yet facing some opposition …