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The Greatest, Weeknd Off
Monday, February 8, 2021
The Greatest: Tampa Bay’s Tom Brady threw three touchdown passes last night winning his seventh Super Bowl and confirming at age 43 that he’s the greatest quarterback of all time. Tampa Bay beat Kansas City 31-9. Kansas City hobbled itself with …
The Trillion Dollar Solution
Saturday, February 6, 2021
Econ 101: President Biden used a tepid January jobs report to call for quick action on his $1.9 trillion economic stimulus bill. “I believe the American people are looking right now to their government for help to do our job, to …
Booted from Committee
Friday, February 5, 2021
Greene Sidelined: The House of Representatives, with just 11 Republicans joining the Democrats, last night voted to remove conspiracy-minded Georgia freshman Marjorie Taylor Greene from her assignments to the education and finance committees. It strips Greene of any power to influence …
Republicans Go Greene
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Cancel Her: The House votes today on whether to strip Georgia freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments for espousing conspiracy theories and calling for the execution of Democratic politicians before she was elected. It’s a test for Republicans …
Trouble With Lawyers, Republicans Go Low
Monday, February 1, 2021
Fool for a Client: Just a week before his Senate trial is set to begin, former President Donald Trump has parted ways with five lawyers he had retained to represent him. He announced he hired two new ones yesterday. Maggie Haberman …
GM Goes Electric, Enemy in the House
Friday, January 29, 2021
Internal Combustion: General Motors, the car company that makes the gas guzzling Hummer off-roader and GMC Sierra trucks, announced yesterday that it will make only zero emission vehicles by 2035, a move that will influence the entire auto industry. It will …
Homeland Danger, The Climate Fight
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Danger Within: The Department of Homeland Security issued a rare bulletin warning of domestic terrorism following the Capitol insurrection. The notice says, “Information suggests that some ideologically motivated violent extremists with objections to the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition, …
Brazil Mutant, Power Play
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Son of Virus: The first case of a coronavirus variant found in Brazil has been identified in Minnesota, putting added pressure on the effort to get Americans vaccinated. The more the virus spreads, the more likely it is to mutate, possibly defeating …
The Virus and Truth
Monday, January 25, 2021
Viral News: New cases of the coronavirus are down 33 percent percent over the last two weeks, and deaths yesterday slipped below 2,000. While the numbers improve, the people fighting the pandemic are just returning from the alternate universe of the …
Trump Trial Scheduled, The Georgia Plot
Saturday, January 23, 2021
Gavel to Adjournment: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that she’s sending the article of impeachment against Donald Trump over to the Senate Monday, and Senate leaders agreed to delay opening the trial of the former President until the week of February …

