RACIST ATTACK: Investigators say they have found racist writings on the home computer of a man who shot three Black people dead in a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida over the weekend. The local sheriff said Ryan Palmeter, 21, “hated Black people.”  Palmeter …

COVID COMEBACK: School districts in Kentucky and Texas have cancelled classes because of a surge in illness, including Covid. Illinois reports a rise in Covid cases.   The Centers for Disease Control reports a 21 percent surge in both Covid cases and deaths. The …

PRISONER # P01135809: Former resident Donald Trump surrendered for arrest yesterday in Fulton County, Georgia, became the first president in history to have his mugshot taken, and was issued prisoner # P01135809. He used the services of a bail bondsman to post his …

THE HIGH WINDOW: Russian mercenary army leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed in the manifest as one of 10 people on board a private jet that went down about 180 miles north of Moscow yesterday, killing everyone on board.   Some of Prigozhin’s senior …

BOOK ‘EM: John Eastman, a lawyer who was instrumental in Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election, turned himself in yesterday for arrest and booking at Georgia’s Fulton County Jail. He had his mugshot taken and was issued prisoner # 01135735. …

BAIL TO THE CHIEF: Lawyers for Donald Trump reached a strict agreement in which he will be released on $200,000 bond after his arrest in Atlanta this week. According to the agreement he is also constrained from intimidating witnesses, and victims …

SHAKE, RATTLE, AND RAIN: A magnitude 5.1 earthquake shook Southern California yesterday just hours before Tropical Storm Hilary began to lash the state with wind and rain.    The quake was centered near Ojai in Ventura County, up the coast from Los Angeles, but …

ORANGE ALERT: In an insult to the Republican Party and Fox News, which is hosting the event, Donald Trump appears to be skipping the first debate between Republican contenders for the presidential nomination and instead sitting for an online interview with …

NAMES AND THREATS: Authorities in Fulton County, Georgia are investigating threats made against members of the grand jury that indicted former President Donald Trump and 18 other defendants for their attempts to overturn the 2020 election.   Names of grand jurors are …

THE DOCKET: Atlanta District Attorney Fani Willis is proposing to take Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants to trial on March 4th, making for a crowded legal schedule for the former president next year.   Willis’s motion said that she “proposes certain deadlines that …