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Kim and Putin Forge Alliance

Thursday, September 14, 2023

TAKE DICTATION: Following a meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called his country’s relationship with Russia his top priority and pledged full support for Russia’s war on Ukraine.  Sitting on opposite sides of a small table with flowers on …

Republican Extremists Push the Agenda

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

IT’S POLITICAL: Under pressure from far right Joe Biden hating Republicans, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has directed committees to open impeachment investigations of the President.   The question is whether Biden made any money from his son Hunter’s business dealings, among other issues, …

Dictator Meets Dictator

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

MEETING OF MINDS: North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un arrived in Russia today aboard a slow moving armored train. On the agenda is artillery shells for Russia’s depleted war stocks in possible exchange for food, oil, hard currency, or even more sophisticated weapons technology …

More Than 800 Dead in Morocco Quake

Saturday, September 9, 2023

September 9, 2023 LIGHTS ON: Big 24 hour power outage in upstate New York starting Thursday night so we have catching up to do … MAGNITUDE: As many as 820 people are reported to be dead after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck about 50 …

Georgia Election Defendants Set for Trial

Thursday, September 7, 2023

SPEEDY TRIAL: The two co-defendants of Donald Trump in the Georgia election-interference case who asked for a speedy trial, and to be separated from each other, will go to trial together on Oct. 23rd the judge in the case ruled yesterday. Lawyers …

Proud Boys Leader Gets Longest Sentence

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

BE NOT PROUD: Former Proud Boys boss Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and leading the failed plot to prevent the routine transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden. It is the longest sentence …

Burning Man Mired in Mud

Monday, September 4, 2023

RAIN MAN: As many as 70,000 people have been trapped in the Nevada desert after heavy rains turned the ground under the annual Burning Man festival into a sea of mud. Authorities have been blocking anyone from entering or leaving the …

More Proud Boys Go to Prison

Saturday, September 2, 2023

BE NOT PROUD: A third and fourth members of the Proud Boys were sent upriver yesterday for some serious time for their part in the January 6th insurrection.    Ethan Nordean, a leader of the Proud Boys, was given 18 years, equaling the sentence …

Serious Time for Proud Boy Leader

Friday, September 1, 2023

BE NOT PROUD: Joe Biggs, a leader of the right wing Proud Boys, was sentenced yesterday to 17 years in prison for his conviction on charges related to the January 6th insurrection. It’s the second longest sentence handed down to anyone involved …

Racist Attack, Legal Weapons

Monday, August 28, 2023

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 …