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Ukraine Tension Heightens

Saturday, February 12, 2022

The Brink of War: The US and multiple other countries have warned their citizens to get out of Ukraine ahead of a possible Russian invasion that could come any day.   US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US continues “to …

Trump Call Logs Missing

Friday, February 11, 2022

Gap in the Records: The House committee investigating the January 6th insurrection has found gaps in the official records of who President Trump was talking to and when that day.   Just one example; the Committee knows that Trump spoke to Vice President …

Trump Took Classified Documents

Thursday, February 10, 2022

Secrets in Mar a Lago: The National Archives says they found classified information among documents former President Trump took with him to Florida when he left The White House.   Under the law, they are supposed to refer the matter to the …

McConnell Breaks With Party

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Breaking Bad: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, as stalwart and loyal a Republican as ever lived, widened a political split yesterday denouncing his party’s description of the January 6th insurrection as “legitimate political discourse.” McConnell bluntly said the riot was a “violent insurrection.”   McConnell also …

Lifting Mask Mandates

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Taking off the Mask: Oregon has now joined New Jersey, Connecticut, California, and Delaware in announcing an end to their statewide mask mandate for schools or being indoors as states move toward normalizing life with Covid-19.   Oregon will end the requirement …

The Cost of War in Ukraine

Monday, February 7, 2022

The Price of War: French President Emmanuel Macron is travelling to Russia this week in an attempt to mollify Vladimir Putin’s complaints about national security ad head off a possibly invasion of Ukraine.    As Russia keeps building its forces around Ukraine, a …

Pence Stands Up, Violence as Discourse

Saturday, February 5, 2022

Pence Stands Up: Former Vice President Mike Pence finally separated himself from Donald Trump, declaring in a speech that the former president was “wrong” to think that Pence could  change the outcome of the 2020 election.   On the day the electoral college …

Winter Sports and Political Oppression

Friday, February 4, 2022

Five Rings in China: Events have begun and the opening ceremony is tonight as the Winter Olympics in Beijing get underway in a bubble of Covid-19 caution and political oppression.   In a public show that was no coincidence, Russian President Vladimir Putin …

CNN Love and Job Loss

Thursday, February 3, 2022

Channel Change: In the business equivalent of a massive earthquake, CNN President Jeff Zucker, one of the most powerful media executives in the country, resigned after admitting a previously undisclosed romantic relationship with a fellow executive.   “As part of the investigation into Chris …

Putin Claims He’s the Victim

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

The Russia Complaint: Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed yesterday that the United States is trying to suck Russia into an unwanted fight over Ukraine  while thwarting his country’s demands for a sphere of influence in Eastern Europe.    Although he has massed 130,000 …