New Rules: Supporters of Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the  2020 election and even some who tried to stop Kevin McCarthy from being elected Speaker have been appointed to the House’s most powerful committees. It’s clear that McCarthy surrendered to the Republican conspiracy …

Ukraine Disaster: Ukraine’s minister for interior affairs, several other senior officials, and three children were among the 16 dead in the crash of a helicopter into a kindergarten in a town outside of Kyiv.   No cause for the crash has been …

China Syndrome: More people died than were born in China last year for the first time in 60 years, the government announced yesterday in what may be an irreversible trend for the world’s most populous country … a shrinking population.    What …

Open Secrets: Lawyers for President Joe Biden last Thursday found more classified documents at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, the White House said Saturday. They found five more pages marked classified in Biden’s library, bringing the total to six.   White House lawyer Richard Sauber said in a statement that …

In Deep: The federal government will reach its debt limit on January 19th, risking default on the nation’s debt unless Congress raises the bar, according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellin. Treasury’s ability to skirt default on the national debt would run …

Not Secret: Attorney General Merrick Garland yesterday appointed a special counsel to examine the matter of President Biden’s storage of secret documents in non-secure private locations.   Garland named Robert Hur,  the former US Attorney for the District of Maryland, who was appointed by …

It’s Raining, It’s Pouring: Torrents of rain have caused mudslides, flooding, fallen trees, and forced evacuations in Southern California. More is coming.   Up to seven inches of rain have fallen in the lower elevations of the state in the past 24 …

January 6th in Brazil: Thousands of supporters of Brazil’s right-wing former president, Jair Bolsonaro, yesterday stormed the buildings that house the three branches of government in a massive protest over what they claim was a stolen election.   They set a fire in the …

It’s Political: Albert Einstein is credited with saying, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”  And that was 100 years or more before Kevin McCarthy of California ran for Speaker of the House.   McCarthy yesterday lost his …

It’s Political: House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy made history yesterday becoming the first nominee for Speaker in 100 years to lose on the first vote with his party in the majority. Then he made history again, and again, losing the second …