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  • New Orleans attack and Vegas explosion highlight extremist violence by active military and veterans

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  • SecDef Rumsfeld (POS) once questioned if we were creating more terrorists than we are killing? You can say a lot of nasty things about old Don, but it was a good question. He just didn't ask the next question, "what happens if it comes home to roost?" If it's radicalization by Turner diaries in Las Vegas or ISIS in New Orleans, the effect is the same. We live in a complicated world and look for simple solutions.

  • Bird flu could merge with seasonal flu to make mutated virus that could spread among humans, CDC warns

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  • Number of flu cases in Britain has spiked. Bad winter ahead

  • Hillary Clinton, George Soros and others to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

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  • Course those are the names that make MAGAs heads explode.

    Bill Nye the Science Guy is also on the list.

    But, my favorite is Jose Andres.

  • Trump calls for New York judge to be disbarred after hush money conviction advances

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  • Blah, blah, blah, snivel, whine.

    Expect this for four more years.

  • Honduran Leader Threatens to Push U.S. Military Out of Base if Trump Orders Mass Deportations

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  • Honduras, like many poor Central American countries, relies heavily on income from citizens living abroad. About 20% of its income comes from Hondurans living in the US.

  • Nancy Mace’s bathroom ban is absent from House rules package

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  • Doesn't matter. It is all symbolic bullshit, not actual policy. Mace got her desired headlines for her little hate tantrum. That's all she wants.

    Although now she'll probably try to force a vote on the floor on it at some point in the future, just to score more political hate points

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    Rudy Giuliani insists he’s not hiding assets at contempt hearing over $148 million judgment

    www.abc27.com /news/us-world/ap-rudy-giuliani-faces-contempt-hearing-as-lawyers-for-election-workers-pursue-148m-judgment/

  • Flags in New York's Nassau County not lowered to half-staff following Jimmy Carter's death

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  • I call it an asshole competition. Basically a measurement contest to see who is the biggest. I don't know why anyone in their right mind would want to be in such a contest, but that's me.

  • Republican Steve Scalise bizarrely blames 'DEI' and 'wokeness' for New Orleans terror attack

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  • Hey Steve, when that guy shot you on the baseball field was that somehow DEI too?

    ~ Things the press never ask

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    Driver who exploded Cybertruck in Las Vegas railed about ‘political grievances’ and domestic issues before suicide

    www.cnn.com /2025/01/03/us/las-vegas-cybertruck-explosion/index.html

  • Apple CEO Tim Cook joins other major business leaders with $1 million personal donation to Trump’s inauguration

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  • I like the Mouse (Disney who owns ABC) is already in full supplicant mode. Chef's kiss.

  • Apple CEO Tim Cook joins other major business leaders with $1 million personal donation to Trump’s inauguration

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  • Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes says Washington Post blocked her cartoon

  • Trump Loses Latest Bid to Overturn New York Criminal Conviction

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  • "The Defendant has been found guilty on 34 felony counts. The significance of the fact that the verdict was handed down by a unanimous jury …cannot possibly be overstated. …The sanctity of a jury verdict and the deference that must be accorded to it, is a bedrock principle in our … jurisprudence.”

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    Trump Loses Latest Bid to Overturn New York Criminal Conviction

    www.bloomberg.com /news/articles/2025-01-03/trump-loses-latest-bid-to-overturn-new-york-criminal-conviction

  • Trump complains that US flags will be half-staff on his inauguration day

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  • If I remember right, history says the flags were at half staff during Nixon's inauguration, due to the death of Truman. Nixon didn't make a fuss about it.

    Edit for all those responding below: Of course, Nixon was a WWII veteran, serving in the Navy in the Pacific. Known as the fleet's best poker player, but that's another story. As such, he also served under Truman who ended the war by dropping the bomb. Conjecture is that the troops appreciated Truman's decision. In the end, Nixon respected Truman. Trump respects no one.

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    Trump complains that US flags will be half-staff on his inauguration day

    www.reuters.com /world/us/trump-complains-that-us-flags-will-be-half-staff-his-inauguration-day-2025-01-03/

  • [Updated] Mike Johnson secures US House speakership after facing internal dissent

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  • Thanks for changing title.

    If you watched the vote, there was a message. The new rules say that 9 Republicans only can file a motion to vacate the speaker's chair. The original vote had 7 Republicans not voting and 3 voting for others. At the end, when members could vote who haven't, the 7 voted for Johnson and 2 of the three who voted for others eventually did as well. This was a message to Johnson. There are more than 9 Republicans who could vote for a motion to vacate.

  • [Updated] Mike Johnson secures US House speakership after facing internal dissent

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  • Guardian is incorect

  • How a long speaker fight could impact Trump’s ability to start his next term

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  • Done and dusted. Johnson is about to gavel the new congress.

  • How a long speaker fight could impact Trump’s ability to start his next term

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  • First vote no majority. Backroom deals being made.

    Backroom deals successful. Votes changed. Johnson reelected

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    How a long speaker fight could impact Trump’s ability to start his next term

    www.politico.com /live-updates/2025/01/02/congress/donald-trump-inaugurated-speaker-fight-00196284

  • Trump insider admits a 'strong probability' Mike Johnson 'doesn't survive the night'

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  • The House rarely takes a voice vote by member. Each members name is called and they respond on who they vote for. This kind of vote only happens when speaker's are elected. There are verbal votes taken by the house as a group, with times as you describe. At that point, the side that is shouted down makes a motion for the yeas and nays. This makes all the members vote, now by electronic ballot

  • Trump insider admits a 'strong probability' Mike Johnson 'doesn't survive the night'

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  • Watching C-Span. Going for first vote. Voice vote by member. I'm saying the first one will be a tie.

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    America’s Right-Wing Propaganda Problem Might Be Terminal | Dame Magazine

    www.damemagazine.com /2025/01/02/americas-right-wing-propaganda-problem-might-be-terminal/
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    Biden to travel to New Orleans to meet with families following terror attack

    www.nbcnews.com /politics/white-house/president-joe-biden-travel-new-orleans-attack-rcna186113

  • U.S. Surgeon General Issues New Advisory on Link Between Alcohol and Cancer Risk

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  • Let's get rid of the joke first

    I'll drink to that.

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    U.S. Surgeon General Issues New Advisory on Link Between Alcohol and Cancer Risk

    www.hhs.gov /about/news/2025/01/03/us-surgeon-general-issues-new-advisory-link-alcohol-cancer-risk.html
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    Johnson says House Republicans will investigate Jan. 6 committee

    thehill.com /homenews/house/5064773-johnson-says-house-republicans-will-investigate-jan-6-committee/
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    Biden Plans to Block Takeover Bid of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon

    www.reuters.com /markets/deals/biden-reveal-decision-us-steel-acquisition-early-friday-cbs-news-reports-2025-01-03/
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    Net neutrality rules about corporate control over internet speeds blocked by federal appeals court

    www.cbsnews.com /news/net-neutrality-rules-blocked-federal-appeals-court/
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    Breaking | South Korea authorities moving to arrest impeached President Yoon: reports

    www.scmp.com /news/asia/east-asia/article/3293220/south-korea-authorities-moving-arrest-impeached-president-yoon-suk-yeol-reports
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    Cybertruck blast suspect was a ‘Rambo type’ who loved Trump, family says

    www.independent.co.uk /news/world/americas/cybertruck-explosion-suspect-matthew-livelsberger-vegas-b2672940.html
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    Fireworks, gas tanks and camping fuel used in Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside Las Vegas Trump Hotel

    www.cnn.com /2025/01/01/us/cybertruck-fire-trump-hotel-las-vegas/index.html
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    Feds probing whether 'despicable' New Orleans attack tied to Cybertruck blast: Biden

    www.rawstory.com /new-orleans-2670719793/
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    Trump uses New Orleans attack to slam migrants without offering proof one was involved

    www.yahoo.com /news/trump-uses-orleans-attack-slam-165654230.html
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    Republicans raising questions about Johnson's reelection as House speaker

    abcnews.go.com /Politics/mike-johnsons-speaker-reelection-single-republican-vote/story