So Trump is still trying to get to Letitia James, the prosecutor who got him: Following a three-month trial, a New York judge concluded that Trump and his family had committed a decade of business fraud by overstating the value of their properties to get favorable loan terms, fining Trump and his sons nearly half a billion dollars. – So, Trump will fire a federal lawyer who failed to find anything to prosecute James for . . . getting all too typical, but he did say, “I am your retribution!”
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Me — After reading the morning news with my cup of black coffee.
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The inventor of the stop sign never learned how to drive.
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One more:
Africa is the only continent that exists in all four hemispheres. Provided by FactRetriever.com
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U.S. student applications to colleges in Europe, U.K. and Asia jump amid rising costs and political turmoil
This should not be surprising, should it?
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I just learned this:
In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar (a job not subject to advice and consent),accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration, according to multiple people familiar with the probe and internal documents reviewed by MSNBC. – So, the investigation has just been dropped? So, where are the 50G’s? I recall an operation long ago wherein FBI agents posed as rich Arabs and stuffed politicians’ pockets with cash – and got caught — Abscam? What do Republicans have to say about this? All phony? A hoax? Wait, a Democrat scam!
I know, Hillary! Benghazi!
This? The investigation into Homan stalled after Trump became president in January, sources told the network. And in recent weeks, Trump appointees officially closed the investigation after FBI Director Kash Patel requested a status update.
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Charlie Kirk: Has said that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a mistake and that Black women didn’t have “the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously.” – And we should lower flags for him?
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Changes in interest rates do not have the same effect on us all. I am retired and higher interest rates mean I will earn more on my CDs and high interest savings accounts. Younger folks work and are in the borrower phase, i.e., they have car loans and mortgages, and lower rates are better for them.
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If Trump gets control of the Fed, there’s a lot of trouble he could cause; not just interest rates, but loans to him, favored businesses, etc.
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A headline that I could not force myself to read the rest of:
RFK Jr. compares Kirk to Jesus Christ
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Breaking news Monday: The Supreme Court has backed President Donald Trump’s power to fire the lone Democrat on the Federal Trade Commission without cause, agreeing at the same time to consider overturning a longstanding precedent that has protected independent agencies. – This is the danger I fear a lot, the Supremes giving more power to Trump and the presidency.
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Dad joke for today:
Apparently, you can’t use “beef stew” as a password.
It’s not stroganoff.
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The plan: Shift $1.8 billion in U.S. foreign aid to fund Trump’s “America First” agenda, challenging Congress’s authority. USAID cuts are expected to have deadly consequences. – Yeah, and they are cutting food stamps more right here.
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Two ridiculous reasons to hate Trump:
He puts ketchup on steak.
He cheats at golf.
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The grant of power under Roberts’ opinion leaves almost any presidential action unreviewable by courts and unchargeable as a crime. That expands executive power “beyond recognition,” and, “When he uses his official powers in any way, under the majority’s reasoning, he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution,” Sotomayor wrote. “Orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. – Huffpost. — I know I have bitched about this a lot, but it is serious to me.
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I don’t like it when people or institutions cave into Trump, or resign their positions, rather than fight it. It just encourages him.
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Didja Know Dept.: The German American group is the most populous European-ancestry group in the United States, with 45 million people in the 2020 U.S. Census, followed by British Americans, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, and Polish Americans. – This is based on what people say. I am half that, and half Polish, which made for some interesting WWII conflicts.
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Your president at work: Other administration news: Trump’s energy secretary called solar panels “a parasite,” and Trump criticized renewables at the U.N. this week. Tax credits for solar panels will end soon. – Yeah, oil and gas, that’s the future!
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Useless fact for today: Sharks have been around Earth longer than trees.
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Another: White Castle was the first fast food chain in the U.S.
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Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says
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I read Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee a long time ago. But apparently, the incident is not “over:” From VoteVets: Wounded Knee was a massacre of hundreds of women, children, and elders of the Lakota Nation, and the men who participated in it were murderers. Full stop. In 1990, both houses of Congress formally expressed the United States’ regret for the massacre. Before he left office, former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin began the process of stripping 19 Medals of Honor from the war criminals who led the massacre at Wounded Knee, but Pete Hegseth just put an end to it. To Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump, those who engaged in the killings are worthy of our highest honors — just like Confederates who betrayed their oaths and their country, but still have their surnames on our bases, with a wink and a nod (No, not that Bragg, stupid!).
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Another Useless Fact (or Who Cares Dept.): The original recipe for chocolate contained chili powder instead of sugar. Provided by FactRetriever.com
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And yes, a day early this week. We are off to Palm Springs tomorrow! A concert there I will mention if all goes well, and we get in!
All take care,
Kevin
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