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"US Supreme Court to Review 1868 Federal Ban on Home Distilling of Liquor"

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WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) -- The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide the legality of a federal ban on the home distilling of alcoholic spirits that was enacted in 1868 after the US Civil War to crack down on liquor tax evasion.

The dispute pits Republican President Donald Trump's administration, which is defending the law, against challengers who argue that the home-distilling prohibition exceeds the authority of Congress under the US Constitution. More than a dozen Republican-led states have backed the legal challenge to the statute.


And Bibi's phonus-bolonus Iranian MANPADS threat against the Orange Doofus in powerful Turkiye after the NATO Summit in Ankara tricked the so-called "leader of the free world" to abscond away like a poltroon in a hot dog cart or catering truck, while leaving his staff vulnerable to the phantom non-existent threat which the Trumpf junta took seriously because they purged the USIC of experienced analysts and investigators.

Turkiye's experienced and formidable security services have yet to find one molecule of evidence of an Iranian plot against the White House Windbag -- especially after their Emniyet established an airtight cordon sanitaire around the NATO summit to protect all the world leaders.

Experienced Middle East analysts know that Iran wouldn't dishonor their neighbor and trading partner Turkiye with such an idiotic attempt on Turkish soil or in their airspace.

In The Police's final and Grammy-winning album Synchronicity (released 17 June 1983), they sang "you'll be, wrapped around my finger...."

This refrain applies aptly to blunderer Dummkopf Trumpf.

The anti-AIPAC blue wave is just right around the corner -- watch the results on Tuesday 3 Nov 2026.

"FUNNY"

The point of this OP wasn't to bash Joe Biden per se as he slowly nears "that undiscovered country from whence no man has returned," but to provide an insight into the mindset of conservative Pennsylvania where he grew up.

Joe Biden's previous insensitivity towards People of Color manifested itself in 2024 with his insensitivity towards the Palestinian people being slaughtered in Gaza wholesale by the Israeli Death Forces (IDF). It was no secret that the late Pope Francis disapproved of Biden's handling of Israel.

The midterm elections are right around the corner. Pennsylvania is basically a Red State sandwiched in-between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. We could see the right-wing nature of the state today with politicians like John Fetidman (D-Israel) or Josh Shapiro (D-Israel), staunch vanguards of AIPAC, ICE, and the status quo.

If one watches That Championship Season (1982), one could visualize Joe Biden as one of those white Catholic basketball players attending their annual reunion. In fact, one is a politician in a heated campaign which he may lose. These are the same bigots who would oppose desegregation and busing, as Kamala Harris pointed out about Senator Biden's 1970's record and his ability to "reach across the aisle" to white racist senators.

The corollary film to watch -- if one has time -- is the epochal movie The Deer Hunter (1978, directed by Michael Cimino). This movie depicts white patriotic blue collar Pennsylvanians during the Vietnam War.

As the tragedy of that useless war befell two of the patriotic Pennsylvanians in the film, in real life the tragedy of the useless Iraq War would later befall the son of POTUS Joe Biden, Beau, whose exposure to lethal carcinogens in the US military burn pits in Iraq led to his cancer.

Sometimes art can reflect life better than strict textbook political analysis.

No hard feelings towards anyone (even the Israeli and AIPAC stalkers who troll drudge.com).

"Run, Coriolanus, run!"

"Oh! My hair!"


"FUNNY"


In Michigan, the epitome of a battleground state, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed (49%) has opened up a lead over Republican Mike Rogers (42%) among likely voters amid signs that the state's Democratic base has unified behind him, and that discouraged Republicans are checking out.

"Texas, which hasn't elected a Democrat in a statewide race in three decades, gives Democrat James Talarico (49%) a narrow lead over Republican Ken Paxton (43%) among likely voters. Talarico's bid benefits from deeply negative impressions of Paxton, as well as sizable support among the Black, Latino and Asian voters in the state who voted for Trump in 2024.

Early on, Maine was widely viewed as one of Democrats' best pickup opportunities this cycle, with Sen. Susan Collins the only Republican up for reelection in a state that voted Democratic in 2024.

But the race has remained a tight contest: The new poll of likely voters finds no clear leader between Collins (45%) and her Democratic challenger Troy Jackson (49%), even as the race has become squarely a referendum on Collins.

And in deep-red Kansas, there is no clear leader between Democrat Adam Hamilton (49%) and Republican Sen. Roger Marshall (45%), even as likely voters there say they would prefer Republicans to control the Senate.

Voters here largely view Marshall unfavorably and say their choices are about Marshall more so than Hamilton."

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Dems would need to win 4 seats to take the Senate, which seems iffy.

Musk is spending millions in TX for the Pedo Protector there, and Kansas?

If we're really lucky, we might not be in the old Kansas anymore, Todo.

It sounds like the GOP's real problem is that their candidates are thieves and criminals, not that the Dems are so popular, which to me doesn't bode well given the theory of the devil you know vs the devil you don't voting; a lot of people are likely to want to keep the devil they know.

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