When House Republican leaders rushed to leave Washington for a long August break, they seemed desperate to quell the anger among their supporters about the Trump administration's backtracking on a promise to release files related to its investigation of the accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. But halfway through a five-week congressional recess, the clamor shows little sign of quieting. [Meanwhile] Democrats, in some cases with the help of Republicans, have laid a series of procedural traps that will make it all but impossible for the G.O.P. to avoid confronting the issue again when Congress reconvenes in September. read more
Trump posted a mysterious message on his Truth Social account on Sunday that left people puzzled, at least for a little while. In the midst of a posting spree in which he attacked the media, blamed former President Joe Biden for Russia's war on Ukraine, and defended himself after last week's seemingly unproductive meeting with Vladimir Putin, the president posted a message with just four letters: "Bela." read more
Rumours about Donald Trump's deteriorating health have intensified after the US president seemingly struggled to walk in a straight line in Alaska. read more
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday [Feb. 21]said the Jeffrey Epstein client list is "sitting on my desk right now" and she is reviewing the JFK and MLK files as well after President Donald Trump's earlier directives. "It's sitting on my desk right now to review," Bondi told 'America Reports' host John Roberts on Friday [Feb. 21]. "That's been a directive by President Trump." read more
Trump believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not "mess around" with him during their in-person meeting, the American leader made this statement while speaking with journalists.
"I think, if I weren't president, he would take over all of Ukraine. It's a war that should have never happened. If I weren't president, in my opinion, he would much rather take over all of Ukraine. But I am president and he's not going to mess around with me," Trump said. read more
Most of the places that actually still engage in this practice are found among the usual suspects in the backwaters of the former Confederacy (see en.wikipedia.org).
Hey, thanks, Corky. I'm just about over my "He never heard of, say what?" take. And there was some fun waiting for Mary Clayton to rip the roof off the joint in "Gimme Shelter."
Interesting piece on John Fogerty in "The Guardian" (www.theguardian.com). At one point he evidently had a deal that required him to churn out 180 songs over 5 years for a pittance.
Grrrrr, mucho macho warfighter, grrrrrrrr.
What a colossal poosie.