I though republicans said they they weren't looking backward?

Disaster prone states know who they are; so does the federal government. Prior to a disaster, the feds should be advising these states of the regulations that need to be put in place to mitigate the damage resulting from those disasters. The feds should also have a risk based rating system in place that rates the preparedness of each state to deal with expected disasters. Insurance companies can then use this rating system to determine how to price insurance for residents of the state. Low compliance results in high premiums. High compliance results in lower premiums. Residents of low compliance systems would be incentivized to compel their state governments to take appropriate action to get into compliance.

Similarly, property owners that take insurance recommended mitigation steps should get a break on their insurance.

Trump Staff 'furious' after Musk Trashes AI Project

So, what are you going to do about it? Just suck it up; it's going to get worse.

Let's return to these people in a year and see if they are able to afford hamburger.

Here's what's likely to happen. Money from the program will surely be cut. After all, billionaires need their tax cuts. What's left will be block granted to the states. Red states will do what they have always done, instead of distributing money fairly across all needy communities, communities mostly populated by non whites will be short changed. IOW, non white communities will end up subsidizing white communities.

What's the worst that could happen by taking on 30 of the most developed nations there?

The initial response of those 30 will be a signal to Russia as to how to proceed. If all hell breaks loose, Russia will quick back down and look for another way to get what it wants. I suspect that Putin will never try a frontal assault but will try to undermine a country from within i.e. get enough "citizens" of the country to raise hell.

Mike Turner and other moderates need to get together and form a "leave me the f..k alone or I will tank your entire legislative agenda" caucus. Republicans have such a tiny majority that it wouldn't take but a few members to join the caucus. Furthermore, they could demand that any attempt to primary either of them will result in a stalled legislative agenda. Also, they could threaten to join with Democrats and help pass democratic priorities. IOW, if I'm going down, I will take the whole damn ship down with me.

"I don't think that anyone voted for that"

Of course they didn't. They voted for funding cuts in blue states and to keep the money flowing to red states.

His public retraction of the defamation comments should have been an essential ingredient of any settlement. That is wasn't is a disappointment.

Right wing militia on a shopping spree?

White voters point to conversations about justice " for racial minorities, for the children of immigrants, for women worried about losing their reproductive rights, for transgender teenagers " and question why nobody ever talks about justice for them

IOW they don't want to do their time in the barrel!

Why don't they just move is the comment I heard over and over when the people stuck in these old, hollowed out cities were blacks and other POC. Do they feel so entitled that they feel their cities deserve to be restored?

A neighbor that lives nearby has been displaying a very large Trump flag 24/7/365 for the last few years. I have seen one of the small school buses that pick up special needs kids driving up their long drive. If Trump's GOP does in fact eliminate the programs that help these kids, it will be interesting to see if the flag comes down.

I would agree that arguing with trumpets is futile. However, you can and should needlessly them. Remind them of how Trump has ignored them and reneged on his promises.

but recommended the judge hand down "a sentence of unconditional release" given the unique circumstances of the case

This is just an excuse so that they can continue to "stick" it to the average guy. If justice were truly blind, there would be no such thing as "unique circumstances".

If he does not do so, he faces a $200 a day fine until he complies.

What's the point of fining the guy $200/day when he owes $150 M? Does the court seriously think that will change his behavior when he is already under contempt?

The judge is a COWARD. Every effin day, the courts reveal themselves to biased in favor of the rich and powerful. Sure, some of the r&p get taken down but it appears to be the exception and not the rule.

Asking pointed questions at D leadership doesn't make it immediately MAGA

Why constrain it to D leadership? Why not include the fire departments: municipal and county? I suspect that enough people in various agencies that screwed up that there's plenty of blame to go around.

Trump Plans to Change 'Gulf of Mexico' to 'Gulf of America'

Good luck getting the rest of the world to go along with that.

We are living in a fool's paradise, led by billionaire idiots like Bezos and Musk and Trump.

Fool's paradise: yes. I wouldn't put Bezos and Musk in the class as Trump. Trump truly is an idiot. Musk and Bezos are opportunistic business owners trying to cover their @sses. For Bezos and Musk to build the kind of businesses they have requires that they have an appreciation for science and technology. They had to have surrounded themselves with a lot of smart people. No such thing with Trump.

Musk Suddenly Backtracks on His Biggest DOGE Promise

This is what happens when people who know NOTHING about government get involved to try and FIX government and that includes the voters. Things are the way they are for a reason. The people that went before them weren't idiots just doing things on a whim. The collective wisdom of everyone that went before us got us to this point in time.

In order to change the way the government works, spends its money, etc., there will be some pain. Who should bear that pain? The people least able to bear it? During the days of Jim Crow, the answer was easy: POC. It was easy to determine and then target who did/did not benefit from America's riches. Now that POC participate more fully in society and enjoy its benefits, it is harder to target them exclusively. So, in order to "right the ship", conservatives and xenophobes target the one institution that can guarantee that POC and other marginalized people can fully participate in society: the federal government.

Top DOJ Officials may have Tried to Sway 2020 Election to Trump: Watchdog

This may help explain why DOJ was slow to pick up the case against the Trump and his co-conspirators re: Jan 6: i.e. insiders throwing sand in the gears.

LA mayor slashed fire budget for homeless

She's toast! (pun intended)

If they did it in Mass, they did it in other places. Other states need to take a look.

And this is the type of person that republicans are adamantly about having unencumbered right to spread their lies without fact checking on social media?

A convicted felon as POTUS will do a lot to remove the stigma of being a convicted felon. Unless of course you are poor and a POC.

What a hoot!

I wonder if the report identifies any congressmen/women as part of the conspiracy?

I see the usual Lumper's not caring about 400,000 girls being raped.

I heard about this earlier today and was appalled. The rapists should be locked up and thrown "under" the jail.

It was also reported that the girls were from poor and/or broken families which made them so susceptible to being abused. What seemed glaringly absent from the report was any concern for improving the conditions of the girls' families so as to prevent the girls from being so victimized. All of the outrage seemed to be targeted at the Pakistani men raping young and vulnerable white girls not the system that caused the girls to be vulnerable.