Was this a money grab, incompetence or both?

Not mentioned anywhere is a legal reason for not pursuing the case. A double standard if there ever was one.

And I thought justice was supposed to be blind.

It's obvious that the National Archives should be responsible for packing up the president/vice presidents docs. If the Archives met resistance in packing up the docs, it would be an early indication that the president was planning to overstay his welcome. They could then call the "goon squad" to kick the bums out.

It is easier to destroy things than to construct them. Republicans, MAGA republicans especially, know that their dreams for America are not wildly popular. They see America becoming a more inclusive society and are feel threatened. As a result, they are willing to tear down American society rather than try to convince people that their ideas have merit. It is like the jealous boyfriend that kills his girlfriend and says: if I can't have her, no one can.

...the idea of a hypothetical asset being marked at $1T but having zero liquidity at that price level...

It would seem that liquidity is irrelevant as long as the Fed would buy it. And, once the crisis has passed, it could be redeemed by the Treasury and melted down or held at Fort Knox for use at a future date if a recalcitrant congress fails to do its job.

Of course, the ideal solution would be for Congress to abolish the law establishing a debt ceiling because, as per the constitution

Fourteenth Amendment, Section 4: The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.

Yellen makes a mistake by opining on things beyond her control ESPECIALLY when it tends to limit her boss's options.

Russia Sends Drug Addicts to War

Drug addicts, prisoners. Russia is using the war as an excuse to rid themselves of the dregs of their society.

If working people were a bit more desperate about their economic situations, some conservative thinkers & the uber wealthy believe, they'd be less likely to organize, protest, or even vote

Are these people that ---- stupid? Desperate people do desperate things! Does the French Revolution ring a bell? What about the American Revolution? If the rich wanted to really feather their nest, the best thing that they could do would be to keep people, fat, dumb and happy.

Sending tanks to Ukraine will draw out more of the Russian air force. I hope that there is sufficient anti-aircraft batteries in place to deal with the increased threat from the air.

It is unfortunate that border cities have used migrants as tools to make a point but they have and the point has been made. The federal government has to step up its efforts to resettle migrants and not leave it solely up to border cities/states to deal with the problem of housing and caring for migrants.

Set up migrant centers (ala Ellis Island) in sparsely populated areas in multiple states to receive migrants. Adorn the entrances of each of these centers with a mini Statue of Liberty! Once they arrive at the center, all of their immediate needs (i.e. food, clothing, shelter, medical attention) would be met. That would immediately be followed by a legal review of their right to be here. If not permitted to stay, they would immediately be deported to their home country (or Mexico if their home country wouldn't accept them). If allowed to stay, they would be turned over to a sponsor/organization willing and able to help them resettle. If there is no sponsor/organization willing to accept them after x months in the center, they will be deported.

A stipend would be paid to the sponsor/organization for each migrant they help resettle. This time limited stipend would expire after x months or when the migrant found a self sustaining job; whichever comes first. If the migrant is not self-sustaining after x months and the sponsor/organization is unwilling to support them, the migrant would be deported.

If a migrant is self-sustaining for x years, they will be given a green card and allowed to permanently stay in the US.

Sponsors/Organizations would be evaluated on their ability to help migrants resettle. If they are good at it, they will be kept in the program and maybe given a bonus depending on their success rate; if not, they will be dropped.

Israeli officials had initially expressed concerns that the move could damage its relations with Russia.

The fact that Israel still has relations with Russia that could be damaged should be a wakeup call to American law makers that bestow upon Israel all kinds of goods and services at US taxpayer expense.

What is it about the republican party that makes them so attractive to liars, con-artists, grifters, racists, misogynists, incels, insurrectionists, criminals, dirty tricksters, homophobes, etc.?

Another Covid denier dies of Covid.

Yeah. Don't get high on your own supply (of lies and misinformation).

Somebody(ies) with money put him in office. If he were to willingly leave office prior to paying off his debt, he might have hell to pay. He bears watching to see what issues attract his attention and based on those issues, it might be possible to infer who his benefactors are.

He almost certainly turned on Trump and if he is guarded by Trump LEOs, then he is as likely to be found hanging in his cell....

I think Allen Weisselberg threaded a very fine needle; gave up enough to sink the Trump Org but not so much as to sink Trump personally. Strangely enough, the Trump Org and he parted amicably with a severance package! Had the separation been more contentious, yes, Trump LEO would be pissed. But it wasn't.

A source close to the situation said as of Tuesday, Weisselberg is no longer an employee of the Trump Org., describing it as an amicable separation with a severance.

If there's nothing to the H Biden story, I am sure the dems will do a good job of exposing the hearings as a charade. They may even use their time before the cameras to continue to highlight Trump's criminality.

Republicans will rue the day that they have so many investigatory committees. Trump supporters intentionally intentionally avoided watching the Jan6 Committee hearings. However, they will be glued to the H Biden hearings. Dems will use the republican hearings to school Trump supporters.

Five months?
What a joke.

100 days with good behavior. Plus, while he is there, he will not be housed with the general population. He will be spending his time in the infirmary! I've not read of any ailments he has that would require confinement only in the infirmary. Is an advanced age considered an ailment? Just another example of privilege.

It has been reported that 90% of the prison guards at Rikers are Trump supporters and therefore likely to take real good care of him.

If you don't know where he is, you do not know where he is not. Maybe he is not in Florida? Maybe he is not in a maximum security prison? etc., etc., etc., .............

It is going to be up to the dems to put an end to this but only after some moderate/reasonable repubs seek their assistance. And when they do supply the votes, it won't be for McCarthy. McCarthy tore is .ss with the dems by 1) kissing Trump's .ss and 2) refusing to cooperate with the Jan 6 Committee.

At some point, he will realize that he has no chance of winning over the holdouts. If they continue to hold out even after the talking heads bash them, he has no choice but to withdraw.

Since no Speaker of the House had been declared at the time of the order to remove the metal detectors, who gave the order and what was their authority to do so? Sergeant at Arms?

Hope the J6 committee has copy's and or thumb drives stored safely.

The best way of protecting information is to put it in the public domain as they have done with some of the transcripts. Also, send copies to major news outlets (foreign and domestic), historians, etc. I am sure that DOJ has all of the information it needs where it will be safe unless a republican wins the WH in 2024.

The SCOTUS is deserving of much of the scorn it receives because it's recent decisions seem to be more ideological than constitutional. However, some of the scorn it receives is due to the selection process. If the selection process was not as fraught, people would probably feel better about the justices.

He's already taken prisoners. Who's left, old men, women and children?

Let's see. Pharma hikes prices, consumers complain, the Biden administration proposes legislation to reduce prices, republicans thwart democrat's efforts, consumers get mad at republicans.

Is that about right?

Isn't it interesting that the price hikes occur at the start of a new congress. Will consumers still be mad at republicans in 2 years?