The Trump administration must try to bring back to the U.S. another man who was deported to El Salvador in violation of a court order, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. It's the fourth time since March that federal courts have ordered the administration to return immigrants who were deemed illegally or improperly deported. read more
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has conceded New York City's Democratic mayoral primary to Self-described Democratic Socialist state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday night. read more
Rachel Maddow on Trump's appointment of Thomas Fugate, a 22-year-old college graduate with no previous experience, to a major terrorism-prevention post in the DHS: "One year out of college with no evident national security experience whatsoever," she said. "Before volunteering for the Trump campaign, his LinkedIn page reportedly explains that his work experience includes 'lawn care work around my neighborhood.' Also, working part time as a clerk at an H-E-B supermarket. ... " read more
Clouds of gas and dust swirl within a nebula 5,000 light-years away, seen in more detail than ever before. read more
New Zealand said on Monday there has been a rush in applications for its new foreign investor migrant visa as the centre-right government looks to lure more high net-worth individuals to the country to stimulate economic growth. read more
@#14 ... The liberla run Nobel committee would never give a Republican, let alone Trump, the Nobel Peace Prize ...
Henry Kissinger - 1973
Teddy Roosevelt - 1906
etc.
But maybe, instead of asking that specific question, the question to be asked is ...
Why haven't Republicans won more Nobel Peace Prizes?
Maybe because Republicans seem to start wars, and Democrats seem to end wars?
Asked from a different angle, and one that I have protested against back in the day ...
Was it a Democrat or a Republican that dragged the US into the failed Vietnam War?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
en.wikipedia.org
... His administration provided aid to help the French try to fight Vietnamese Communists in the First Indochina War. After the French left, he gave strong financial support to the new state of South Vietnam. ...
@#2 ... Just for an anecdotal laugh ...
Yeah, but is a single occurrence a trend?
I've been seeing a trend here.
And, speaking of snow ...
Back in the day I bought a 10-horse power snow blower to clear my driveway and sidewalks.
(and, if I may add, an Ariens snow blower, made by this great and proud American company ... www.ariens.com )
I used to use it multiple times per winter.
The past two winters, it just sat in the garage, unused.
I ask again ...
What changed?
@#7 ... provide any services that could mislead a woman into believing she was getting actual health care. ...
While I do agree about the apparent "mislead" part of your comment ...
There's this ...
Crisis Pregnancy Centers
www.acog.org
... What Are CPCs?
CPC is a term used to refer to certain facilities that represent themselves as legitimate reproductive health care clinics providing care for pregnant people but actually aim to dissuade people from accessing certain types of reproductive health care, including abortion care and even contraceptive options.
Staff members at these unregulated and often nonmedical facilities have no legal obligation to provide pregnant people with accurate information and are not subject to HIPAA or required by law t o maintain client confidentiality.
Many CPCs are affiliated with national organizations that provide funding, support, and training to advance a broadscale antiabortion agenda.i, ii, iii ...
I have questions ... (ya had to know that was coming ...)
Why do CPCs exist?
OK, I have one main question.
More on Judge Badalamenti
John Badalamenti
en.wikipedia.org
... John Leonard Badalamenti (born August 22, 1973)[1] is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
He was appointed in 2020 by President Donald Trump. He previously served as a judge on the Florida Second District Court of Appeal from 2015 to 2020. ...
While teaching a seminar on originalism as an adjunct at University of Florida School of Law in the fall of 2024, Badalamenti gave an award to a student paper arguing that the Constitution of the United States favors white people, an award which is "automatically given to the student with the highest score" and that "sounds more prestigious than it is."[9][10]
In spring of 2025, the author of that paper, Preston Damksy, publicly called for Jewish people to be "abolished by any means necessary."[11] ...
@#3 ... (to our alien overlords) ...
Fun tune along those lines ...
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman (1968)
www.youtube.com
Wow, lyrics are available for this one (kudos to genius.com) ...
genius.com