Iowa Republican Lawmaker Says Obama Favors Blacks (ap)

President Joe Biden has officially surpassed president-elect Donald Trump’s record of judicial appointed to federal courts—by one single judge. On Friday, the Senate Judiciary Committee, tasked with carrying out the confirmations of Biden’s appointees, announced that it had confirmed Biden’s 235th judge—one more than Trump during his term in office, when he blitzed the courts with white, male, right-wing judicial activists.

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Most Americans aren’t impressed and aren’t interested in changing their lives and mores to accommodate people they recognize as mentally ill.

A satirical awards ceremony for Democrats with the best "schtick."

A horrible story out of New York City highlights that law enforcement is no longer serious about catching bad guys. (UPDATE: And we need to deport illegal aliens.)