Mike's Blog Round-up

History Channel reminds us of the devastation caused by this volcanic eruption. At 8:32 a.m. PDT on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens, a volcanic peak in southwestern Washington, suffers a massive eruption, killing 57 people and devastating some 210 square miles of wilderness. After the city of Pompeii was buried under the might of Mt Vesuvius in 79 ce , an incredible city was discovered under the ash over a thousand years later. For many centuries Pompeii slept beneath its pall of ash, which perfectly preserved the remains.

A boisterous crowd of a thousand or so packed the Stanley Marketplace in Aurora on Sunday to hear a White House pitch from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a presidential candidate who isn’t yet on Colorado’s November ballot but who said he represents an opportunity for people to “vote out of hope and inspiration” rather than fear. Kennedy started his speech by decrying his omission from two recently scheduled presidential debates, noting that independent voters are by far the largest bloc of the American electorate.

California banker and carpetbagger Eric "Pornstache" Hovde, who wants to be the US Senator from Wisconsin, has a knack for doublespeak. We first saw this when he was explaining why people in nursing homes shouldn't be allowed to vote, when he denied in believing The Big Lie and then repeating all the accusations anyway. He then did an interview with Matt Smith of WISN-TV when this subject came up.

An animated Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) raised his voice and refused to say he would accept the outcome of the 2024 election on Sunday. During an interview on Meet the Press, host Kristen Welker asked the senator if he would accept a loss by former President Donald Trump in this year's presidential election. "Will you accept the election results of 2024, no matter what happens, Senator?" Welker asked. "No matter what happens?

He's already tried overthrow the results of an election once, and as many have warned, he'll try to do it again. Here's Trump saying the quiet part out loud again during his speech this weekend: The highlight of the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual meeting on Saturday was a speech by former president Donald Trump, which came late but was ripe with sound bites.

“Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Body” is going viral as we speak. Source: Vulture If they’re gonna try to stop us from scrolling on TikTok, then we guess it’s only fair that Congress provides us with some form of entertainment. Call it The Real House Reps of DC. On Thursday night, a House Oversight Committee hearing devolved into what felt like a full-blown reality TV fight when Rep.