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Donald Trump has such nice things to say about John Fetterman after he came to Mar-a-Lago to visit him over the weekend. Via the New Republic: The Pennsylvania senator and Democrat said last week that Trump invited him for a meeting, and apparently the president-elect was impressed after an hour-long conversation with the man he once accused of abusing heroin, cocaine, crystal meth, and fentanyl. “It was a totally fascinating meeting.

Missouri Republican Senator Eric Schmitt railed about DEI supposedly destroying the competence in our military in front of a sign with the word military spelled wrong at this Tuesday's hearing for Trump's unqualified nominee for Def Sec, Pete Hegseth. Maybe Schmitt should worry about the competence of his own staff before making a fool of himself like this: One issue front and center at his confirmation hearing has been the aforementioned DEI, which Hegseth has promised to expunge at the Department of Defense.

Legislative business in Minnesota’s 2025-2026 state House session began Tuesday at noon Central Time; or perhaps it hasn’t begun at all. It depends whom you ask. The 66 members of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Minnesota’s affiliate of the national Democratic Party, elected to its lower chamber did not show up; these Democrats argue that work can’t begin until after a January 28 special election takes place to fill an open seat in a blue district. With that seat unfilled, the Republicans lead the chamber 67-66.

Ryan Caldwell who works at BCT Partners in East Brunswick, NJ is about to learn a few things he didn't know before. ThatDaneshGuy on TikTok and others identified him in short order. In response, Caldwell now seems to have deleted all his social media accounts. Source: Total Pro Sports A man decked out in Philadelphia Eagles gear is going to forever regret the day he decided to be nasty toward some Green Bay Packers fan over a game. That fan is under fire after verbally assaulting a female Green Bay Packers supporter during the Wild card game on Sunday, which has sparked a backlash over fan behavior at sporting events. The altercation occurred when the Eagles fan directed a vulgar slur at the woman, calling her an “ugly dumb c—” in response to her support for the Packers. The woman was simply cheering on her team after the referee made a call on the field. Clearly, this fan had already been a problem since the husband of the woman began to record the interaction. Philadelphia has a well-known reputation for being a tough environment for opposing teams’ fans, but this encounter took things way too far, so social media got to work. That Philadelphia Eagles fan has now been found and identified.read more

"The startup’s tagline, “Not owned by anybody,” is a pointed reference to billionaire Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos and other moguls who, in Rubin’s view, have “bent the knee” to President-elect Donald Trump." Quite. I imagine it's difficult for anyone to work in the mainstream media these days knowing more often than not you're part of the problem, whether you do good work or not. Source: Brian Stelter, CNN New York CNN — Veteran opinion columnist Jennifer Rubin is becoming the latest in a long list of Washington Post figures to leave the troubled institution. Rubin is partnering with former White House ethics czar Norm Eisen and launching something new: a startup publication called The Contrarian. The startup’s tagline, “Not owned by anybody,” is a pointed reference to billionaire Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos and other moguls who, in Rubin’s view, have “bent the knee” to President-elect Donald Trump. “Our goal is to combat, with every fiber of our being, the authoritarian threat that we face,” Rubin told CNN in an interview ahead of the publication’s introduction. Rubin also called out the Washington Post for recent failings, giving specific examples.read more

MAGA Congressman Roger Marshall claims to be a medical doctor. An obstetrician, if you can believe him. As Republicans go on the offensive to justify their plans to cut Social Security and Medicare, "Doctor" Marshall claims he can only improve 10-20% of your healthcare needs anyway. The rest is YOUR FAULT. So, cutting health insurance for old and poor people only makes sense! REP ROGER MARSHALL: Look, about 70% of your health outcomes are determined by you. It's determined by what you eat and what you're surrounded by. By the time you come to my office as a doctor, I can impact maybe 10 or 20% of your health outcomes. As an obstetrician, give me a healthy mom was the most important thing you could do for a healthy outcome for the mom and the baby. So absolutely, and then we need to make these healthy foods affordable, available as well, and then try to eliminate and minimize the toxins that we're exposed to. Look, we're coming after ultra-processed foods. We think that they have a big problem and have a big challenge. Think about Alzheimer's. I think Alzheimer's is really type 3 diabetes in many ways as well. So there's huge opportunities ahead of us. The medical profession has been "thinking" about Alzheimer's, jackass.

Here we go again. CNN's Jake Tapper allows another Republican senator to dance around his questions and lie to his face. This time it was Alabama Sen. Katie Britt. We all remember Britt from her infamous SOTU response which was trolled perfectly by Scarlett Johansson on Saturday Night Live. Britt was a guest on this Sunday's State of the Union, and was asked by Tapper about her support for corrupt Trump nominee to be Attorney General, Pam Bondi, and Britt responded by ignoring Bondi's election denialism, pretending there's any reason to believe she won't politicize the department, and continuing to spreading the lie that the DOJ was politicized under Biden. TAPPER: You're on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Attorney general nominee Pam Bondi will testify before your committee later this week.

WASHINGTON — Vice President-elect J. D. Vance says people responsible for the violence during the Capitol riot “obviously” should not be pardoned, as President-elect Donald Trump is promising to use his clemency power on behalf of many of those who tried on Jan. 6, 2021, to overturn the results of the election that Trump lost. Vance insisted in an interview on “Fox News Sunday” that the pardon question is “very simple,” saying those who “protested peacefully” should be pardoned and “if you committed violence on that day, obviously you shouldn’t be pardoned.” He later said there was a “bit of a gray area” in some cases. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Trump said he would issue pardons to rioters on “Day 1” of his presidency, which begins Jan.

Vice President-elect J. D. Vance reminded officials in Greenland that the U. S. military maintained troops in the autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. During an interview on Fox News Sunday, host Shannon Bream asked Vance about Trump refusing to rule out the use of military force to take possession of Greenland. "What's the deal with Greenland and the Panama Canal?" Bream wondered.

President-Unelect Musk and his oligarch sidekick, Vivek Ramaswamy, are not waiting for anything like Donald Trump’s inauguration or actual authority before getting to work at slashing the federal government so they and their billionaire buddies can get bigger tax cuts. According to The Washington Post, Musk and Ramaswamy have been “sending representatives” from their non-existent DOGE ‘department’ to "agencies across the federal government” for “preliminary interviews.” That includes the Treasury, Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs, Health and Human Services departments and the Internal Revenue Service. Let’s be clear: Neither Musk nor Ramaswamy have any legit reason to do this.

Donald created a social media platform to slam his successor daily in lie-filled posts about President Joe Biden's economy. When Biden took office, he was handed an apocalyptic economy with a negative jobs number. And now, Biden is handing Donald a strong economy by any metric, and for sure, the convicted narcissistic felon will take credit for it -- before he destroys it again. President Biden spoke of the economy after December's jobs report. "Let me close where I started with this morning's jobs report: more than 250,000 jobs in December," he said.

Above, Pat Benatar performs, Love is a Battlefield. Sometimes we forget that loving our country (and our fellow countrymen) is hard work. Keep up the fight for the better America, it's the best way to show our patriotism. The Warning warns us that the lessons of the Titanic are enduring. Diane Ravitch's Blog argues that President Handsome Joe Biden should release Jack Smith's report.

Good morning! I have gratitude for all of the firefighters fighting our wildfires and more gratitude for all of the people poised to fight for our rights and programs like Medicare, Medicaid, the ACA, and Social Security, all of which are on Republicans' chopping block. Please call your representives and Senators every day.