Trump Shifts His Tone — For Now

The Westminster City Council took a staggered approach to revamping its structure Monday night, proposing to split the city into three wards in the near term with the potential to expand the governing body — with the addition of two new at-large council members — later. If the council gives final approval to the plan on Aug.

Bernie Moreno’s network of car dealerships is the building block of the Ohio Republican’s campaign for US Senate. Moreno, who is seeking to unseat three-term Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in one of the year’s tightest races, has acquired and eventually sold off more than two dozen dealerships between 2005 and 2022 and grew enormously rich in the process.

Among the truest words to be written about George Santos came in an August filing from his federal prosecutors, who observed that since December, 2022, “when a New York Times article was published detailing apparent misrepresentations in Santos’s biography, Santos has effectively gone on a speaking tour.” [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The final moments of that tour came on Monday, August 19, when Santos pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Mike the Mad Biologist - most Americans watched both Trump and Biden in the debate; No More Mr. Nice Blog - boring Trump plans boring border visit because boring; Pharyngula - entertained by the antics of economists; The Roosevelt Institute - the Inflation Reduction Act two years on; The Rude Pundit - arrogant dipshit JD Vance goes to Michigan. email tips to MBRU AT crooksandliars DOT com. read more

Russia's new policy signed by President Vladimir Putin on Monday allows foreign citizens and stateless individuals to apply for temporary residency in the country if they share “traditional Russian spiritual and moral values,” even in cases when a person does not speak Russian. The decree states that those who oppose the “destructive neoliberal ideological agenda” in their home country can seek “humanitarian support,” or refugee status. The decree states that those who oppose the “destructive neoliberal ideological agenda” in their home country can seek “humanitarian support” from the Russian authorities by applying for a temporary residence permit. Source: n1info/The Times A middle-aged American couple hold up their blue Russian residence permit on camera and express their gratitude to the Kremlin for taking in their family who fled the United States to Moscow.

One of America's favorite weather veins is on the move again! Lindsey Graham, who famously, ferociously rejected Trump during the primaries in 2015/2016, then went golfing with Trump and tada(!), he wouldn't just roll out the red carpet for Trump, he'd lie down on the ground and serve as the red carpet. Then there was Jan 6th, and Lindsey was mad again, done with Trump I tell ya!