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Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Palin Loses!


 

Glenn Kirschner - Prosecutor's Court Filing Reveals That Trump Unlawfully Concealed Classified Docs In His Desk Drawer

MSNBC - ‘The FBI Found The Goods’ Says Neal Katyal

Ironic


 

Morning Joe - Heilemann - Trump Is Panicked And Can See He's Headed For An Indictment

MSNBC - John Eastman Pleads The Fifth In Appearance Before Georgia Grand Jury

Diet

 NPR: The U.S. diet is deadly. Here are 7 ideas to get Americans eating healthier By Allison Aubrey

Too often, he says, doctors prescribe drugs for conditions before recommending or trying lifestyle changes.

Hidden

 Washington Post: Takeaways from the government filing about what was hidden at Mar-a-Lago Analysis By Amber Phillips

Lawyers

 NY Times: Trump’s Lawyers May Become Witnesses or Targets in Documents Investigation - Two lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump are under increased scrutiny after new details emerged about a failure to fully comply with a subpoena for documents marked as classified. By Charlie Savage and Maggie Haberman

Spilled

 Yahoo: 150,000 Spilled Tomatoes Wreak Chaos on Major Highway After Truck Crash, Causing Injuries By Michael Martin

Trash

 Curbed: I Went to Trash School - An education in “juice,” how to protect your shins, and keeping 12,000 daily tons of garbage at bay. By Clio Chang

Reuters - Russia Gas Halt Tightens Energy Screws On Europe

CNN - Honig Says DOJ Filing Shows FBI Had No Choice But To Search Mar-a-Lago

Morning Joe - Trump Works To Reactivate Dangerous QAnon Conspiracy

Morning Joe - A Nightmare Scenario If Trump Gets A Second Term - The Atlantic

Sicker

 Financial Times: The growing evidence that Covid-19 is leaving people sicker - The potential impact on heart and brain disease poses challenges to healthcare systems globally By Sarah Neville

Loony

 Washington Post: Opinion - Trump’s loony rants should remind the GOP his nomination would be disastrous By Jennifer Rubin

Personhood

NY Times: The Next Step in the Anti-Abortion Playbook Is Becoming Clear By Mary Ziegler

For the anti-abortion movement, the emerging plan is an all-out fight for fetal personhood.

The Onion - Solar Power Investment Skyrockets Upon Discovery Of Massive Underground Deposit Of Sunlight

The Onion: Solar Power Investment Skyrockets Upon Discovery Of Massive Underground Deposit Of Sunlight

Scrub

 Axios: The big scrub By Alexi McCammond and Andrew Solender

Republican candidates around the country are trying to disappear the hardline anti-abortion stances they took during their primaries.

Historic

 CNN: Takeaways from the historic Justice Department court filing on the Mar-a-Lago search By Jeremy Herb, Marshall Cohen and Tierney Sneed

Have An Excellent Wednesday

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BBC News - Pakistan Floods Are 'A Climate Catastrophe' Says UN

Reuters - Toxic Algae Bloom Killing Fish In San Francisco Bay

Alex Wagner - Consideration Of Possible Trump Obstruction Calls To Mind Enron Case

Alex Wagner - Energized Women Voters Send GOP Candidates Scrambling To Conceal Unpopular Abortion Views

No Wonder

 The Palmer Report: No wonder Donald Trump lost his shit today By Bill Palmer

Note

 Looking through stories this morning two things really stand out for me. The first is the DOJ court filing to counter the Trump request for special oversight. The picture itself is damning. The question is, what the hell did Trump think he was doing. I've said all along that Trump would go to Mar-a-Lago and set up a pretend presidency. 

 The second standout for me is the fact that China is closing down its factory production because of a new Covid surge. Not to be an alarmist but haven't we seen this before. It was at the beginning of the pandemic when we were reading about a new disease spreading in China and before Covid had hit anywhere else.

Australia

 Guardian UK: Mass exodus: Australia faces loss of 600,000 people and skills recovery will be slow, Ceda says - Thinktank calls on government to streamline visas to address ‘Covid-induced drag’ on migration system By Paul Karp

Heatwave

 Guardian UK: Brutal heatwave headed for US west, raising health fears - Parts of California could see 115F heat as several states face potentially record-breaking weather By Maanvi Singh

The heatwave is just the latest of several to hit the US this summer. As they grow more frequent and intense, California has debated naming and ranking them – similarly to hurricanes – to underscore their significance.

Obstruction Too

 This is the story of the morning.

Guardian UK: FBI searched Trump Mar-a-Lago home over ‘likely’ efforts to hide classified files, justice department says - Court filing alleges files were found despite Trump lawyers saying all documents had been returned By Hugo Lowell

Life Expectancy

 Washington Post: U.S. life expectancy down for second-straight year, fueled by covid-19 By Akilah Johnson and Sabrina Malhi

Overall, life expectancy dropped from 77 years in 2020 to 76.1 years in 2021.

Hidden

 There is something seriously wrong with Mr. Trump.

 Washington Post: Justice Dept. says Trump team may have hidden, moved classified papers - Prosecutors’ filing suggests Trump advisers misled officials trying to recover sensitive papers; photo shows papers marked ‘Top Secret’ spread out on the floor By Devlin Barrett

Among the most incriminating details in the government filing is a photograph, showing a number of files labeled “Top Secret” with bright red or yellow cover sheets, spread out over a carpet. Those files were found inside a container in Trump’s office, according to the court filing...“HCS,” a government acronym for systems used to protect intelligence gathered from secret human sources.

Response

 This is a PDF file.

 NY Times: UNITED STATES ’RESPONSE TO MOTION FOR JUDICIAL OVERSIGHT AND ADDITIONALRELIEF

Moved And Hidden

 NY Times: Documents at Mar-a-Lago Were Moved and Hidden as U.S. Sought Them, Filing Suggests - The filing by the Justice Department paints the clearest picture to date of its efforts to retrieve documents from the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. By Glenn Thrush, Charlie Savage, Alan Feuer and Maggie Haberman

Among the new disclosures in the 36-page filing were that the search yielded three classified documents in desks inside Mr. Trump’s office, with more than 100 documents in 13 boxes or containers with classification markings in the residence, including some at the most restrictive levels.

The Market On Wednesday

 Good morning. At 5:45 a.m. ET DOW futures are -54, S&P futures are -3.75, and NASDAQ futures are +18. The market is poised to open mixed. Notice that Covid is on the rapid rise in China.

CNN: China stocks hit four-week low as Covid cases spread and factory output shrinks By Laura He

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

CNN - John Dean Predicts How DOJ Will Respond To Trump's Request

Pivot

 Washington Post: Republicans in key races scrap online references to Trump, abortion - Attempts by GOP candidates in competitive contests to pivot away from these issues have emboldened Democrats to mount an aggressive offense By Colby Itkowitz

Glenn Kirschner - Lindsey Graham Says There Will Be Riots If DOJ Charges Donald Trump For His Crimes

MSNBC - President Biden ‘Flips The Script’ On Republicans With Law And Order Message

Boo Hoo


 

Andrea Mitchell - If Sensitive Mar-a-Lago Documents Were ‘Spilled,’ Lives Could Be In Danger Says McQuade

Gorbachev Dies

 CBS News: World Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet Union leader, dies at 91 By Sophie Reardon

Wired - Danny DeVito Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions

MSNBC - Retiring Secret Service Official Tony Ornato Will Cooperate With Jan. 6 Committee

Reuters - Parched UAE Tries Cloud Seeding To Trigger Rain

BBC News- Deadly Violence In Baghdad after Moqtada al-Sadr Quits

Reins

 NPR: Garland tightens the reins on Justice Dept. employees' political activities By Washington Desk

Rising

 They're angry at Trump? Anyone check to see if hell is freezing over.

Washington Post: Opinion - Rising GOP anger at Trump shows a deeper problem for the party By Greg Sargent

Duh

 Rather pathetic in my opinion, it is beyond obvious that Russia is the aggressor. 

 NY Times: Russia-Ukraine WarVatican Calls Russia the Aggressor in Ukraine War

Frankly


 

Morning Joe - Hopes For A 'Red Wave' Are Receding Ahead Of The Midterms, And Here's Why

Morning Joe - Majority Of Trump Voters Say Civil War ‘Likely’ In Next Decade

MSNBC - Trump Explicitly Promotes QAnon Conspiracy Theories On Truth Social

Testify

 Washington Post: Opinion - Georgia judge to Republicans: You’re not getting out of testifying By Jennifer Rubin

Talon

 NY Times: This Remote Mine Could Foretell the Future of America’s Electric Car Industry By Ana Swanson

...extracting samples of rock rich with nickel in a bid to become the country’s sole source of a material used to power zero-emission vehicles.

The Onion - More MLB Teams Trying To Attract Younger Audience With Free Prostate Exam Day

 The Onion: More MLB Teams Trying To Attract Younger Audience With Free Prostate Exam Day

Jackson

 Axios: Mississippi's capital city has no "reliable running water" after flood By Sareen Habeshian and Rebecca Falconer

Have An Excellent Tuesday

 "Bryanna Marie, a contemporary artist who creates tiny artwork with pennies as as her canvas"




 

BBC News - One Third Of Pakistan Is Under Flood Water, Says Minister

Reuters - Ukraine Says Operation Underway To Retake South

Rachel Maddow - Intelligence Officials Assess Fallout Of Trump Mishandling Of U.S. Secrets

Rachel Maddow - Familiar Trump Stall Strategy Plays Out In 'Special Master' Gambit

Ari Melber - Threats - GOP Shredded Over 'Riot' Talk If Trump Is Indicted, After Claims To Condemn Looting In 2020

Line Up

 The Palmer Report: Did the dominoes finally line up today? By Bill Palmer

Water Crisis

 Pro Publica: As Colorado River Dries, the U.S. Teeters on the Brink of Larger Water Crisis - The megadrought gripping the western states is only part of the problem. Alternative sources of water are also imperiled, and the nation’s food along with it. By Abrahm Lustgarten

Run Out

 Guardian UK: ‘Time has run out’: UN fails to reach agreement to protect marine life - This fifth round of discussions was meant to establish a UN Ocean Treaty that would protect biodiversity in international waters By Edward Helmore in New York and agencies

Civil War

 Guardian UK: More than 40% of Americans think civil war likely within a decade - More than half of ‘strong Republicans’ think such a conflict is at least somewhat likely, poll finds By Martin Pengelly in New York

Of Course

 Washington Post: Opinion - The great Republican abortion backtrack has begun By Paul Waldman

...make the absurd and unsupportable claim that nothing has really changed when it comes to abortion. Instead, say that the realization of a decades-long Republican goal is less a legal revolution than an opportunity for some heartfelt, respectful conversation.

Threat

 Washington Post: Opinion Lindsey Graham’s prediction of riots reads more like a threat By the Editorial Board

Mr. Trump promptly shared the clip on his platform Truth Social, which he has peppered with myriad ravings about the search of his property of late. Meanwhile, menacing messages from angry supporters are inundating the National Archives, and one man attempted to attack an FBI facility.

Delay

 NY Times: Trump Request for Special Master Could Open Door for Delays to Investigation - The former president, who used the slow pace of litigation to run out the clock on congressional oversight, is seeking intervention that could lead to appeals and slow the documents inquiry. By Charlie Savage, Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer

Memo

 NY Times: What Bill Barr Did to Clear Trump Is Still a Danger By Neal K. Katyal

The 2019 memo tendentiously argued that Mr. Trump committed no crimes — leaving the final decision on the matter to Republican-aligned appointees instead of to the independent special counsel.

The Market On Tuesday

 Good morning. At 5:40 a.m. ET DOW futures are +218, S&P futures are +36, and NASDAQ futures are +145.75. The market is poised to open significantly higher.

CNN: China shuts world's largest electronics market as Shenzhen imposes more lockdowns By Nectar Gan and CNN's Beijing bureau

Monday, August 29, 2022

Glenn Kirschner - Trump's Demand For Special Master Moot? DOJ Already Reviewed The Evidence Of Crime Seized From Trump

Ari Melber - Trump Will Be Indicted - DOJ Vet Says Donald Can't Escape After Stealing, Lying And Stonewalling

So Presidential

 Rolling Stone: Trump Bragged He Had ‘Intelligence’ on Macron’s Sex Life - The FBI seized a document with “info” on the French president during the Mar-a-Lago raid, and that has officials in both countries hunting for answers By Adam Rawnsley, Asawin Suebsaeng

LOL

 The man has gone completely bonkers. This must be what he does when he's under stress, he just gets nuttier and nuttier.  

 Yahoo News: Trump demands reinstatement as 'rightful' president or 'a new Election, immediately!' as some Republicans seek distance from him By Nicole Gaudiano

Extort

 The Bulwark: Trump Is Trying To Extort America - And DeSantis is gaming the media, the libs, and his gullible supporters. By Jonathan V. Last

MSNBC - Justice Department Weighs Whether Or Not To Prosecute Trump

The Lincoln Project - 'Intruder'

Reuters - Experts Unearth Huge Dinosaur Skeleton In Portugal

Andrea Mitchell - Stavridis - Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Is ‘A Ticking Time Bomb,’

MSNBC - Proud Boy Sentenced To 4.5 Years In Prison In Jan. 6 Case

Normal

 NPR: Shootings spiked during the pandemic. The spike now looks like a 'new normal' By Martin Kaste

Vile

Washington Post: Opinion Lindsey Graham’s vile ‘riots’ threat gives away Trump’s game By Greg Sargent

Scrambles

 NY Times: Trump’s Legal Team Scrambles to Find an Argument - The lawyers representing the former president in the investigation into his handling of classified documents have tried out an array of defenses as they seek to hold off the Justice Department. By Maggie Haberman and Glenn Thrush

Reuters - NASA Scrubbed Artemis Launch

BBC News - Ukraine Claims New Push In Russian-Held Region Kherson

Morning Joe - Trump And His Defenders Aren't Explaining 'Why' He Took Documents

One Foot

 Washington Post: Greenland ice sheet set to raise sea levels by nearly a foot, study finds - New research suggests the massive ice sheet is already set to lose more than 3 percent of its mass, even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases today By Chris Mooney

Reviewed

 NY Times: Justice Dept. Has Reviewed Documents Seized in Mar-a-Lago Search - The government set aside materials flagged for possible attorney-client issues, according to a filing related to former President Donald J. Trump’s request for an independent arbiter to review papers taken from his residence. By Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer

The Onion - Americans Explain Why They Oppose Canceling Student Debt

 The Onion: Americans Explain Why They Oppose Canceling Student Debt

Documents

 Axios: DOJ says only a "limited" number of Trump documents may be privileged By Ivana Saric

Morning Joe - President Biden's Approval Gets A Boost In New Polling

Morning Joe - If Any Official Took This Many Documents, They Would Be In Jail

Paint

 Get Pocket: This Ultra-White Paint May Someday Replace Air Conditioning - Developed by researchers at Purdue University, the paint reflects 98.1 percent of sunlight - Smithsonian Magazine By Sarah Kuta

Have An Excellent Monday

 Bach - Concerto for Three Harpsichords in D minor BWV 1063 - Mortensen and Netherlands Bach Society

BBC News - Electricity And Drought Killing White Storks

Reuters - 'We Look Really Good' - NASA Sees No Issues Before Launch

MSNBC - How The Mar-a-Lago Stash Threatens America’s Place On The World Stage

MSNBC - Donald Trump Ramps Up Attacks Against Government Agencies Following FBI Search Of Mar-a-Lago

Indeed

 Despicable words from the soul-less sycophant Senator.

 The Palmer Report: Lindsey Graham just crossed a line in the Donald Trump probe – and may have increased his own criminal exposure By Bill Palmer

Pakistan

 Guardian UK: Pakistan declares floods a ‘climate catastrophe’ as death toll tops 1,000 - Flash flooding from ‘monster monsoon’ washes away villages and crops and leaves thousands homeless By Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad

Artemis

Guardian UK: ‘Artemis generation’: Nasa to launch first crew-rated rocket to moon since 1972 - Test flight that will have no human crew aboard aims to return humans to the moon and eventually land them on Mars By Guardian staff

...scheduled to take off from Nasa’s Cape Canaveral, Florida, complex at 8.33am ET (Monday)...

Channels

 Washington Post: Opinion Biden channels Harry Truman — to his party’s delight By Jennifer Rubin

"Your right to choose is on the ballot this year. The Social Security you paid for from the time you had a job is on the ballot. The safety of your kids from gun violence is on the ballot, and it’s not hyperbole, the very survival of our planet is on the ballot.”

Archives

 Washington Post: Inside Trump’s war on the National Archives - The agency has been hit with a wave of threats and vitriol since the FBI retrieved scores of classified records from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club By Jacqueline Alemany, Isaac Arnsdorf and Josh Dawsey

Trump’s recent actions have whipped his followers into a fervor against the Archives, and he has empowered some of his most politically combative allies to represent him in negotiations with the agency.

Boon

 NY Times: Biden Becomes a Boon for Democrats By Charles M. Blow

...Biden keeps adding other things to the other side of the ledger, and on balance, he and the Democrats keep looking stronger.

War

 NY Times: The ‘MacGyvered’ Weapons in Ukraine’s Arsenal - The Ukrainian military has battled Russia with retrofitted equipment, including missiles and rocket systems mounted on trucks and speedboats, experts and officials say. By Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt

And to the astonishment of weapons experts, Ukraine has continued to destroy Russian targets with slow-moving Turkish-made Bayraktar attack drones and inexpensive, plastic aircraft modified to drop grenades and other munitions.

The Market On Monday

 Good morning. At 5:35 a.m. ET DOW futures are -257, S&P futures are -37, and NASDAQ futures are -147.25. The market is poised to open significantly lower.

CNN: The most expensive baseball card in history just sold for $12.6 million By Zoe Sottile

Resilient

 NPR: Why you should stop complimenting people for being 'resilient' By Keisha "TK" Dutes, Connie Hanzhang Jin, Audrey Nguyen and Vanessa Handy

BBC Earth - For When You Need A Good Cry

Glenn Kirschner - Compare - How DOJ Is Handling Trump's Classified Documents Crimes With How DOJ Handled Another Such Case

Friday, August 26, 2022

Weekend!

 Have an excellent weekend and see you bright and early Monday morning.

'Funky Town'

Lucky Chops Live - Academy 2, Manchester (20th November 2016)

Please, Please, Please

 The Daily Beast: It’s Over: Trump Will Be Indicted - Mar-a-Lago Madness - There is little left for the Justice Department to do but decide whether to wait until after the midterms to formally seek the indictment from the grand jury. By Brad Moss

Alarm

 NY Times: Classified Material on Human Intelligence Sources Helped Trigger Alarm - Documents related to the work of clandestine sources are some of the most sensitive and protected in the government. F.B.I. agents found some in boxes retrieved from Donald J. Trump’s home. By Julian E. Barnes and Mark Mazzetti

CNN - 'She Played The Part' - How A Fake Heiress Infiltrated Mar-a-Lago

Chris Hayes - Not The White House Twitter Account Clapping Back At Hypocritical Republicans

Chris Hayes - DOJ Memo - Witness Intimidation Concerns ‘Not Hypothetical’ In Mar-a-Lago Case

Never


 

MSNBC - Andrew Weissmann Predicts ‘The Former President Will Be Prosecuted’

MSNBC - Mark Meadows Ordered To Testify Before Georgia Grand Jury

MSNBC - 'Nothing Mentioned On Nuclear' - Trump Slams FBI, Judge Amid Affidavit Warrant Release

Andrea Mitchell - Reporters Examine First Pages Of Affidavit Used For Trump Search Warrant

Removed

 NPR: Over 180 classified docs removed by National Archives from Mar-a-Lago, affidavit says From the Washington Desk

Takeaways

 Washington Post: Takeaways from the redacted affidavit used for the Mar-a-Lago search Analysis By Amber Phillips

Fight

 NY Times: Stocks plunge after fed chair warns of ‘pain’ ahead from inflation fight. The S&P 500 fell 3.4 percent, its worst daily showing since mid-June, after the Federal Reserve chair spoke about the path ahead for monetary policy.

Household energy bills in Britain to soar 80 percent.

Insecurely

 HuffPost: Mar-A-Lago Search Affidavit: Trump Was Insecurely Storing Most Sensitive Intel At Club - The heavily redacted document lays out the justification the Department of Justice provided to a judge for permission to search for and seize highly classified documents in an FBI raid of Trump's Florida home. By S.V. Date

Morning Joe - Trump's Social Media App Accused Of Not Making $1.6M In Payments

Morning Joe - Biden's Approval Now At The Highest Point In A Year

Glenn Kirschner - Georgia DA Fani Willis Moves Through Trump Lackeys - Giuliani, Graham, Kemp And Meadows

Affidavit

 Washington Post: Mar-a-Lago affidavit: 184 classified documents recovered in January - Some White House documents sent to the National Archives in January appear to contain Trump’s handwritten notes, court filing says. By Perry Stein and Devlin Barrett

“There is also probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found,” the affidavit says.

Top Secret

 NY Times: Trump Search Live Updates: Documents at Mar-a-Lago Included Top Secret Information - A newly released affidavit lists acronyms on some of the materials taken from the White House by the former president indicating that they were particularly sensitive. The document was heavily redacted to protect witnesses and the integrity of the investigation. By Glenn Thrush, Alan Feuer and Maggie Haberman

Rather, it criminalizes “the unlawful retention of ‘information related to the national defense.’” This seems to undercut the idea that there is no crime so long as Trump declassified the information before leaving office.

The Onion - Biden Unveils Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Requiring Taxpayers To Be Dragged Into Street And Killed Like Dogs

 The Onion: Biden Unveils Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Requiring Taxpayers To Be Dragged Into Street And Killed Like Dogs

Now It Gets Really Weird

 Axios: Moderna sues Pfizer, BioNTech over COVID-19 vaccine

Have An Excellent Friday

BBC Earth - When The World Gets 1℃ Hotter - Climate Change: The Facts

BBC News - Radioactive Disaster Narrowly Disaster Says Ukrainian President

Reuters - California To Phase Out Sale Of Gas-Only Cars By 2035

Lawrence O'Donnell - Trump Is Living The Worst Post-Presidency Life Ever

Chris Hayes - Trump Fears Indictment As 'Lock Her Up' Rallying Cry May Come Back To Haunt Him

Loss

 The Palmer Report: MAGA goes completely off the deep end after Republican loss By Bocha Blue

Unsustainable

 Guardian UK: US government diet guidelines ignores climate crisis By Marina Bolotnikova

Crying

 Guardian UK: Revealed: leaked video shows Amy Coney Barrett’s secretive faith group drove women to tears - Wife of founder of People of Praise says members ‘were always crying’ during discussions about women’s subservience to men By Stephanie Kirchgaessner

Cover

 Washington Post: Opinion - Newly released memo to Barr was just cover for exonerating Trump By Randall D. Eliason Contributing columnist

Access

 Washington Post: New restrictions from major abortion funder could further limit access - The National Abortion Federation has imposed rules that many providers say are burdensome for patients and legally unnecessary By Caroline Kitchener

Democrats

 NY Times: What Democrats Should Do if They Somehow Win in November By Jamelle Bouie

Republicans are still favored to gain seats in the midterm elections, but not as favored as you might have thought.

Criminal

 NY Times: Donald Trump Is Not Above the Law By The Editorial Board

The disturbing details of his postelection misfeasance, meticulously assembled by the Jan. 6 committee, leaves little doubt that Mr. Trump sought to subvert the Constitution and overturn the will of the American people.

The Market On Friday

 Good morning. At 7:00 a.m. ET DOW futures are -101, S7P futures are -18 and NASDAQ futures are -73. The market is poised to open significantly lower.

CNN: SpaceX and T-Mobile want to eliminate 'dead zones' using satellites By Jackie Wattles

Thursday, August 25, 2022

'America First'


 

Ivy League Tradition


 

Glenn Kirschner - Newly Unreacted DOJ Memo Reinforces Bill Barr's Coverup Of Trump's Obstruction Of Justice Crimes

Unbelievable

 If you're not familiar with this story, this is one to read. The depth of hypocrisy coming from Republicans is off the charts.

 Forbes: White House Slams Republicans Who Criticized Student Debt Relief But Received PPP Loans By Nicholas Reimann

The White House says Buchanan had the most of the cohort with $2.3 million in forgiven loans, followed by Mullin ($1.4 million), Hern ($1 million), Kelly ($987,237), Gaetz ($482,321) and Greene ($183,504).

Politics


 

Ari Melber - 'Never' - Trump's Secret Doc Scandal Is Unprecedented, Says Obama NSA Susan Rice

Mystery

NY Times: Another Trump Mystery: Why Did He Resist Returning the Government’s Documents? As with so much else with the former president, there is not one easy answer as to why he refused and ignited a legal firestorm. But here are some possibilities. By Maggie Haberman

“He seems to honestly believe that everything he touches belongs to him, and that includes government documents that might be classified.”

MSNBC - Unredacted Parts Of Affidavit Could Include ‘Damning Information’ Says Katyal

Shrooms

 Get Pocket: 7 Poisonous Mushrooms and What Happens if You Eat Them - If you forage for mushrooms, these are some you’ll want to leave in the woods. By Bill Heavey

Messenger


 

Free Speech TV - Trump's Former Personal Attorney, Michael Cohen!

Reuters - U.S. To Spend Big On Climate Over The Next Decade

MSNBC - Parts Of Redacted Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant Affidavit Released By Noon Friday

Choices

 NPR: What our shopping choices say about the U.S. economy By Alina Selyukh

At Dollar General and Dollar Tree, inflation had the result of boosting sales, the companies reported Thursday, as shoppers sought cheaper groceries, smaller packages and more deals on essentials.

Myth

 Washington Post: Trump’s secret papers and the ‘myth’ of presidential security clearance - Unlike U.S. intelligence officials, presidents are not ‘read in’ or ‘read out’ of classified matters, complicating any potential prosecution, experts say By Devlin Barrett , Ellen Nakashima and Josh Dawsey

“A former president might receive access to limited classified material after leaving office to assist with writing memoirs or at the discretion of the current president, but a formal security clearance isn’t involved.”

War

 NY Times: Russia-Ukraine War - With Russia’s Depleted Forces Stalled, Putin Expands Army

The decree, signed by Mr. Putin and posted on the Kremlin website, raised the target number of active-duty service members by about 137,000, to 1.15 million, as of January of next year...

Andrea Mitchell - Justice Department Files Proposed Redactions To Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant Affidavit

BBC News - Security Systems Active At Ukrainian Nuclear Plant, Say Russia

Remorse

 Washington Post: Buyer’s remorse could be creeping in for GOP on abortion A viral video of a South Carolina GOP state legislator crystallizes the dilemma the party faces, as do multiple electoral indicators Analysis By Aaron Blake

Affidavit

 NY Times: Justice Dept. Submits Redacted Affidavit Used in Trump Search Warrant - In its most complete form, the document would disclose important details about the government’s justification for taking the extraordinary step of searching Mar-a-Lago this month. By Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer

The Onion - Hero Conservationist Convinces Suicidal Galapagos Penguin To Put Down Gun

 The Onion: Hero Conservationist Convinces Suicidal Galapagos Penguin To Put Down Gun

Turnaround

 Axios: Democrats' stunning turnaround By Josh Kraushaar

Have An Excellent Thursday

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BBC News - Ukraine’s Artillery Attacks Russian Forces In South

Reuters - Fatal Stabbings Highlight Violence Against Women In Egypt

MSNBC - 'Bring It On!' - Warren Unbowed By GOP Attacks On Widely Popular Student Loan Debt Relief

Lawrence O'Donnell - Trump Love Letters Tipped Off The Archives

Sentences

 The Palmer Report: These January 6th prison sentences were always going to scale up like this By Bill Palmer

Ban

 Guardian UK: California to approve plan to ban sales of gas-powered cars by 2035 - The vote, hailed as a victory that could guide other states, comes two years after an executive order for zero-emission vehicles By Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles

Arredondo

 Guardian UK: Uvalde police chief fired for fumbled response to school shooting - Pete Arredondo defended the police response to the massacre in a 17-page letter that also lashed out at state officials By Lois Beckett and agencies

Memo

 Washington Post: Justice Dept. memo to not charge Trump in Russia probe released - A federal appeals panel ordered the release of the 2019 memo in response to a lawsuit by a watchdog group By Devlin Barrett and Rachel Weiner

After reading the memo herself, she said, it was clear that there had been no contemplation of charging Trump and “the fact that he would not be prosecuted was a given.”

Records

 Washington Post: Archives asked for records in 2021 after Trump lawyer agreed they should be returned, email says By Josh Dawsey and Jacqueline Alemany

It also showed that Trump’s lawyers had concerns about Trump taking the documents and agreed that the boxes should be returned — at least according to the top Archives officials — while Trump kept the documents.

Wildfires

 NY Times: The American West’s Haunting, Smoke-Filled Future By David Wallace-Wells

At home, the whir of fans and air purifiers that the family rushed to purchase on Amazon became the baby’s first white-noise machine.

Pace

 NY Times: Pace of Climate Change Sends Economists Back to Drawing Board - They underestimated the impact of global warming, and their preferred policy solution floundered in the United States. By Lydia DePillis

The Market On Thursday

 Good morning. At 6:30 a.m. ET DOW futures are +94, S&P futures are +21, and NASDAQ futures are +83. The market is poised to open moderately higher.

 CNN: Student debt relief is a tourniquet — not a magic bullet Analysis By Allison Morrow

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

The Mehdi Hasan Show - A GOP Midterm Blowout May Not Be In The Cards

Glenn Kirschner - Trump Files Nonsensical Brief Attacking DOJ Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant - Judge Tells Him To Try Again

'His'


 

MSNBC - Andrew Weissman - New Unredacted Memo From Trump DOJ Officials Is ‘A Doozy’

MSNBC - Trump Hits Dead End In Effort To Scapegoat Biden For His Own Legal Woes

Reuters - Crowds Mark Ukraine's Independence Day In Brussels

MSNBC - Feds Arrest Five Members Of 'B Squad' Militia In Jan. 6 Case

Evidence

 NPR: Tuesday brought more evidence abortion rights could help Democrats in November By Domenico Montanaro

Debt

Washington Post: Biden to cancel up to $10,000 in student debt for most borrowers - The president is also cancelling up to $20,000 for Pell recipients, and is extending a pause on federal student loan payments through Dec. 31 By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel and Jeff Stein

Tracks

 NY Times: The Latest Find as Water Levels Fall: Dinosaur Tracks in Texas By April Rubin

Baked

 Get Pocket: Baked Fish in Tahini Sauce (Siniyet Samak Bil Yahineh) Recipe - A creamy tahini sauce—with lemon, garlic, and green chiles—adds flavor and fragrance to this comforting Middle Eastern casserole By Sami Tamimi and Tara Wigley

Morning Joe - Kornacki - NY House Election Evidence Dem Voters Motivated After Roe Decision

Morning Joe - Trump Appears To Concede In Filing He Unlawfully Retained Documents

Morning Joe - Judge Orders Trump To Clarify Mar-a-Lago Search Lawsuit

Reminder

 Washington Post: Opinion - Coming to Democratic campaigns: Dobbs, and a reminder of the MAGA menace By Jennifer Rubin

Fruit Sandwich

 NY Times: Behold the Fruit Sandwich In this Japanese treat, ripe, seasonal gems are enrobed in cream and nestled between slices of milk bread. By Ligaya Mishan

The Onion - Big Ben Undergoes Routine Cleaning To Remove Hapless Tourists Dangling From Minute Hand

 The Onion: Big Ben Undergoes Routine Cleaning To Remove Hapless Tourists Dangling From Minute Hand

Aid

 Axios: U.S. announces $3B in aid as Ukraine marks 6 months of war By Ivana Saric

Have An Excellent Wednesday

Twitter - WomensArt

The vinok or flower crown is a form of folk regalia traditionally worn by young unmarried women of Ukraine, a symbol connecting to the seasons, harvests, fertility, festivals and marriage that has roots in a pre Christian, pagan age.

 

BBC News - China Faces Severe Drought Amid A Record-Breaking Heatwave

Reuters - Ukrainian Howitzers Roll Out, Country Marks Independence

The Mehdi Hasan Show - 'Special Master' Filing Shows Team Trump Is Running Out Of Excuses

Lawrence O'Donnell - ‘This Is A Damning Letter’ - Attorney Baffled By Trump Team’s Decision To Release Archives Letter

Midterms

 The Palmer Report: Democrat Pat Ryan wins House special election, changing EVERYTHING about the midterms By Bill Palmer

Net

 Guardian UK: Queensland ‘Insanity’: entangled whale in Queensland sparks renewed calls for shark net removal - Government says humpback whale was found ‘in poor health’ but ‘not badly tangled’ at the Gold Coast By Joe Hinchliffe

Crist

 Guardian UK: Florida: Charlie Crist wins Democratic primary to challenge Ron DeSantis - Former Republican governor who became a Democratic congressman edges out Nikki Fried to face the Donald Trump protégé in November By Richard Luscombe in Miami

Nutjob

 Washington Post: Opinion - Herschel Walker’s anti-tree campaign is genius By Dana Milbank

"...They’re not helping you out, because a lot of the money is going into trees. You know that, don’t you? It’s going into trees. We’ve got enough trees. Don’t we have enough trees around here?”

Narcissism

 Washington Post: Opinion - Trump’s document narcissism is dangerous By David Ignatius

Democrats Did Well

 NY Times: Five Takeaways From Tuesday’s Elections - The Democratic establishment in Florida and New York had a good night in primaries and special elections. By Katie Glueck

Two months after Roe v. Wade was overturned, the matter of abortion rights is helping Democrats close what had been a devastating enthusiasm gap.

Threat

NY Times: When It Comes to Eating Away at Democracy, Trump Is a Winner By Thomas B. Edsall

Of all the forces undermining democratic traditions in elections and policymaking — Donald Trump’s big lie, the politicization of ballot counting by Republican state legislatures, the attempt to disenfranchise segments of the population — one that has devastating potential is operating under the radar: the growing cynicism of younger voters.

The Market On Wednesday

 Good morning. At 6:35 a.m. ET DOW futures are -27, S&P futures are -3, and NASDAQ futures are -12. The market is poised to open moderately lower.

CNN: Solar power is booming in Germany as Russia turns down the gas By Michelle Toh

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

CNN - John Dean - National Archives Letter ‘Very Damning’ For Trump people

Lucky Chops Best Street Videos Compilation

Glenn Kirschner - Donald Trump's Personal Handling Of Stolen Classified Documents Increases Odds He Will Be Prosecuted

Persecuted

 NY Times: Trump, Without the Presidency’s Protections, Struggles for a Strategy - Facing serious legal peril in the documents investigation, the former president has turned to his old playbook of painting himself as persecuted amid legal and political stumbles. By Maggie Haberman, Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer

MSNBC- Reports That Trump Reviewed Documents Shows His 'Willful Intent' Says Figliuzzi

MSNBC - Jan. 6 Committee Meets With Former Trump National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien

Andrea Mitchell - ‘Disagree With Trump’ And ‘There’s A Target On Your Back,' Says Sen. Leahy - ‘I Fear For The Country’

Election

 NPR: Election contests to watch Tuesday in Florida, New York and Oklahoma By Elena Moore

Risk

 Washington Post: Opinion - Trump’s risk of indictment for his document snatch just skyrocketed By Jennifer Rubin

Ridiculous

 NY Times: The Idea That Letting Trump Walk Will Heal America Is Ridiculous By Jamelle Bouie

BBC News - ‘Incredible’ Jupiter Views Revealed By James Webb Space Telescope

BBC News - Nasa Moon Mission Artemis Gets Go Ahead To Launch

Morning Joe - How Trump-Linked Lawyers Shared Sensitive Data With Conspiracy Theorists

Liz

 Washington Post: Opinion - Cheney wants to stop the MAGA GOP. Another Republican just wants out. By Jennifer Rubin

Zaporizhzhia

 NY Times: Russia-Ukraine WarU.N. Security Council Meeting to Focus on Threat to Nuclear Plant

The Borowitz Report - Tucker Carlson Calls Trump’s Theft Of Nuclear Secrets Less Worrisome Than Hunter Biden’s Use Of Joe’s Netflix Password

 New Yorker: Tucker Carlson Calls Trump’s Theft of Nuclear Secrets Less Worrisome Than Hunter Biden’s Use of Joe’s Netflix Password By Andy Borowitz

Knuckleheads

 Axios: Jury finds 2 men guilty of conspiring to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer By Jacob Knutson

Posture

 Well and Good: 5 Exercises To Strengthen Your Deep Spinal Stabilizer Muscles, the Secret To Improving Posture By Rebecca Norris

Have An Excellent Tuesday

 work by Sarah Evans - she paints these scenes in Ireland






BBC News - Hundreds Queue Up In US To Turn-In Guns To Police

Reuters - Trump Aims To Block FBI From Reviewing Seized Items

Glenn Kirschner - Lindsey Graham Is Running Out Of Rope And Likely Will Soon Find Himself In The GA Grand Jury Hot Seat

Lawrence O'Donnell - ‘Mr. Trump Went Through The Boxes Himself’

Bobb

 The Palmer Report: Looks like Donald Trump’s attorney Christina Bobb will have to flip on him now By Bill Palmer

Epaulette Sharks

 Guardian UK: Epaulette sharks can walk on land for two hours, researchers say A species of carpet shark is evolving to better survive warming seas and the climate crisis By Richard Luscombe in Miami

Fear Mongers

 Guardian UK: Former Fox News politics editor says network stoked ‘paranoia and hatred’ - Chris Stirewalter, who was forced out after Donald Trump’s electoral defeat, says Fox failed its viewers with 2020 election coverage By Ramon Antonio Vargas

Priola

 Washington Post: After decades in GOP, Colo. senator says: ‘We need Democrats in charge’ - Colorado state Sen. Kevin Priola, a Republican for 32 years, wrote that there’s ‘too much at stake right now for Republicans to be in charge’ By Jonathan Edwards

“I cannot continue to be a part of a political party that is okay with a violent attempt to overturn a free and fair election and continues to peddle claims that the 2020 election was stolen,” Priola wrote.

Worst

 Washington Post: Opinion - Which Republican Senate candidate is worst? There are so many choices! By Eugene Robinson

Documents

 The former president is mentally unwell. This is beyond bizarre.

 NY Times: Trump Had More Than 300 Classified Documents at Mar-a-Lago - The National Archives found more than 150 sensitive documents when it got a first batch of material from the former president in January, helping to explain the Justice Department’s urgent response. By Maggie Haberman, Jodi Kantor, Adam Goldman and Ben Protess

At the conclusion of the search this month, officials left with 26 boxes, including 11 sets of material marked as classified, comprising scores of additional documents. One set had the highest level of classification, top secret/sensitive compartmented information.

Zaporizhzhia

 The potential disaster we're talking about here is unimaginable.

 NY Times: In Ukraine, a Nuclear Plant Held Hostage - Five months after Russian forces took over the Zaporizhzhia plant, all that stands between the world and nuclear disaster are dedicated Ukrainian operators working at gunpoint. By Marc Santora and Andrew E. Kramer

The Market On Tuesady

 Good morning. At 6:40 a.m. ET DOW futures are +32, S&P futures are +3, and NASDAQ futures are +5.75. The market is poised to open slightly higher.

CNN: More than 1,300 US flights canceled nationwide, Dallas airports hard hit due to storms By Ross Levitt 


Monday, August 22, 2022

Chris Hayes - NYT - Trump Had More Than 300 Classified Documents At Mar-a-Lago

Claim

 The humorous element of this 'headline' is that it is extremely plausible that Cruz would do such a thing and therefore we don't even blink when we read it.

Snopes: Did Ted Cruz Oppose Self-Pleasuring Activities and Devices? Several online items have misleadingly claimed that Ted Cruz tried to ban dildos in Texas. By Kim LaCapria

Wildest

 HuffPost: Donald Trump Jr. Offers Wildest Defense Yet Of His Dad Over Mar-A-Lago Documents - If Donald Trump still had the nuclear codes, it would probably be a "good" thing anyway, his son argued. By Josephine Harvey By Josephine Harvey

“By the way, for the record, I’d say that if Donald Trump actually still had the nuclear codes, it’d probably be good..."

“Our enemies might actually be like, ‘OK, maybe let’s not mess with them,’ unlike when they look at Joe Biden and they say, ‘You know what? We should attack now.’”

MSNBC - Christian Political Ethics Lacking Kindness And Humility, Says Writer

FOX 4 Dallas - Fort Worth - Flooding In Dallas County Sweeps Cars Off Of Roads, Rescue Crews Save People Trapped In Homes

MSNBC - There’s No Way That Donald Trump Will Do Well In The Court Says Weissmann

Ari Melber - Sheer Panic For Trump And His Lawyers - Criminal Searches Mount - Giuliani ‘Targeted’ For Charges

True That

 Yahoo: Liz Cheney says the Republican party is 'very sick' and still under the control of 'a dangerous former president' By Pocharapon Neammanee

Fool For A Client

 Trump is representing himself. LOL.



Shared

 Washington Post: Files copied from voting systems were shared with Trump supporters, election deniers By Jon Swaine, Aaron C. Davis, Amy Gardner and Emma Brown

BBC News - Kashmir Hindus On Edge After Resurgence Of Targeted Killings

Andrea Mitchell - Rep. Abigail Spanberger - Election Deniers And 'Extreme Candidates' Are 'Threats To Democracy'

Ari Melber - Target Giuliani 'Will Be Indicted' - Rudy Insider Says Trump 'Stole His Soul'

Booster

NPR: Pfizer asks FDA to greenlight new omicron booster shots, which could arrive this fall By Pien Huang and Will Stone

Bans

 Washington Post: More trigger bans loom as 1 in 3 women lose most abortion access post-Roe By Katie Shepherd, Rachel Roubein and Caroline Kitchener

Crisis

 NY Times: What Are the Real Warning Signs of a Mass Shooting? While some mass shootings are committed by people with diagnosed mental illnesses, a life crisis is a better predictor of violence, researchers say. By Shaila Dewan

No Wonder

 Snopes: Do More Than Half of Americans Read Below 6th-Grade Level? A keen reminder to analyze data with a careful eye. By Madison Dapcevich

It (Gallup) found that 130 million adults in the country have low literacy skills, meaning that more than half (54%) of Americans between the ages of 16 and 74 read below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level...

BBC Earth - Puffer Fish Constructs A Masterpiece Of Love

Morning Joe - Democrats Close The Midterm Enthusiasm Gap

Morning Joe - Trump Was In A 'Deep Denial' About His Last Days, Says NYT Reporter

Michael Cohen Exposes The Truth About Mark Meadows

Cover

 Washington Post: Opinion How to cover election deniers? Try calling them election liars. By Jennifer Rubin

Minoxidil

 NY Times: An Old Medicine Grows New Hair for Pennies a Day, Doctors Say - Dermatologists who specialize in hair loss say that the key ingredient in a topical treatment worked even better when taken orally at a low dose. By Gina Kolata

The Onion - Report Finds It Impossible To Save Money

 The Onion: Report Finds It Impossible To Save Money

Shaking My Head

 Axios: Polls reveal Trump's FBI search bump By Jonathan Swan and Josh Kraushaar

Flooding

 CNN: Floodwaters overtake trucks and cars in downtown Dallas as flash flooding threat persists By Monica Garrett, Michelle Krupa and Caroll Alvarado

Kristol


 

Have An Excellent Monday

 work by Norman Rockwell 



BBC News - Islands Near Panama 'Could Be Underwater In Decades'

Glenn Kirschner - Annual Team Justice Event - Trump's Crimes From Treason To Espionage - Speech By Cynthia Alksne

MSNBC - The Evidence Against Donald Trump Keeps Mounting, Even As He Plays The Victim

MSNBC - Donald Trump’s Latest Response To Classified Documents Investigation

Blame

 The Palmer Report: Sean Hannity blames Mitch McConnell as Republicans fall into disarray By Bill Palmer

Vertical Farms

Guardian UK: Are indoor vertical farms really ‘future-proofing agriculture’? Heralded as the next step in food production, this practice is gaining ground in the US. But are they really a greener alternative to traditional farming? By Victoria Namkung in San Francisco with photographs by Jim McAuley

Liz

 Guardian UK: Cheney vows to fight other Republicans who embrace Trump’s election lie - Cheney says two Republican US senators – Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley – have both made themselves ‘unfit for future office’ By Ed Pilkington in New York

Participate

 Washington Post: A Russian soldier’s journal: ‘I will not participate in this madness’ By Mary Ilyushina