Trump again calls to buy Greenland after eyeing Canada and the Panama Canal

Trump again calls to buy Greenland after eyeing Canada and the Panama Canal

First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland. The president-elect is renewing calls he made during...

He's planning to build an empire.

Trump Says Bone Spurs Will Prevent Him From Participating in Seizure of Panama Canal. - Andy Borowitz

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Trump says ownership of Greenland 'is an absolute necessity'
• ‘Not Negotiable!’ Panama President Responds to Trump Threat to Seize Panama Canal: ‘Every Square Meter’ Is Ours
• Israel is demolishing northern Gaza and fortifying military positions, imagery shows
• Russia's Biggest Military Range Suffers Damage in Ukraine Drone Raid
• Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murdering healthcare CEO

Reading replies from Trump supporters on the Panama Canal

I now realize Trump would have never been President if a single MAGA had read a book 

Like,

Any book 

Ever. - William Buecker

Denmark Must Be Laughing At Trump

Greenland is not for sale, its elected leader said on Monday, responding to comments made by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump regarding the "ownership and control" of the vast Arctic island that has been part of Denmark for over 600 years.

"Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom," the island's Prime Minister Mute Egede said in a written comment.

 

National Search Underway for Even One Person who Voted for Elon Musk. - Andy Borowitz

 

Republican Shenanigans

• House Republican dubs Elon Musk ‘our prime minister’
• Mike Johnson to Elon Musk: ‘You want to be Speaker?'
• Paul predicts Speaker will be ousted in 2025
• Congress avoids a shutdown but leaves 'a big mess' for Trump and Republicans in 2025
• Review by Senate Democrats finds more unreported luxury trips by Clarence Thomas
• Cardinal Dolan: Trump ‘takes his Christian faith seriously’

Mike Johnson Begs Jesus to Rapture Him Up. - Andy Borowitz

I Wonder How Many Scaramuccis This Bromance Will Last

President-elect Trump on Sunday rejected the recent dubbing of tech billionaire Elon Musk as “President Musk” by Democrats.

“No, he’s not gonna be president, that I can tell you,” Trump said at conservative group Turning Point’s “America Fest” in Phoenix, Ariz. “And I’m safe, you know why? He can’t be, he wasn’t born in this country.”

 

Marge said she was going to expose all her Republicans colleagues if the Gaetz report came out. 

Well, @RepMTG. - Molly Ploofkins

Musk's DOGE dept should be renamed Knowledgeable Leaders Engineering Program Transformation Oversight (KLEPTO). - Andy Borowitz

 

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden commutes most federal death row sentences to life in prison before Trump takes office
• Joe Manchin torches Democrats on the way out the door
• "He's no better than McCarthy": Democrats warn they won't save Mike Johnson again

The House Ethics Committee report on Matt Gaetz is everything Republicans dreamed Hunter Biden’s laptop would be. - Andrea Junker

 

 

Well, To Think Republicans Wanted To Keep This Secret.
The House Ethics Committee found “substantial evidence” that former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz paid women — including a 17-year-old girl — for sex and used illegal drugs while in Congress, according to a long-awaited report that was released on Monday.

 

Restraining Order Requires Gaetz to Stay 500 Feet Away from All Human Life. - Andy Borowitz

 

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Business/Tech News

• The IRS is sending $1,400 stimulus checks to 1 million taxpayers. How to tell if you qualify
• Trump's 25% tariff could be an existential threat to Canada's recovering auto industry
• Costa Rica Surf Instructors Fight Back as Illegal Workers Flood Beaches
• Ford donates $1 million and fleet of vehicles to Trump's inauguration

Elon Musk's presidency will be the Cybertruck of presidencies. - Andy Borowitz

 

Consumer Confidence Drops. Gee, I Wonder Why?
US consumer confidence tumbled in December from the previous month amid Americans' growing uncertainty over the economic outlook in the year ahead.

Panama is going to go full MAGA: Make America Go Around. - Alex Cole

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Odd News

• Chinese satellite breaks up over Mississippi upon re entering Earth’s atmosphere
• Scientists Engineer Crops to Consume More Carbon Dioxide
• NJ Lottery winner claims $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot from ticket sold March 26, 2024
• Baby Pigs Get Christmas Pardon From Florida Mayor in a Cuban Twist on White House Turkey Tradition
• Santa Braves the Sticky Heat of the Amazon Jungle to Bring Gifts to Children in Brazilian Village

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Wishing you all a Merry Christmas filled with family, friends and great food. I'll return on December 26.

Peace.

Live coverage: House set for Friday vote to avert shutdown, without debt ceiling hike

Live coverage: House set for Friday vote to avert shutdown, without debt ceiling hike

House Republicans are searching for a way to avoid a government shutdown hours before the late Friday deadline, after their second funding proposal was defeated Thursday night.

Let's be real folks, Elon Musk wants a government shutdown because Vladimir Putin wants a government shutdown. - Liam Nissan

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Musk floods X with spending bill misinformation
• ‘We’re Hanging on by a Thread’: Asheville NC Resident Begs Trump and Congress to Pass Budget and Hurricane Aid
• Murphy, Kinzinger slam Musk for backing German ‘neo-Nazi party’
• Thousands of Jews have left Israel since the October 7 attacks
• Ukraine collects vast war data trove to train AI models

I think this should be kind of a big deal: @elonmusk tweeting at 1:03am, “Only the AfD can save Germany.”

The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party. - Bill Kristol

Sounds As Though Speaker Johnson Will Be Toast

Steve Bannon gave Mike Johnson (R-LA) a vote of no confidence in front of a MAGA-friendly crowd as the House speaker grapples with a looming government shutdown.

CNN’s Dana Bash played a clip of Bannon telling a gathering in Arizona that Johnson doesn’t have “the right stuff” to push through a spending bill that will meet the approval of Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

Maybe it’s just me, but Republicans having two daddies seems kind of woke. - Alex Cole

Republican Shenanigans

• 'Way to Go Guys': Fox's Brit Hume Blames Trump and Elon Musk For Failed Spending Bill
• Elon Musk Hits Blasts 'Legacy Media Puppets' Trying To Tear Him and Trump Apart with 'President Elon' Talking Points
• GOP Congresswoman Nancy Mace Suggests Fox News’ Trey Gowdy Is Transgender
• Trump Rages at 'Obstructionist' Texas Congressman Chip Roy Amid Budget Battle: 'Just Another Ambitious Guy, With No Talent'
• House Republican Says Congress Should Act Only As a 'Supportive Board of Directors' to Implement Whatever Trump Wants
• House Ethics Committee votes to release report on Matt Gaetz before Christmas, reports say

President Musk's latest budget deal crashed and burned faster than a Tesla. - Jeff Tiedrich

What Will Happen To Luigi Mangione?
Luigi Mangione, the man accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appeared Thursday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, where his lawyer questioned conflicting federal charges she described as “highly unusual.”

Good luck finding 12 jurors, and a couple of alternates, who haven’t been screwed over by a health insurance company.

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden carried out the highest level of deportations since 2014, new report says
• Biden makes final pre-holiday trip to DC children’s hospital as president
• Joe Biden is going out quietly but with trademark decency
• Schumer Calls on GOP 'to Go Back to the Original Agreement' Musk And Trump Killed to Avoid a Shutdown

If Fani Willis had a conflict of interest because a man might have paid for a meal, imagine how serious it would be if Supreme Court justices heard cases related to an election their wives had tried to overturn. - Andrea Junker

Hey Y'all, I Think This Is What's Called "Drunk With Power"

Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday claimed he will fund moderate primary challenges to incumbent Democrats in heavy-blue districts around the country.

“Oh … forgot to mention that I’m also going to be funding moderate candidates in heavily Democrat districts, so that the country can get rid of those who don’t represent them, like this jackass,” Musk wrote on his social media platform X Thursday night.

Why is the Biden administration silent on the richest man in the world doing the bidding of Putin?

WHY IS HE STILL A FEDERAL GOVT CONTRACTOR??? - Adam Kinzinger

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Business/Tech News

• Major Trump donors who complained of immigrant ‘invasion’ used Mexican workers illegally
• Bird flu drives US egg prices to all-time highs before Christmas
• Stocks retreat as US inflation ticks higher
• Tesla's Recall Surge: Nearly 700,000 Vehicles Affected

Tesla issued its 7th recall this year.

Elon Musk can’t even make a reliable car but do go on about how he’s gonna make the government more efficient. - Art Candee

Apparently, Partying Is Way Down
Party City, once among the top names in party-supply retailers, is going out of business, according to an announcement from CEO Barry Litwin that was viewed by CNN.

Trump was right about one thing. Immigrants are taking jobs away from Americans. Elon just took his job. - Alex Cole

Diddy & Luigi being in the same prison & their Lawyers being married to each other is a great addition to the plot. - MajestyRia

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Odd News

• Dark energy 'doesn’t exist' so can't be pushing 'lumpy' Universe apart – study
•  Fossils Reveal Mysterious 'Alien Plant' Is Unlike Any Other Known
• Giant sloths and mastodons lived with humans for millennia in the Americas
• Brazil bar gets 24K Magic moment with Bruno Mars visit
• Baby Jesus Figurine Stolen From Colorado Nativity Scene Returned Anonymously With Apology

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New York City is always magical at Christmas time. Always.

Peace.

Rand Paul floats Elon Musk for speaker

Rand Paul floats Elon Musk for speaker

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) suggested that Elon Musk serve as Speaker in a Thursday morning post on X following contentious debates over the continuing resolution (CR).

“The Speaker of the House need not be a member of Congress . . . ,” Paul wrote.

Really curious who Congressional Republicans are more afraid of…Trump or Musk? I say Musk. $$$$$$$$. - Former Senator Claire McCaskill

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Trump threatens government shutdown unless debt limit demand met, blames Biden if it happens
• Trump Insists Mike Johnson Must Act 'Decisively and Tough' on Spending Bill to Remain Speaker
• House Republicans Scrap Bill That Would Avoid Shutdown, Say 'There's No New Agreement Right Now'
• CNN Panel Melts Down In Finger-Pointing Fallout Over Elon Musk’s Role In Derailing Spending Bill
• Reporter Warns Elon Musk ‘Is Definitely Playing a Risky Game’ by Getting Ahead of Trump on Key Issues
• David Axelrod Says Trump and Musk Need to 'Get Together and Decide Who the President Is'
• Most disagree with Trump plans to use military for deportations, issue Jan. 6 pardons: Survey
• Putin says he’s ready for Trump meeting ‘if he wants it’
• Putin says Russia is ready to compromise with Trump on Ukraine war
• Rights group accuses Israel of genocidal acts in Gaza

All you guys in Appalachia waiting on hurricane relief. Musk just had it killed. - Dave

Why do the billionaires - Musk, Ramaswamy, Trump - want to shut down the government for Christmas? Because they still get paid. 

It's our troops, TSA agents and other federal workers who won't get paid. It's their kids who will suffer this Christmas. - Senator Chris Murphy

You know what's scarier than the Pentagon having a secret drone program?

A blackout drunk in charge of the Pentagon having a drone program. - John  Fugelsang

Republican Shenanigans

• 'EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE MY FRIEND!!!' Trump Touts Popularity After Blowing Up GOP Budget Bill on Eve of Government Shutdown
• Marjorie Taylor Greene open to Musk for Speaker
• Greene blasts Johnson for ‘dirty swamp deals,’ keeping ‘everyone in the dark’
• Trump says US should get rid of debt ceiling
• Thune not ready to abolish debt limit in government funding bill
• ‘F*cking Lying Piece of Sh*t’: Dan Crenshaw Lashes Out at Claim He Wants Pay Rise for Congress
• 'You Told Fox—' Kaitlan Collins Nails Trump Border Czar Tom Homan When He Blames 'CNN Reporter' For Something HE Said
• ‘He Is Fake News!’ CNN’s Jim Acosta Rips Elon Musk for Spreading ‘Misinformation’ and Adding to Trump ‘Chaos’

Now I really am starting to believe Elon Musk did something real to the election.

Dude literally has full power of the government now. - aes

Sex Abuser/Election Interferer Gets Off The Hook Because Prosecutors Played Kissy Face. What A Joke The Legal System Is.

A Georgia appeals court on Thursday booted Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D)’s office from the 2020 election interference case against President-elect Trump over her relationship with a top prosecutor on the case. 

The panel described Willis’s relationship with ex-special prosecutor Nathan Wade as a “significant appearance of impropriety.” 

Fani Willis didn't ask Georgian officials to find her 11,780 fraudulent votes. Donald Trump did that. - Liam Nissan

The deportations we need to see are Peter Thiel, Melania, Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Rafael Ted Cruz, etc. Start with the actual criminals. - Ricky Davila

After all the Republican birtherism BS about Obama, how ironic that America is about to have a president who really was born in Africa, and he’s a Republican called Elon Musk. - Mrs. Betty Bowers

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Rock The Voter News

• Gov. Andy Beshear says Democrats should set partisanship aside, work to meet people's needs
• Harris tells supporters bruised by election loss that ‘no one can walk away’ in forward-looking speech
• Obama, federal government once saved Musk's Tesla, says Sen. Durbin
• House Democrat on spending drama: ‘I’m just gonna sit back and sip my tea’
• Jeffries dismisses Trump debt ceiling demand: ‘Hard pass’

The fact that I know more about Fani Willis’ and Nathan Wade’s relationship than I do about the crimes committed by Ginni Thomas and Clarence Thomas shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media. - Andrea Junker

I Hope His Trial Will Be Televised

Luigi Mangione, the suspect accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, faces four new federal charges, newly unsealed court documents show. 

Mangione was already facing state charges in New York and Pennsylvania, but the newly filed federal charge of murder through use of a firearm could enable authorities to seek the death penalty.

A large part of what Trump and Musk are up to is simply showing congressional Republicans—vividly, dramatically, unpleasantly—who’s in charge for the next four years. - Bill Kristol

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Business/Tech News

• Trump says US should get rid of debt ceiling
• Amazon workers to strike at multiple sites: Teamsters
• Neil Cavuto leaving Fox News
• All Big Lots stores to see 'going out of business' sales

The thing you need to understand about the Trumps as a clan is they were always a people in search of an owner; Elon is the latest, Donnie has been dog walked his entire life. From Fat Tony Salerno thru to Putin. He is brand, that is sold to the highest bidder. Musk owns him. - Noel Casler

I Wonder If The Homes Sales Are By People or Investors
Existing-home sales in the US topped a rate of 4 million in November for the first time in six months as house hunters begrudgingly accept mortgage rates above 6%.

It’s amazing to see how easy it was for Musk to buy himself an entire country! Welcome to Amuska! - Stella Parton

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Odd News

• Spacewalkers Exit Station for Science and Robotics Work 
• The moon may be 100 million years older than we thought
• Squirrels spotted hunting and eating animals for first time
• All 51 accused, including victim's ex-husband, guilty in French mass rape trial
• Monkeys spotted roaming 3 Florida neighborhoods as police issue warning
• A Florida Woman Is Trying to Sue Taylor Swift, But Can't Find Her
• Actor Morgan Freeman Joins Celebrity Wave in Costa Rica

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The Dolomites in Tuscany, Italy. They remind me of waving hands.

Peace.