Biden signs short-term funding extension, averting government shutdown

Biden signs short-term funding extension, averting government shutdown

President Joe Biden signed into law a short-term funding extension on Friday, the White House announced, averting a partial government shutdown after...

I can say with certainty that in all my years, joining in this crusade to take America back from the brink of destruction is the greatest thing I have ever been a part of in my life.

This crusade is something noble. - James Carville

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Jewish Democrats denounce Netanyahu’s opposition to Palestinian state
• 'I Thought I Was Prepared': British Volunteer Doctor 'Shocked' and 'Ashamed' By Brutality Against Children She Saw in Gaza
• 'You Have Nothing to Say?' AP Reporter Grills State Department Spox on Israel's Flattening of Gaza University
• North Korea says it tested underwater nuclear attack drone

As a concerned taxpayer, I believe we should cut government spending.

We should replace Donald Trump’s Secret Service with the Uvalde police department. - Captain Obvious

Dark Outlook From NATO Official

Top NATO official Adm. Rob Bauer warned Thursday that a larger war with Russia and other adversaries is a real threat amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Bauer, chair of the Western security alliance’s Military Committee, said “not everything is going to be hunky dory in the next 20 years.”

French President Macron to the French armed forces: “We can’t let Russia think it can win…a Russian victory is the end of European security”

Republican Shenanigans

• Nikki Haley Defends 'Racist Country' Comment: 'The Intent Was Everybody Was GOING to Be Created Equally'
• Nikki Haley Says Trump’s Criminal Cases Need to ‘Play Out’ – But Pledges to Pardon Him Anyway if He’s Convicted
• 'Get Rid of Him, Go!' Steve Bannon Calls For Speaker Johnson's Ouster If Bill Passes to Keep Government Open
• Three Months Into Speakership, Conservative Media Already Warning Mike Johnson's Days 'Could Be Numbered'
• DOJ Recommends Ex-Trump Aide Peter Navarro Receive Six-Month Prison Sentence For Contempt of Congress
• Steve Doocy Fact-Checks Trump's Claim That Democrats Can Vote in NH Republican Primary: 'That Is Not True'

I’m not sure if Trump’s strategy of disproving that he assaulted E. Jean Carroll by repeatedly displaying his utter lack of impulse control in court is panning out. - Andy Borowitz

If you wish to judge a man's character, give him power.
Kentucky Republican Congressman and Chairman of the House Oversight Committee James Comer told Newsmax host Eric Bolling that he would gladly drag Hunter Biden out of the Capitol in handcuff if he could — but gave a bunch of reasons why he can’t.

El Chapo Claims He Has Enough Indictments to Win GOP Nomination. - Andy Borowitz

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden administration to forgive $4.9 billion in student debt for 73,600 borrowers
• New Hampshire: Biden skipping primary, drawing opponent criticism
• Attorney for Hunter Biden’s benefactor accuses House GOP of misrepresenting testimony
• 'We Should Have Chucked That Sleazeball Long Ago': Fetterman Feud With Menendez Headed Towards Senate Floor Resolution
• 'How Dare You!' Hakeem Jeffries Rails Against Anti-Abortion Republicans For Stonewalling Efforts to Improve Children's Health
• Malia Obama debuts short film ‘The Heart’ at Sundance

If Trump loses the immunity case, he’s going to jail.

If Trump wins the case, Joe Biden will have absolute immunity to order a military strike on Mar-a-Lago and take no prisoners.

Sounds like a win-win. - TheUSASingers

Incredible Accusations, No Proof. How Trumpian.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis alleged in a court filing that the wife of her special prosecutor in the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump is attempting to interfere in the case.

Willis wrote in the filing Thursday that Joycelyn Wade had "conspired" with Trump defendant Mike Roman, to get his charges dismissed by alleging Willis was engaged in an improper romantic relationship with her estranged husband, Nathan Wade, and that they illegally enriched themselves by naming him as a special prosecutor.

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Business/Tech News

• Half of recent US inflation due to high corporate profits, report finds
• Sports Illustrated to 'Lay Off All' Employees After Brand Licensing Fiasco
• Ford will slash production of electric pickup, citing weak demand
• Senators push for more investment in long COVID research

"Half of all Inflation due to Corporate price gouging."

This was NOT the fault of the Biden Administration. 

--Thom Hartmann

Apparently, The U.S. Needs Affordable Housing

The residential real estate market tumbled in 2023, as soaring interest rates steadily slowed sales activity — but home prices still hit a record high.

The median home sale price in 2023 was $389,800, up about 1% from 2022 and the highest on record, according to data from the National Association of Realtors released Friday.

BREAKING: Syphilis Releases Rare Public Statement Angrily Denying Any Contact With Donald Trump. - John Fugelsang

Republicans have turned politics into pro wrestling. - The USASingers

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Odd News

• Water ice buried at Mars' equator is over 2 miles thick
• Groundbreaking deep-sea expeditions off Costa Rica's coast reveal 4 new octopus species
• 2,000-year-old Italian beach house discovered during building work
• Teen finds phone taped to plane toilet; attendant arrested
• Contractor remodeling bathroom finds grenade behind the tub

Time To Deflate Photo

The Racetrack at Death Valley is a playa (a dry lakebed) best known for its strange moving rocks. A rare combination of ice and wind pushes along the mysterious rocks. Some of them weigh up to 700 pounds and have traveled over 1,500 feet. Credit: U.S. Department of the Interior

Have a peaceful weekend, everyone!