Congress close to coronavirus deal that includes stimulus checks

Congress close to coronavirus deal that includes stimulus checks

Senate and House leaders are on the cusp of a coronavirus relief deal that will include direct $600 to $700 direct stimulus payments and $300-per-week supplemental unemployment assistance, according to sources familiar with the talks.

White House Staff To Be Vaccinated First Despite Total Absence of Essential Workers. - Andy Borowitz

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• Durbin says alleged Russian hack 'virtually a declaration of war'
• ‘We want them infected’: Trump appointee demanded ‘herd immunity’ strategy, emails reveal
• Trump appointees describe the crushing of the CDC
• Houston Doctor Reveals HALF of His Nurses Wont Take Covid-19 Vaccine for 'Political' Reasons

Wonder why over 300,000 Americans already died from #COVID19 and the US has the worst pandemic response of any civilized country? It wasn’t just incompetence, it was actual malice by the Donald Trump Administration. - Rep. Ted Lieu

 

Pompeo Held A Party And Less Than 10% Showed Up

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo found out what happens when you send out 900 invitations to an indoor holiday party during a pandemic that has killed at least 300,000 Americans: not that many people show up.

The Tuesday event for the families of diplomats in high-risk locations was hosted by Pompeo and his wife, Susan, in Washington, D.C. As of Monday night, only about 70 people had accepted their invitations, and even fewer showed up...

It took over three months to reach the first million cases of Coronavirus in the U.S.

The last million took five days. - JRehling

 

Republican Shenanigans

• Secretary of State Pompeo Quarantines After Virus Exposure 
• Trump retweets call to jail Georgia governor and secretary of state
• Trump Ramps Up Attacks on Former Favorite Network: ‘Fox News is Dead’
• Graham: Trump should name special counsel to probe Bidens
• WH lawyers warned Trump not to fire Chris Wray
• Ex-Houston cop hired by GOP megadonor arrested for aggravated assault while hunting fake ballots
• Trump Breaks Silence on McConnell's Public Congratulation of Joe Biden in 12:40 AM Tweet: 'People are Angry!'
• Anderson Cooper Serves Up Sarcastic, 'Slow Clap' Takedown of McConnell for 'Bare Minimum' Acceptance of Biden Win
• Sen. Kelly Loeffler campaigns in Fort Oglethorpe, touts Trump

Pence Refuses Vaccine After Learning He Would Be Alone In Room With Female Nurse. - Andy Borowitz

 

 

One Of Trump's Friends?

The Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard was charged on Tuesday with sex trafficking, racketeering and other crimes targeting dozens of women and underage girls over a quarter century in three countries, U.S. authorities said.

Kelly Loeffler’s net worth is between $800 million and $1 billion dollars. Yet, she’s panhandling on Twitter for $5 like Lindsey Graham at a truck stop. - Hoodlum tweet

 

I feel like the fact that after receiving classified briefings about COVID Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue downplayed the virus to the public and invested in BODY BAGS should have been a bigger a story. - OhNoSheTwitnt

 

 

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Ugh, I get so irritated with folks who want to blame Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats in the House of Representatives for not understanding that no matter what they write up or pass, it has to pass the Republican dominated Senate. 

Blame the Senate Majority Leader. - Kathy Griffin

 

Rock The Voter News

• Ocasio-Cortez: I'm 'not ready' to be Speaker but Pelosi and Schumer need to go
• Kamala Harris Applauds McConnell for Acknowledging Biden Win: ‘It Would Have Been Better If It Were Earlier’
• George Clooney Remembers Donald Trump as the Guy Hitting on Cocktail Waitresses on the New York Party Circuit

Begrudgingly acknowledging the reality of gravity when the final apple falls on your head doesn’t make you worthy of any commendation. - Dan Rather

 

Well, Well, Well. If Trump Isn't A Legal Resident of Florida, Were The Votes He & Melania Cast Legal?

A number of President Trump’s neighbors in Palm Beach, Fla., are arguing that he is legally barred from taking up primary residence at his Mar-a-Lago resort after leaving the White House.

In the letter to Palm Beach officials obtained by The Washington Post, the residents cited an agreement Trump signed in 1993 to convert the facility to a private club, which they said bars him from using it as a primary residence. The agreement bars members from spending more than 21 days per year there or for more than seven days straight.

REPORT: GOP in Massachusetts have declared Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 Boston Marathon. - JRehling

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Business/Tech News

• Nearly 8 million Americans fell into poverty since June: study
• Fox News inks new multi-year deal with Laura Ingraham
• Jeffrey Toobin Scrubbed From HBO's The Undoing — But Remains at CNN
• Florida's Sun Sentinel found an odd gap in state COVID-19 deaths ahead of the election

CDC Announces Children Will Be Last To Receive Covid Vaccine Because What Are Those Little Twerps Going To Do About It  - The Onion

 

Google Is Giggling

Texas plans to hire Ken Starr, the former independent counsel in the investigation that led to President Bill Clinton’s impeachment, to represent the state in an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.’s Google, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Whenever I see someone trying to parallel park I avert my eyes and continue walking giving them the privacy they need because I’m a decent human being. - Tomi Obaro 

 

 

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My Internet connection is properly functioning. 

Finally. 

Thank you for your patience.

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Odd News

• Tom Cruise Tears Into ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ Crew for Not Following COVID-19 Safety Protocols
• Chicken-Sized Dinosaur Enthralls Scientists: 'Like Nothing I've Seen In Nature Before'
• Spiders Figured Out How to Build Webs in Space
• Scientists find two new species of fungi that turn flies into 'zombies'
• Chihuahua dog missing for 5 years in California is found

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The Rookery Building Oriel Staircase designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Chicago, 1905, gives me a touch of vertigo.

Peace.

William Barr steps down as Trump's attorney general

William Barr steps down as Trump's attorney general

The US attorney general, William Barr, one of Donald Trump's staunchest allies, has resigned just weeks after he contradicted the president by...

In the end, it was a very low Barr. - Dan Rather

 

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• U.S. COVID-19 death toll passes 300000 as vaccine rolls out
• All 538 electors have voted, formalizing Biden's 306-232 win. Here's how the electoral vote works
• Russia's Putin congratulates Biden on winning U.S. election
• Proud Boys Say They've Had a Member 'at the White House For Four Years'
• Driver yells anti-Semitic slurs, assaults man during Hanukkah celebration in Kentucky

Putin beat Mitch McConnell to congratulating our president elect.

Good job, Senate GOP. - Steven Pasquale

 

The national security negligence is stunning: the Commander in Chief is chasing a false allegation of election fraud at home, while a very real foreign adversary executed a very real hack of large swaths of his government - and his admin missed it. - Jim Sciutto, CNN

Is Putin Cleaning House Before Trump Vacates?

The longtime aide to “Putin’s Congressman” Dana Rohrabacher died suddenly from a head injury over the weekend.

Paul Behrends was found by emergency responders close to his home on Friday night with severe head trauma. He was taken to a local hospital where surgeons fought to save him, but he passed away on Saturday, according to a spokesman for Rohrabacher.

Behrends was a controversial figure on Capitol Hill who lost his job as staff director for the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee after The Daily Beast reported on his links to Trump Tower lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya’s operation in the U.S.

Republican Shenanigans

• Gov. DeSantis suggests one dose of Pfizer vaccine may be enough
• Rogue Florida Guv’s Next Pandemic Fiasco: Vaccine Rollout
• Top GOP senators acknowledge Biden as president-elect after Electoral College vote
• Trump attorney Jenna Ellis reportedly lied about being fired from DA's office
• Bette Midler blasts McConnell: 'How did he win with an 18% approval rating?'
• CDC’s Redfield told staff to delete email, official tells House watchdog
• Trump campaign files lawsuit over New Mexico election, objecting to ballot drop boxes

Let Donald Trump's hair be a reminder that he is never going to admit he lost anything. - LOLGOP

 

Will $28.5 Million Buy Ghislaine Maxwell A Get-Out-Of-Jail Card?
Ghislaine Maxwell, the former associate of Jeffrey Epstein accused of aiding his alleged sex-trafficking operation, has asked for a $28.5 million bond after a judge rejected her offer of $5 million earlier this year.

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SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: watching Donald Trump lose this election over and over can be habit-forming. - Jeff Tiedrich

Rock The Voter News

• Percentage of Americans who say they'll get vaccine right away doubles since September: poll
• Biden to nominate Buttigieg as transportation secretary
• Fauci: Biden and Trump should get Covid-19 vaccine

Pete Buttigieg’s first order of business as Secretary of Transportation should be to add Mike Pence to the no fly list. - Jesse Lifson

BEHOLD: A Republican Turned Independent.

Rep. Paul Mitchell, R-Mich., said Monday he is leaving his party and becoming an Independent because Republicans have not stood up to President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the election.

Mitchell said in an interview with CNN that the breaking point for him was the amicus brief signed by over 100 Republican House members in support of the unsuccessful Texas-led bid to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's win at the Supreme Court, which made unsupported claims of widespread voter fraud and argued that voting procedures in four battleground states violated their own state laws.

I can't get over part where 15 minutes after the Electoral College certified for Biden, William Barr quit. - Stonekettle

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Business/Tech News

• Text messages promising $1,200 stimulus checks are actually scams, IRS warns
• Trump administration rolls back efficiency standards for showerheads, washers and dryers
• Facebook takes down French, Russian networks targeting African nations
• Twitter confirms Trump can be banned from inauguration day onwards
• Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church took $4.4M PPP loan

McConnell Says He Would Have Congratulated Biden Earlier But Was Busy Thwarting Stimulus Package. - Andy Borowitz

 

Melania Didn't Care Then and Doesn't Care Now. Evil To The Core.

First lady Melania Trump broke stated mask policy at Children's National Hospital Tuesday when she removed her mask to read a holiday book to children.

Trump, who has visited children at the hospital each year during her time as first lady, continued the tradition despite the coronavirus pandemic and record cases in Washington, DC.

I’m starting to think the only person Trump ever hired who was actually qualified to do her job was Stormy Daniels.- Andrea Junker

 

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Deep apologies for the late post. My Internet connection is acting up again. Sigh, and to think 20 years ago, I used dial-up!

Thank you all for the birthday wishes and gifts. 

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Odd News

• Customer leaves $5,600 tip for Ohio restaurant employees
• A pocket watch worth up to nearly $27,000 that was presented by US President Woodrow Wilson has been stolen
• Reverse waterfall - High-speed winds from Storm Ciara blew the water from a waterfall in Scotland back up
•  Florida woman finds raccoon in her Christmas tree
•  'My adrenaline was just rushing': Hero catches victims jumping from burning Georgia apartment

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Capitol Hill. Washington, D.C., in case you wondered how wealthy Washingtonians lived.

Peace.

White House recommended tighter restrictions in Florida: report
The White House coronavirus taskforce recommended that Florida take stricter coronavirus measures earlier this month as cases in the state and across the country climbed, according to a report obtained by the Center for Public Integrity. 

Iraqis Perplexed To See Americans Protest Against Democracy. - Andy Borowitz

 

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• Newsmax WH correspondent agrees that it’s time to get ‘2nd Amendment supplies’ ready for 2020 election fight
• Gunman Killed By Police After Firing 20 Shots at NYC Church During Christmas Concert
• 1 Person Was Shot During Riot Between Armed Left- and Right-Wing Groups in Washington State: Police
• 'Threats of Violence' Lead to Closure of Michigan Legislative Offices as Electoral College Set to Cast Votes for Biden
• DC Church Responds After BLM Banner Was Burned By Proud Boys: 'Reminiscent Of Cross Burnings'

While out for my morning walk, a guy flashed by on his bike and yelled: "Trump, Trump! Trump! Get ready for civil war!" Then he swung back to add, "Go back to Maine, you piece of sh*t!" This is political discourse in Trump's America. - Stephen King

 

Putin Protects Himself From COVID, Unlike Trump.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been a visible presence during Russia's COVID-19 pandemic, but only on TV, shown working from his office at his official residence outside Moscow. Few people have seen Putin in person since March, and those who are allowed into his office have to first quarantine for two weeks then walk through a tunnel that sprays a fine mist of antiseptics, Russian journalists say. But the investigative news organization Proekt reported last week that Putin's isolated workaholism isn't all that it appears.

Putin, a former spy, has actually been working at an identical office set up at his residence in Sochi, a resort town and popular vacation destination on the Black Sea, Proekt reports, citing anonymous sources plus presidential plane flight logs and other circumstantial evidence.

"IF I LOSE, YOU'LL NEVER HEAR FROM ME AGAIN" - Donald Trump

Well, we did our part, you? - Willie Garson 

Republican Shenanigans

• Day Before Electoral College Meets, Trump Tweets That Certifying Votes Will Be a 'Severely Punishable Crime' (It's Not)
• After Backlash, Trump Tweets White House Staffers WON'T Get Priority For Vaccine, And He's Not Scheduled to Get it Either
• Trump Blasts Bill Barr Over Hunter Biden Investigation During Kilmeade Interview: At Least 'Bob Mueller Set the Record Straight'
• Former FDA Director Scott Gottlieb: Trump Administration Declined More Pfizer Vaccines as Recently as November
• Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices Tell Trump Lawyer His Election Suit ‘Smacks of Racism’
• Stephen Miller Proposes Wacky Plan Involving 'Alternate State Electors' to Ensure Trump is Re-Elected
• WSJ Op-Ed Writer With an Honorary Doctorate Mocks Dr. Jill Biden's Real One, Gets Schooled By Basically The Entire Twitterverse
• Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Begs Trump to Concede: 'Bitterness as a Political Strategy Rarely Wears Well'

It seems an odd choice to criticize the future First Lady for using her degree when the current First Lady lied about having one. - Mrs. Betty Bowers

 

Shout Out To All The Electors Who Followed The Constitution! Hip, Hip, Hooray!

Electors across the country gathered on Monday — under a cloud of tensions and in some cases outright threats — to formally certify Joe Biden as the next U.S. president.

Protesters carrying Trump flags gathered near the capitol in Pennsylvania as the state prepared to cast its 20 electoral votes for Biden. Electors in Wisconsin were told to use a side door to enter the capitol to avoid expected protests, according to The New York Times. Legislative office buildings in Michigan were closed for the day due to what officials called "credible threats of violence."

Her name is Dr. Jill Biden. Get used to it. - Hillary Clinton

 

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At what point do we as a society begin to consider the GOP as a national security threat? - Russell the Texan tweet

 

Rock The Voter News

• Requests for mail-in ballots top 1 million in Georgia as early voting begins in Senate runoffs
• Jill Biden urges celebrating women's accomplishments after critical op-ed
• Voting machine company Smartmatic demands conservative networks retract election claims

If we had known how many times Biden would win this election we could have made it a drinking game. - Asha Rangappa

 

DeSantis Needs To Be Dethroned
Pointing to what they called “baseless” legal arguments, lawyers for Gov. Ron DeSantis have urged an appeals court to sanction a Northwest Florida attorney who filed a lawsuit to try to force DeSantis to close beaches to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

I didn't vote for a Democrat over a Republican this year, or for a liberal over a conservative.

I voted for an empath over a psychopath. - George Conway

 

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Business/Tech News

• Sanders steps up push for stimulus checks ahead of rollout of bipartisan relief legislation
• Germans urged to skip Christmas shopping
• FTC orders Amazon, Facebook and others to explain how they collect and use personal data
• Boeing Widens 787 Dreamliner Inspections After Finding More Assembly-Line Defects

Meanwhile, the coup coup clock in the White House keeps on ticking. - Dan Rather

 

Naw, I'll Pass On The Holiday Raw Meat, Thank You Very Much.

Wisconsinites turning to comforting family traditions during the holiday season have been warned by their state health department to avoid one in particular: cannibal sandwiches.

The sandwiches – also known as “tiger meat” and, for the fancier-minded, “steak tartare” – consist of ground raw meat, typically beef, on a slice of bread, topped with raw onions.

Giuliani First To Receive Vaccine Developed By Pfizer Total Landscaping. - Andy Borowitz

 

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It is AHNC's 20th Birthday

Twenty years ago today I was watching C-SPAN, whose guest was former Texas Governor Ann Richards. She was asked to describe George W. Bush. Her response named my website the instant I heard her utter: Why, he's All Hat No Cattle.

I literally ran to my computer to see if the domain name was available. AllHatNoCattle.com was taken but  dot net was available. I now own both domains.

And here we are twenty years later with another election screwed with by the Republicans.

Lest we never forget the great 40,000 voter purge of mostly Black Floridians by Jeb Bush prior to the 2000 election. Thousands were turned away at the polls.

And never forget how Jeb broke his oath as governor to uphold the laws of the great state of Florida and went to the Supreme Court of the United States, to stop the vote recount the Florida court ordered. States' rights, my foot.

Jeb paved the way for Trump by validating the crazy Christian right and supporting their quest for control of Florida politics. Well, how did that work out? Current Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is a mini-Trump causing thousands of Floridians and countless tourists to die.

I love Florida, I grew up in Fort Lauderdale and was educated in a beautiful environment we respected. And now it is a cesspool of crazy conservatives spreading a deadly virus.

Hold every damn one of them accountable. There are Federal and State laws against endangering the public. It's called negligent homicide

They just need to be enforced.

Enter stage left: Joe Biden.

Exit stage right: Every Republican who did not follow the CDC's virus guidelines in handcuffs.

It's really that easy.

Thank you for the past twenty years, I could not have done it without you.

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Odd News

• 'Awe inspiring' photos of the only total solar eclipse of 2020
• Black 'sand-like' asteroid dust found in box from Japan probe
• The largest solar telescope on Earth snaps the most detailed image of a sunspot we've ever seen
• Boy Scouts create COVID-19 'hug booth' for Texas nursing home
• Florida man retrieves golf ball that landed on alligator's tail

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The Wave is a sandstone rock formation located in Arizona and is probably the only wave I can surf.

Peace and love and thank you for a fabulous twenty years.