Hunter Biden asks for criminal probe into Trump allies for 'theft' of data from laptop

Hunter Biden asks for criminal probe into Trump allies for 'theft' of data from laptop
Lawyers for Hunter Biden sent letters Wednesday requesting investigations into allies of former President Donald Trump who they say trafficked in stolen information from his laptop — a dramatic shift in strategy for the president’s son after years of GOP attacks.

Search of Joe Biden’s Home Ends Abruptly After Major Bites FBI Agent. - Andy Borowitz

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• North Korea warns US of ‘overwhelming nuclear force’
• ‘We Need to Get Our Numbers Up’: Boebert Complains Americans Own a Mere 46% of All Guns in the World
• Sen. Mike Lee Issues Threat to Japanese Prime Minister Over Imprisoned U.S. Soldier: 'The Stake That Sticks Out Gets Hammered Down'
• Eyeing defense spending cuts, House GOP targets military ‘wokeness’
• 'We Will Not Be Denied!' VP Kamala Harris Demands Action on George Floyd Act In Speech at Tyre Nichols Funeral
• Wrongful death lawsuit upheld after 100-hour search to serve Rittenhouse

Will Biden Be Safe Giving The State of the Union Address With Security Measures Removed From The House?

House Democrats are raising the alarm over the security of President Biden and State of the Union guests ahead of the address next week in the House chamber after Republicans stripped down security infrastructure shortly after taking control in their new majority.

It’s OUTRAGEOUS that the Justice Department searched President Biden’s beach house in Delaware yesterday for classified documents (they found NOTHING), but they still haven’t searched any of TRUMP’S other homes aside from Mar-a-Lago.

Why is DOJ treating Trump with kid gloves?  - Jon Cooper tweet

Republican Shenanigans

• House Republicans voted to oust Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee
• Mike Pence's Indiana Home Next Target of FBI in Ongoing Classified Documents Search That Began With Mar-a-Lago
• Scott: ‘I don’t think it made any sense’ for McConnell to boot me from Commerce
• McConnell Retaliates Against Top Senate Republicans Who Tried to Oust Him From Leadership -- In a Text Message
• Top Senate Republicans Push Back on Trump's Attacks on DeSantis: 'I Think We Need Some New Blood'
• Nikki Haley's Fmr. Aide Trashes Her on Tucker Carlson's Show: 'She Just Walks Away When Times Get Tough'
• Trump Claims Ron DeSantis Begged Him for Endorsement: 'There Were Tears Coming Down From His Eyes'
• 'This is a Phony Scandal': Geraldo Rivera Battles Hannity On Biden Classified Docs Story
• Cook Political Report gives GOP slight edge in 2024 House races
• Absolutely repulsive': Some House Republicans are now wearing an assault weapon lapel

Removing Omar from committees over anti-semitic comments while rallying behind the 'Jewish space laser'  lady and the guy who dined with antisemites is peak Republican hypocrisy. - Covie tweet

Kari Lake Furious That No One Has Searched Her Home for Stolen Documents. - Andy Borowitz

The FBI Is Investigating Santos and His Theft Of Funds Raised for a Dying Dog, Who Died!

The FBI has contacted a Navy veteran, Richard Osthoff, as part of an investigation into embattled Rep. George Santos and a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for Osthoff's sick service dog.

DeSantis trusts anyone to carry a loaded gun without a permit, but doesn’t trust a licensed teacher with a book. - piper4missouri tweet

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Rock The Voter News

• White House outlines new investments to help families with kids fighting cancer
• Biden at National Prayer Breakfast: McCarthy and I will treat ‘each other with respect’
• Pelosi backing Schiff if Feinstein retires

Sarah Huckabee Sanders admitted in the Mueller Report that she lied as Trump's press secretary. Since lying is a required ritual in the Republican Party, she's the perfect choice to give the response to the State of the Union. - Marc Jacob tweet

The U.S. Supreme Court Needs To "Divorce" Themselves From Their Spouses
The highly controversial and highly unpopular U.S. Supreme Court isn’t just facing a historic loss of confidence, it’s now facing yet another ethics scandal that is likely to lower even further public opinion of the far-right institution that in under two decades has seen its approval rating slashed...should a Justice’s spouse – in this case the spouse of Chief Justice John Roberts – be able to make millions of dollars recruiting attorneys who are placed into top law firms that argue cases before it?

That’s the latest allegation, and already a spokesperson for the Court has issued a statement denying any ethical violations.

Imagine being a woman in Florida that votes for men who want to track her daughters menstrual cycle. Sick bastards. - MayoIsSpicyy tweet

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Business/Tech News

• Mortgage rates drop to the 5% range for the first time since September
• Shell reports highest profits in 115 years
• Merck sees sharp decline in COVID sales for 2023 after strong fourth quarter
• Manchin and Cruz team up on bill to protect gas stoves

Senate Democrat Has Not Forgotten About The Dirty FBI Spy

The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee wants more information about investigations overseen by the former head of the FBI New York Field Office Charles McGonigal.

McGonigal, who was the special agent in charge of counterintelligence in the FBI's New York Field Office, was arrested last month over his alleged ties to Oleg Deripaska, a Russian billionaire who has been sanctioned by the United States and criminally charged last year with violating those sanctions.

The Jewish Space Laser is guarded by Hanukkah Solo and his sidekick Jewbacca. - OhNoSheTwitnt tweet

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Odd News

• Artemis 1 moon rocket looks ready for astronaut missions, NASA says
• California snowpack deepest in four decades
• U.S. woman detained in Russia after walking calf on Red Square
• Beautiful Pre-Columbian Spheres in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Surprises Ticos
• Arkansas 12-Year-Old Spreads Kindness by Sending Night Lights to Kids in Foster Care

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The Sombrero Galaxy. Sometimes I need to see a galaxy to remember how tiny the earth is.

Peace.

Trump Pimps Article Quoting Bob Woodward 48 Hours After Suing Him for 49 Million Bucks

Trump Pimps Article Quoting Bob Woodward 48 Hours After Suing Him for 49 Million Bucks

Former President Donald Trump is not one to pass up a chance to promote a comment from anyone who agrees with him — even when he just sued that person two days ago

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• 'She's Not Sober': Tucker Carlson Roasts Kamala Harris' Latest Speech and Suggests She's Taking Hallucinogens
• Anti-Asian Hate 'Runs the Gamut,' Racist Yelp Reviews Show
• 'The White House is in a Free Fall': Legal Analyst Jonathan Turley Reacts to New FBI Search of Biden's Home
• JUST IN: FBI Reportedly Finds No New Classified Documents in Search of Biden's Delaware Beach House

The only border crisis in the U.S. is how many red states are within it. - Middle Age Riot tweet

Happy Black History Month!*

*offer not available in Florida - Andy Borowitz

WOW, The Head Of The FBI Needs To Resign or Get Fired. Now.
...The Federal Bureau of Investigation was unable to predict — or prevent — the chaos that erupted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Apparently blinded by a narrow focus on “lone wolf” offenders and a misguided belief that the threat from the far left was as great as that from the far right, the analysis and other new documents suggest, officials at the bureau did not anticipate or adequately prepare for the attack.

Do a deep dive study of the CIA. I mean really dig in for about a year. Read a book a month…or 2-3. This, I assure you; you’ll never again be shocked by anything you read/see/hear regarding the things people are willing to do. - Jack Hopkins tweet

Republican Shenanigans

• Nikki Haley to Announce 2024 Presidential Run: Report
• Elon Musk Ignores Democrats While Visiting D.C., Only Scheduled Meetings with Republicans
• Cohen says he turned over cellphones to Manhattan prosecutors investigating Trump hush-money payments
• 'Thanks Ron!' Morning Joe Panel Breaks Down in Laughter While Blaming DeSantis for Sorry State of Miami Airport
• Matt Schlapp accuser files second lawsuit
• George Santos Declares, 'We Are Seeing a Major Uptick in Crime' While He's Facing Multiple Criminal Investigations
• Larry Elder, After Failed Bid For California Governor, Eyes Presidency in 2024

Let's just skip to Nikki dropping out. - Gailen David tweet

Santos Quits House Committees to Focus on Job as King of England. - Andy Borowitz

Has The House Solved Inflation Or The Border Crisis Yet?
The House voted Tuesday on party lines to end the Covid-19 public health emergency despite President Joe Biden’s announcement Monday that his administration would end the PHE along with a separate Covid national emergency in May.

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden job approval steady after classified documents discoveries
• Kamala Harris, Breonna Taylor’s mother and George Floyd’s brother expected at Tyre Nichols funeral
• Michelle Obama launching podcast based on ‘Light We Carry’ book tour

Ron DeSantis has brilliantly locked down the "Fake-Christian-Racists-Who-Already-Support-DeSantis" vote. - John Fugelsang

The FDA Needs To Put Out Public Service Announcements About Abortion Rights

Nearly half of all adults in the U.S. are unsure whether medication abortion is legal where they live, according to a new survey released Wednesday by KFF, formerly the Kaiser Family Foundation.

At least 4 in 10 adults — including 41 percent of women of childbearing age — said they are “not sure” whether mifepristone, a medication abortion drug, is legal where they live.

Remembering the Greensboro Four today on the 63rd anniversary of the first sit-in at the F.W. Woolworth lunch counter...Jibreel Khazan, Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, and David Richmond. That Woolworth's is now home to North Carolina's International Civil Rights Center and Museum.

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Business/Tech News

• Biden administration proposes approval for major Alaska drilling project
• Russians' deposits with foreign banks jumped to almost $82 bln in Jan-Nov
• NY Knicks Owner James Dolan Taps Ex-Trump Aide Hope Hicks For Madison Square Garden PR - Report
• Jon Stewart Blasts CNN For Airing Tyre Nichols Bodycam Footage: ‘They’re Playing it Like Fox Plays Spring Break Footage’

Elon Musk: "You're all fired."

Also Elon Musk: "How does Twitter work?" - Middle Age Riot

Exxon Makes Historic Profit While Republicans Blamed Biden
The White House on Tuesday expressed outrage on Tuesday at Exxon Mobil Corp's record net profit in 2022 of $56 billion, a historical high not just for the company but for the entire Western oil industry.

Q. What's the difference btw trickle-down economics & neon clothing? 

A. People realized neon clothing didn't work before the 80s ended. - John Fugelsang

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Odd News

• Supernova reveals rare pair of stars believed to be one of only about 10 like it in the Milky Way
• NASA's Perseverance Rover Completes Mars Sample Depot – Captures Amazing Variety of Martian Geology
• Radioactive capsule that fell off truck found in Australia
• Tom Brady Announces Retirement from the NFL 'For Good'
• Florida K-9 finds 76-year-old woman lost in woods after 20 hour search
• Firefighters put out flaming breakfast at their own station

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An ice tree in Alberta, Canada.

Peace.

Trump Pleads the Fifth Over 400 Times, Rages at New York AG’s ‘Witch Hunt’ In New Deposition Video

Trump Pleads the Fifth Over 400 Times, Rages at New York AG’s ‘Witch Hunt’ In New Deposition Video

A newly-obtained video shows former President Donald Trump railing at New York Attorney General Letitia James (D-NY) while repeatedly refusing to refusing to answer questions under the Fifth Amendment.

The mob takes the Fifth Amendment,” Donald Trump said in 2016. “If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?

 

 Your reminder that the email lady testified under oath for 11 straight hours and never once invoked the fifth amendment. - Jeff Tiedrich tweet

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Russian business offers cash bounties to destroy Western tanks in Ukraine
• Nazi Homeschool Network Under Investigation by Ohio’s Department of Education
• Gov. Gavin Newsom Fires Back At Sen. John Cornyn's Gun Tweet With A Blunt Fact-Check
• First police report in Tyre Nichols case does not match video of deadly beating

Well, we finally know what it would take for Fox News to *NOT* take the side of cops who just killed an unarmed black man. - John Fugelsang

Apparently, Mar-a-Lago Uses Rent-a-Cop Security

Court filings from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida revealed that another person was arrested for sneaking into Mar-a-Lago where former President Donald Trump lives.
The man, 25-year-old Joshua Warnock was observed entering the area on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, at approximately 12 p.m. and "walking up the pool deck staircase adjacent to the family suite."

The fact that there’s even a small possibility that Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene could be in charge of the nuclear football is the most frightening thing I can think of. - MayoIsSpicyy tweet

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump-DeSantis rivalry approaches boiling point
• One of Trump’s Biggest Online Boosters Jumps Ship for DeSantis
• Trump Floats New Statute of Limitations Stormy Daniels Defense a Day After Screaming 'NEVER HAD AN AFFAIR'
• Gaetz undecided on blocking Omar from Foreign Affairs panel
• Close to 80 percent of voters in Santos’s district think he should step down: poll
• Santos steps down from committee assignments
• ‘Beat His Ass’: Republican Strategist Calls on DeSantis to Run Against Trump
• Hide your books to avoid felony charges, Fla. schools tell teachers

Rep. George Santos is too much of a liar for the Republican Party, which is like being too tall to play basketball, too wet to be a fish, or too dumb to wear a MAGA hat. - Middle Age Riot

I Raise My Glass To Toast The GOP Investigations: May You Be As Successful As Benghazi!
House Republicans will push their long-planned investigations into the spotlight this week with hearings on the U.S.-Mexico border and COVID-19 relief spending programs, providing a first glimpse of how GOP leaders will use the biggest tools they have against Democrats and the Biden administration — and how they will set the tone for the 2024 election cycle.

The GOP & the NRA remind you we've got a mental illness problem, not an AR-15 problem.

Oh, and the mentally ill should totally be able to buy AR-15s. - John Fugelsang

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden Battles Anti-Abortion Reporter, Blows Off Special Counsel Query, Pushes Police Reform in 90-Second WH Scrum
• Biden to ask McCarthy for commitment to avoid default at Wednesday meeting
• Biden to announce $292M in funding for Hudson Tunnel Project between NY, NJ
• Hoyer to head new leadership arm for House Democrats
• Gun safety groups press Biden on executive actions, details on legislation implementation
• Valley fever, historically found only in the Southwest, is spreading. It can have devastating consequences.

Today, I signed the PRO Act into law.

 

Your reproductive freedom will stay protected in Minnesota. - Gov. Tim Walz tweet

American "Healthcare" Is A Scam
In 2021, the U.S. spent 17.8 percent of GDP on health care, nearly double the average of 9.6 percent for high-income countries, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund. Health care spending per capita in the U.S. was three or four times greater than for countries like South Korea, New Zealand and Japan.

America has become a reality show called "Food, Medicine, Rent - Pick 2." - John Fugelsang

 

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Business/Tech News

• Survey: Nearly two-thirds of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck
• Wage growth slows as Fed set to ease up on rate hikes
• Feds use rare veto to block Alaska copper, gold mine plan
• Bill Gates Blames Mainstream Media for Amplifying Covid Vax Conspiracy Theories About Him and Chip Implants

Donald Trump was never going to get along with anything called "the intelligence community." - Middle Age Riot

The EPA Chooses Alaskan Salmon Over Mine

The Biden administration has blocked a controversial proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska in order to protect the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery. 

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) blocked construction for the Pebble Mine, citing its potential impact on Bristol Bay — a southwestern Alaska watershed that’s home to numerous animal species including the salmon. 

I'm pitching my new NPR Biblical quiz show "Wait Wait Don't Smite Me." - John Fugelsang

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Odd News

• ‘Less clumpy’ universe may suggest existence of mysterious forces
• Several squirrel monkeys stolen from Louisiana zoo
• Video: Massive boulder crashes through home in scary close call
• Watch police extract joyrider from stolen cop car seconds before train hits
• Newly discovered giant waterlily species breaks world records

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Since I've never seen a Mammatus Cloud formation, they must not exist. 😉

Peace.