I will return on Wednesday

Welp, I have to take the next two days off to attend to Casa Karma. It is girls day out with my amigos. An Uber driver/friend is driving my daughter and I to run errands in a few towns. Then on to the property to finish some touch up painting, take some photos, etc. And I'll damn sure stop for lunch at a Chinese restaurant. And I'll damn sure buy a car when I sell this property.

I wish I had a drone to shoot a film promoting my property. I had been asking around if anyone had a drone and my daughter called a mutual friend who has one. Guess what? It crashed last weekend into the Arenal Volcano. Damn.

Peace.

Supreme Court to review constitutionality of funding consumer protection bureau

Supreme Court to review constitutionality of funding consumer protection bureau

The Supreme Court will review the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) funding mechanism.

Lower courts have split on the issue of whether the CFPB’s funding through annual transfers by the Federal Reserve violates the Constitution’s Appropriations Clause, which establishes Congress’s power of the purse.

"Every time Republicans get what they want, the American people lose something they need."

--John Collins

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Florida College Student On MSNBC: ‘If You’re Lizzo Or John Oliver or Stephen Colbert Or Joe Biden, Help Us’
• Democrat On CNN Says Lab Leak News Not 'Surprising At All': Hundreds Of Thousands Dead Due To China's 'Mismanagement' At 'Every Step'
• FBI arrests man who allegedly stormed Capitol wearing panda head
• A Norwegian guy woke Russian diplomats in Oslo after 2 a.m. with an air raid siren on the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine

I wanted Hillary to win, but I didn’t storm the Capitol when she lost.

--John Collins

COVID-19 Origin Was Probably From Wuhan Lab Leak

The U.S. Department of Energy has reportedly concluded that the Covid-19 outbreak most likely originated by way of a lab leak.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the new finding was released in a classified report provided to the White House and key members of Congress. The Energy Department cited new intelligence as its reason for changing its conclusion.

George Santos Quickly Removes Job at Wuhan Lab from Résumé. - Andy Borowitz

Republican Shenanigans

• Inside the Unholy Sex Scandal Rocking Trump’s Ex-Adviser
• RNC Chair Tries to Convince CNN's Dana Bash That Trump Would Somehow Pledge to Support a 2024 GOP Candidate Who Defeated Him
• GOP Congressman Who Recently Said Marjorie Taylor Greene 'Matured' Gets Confronted About Her Push for 'National Divorce'
• Top Fox News anchor says the company has banned coverage of the Dominion lawsuit that revealed how Tucker Carlson and other Fox stars privately dismissed election
• Trump attorneys claim Georgia grand jury foreperson's interviews have tainted any possible charge of former president
• Donald Trump Reportedly Ordered White House To Crack Down On Jimmy Kimmel
• Louisiana anti-abortion group calls on doctors to stop denying care exempted by ban
• DeSantis in new book says Disney CEO complained of ‘pressure’ to condemn ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill
• New York Times review pans new Ron DeSantis book
• Trump targets Fox News for 'promoting’ DeSantis

Forced birther Jessa Duggar got an abortion & lied about it

Her brother is a convicted sex offender, molested girls & circulated child porn

Their dad waited over a year to notify police about his son’s crimes

Turns out right-wing evangelicals are some of the worst people alive. - Lindy Li tweet

The CIA Chimes In On China's Support of Russia
In an exclusive interview, CIA Director Bill Burns told CBS News he is "confident" that the Chinese leadership is considering providing lethal support to Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine. Despite recent concerns, President Biden is holding strong on his threat of consequences China would face if they took that step. 

The Bible stops at the Church door, the Constitution does Not.

The Constitution can Overrule the Bible, the Bible can Never overrule the Constitution

Facts Matter. - BadCompani tweet

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden barrels toward court fight over immigration
• Hunter Biden called his business partner a 'close confidant' to then-VP dad: email
• 'Do You Still Identify as a Democrat?' Maria Bartiromo Puts Joe Manchin on the Spot About His Party Afilliation and Whether He's Running for Reelection

It feels like Merrick Garland went out for cigarettes and never came home.

--John Collins

 

It Is 2023: Child Labor Is A Problem
U.S. Department of Labor and Department of Health and Human Services officials on Monday announced interagency initiatives to combat child labor law violations after it was revealed that child labor violations have been on the rise since 2015.

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The future the gun lobby is pushing for is one with absolutely no gun regulation whatsoever where anyone can get a gun. That is the path we are going down right now. They want bad guys to have guns so they can use the rise in gun violence to sell more guns to scared people. - David Hogg tweet

Business/Tech News

• Republican war on 'woke' policies creeps into U.S. debt-ceiling debate
• Snapchat rolls out ChatGPT-powered AI bot
• Rights to 'Crying Indian' ad to go to Native American group
• 'Not a Difficult Decision': Major Newspapers Drop 'Dilbert' Over Creator Scott Adams' 'Discriminatory Comments'
• Musk defends Adams, says media 'racist against whites'

I am announcing today that I will not read Dilbert. I began this boycott 34 years ago. - Andy Borowitz

Methinks DeSantis Just Dug Himself An Expensive Grave

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that gives him control of Walt Disney World's self-governing district, punishing the company over its opposition to the so-called “Don't Say Gay” law.

The bill requires DeSantis, a Republican, to appoint a five-member board to oversee the government services that the Disney district provides in its sprawling theme park properties in Florida.

Beijing is now the city 

with the most billionaires in the world 

and I for one am OUTRAGED 

that the communists are better than us at capitalism. - John Fugelsang

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Odd News

• A Giant Destructive Blob Is Headed For Florida, And It Stinks
• Toddler says, ‘It is good to be honest,’ as he leads Kentucky cops to fugitive in home
• Toddler goes missing while parent slept. Then former Marine finds him in Florida woods
• Woman escapes kidnappers by driving off in their car with hands bound by tape, cops say
• Mexican president posts photo of what he claims is an elf

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Modrudalur, Iceland last night.

Peace.

Special counsel investigating Trump asks federal judge to compel Mike Pence to give Jan. 6. testimony

Special counsel investigating Trump asks federal judge to compel Mike Pence to give Jan. 6. testimony

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith has asked a federal judge to compel former Vice President Mike Pence to testify before a federal grand jury about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, a senior law enforcement official confirmed to NBC News on Friday.

"It is Mr. Pence who has chosen to politicize the subpoena, not the D.O.J.”- conservative judge J Michael Luttig

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Zelenskyy gives qualified support for China proposals on war
• Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Ukraine Invasion a 'War Against Russia' After Tucker Carlson Laughs at Them Being Called Pro-Putin
• Trump Shares Glowing Internal Report Claiming His East Palestine Visit Was a Ratings Hit, Despite No Major Networks Covering Live

People like MTG in re: #Ukraine.  The aid is not pallets of cash. It’s in the form of military equipment, assigned a value, that is donated.  

That equipment is usually older and would be replaced in the next few years anyway, at a cost . 

I’m sure she doesn’t understand this. - Adam Kinzinger tweet

ANOTHER Federal Judge Rules Against Trump
A federal judge has agreed to permit former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page to take sworn testimony from former President Donald Trump for two hours as part of their long-running lawsuits related to Strzok’s firing in 2018 after Trump repeatedly and publicly pilloried the pair.

Seriously, instead of seceding from the US, why not just go be ignorant in a totally different country? - John Fugelsang

Republican Shenanigans

• ‘Staggering’: Pile of Experts Tell CNN That Fox News Is In ‘Real Jeopardy’ After Bombshell Filing — Including Famed Floyd Abrams
• Top Fox News Advertiser Mike Lindell RIPS Fox News Over Tucker Carlson and January 6th Footage
• Donald Trump Jr.’s Interview With Kyle Rittenhouse Goes South In A Hurry
• Trump Interview With Hugh Hewitt Bragging About Firing FBI Agent Linked to Judge's Order to Depose Former President
• FBI Thinks Trump Playing 'Shell Game' With Classified Docs After Box Found in 'Bridal Suite At Mar-a-Lago'
• Trump-Allied Org Creates 'Cheat Sheet' of Former Jan 6 Committee Staffers For Blacklisting on Capitol Hill
• Nikki Haley's Claim She Always Rejected The Confederate Flag Undermined By 2010 Defense
• Alabama Lawmaker Who Ran on 'Medical Freedom' Proposes Murder Charges for Having an Abortion
• Alex Murdaugh admits lying, denies killing wife and son

Alex Murdaugh Calls George Santos as Character Witness. - Andy Borowitz

Apparently, Catholic Priests Aren't The Only Pedophiles

LEON COUNTY, Texas (KBTX) -Two Leon County brothers with pastoral leadership positions at churches in Centerville and Buffalo were arrested following grand jury indictments Wednesday.

Clark A. Travis was arrested in Buffalo by Leon County Sheriff’s deputies without incident Tuesday night.

Matthew T. Travis Jr. surrendered himself to the Leon County Sheriff’s Office jail late Wednesday night.

The duo is accused of sexually assaulting at least five children, according to authorities.

"He's the gay guy, so we gotta give him something, let's make him Transportation Secretary" -- Donald Trump Jr on Newsmax

Transgender Bathroom Hysteria - brought to you by the party of Dennis Hastert, Jim Jordan, Josh Duggar, Roy Moore & Larry Craig. - John Fugelsang

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden Gets His First 2024 Primary Opponent As Marianne Williamson Confirms She Will Run Again
• The AP Interview: Jill Biden: Joe ready to run '24
• States look to remove legal protections for gun industry
• Democrats erupt with fury after Republican questions ‘loyalty’ of Rep. Chu

Academic v DeSantis
Julian Davis Mortenson, a professor at the University of Michigan School of Law, ripped apart Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' new bill regulating higher education, which he said was a full-frontal attack on academic freedom...Among other things, Mortenson noted that the bill states that "all colleges and universities are forbidden to spend any money to fund pedagogy, programming, or activities that 'espouse diversity, equity, and inclusion.'"

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Business/Tech News

• The Fed is gearing up for a longer-than-expected inflation fight
• Billionaire financier Thomas H. Lee found dead of self-inflicted gunshot wound in NYC office: sources
• Cosori air fryers recalled after reports of fires, burns
• 7 Objects Floating in US Airspace Right Now

It turns out that regulations keep people safe.

Who could have guessed? - John Collins

Cry Me A River

Far-right provocateur Alex Jones, who owes almost $1.5 billion in court-awarded damages to the families of Sandy Hook victims, is now accusing authorities of trying to take his cat away, because of his bankruptcy proceedings.

Former Republican House Speaker, Paul Ryan: "If we nominate Trump again we are going to lose...We lost with him in 18', 20' and 22'. We know this. He will cost us another election."

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Odd News

• Scientists find evidence of a new layer at the Earth's inner core
• Russia launches rescue ship to International Space Station
• Blizzard warning remains in effect in Southern California as snow, wind, rain expected
• Archery May Have Arrived in Europe Thousands of Years Earlier Than Thought
•  Missing cat reunited with owner after 9 years in Virginia
• Pediatric ER Doctor Issues Warning After Boy, 4, Ate Hamburger Containing Wire from Grill Brush

Time To Deflate Photo

Mexico, Central America, South America and Florida sticking its nose out.

Peace.