WASHINGTON (AP) — A freshman Republican congressman from Wisconsin is refusing to apologize after he yelled and cursed at high school-aged Senate pages during a late night tour of the Capitol this week, eliciting a bipartisan rebuke from Senate leaders....
(Reuters) - The White House on Friday proposed reforms to the environmental review process for new energy projects that it said would help speed up permitting for electric transmission and other projects needed to curb emissions linked to climate change.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban once again called for peace talks with Russia, repeating the Kremlin's false notion that the West is fighting Russia, using Ukrainian people as proxies. The Ukrainian government rejected the notion of negotiation with Russia until all of the Russian troops are gone from Ukraine's sovereign...
@Drusas Someone close to Feinstein needs to talk to her and make her understand how badly she is embarrassing herself and doing a dis-service to her constituents, the caucus, and the country at this point
@Emu I'm over 60 and still have all my faculties, I can assure you. Thirty-plus years ago, it was hard for me to imagine what I would be like at 60 but its actually not different, at least from the life of the mind perspective. I think your position is ageist and is itself generational thinking. Nevertheless, I have favored term limits for many years, including when I was young. The 25th Amendment was enacted and ratified to address Presidential incapacity after President Wilson became mentally incapacitated and his wife took over the office when no one was legally able to remove him.
@lusterko I'm not convinced that she is a Biden ally. She is a Nazi that has been groomed by Steve Bannon, who is an enemy of free people and Biden as well. He may be indicted for his role in the January 6 insurrection, which I hope will happen.
The class-action lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Sacramento, says Cigna Corp. and Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co. rejected more than 300,000 payment claims in just two months last year.
Ukraine has been delivered reinforcements for its air defense capabilities, which will be deployed where they are most needed, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on July 26.
@Col3814444 Gutfeld, the alleged comedian, is an arrogant, vile douche. He has been elevated to prominence by Murdochs for years. Another personality spewing hate. One of the most loathsome remaining on that network, this latest example is not surprising, it’s the point that Fox is dishing out
@woshang I got kicked off Twit years ago. Once Elon took over and let loose the Putinistas and authoritarians, there was no reason to go back to that cesspool of hate and misinformation
@Blamemeta Trump, his administration, the NRA astonishingly - remember Maria Butina and her boyfriend, the GOP operative?, "Sherriff" Clarke, Roger Stone, the traitor Gen. Mike Flynn, Rep. Dana Rohrbacker, Formerly of Fox News Tuckyeo Rose Carlson, MGT, Matt and Mercedes Shlapp of CPAP, Devin Nunes, and I could go on and on. I grew up during the Cold War and no one hates the fucking Putinistas more than I do. The Putinistas are all conservatives, or claim to be. Reagan must be rolling in his grave.
@Lapus If you mean leading an aligned NATO from a position of strength, then I would probably agree, even though I'm not a fan of Reagan and even though Trump and is evil goblins did their best to dismantle US and NATO security, which Biden has built back with the coalition in support of Ukraine. I disagree with your second statement.
@PugJesus That was a good line, but he was a very effective communicator. In my view, Reagan wanted what happened to happen - for the Soviet Union to collapse. "Mr. Gobachev, tear down this wall!" The US fucked up a once-in-a-millenium opportunity after the collapse, but that is another topic. After Vietnam, other than in Central America - Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras which were in our sphere of influence, no American President was going to meddle in a regional conflict. Moral opposition doesn't mean anything to anybody, but that is realpolitic. @Blamemeta@Lapus
@PugJesus In my view (and recollection) the whole point of the "star wars" project was to force the Sovs to spend themselves into collapse, which they did. That is why Reagan got credit for "winning" the Cold War. The Sovs were created on a false economic foundation - I'm referring to the forced collectivization of agriculture by Stalin as an example (not the human loss associated with it). So I think they were never whole as a point to rot from.
To be clear, I'm not a fan of Reagan and never was. He was out of control in Latin America, supported the Shah, lots of bad things. Realpolitik has been controversial for many years but I used the term as a description of how things are. And I agree - fuck Kissinger. The last thing we need is that guy negotiating on his own with his "old friend" in China.
@Arotrios I think that is an ivory tower view. I love America as much as anyone, and I watched 1.1 million largely preventable deaths from Covid. The reason all those citizens died is rank partisanship. Remember when Jared steered all the PPE away from Democratic states and for that matter when the governor of MD deployed the National Guard to keep Jared’s police force from confiscating the PPE. How about the confiscation of ventilators and deployment away from Democratic states? Dan Patrick saying that the old and vulnerable should gladly die to
allow the economy to open from the lockdown. “Dr.” Scott Atlas making administration policy to let hundreds of thousands of people die off for the quack idea of “herd immunity?” How about the aggressive anti maskers disrupting school board meetings and forcing their unmasked snotty faces into others? My family members treated these selfish purposefully ignorant fucks notwithstanding the danger to themselves. And by the way, if you’re someone who is immunocompromised, this not an academic discussion of partisanship. The awards to Grammy are made because of the active dissemination of deadly misinformation. As far as I’m concerned, Grammy should get her award. Grammy didn’t give a shit about other people dying
News: Senators rebuke Wisconsin congressman who yelled vulgarities at high school-age pages (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — A freshman Republican congressman from Wisconsin is refusing to apologize after he yelled and cursed at high school-aged Senate pages during a late night tour of the Capitol this week, eliciting a bipartisan rebuke from Senate leaders....
White House unveils proposed reforms to speed clean energy permitting (www.reuters.com)
(Reuters) - The White House on Friday proposed reforms to the environmental review process for new energy projects that it said would help speed up permitting for electric transmission and other projects needed to curb emissions linked to climate change.
Orban once again blames West for war, calls for peace talks on Russian terms (kyivindependent.com)
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban once again called for peace talks with Russia, repeating the Kremlin's false notion that the West is fighting Russia, using Ukrainian people as proxies. The Ukrainian government rejected the notion of negotiation with Russia until all of the Russian troops are gone from Ukraine's sovereign...
News: A confused Dianne Feinstein tried to give a speech in the middle of a Senate hearing vote and was told to 'just say aye' instead (www.businessinsider.com)
"Just say aye," Senate Appropriations Chairwoman Patty Murray repeatedly pleaded to Feinstein during the vote. Eventually, Feinstein did just that....
Trump’s Lawyers Meet With Prosecutors as Election Interference Charges Loom (archive.is)
The former president’s legal team reportedly arrived at the office of Jack Smith, the special counsel leading the inquiry.
Ukrainian fencer disqualified from World Cup for refusing to shake hands with Russian opponent (www.pravda.com.ua)
Ukrainian fencer Olha Harlan has been disqualified from the World Fencing Championships in Milan.
Putin can’t count on his friends in Italy anymore (www.politico.eu)
Russia-loving Silvio Berlusconi is dead and Italy’s new leader Giorgia Meloni is Joe Biden’s ally now.
Cigna health giant accused of improperly rejecting thousands of patient claims using an algorithm (www.witn.com)
The class-action lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Sacramento, says Cigna Corp. and Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co. rejected more than 300,000 payment claims in just two months last year.
Zelensky says Ukraine received air defense reinforcements (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine has been delivered reinforcements for its air defense capabilities, which will be deployed where they are most needed, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on July 26.
News: White House slams Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld for saying ‘useful’ Jews survived Nazi camps (www.independent.co.uk)
Museum on site of former concentration camp said host wasn’t being historically accurate
Time to ditch Twitter/X, what are you guys switching to?
He says X is for freedom of speech, and it is an everything app...
Clear to me.
Analysis: Pandemic deaths in Ohio and Florida show partisan divide after vaccine rollout (arstechnica.com)
The death gap between Democrats and Republicans was larger in counties with lower vaccination rates.
US Capitol rioter who beat officer with flagpole sentenced (www.bbc.com)
Footage shows Peter Francis Stager assaulting a fallen Capitol police officer with an American flag.