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And yet...... 'Incredible reach': Donald Trump gloats about 'off the charts' ratings from East Palestine visit Former President Donald Trump on Thursday shared a "viewership report" on his Truth Social app to gloat about the media ratings of his Wednesday publicity stunt in East Palestine, Ohio, where a February 3rd Northfolk Southern freight train derailment poisoned the surrounding environment with toxic substances. As Mediaite noted, "Trump's live remarks from East Palestine, Ohio were ignored by the three major cable news networks on Wednesday: CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News," while "Newsmax and OAN, both to the right of Fox News, carried the remarks live and offered analysis following the event. The report Trump shared noted that 'outlets like Fox News are woefully derelict' in their limited reporting on the trip." It states: VIEWERSHIP REPORT President Trump’s 2/22 visit to East Palestine, OH TOTAL PEOPLE THAT SAW COVERAGE (SOCIAL+ TRADITIONAL): 178,052,414 TOTAL SOCIAL MEDIA USERS THAT SAW COVERAGE: 144,037,338 TOTAL TRADITIONAL VIEWERS THAT SAW COVERAGE: 34,015,076 "This report searched for the term 'East Palestine' + 'Trump' what you will see is while traditional outlets like Fox News are woefully derelict in their reporting with what you did, the word is still getting out there in a big way. Specifically, when the announcement was made last week there was a bump of coverage reaching about 2 million on social channels and 10 million on other channels. However, your numbers this Wednesday were off the charts with incredible reach, 144MM on social and 34MM in other channels. The visit meant a lot for the people of East Palestine and the surrounding communities. The trip gave them hope and raised the awareness needed to combat the incompetence of the Biden Administration. As you will see a sharp spike in the positive sentiments as well."

Idaho lawmakers want to criminalize mRNA vaccines. Here's what happens if their bill passes Political polarization in the United States has created bitter divides over all kinds of public health measures — ranging from abortion rights to COVID-19 protections. Yet in Idaho, a deep-red state in which Donald Trump carried 63.8% of the popular vote in the 2020 election, Republican legislators are taking their conspiratorial beliefs regarding COVID-19 a step further by attempting to criminalize mRNA vaccines. Indeed, last week two Republican lawmakers in Idaho introduced House Bill 154 proposing that "providing" or "administering" mRNA vaccines should be criminalized. Specifically, doing so would be a misdemeanor. "I think conservatives were very opposed to lockdowns and mask mandates, which were not shown to be very effective in curbing the spread of COVID-19; that opposition seems to have led to a distrust of the mRNA vaccines." "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person may not provide or administer a vaccine developed using messenger ribonucleic acid technology for use in an individual or any other mammal in this state," the bill states. "A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor." In other words, doing so could result in jail time and/or a fine. If passed, the bill proposes that the law should go into effect this summer on July 1, 2023. As the COVID-19 pandemic enters a new phase, the proposed legislation is a reminder that some GOP lawmakers aren't done fear-mongering over COVID-19 vaccines just yet. "We have issues that this was fast tracked," Idaho state Sen. Tammy Nichols stated, though the notion that the vaccine was "rushed" has been consistently pointed out as a myth by experts. "There's no liability, there's no access to data," Nichols added, which is also false.

Apparently they have sent about 40 of these already and the Russians take the bait every time.

Understandable.

Also big time Trump supporter. If they scare enough people, one is going to crack and give up others.

And a much easier target for Fajardo to hit.

‘Putin’s Chef’ Leaks Grisly Corpse Photo in Public Betrayal of Kremlin If there were ever a time for the Kremlin to worry about an uprising by its most out-of-control private army, now would appear to be it. Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin has gone from accusing the Russian military of treason to flooding the internet with gruesome photos of the country’s war dead. “Who is to blame for them dying? Those who should have resolved the issue of supplying us with sufficient quantities of ammunition are to blame,” Prigozhin said Wednesday in comments to a pro-war Telegram channel, singling out Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov. A day earlier, he accused both of trying to “destroy” the Wagner Group by deliberately choking off their ammunition supply. To drive his point home on Wednesday, he released a photo showing rows upon rows of bloodied and maimed corpses that he said were Wagner fighters killed trying to keep the Kremlin’s grip on Ukraine. “No steps have been taken to issue ammunition. I am posting a photo below, this is one of the gathering points for the dead. These are guys who died yesterday due to ammunition hunger. There should have been five times less of them,” Prigozhin said. “Wagner, like a beggar crowd funding, is asking unit commanders to help in some way. We will not leave Bakhmut. We’ll just die twice as much as we already have, until everyone’s gone. And when the Wagernites run out, then most likely Shoigu and Gerasimov will have to take up machine guns,” he said. While Prigozhin has never been shy about blasting Russia’s top military brass, his outrage is rapidly spreading throughout the ranks of the pro-war military bloggers the Kremlin has relied on to bolster public support for the war. And it’s threatening to overshadow the “everything is going according to plan and we’re all united” message Putin wants to send ahead of the one-year anniversary of the full-scale invasion, when the Kremlin has only slight territorial gains and a whole generation of young dead men to show for the military conquest. Even as Putin took to the stage at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium for his pro-war rally Wednesday, Wagner supporters (or bots) flooded the chat of an online livestream of the event with angry messages demanding the military “give ammunition to Wagner!” Prigozhin–who was known for his role commanding armies of Russian trolls long before he admitted to being the puppetmaster of the mercenary group–was suspected of unleashing the messages. Several pro-Kremlin Telegram channels have also begun conducting polls on who followers would want to see win in the “terrible confrontation”–Shoigu and Gerasimov, or Prigozhin. Ninety six percent of the more than 15,000 people who responded to one poll on Tuesday voted for Prigozhin. But anger at the Russian military command has already spread far beyond Prigozhin, and even Wagner. Igor Bezler, one of the Kremlin’s most well-known proxy commanders from Russia’s first wave of aggression against Ukraine in 2014, called for Shoigu and Gerasimov to be assassinated in an intercepted call with an FSB officer recently, according to Ukrainian intelligence. (Interpretation: there is a power struggle between the founder of the Wagner Group and Putin. Putin seems to be seeing Prigozhin as someone who could topple him and become dictator of Russia. Putin's generals may have deliberately cut off or minimized ammunition and weapons to the Wagner mercenaries at the front lines so as to thin out their ranks. This is a festering issue that has to end in death(s) among the highest ranks in Russia. (

Trump Totally Embarrassed Himself In East Palestine Donald Trump put the capper on his trip to East Palestine, OH, by telling potentially poisoned people to have a good time and have fun. Trump also showed up with some branded bottled water, and because the people are his white supporters, he threw MAGA hats at them. If you are white, you get a MAGA hat. If you are brown or black, duck because a roll of household cleaning products are being flung in your general direction. The whole point of Trump’s trip was to get some free cable news coverage, of which he got none. Donald Trump treated a train derailment with unknown long-term environmental and human consequences, like a wedding reception that he crashed at Mar-a-Lago. The man is utterly incapable of acting like a normal human being, much less a president, for a minute. https://www.politicususa.com/2023/02/22/trump-totally-embarrassed-himself-in-east-palestine.html

Ivanka Trump And Jared Kushner Subpoenaed In Jan. 6 Probe: Reports The special counsel overseeing the Justice Department’s investigation into former President Donald Trump’s efforts to stay in power has subpoenaed Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, according to multiple reports. Special counsel Jack Smith subpoenaed Donald Trump’s daughter and son-in-law to testify before a federal grand jury about Trump’s attempt to remain president after losing the 2020 election and his role in inciting an insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The subpoena was first reported by The New York Times and confirmed by ABC News.

FL GOP bill would 'allow government officials to harass and bankrupt' opposers with defamation lawsuits Florida GOP State Rep. Alex Andrade proposed a bill that would simplify the process for fellow Republican officials, like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, to file defamation lawsuits against media and other "critics," Truthout reports. Per Tampa Bay Times, Andrade's legislation reflects one of DeSantis' "key priorities." Regarding defamation law, the United States Supreme Court New York Times v. Sullivan decision states, according to Tampa Bay Times, for one "to win damages from a defamation case, public figures — i.e., famous people, elected officials, etc. — have to prove publishers disseminated information knowing it was false, or with 'reckless disregard' for the truth." Proving the outlet published false information is not enough However, the state representative argues, Truthout reports: H.B. 951 laments that the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in New York Times v. Sullivan has 'foreclosed many meritorious defamation claims to the detriment of citizens of all walks of life' by placing such claims under the purview of the federal government and establishing a high standard of proof. However, the Oyez Project says the ruling maintains “to sustain a claim of defamation or libel, the First Amendment requires that the plaintiff show that the defendant knew that a statement was false or was reckless in deciding to publish the information without investigating whether it was accurate.” First Amendment lawyer and Director of Advocacy for Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), Seth Stern said," DeSantis continues to make clear his disdain for freedom of speech and the press and to prioritize censoring dissent over governing." READ MORE: Why DeSantis supporters' response to Trump’s 'groomer' attack is 'hypocritical' and 'pathetic': conservative Similarly, another First Amendment attorney, Floyd Abrams, noted in a Law&Crime interview "it's blackletter law that a state cannot constitutionally provide less protection in libel litigation than the First Amendment requires." Cornell University defines "blackletter law" as "the well-established legal rules that are certain and no longer disputable." "Abrams says Andrade's bill "intentionally" disregards the blackletter law.

If you follow that line of thought to its logical conclusion, all out going senators ought to be shot in the head on their way out of the senate. That would save the state hundreds of dollars in pensions and benefits. That is only logical, Jim.

A 'benefit to society': Alaska GOP lawmaker touts 'cost savings' when 'child abuse is fatal' Alaska Republican state Representative David Eastman stunned his fellow lawmakers on Monday when he declared society benefits when children who are so badly abused die, because there’s less financial cost to the state for their care. “In the case where child abuse is fatal, obviously it’s not good for the child, but it’s actually a benefit to society because there aren’t needed government services and whatnot over the whole course of that child’s life,” Rep. Eastman said (video below) during a hearing of the Judiciary Committee, as the Anchorage Daily News reports. When pressed, he continued, saying: “Talking dollars, now you’ve got a $1.5 million price tag here for victims of fatal child abuse. It gets argued periodically that it’s actually a cost savings because that child is not going to need any of those government services that they might otherwise you know, be entitled to receive and need based on, you know, growing up in this type of environment.” Trevor Storrs, president and CEO of the Alaska Children’s Trust who was testifying at the hearing countered, “I’m really, I’m not even sure how to answer that, that there’s a cost saving to fit that to the death of a child. The impact that that has on a family and us as a society, when a child is lost, especially to child abuse, neglect is unmeasurable and it’s it’s a hugely tragic.”

‘Political Opportunity’: After Weakening Critical Rail Safety Rules, Trump Heads To East Palestine A wave of Republican criticism of the Biden administration’s handling of a train derailment that launched toxic chemicals into the air in East Palestine, Ohio, is set to culminate on Wednesday when former President Donald Trump visits the disaster-stricken village of 4,000. So far, however, the broadsides have not turned into anything resembling action that could prevent crashes or break the GOP’s arm-in-arm embrace of the railroad industry, which relentlessly and successfully pushed to cut costs and roll back regulations during Trump’s four years in office. “A lot of the folks who seem to find political opportunity there are among those who sided with the industry time and time again,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on a conference call with reporters Monday night when asked about Trump’s visit. “They have fought safety regulations on trains and hazmat tooth and nail.” (Buttigieg did not mention Trump by name, which would violate the Hatch Act limits on what federal employees can say about politics.)

To be the devil's advocate: quarterbacks have a lot more tactile control over the ball when they release it, yet most good QBs have a completion rate a bit above 60%. Kickers much less so, so cut Liegghio some slack. He will get better or he will be gone- the Mafia will see to that.

Correct. A couple of months ago, I was driving home around 11:00PM and the radio host was trying to slag the global climate change consensus by complaining that the terms being used by climatologists were inflammatory. Specifically- "river of storms" affecting California and "severe storms".

The arid areas of Australia, due to the prolonged droughts they have suffered, embarked on a somewhat expensive program of forcing "grey water" from their cities and towns into their aquifers. As a result, the aquifers water levels have been rising. But that's environmental socialism. Abhorrent to Americans and many Canadians.

Sooo....now we know that Ellingson has had one too many concussions:

Fixed that for you.

But that would cost money and mean higher (gasp) taxes.

Damn that Brodbeck for becoming a left-wing radical.

The Riders are trying to become competitive overnight but they have so many problems from the GM on down to, well everything that they are likely just delaying the inevitable housecleaning for one more year after flubbing the playoffs again.

Trump Begs CNN To Become The New Fox News Trump showed that he knows that he needs free media coverage, so while attacking Fox News, he asked CNN to go, ‘all Trump all of the time.’ The former president wrote on Truth Social: "So interesting to watch FoxNews cover the small and unenthusiastic 139 person crowd in Staten Island for DeSantis, but stay as far away as possible from coverage of the thousands of people, many unable to get in, at the Club 47 event in West Palm Beach, Florida. I call FoxNews the RINO Network, and their DOWN BIG Ratings accurately reflect the name. If FAKE NEWS CNN was smart, which they’re not, they’d go Conservative & “All Trump, All the Time,” like in 2016, and become a Ratings Juggernaut.”

Worse than that- it is mediocre with occasional "sort of okays".