May 8, 2024 Government, Travel
USA Today reports: If you plan on flying around the country in 2025 and beyond, you might want to listen up. You have about 365 days to make your state-issued driver’s license or identification “Real ID” compliant, per the Department of Homeland Security. The Real ID compliance is part of a larger act passed by Congress in 2005 to set …
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May 8, 2024 Politics, Republicans
“You’ve got a massive Muslim takeover of the United Kingdom going on right before our eyes. People say, ‘Chip, well what is wrong with that?’ Well, I’ve got some pretty strong concerns about Sharia law and whether that will be forced upon the American people. In this case, the people of the United Kingdom. “I’ve got pretty strong concerns about …
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May 8, 2024 Covidiots, Crackpots
The New York Times reports: In 2010, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was experiencing memory loss and mental fogginess so severe that a friend grew concerned he might have a brain tumor. Mr. Kennedy said he consulted several of the country’s top neurologists, many of whom had either treated or spoken to his uncle, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, before his death …
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May 8, 2024 Business, Joe Biden
Axios reports: President Biden will travel to Racine County, Wisconsin, on Wednesday to unveil a $3.3 billion investment by Microsoft to build a new artificial intelligence data center, according to Biden officials. It’s another high-profile announcement from the president on how he’s helping to create jobs with private sector investment — but with a twist. He’ll be taking a not-so-subtle …
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May 8, 2024 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Huffington Post reports: The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush money trial warned his lawyer Tuesday that the former president’s repeated cursing in court was verging on witness intimidation as adult film star Stormy Daniels testified at length in front of the jury. New York state Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan called Trump attorney Todd Blanche to the stand for …
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May 8, 2024 Politics, Republicans
Yahoo Finance reports: Paul Ryan has no interest in giving Donald Trump another chance come November. The former House speaker told Yahoo Finance on Tuesday that he doesn’t plan to vote for the former president, adding he would be writing in a Republican candidate instead. “Character is too important for me,” Ryan told us at the Milken Institute Global Conference. …
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May 8, 2024 Extremists, Trump cultists
“Judge Cannon is, I think, proving right now she’s one of the most spectacular judges and fair judges on the — in the entire federal bench. But why is the burden — why is the burden put on her? Why didn’t we — and why — you heard Johnson today. He’s going, well, it looks like a criminal conspiracy. It’s …
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May 8, 2024 Politics, Republicans
The Indianapolis Star reports: U.S. Sen. Mike Braun has won the Indiana Republican gubernatorial primary. And there was little room for suspense: The Associated Press called the race for Braun the minute polls closed in the Indiana’s central-time counties, at which time Braun had a double-digit lead over his five opponents. Braun will face presumptive Democratic nominee Jennifer McCormick, a …
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May 8, 2024 News, Politics
Politico reports: In 2016, Indiana put Donald Trump on the doorstep of the GOP presidential nomination. But eight years later, the state he called “Importantville” delivered his campaign some flashing red warning signs as Nikki Haley cleaned up in the suburbs. By virtue of its late-in-the-nominating-calendar primary, the Hoosier state has always occupied a unique and occasionally powerful perch to …
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May 7, 2024 JMG Community, Open Thread
Variety reports: Susan Buckner, an American actor best known for her role as Patty Simcox in the 1978 musical “Grease,” died May 2. She was 72. Her death was confirmed by her publicist. At the age of 25, Buckner was cast in the role of the Rydell High cheerleader, joining a cast that included John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. As …
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