9+ hour, 52+ min ago  (467+ words) In light of Lebanon's repeated requests to open direct negotiations with Israel, I instructed at the Government meeting yesterday to open direct negotiations with Lebanon as soon as possible," he said in a statement. The negotiations will focus on the…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (868+ words) Says Liz Warren (who's got a fair amount of money herself, although she's nowhere near Bezos territory): Jeff Bezos has $222 billion. If he paid my wealth tax this year, we could fund insulin in America for everyone who needs it…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (743+ words) There's a host of information out there, so much that it's hard to pick and choose what to link to or embed here. But I think this one is good in terms of details of the operation. In addition, it…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (769+ words) Specifically, on the need for a constitutional amendment to deal with the problem, if SCOTUS won't: Those words from Chief Justice John Roberts during this week's oral arguments signaled that the conservative justices are unlikely to reject birthright citizenship. Of…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1789+ words) What a tremendous relief. For hours today I had heard rumors that the rescue had happened, but they were unconfirmed until just a short while ago: US forces have successfully rescued and extracted the missing crew member of an American…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1794+ words) When is an alliance not an alliance? When it's NATO. I propose a new acronym: NATOH, for Not About To Offer Help. The help being asked right now is the bare minimum, and against an enemy that threatens most of…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (803+ words) Emanuel seems to be intent on positioning himself as the more moderate Democrat for 2028. It's a segment that's wide open, except for John Fetterman: Likely 2028 Democratic presidential contender Rahm Emanuel sat down this week with Michael Moynihan, co-host of The…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (706+ words) (1) Pam Bondi is out as AG. I think she's been on the way out ever since she "misspoke" on the Epstein files. She's never been popular with the online right crowd. This is from Trump, who " not surprisingly " isn't telling…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1664+ words) We don't know how chaotic a transition of some kind will be, or how long-lasting, or how solid. We don't know how many disruptions " particularly in the oil market " will take place, nor how serious and long-lasting they will be....

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1354+ words) Along the way, his religious views have changed as well. He describes some of that in this short clip from a year ago: So although he was a nominal Christian growing up, it really was a shallow thing. And he…...