Dianne Feinstein Dies at 90; Who Will Replace Her?

After years of declining health, exacerbated by a bout with shingles in February, California Sen. Dianne Feinstein died on Thursday night at her home in Washington, D.C. Her death was announced on Friday morning. Feinstein was first elected to the Senate in 1992 and was California’s longest serving senator. Prior to her Senate career, Feinstein …

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Alma Womack: Missives From Tupelo Brake

I called my congress critter, Julia Letlow’s, office today to find out if she was supporting McCarthy and his bid to pass another CR without making any needed changes, or if she was supporting Matt Gaetz and the congressmen fighting for fiscal sanity. Know what the receptionist said? She hadn’t had a chance to talk …

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But It’s The Guns!

Gift From the Supreme Court

It’s not the object, the tool use to commit the crime. It’s the criminal who is not deterred who commits the crime. People generally don’t blame inanimate objects for the actions of the people who handle them. We don’t prosecute or sue General Motors for the criminal actions of the driver of one of their …

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Evening Soup with Basement Joe, Episode 1

Political Satire:  Having trouble surviving these times?  You’re not alone.  Join us in columnist John F. Di Leo’s exploration of an alternate universe, where we imagine the impossible:  An aging, corrupt old fool somehow becomes president in his basement, and every night, an aide has to bring him his soup and discuss the events of the …

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