Posted tagged ‘Congress’

Bracket creep

March 12, 2026

As we head towards “selection Sunday” for the NCAA tournament, especially for the men., have to wonder., with all the one and dones, how many fans are rooting for teams they can’t name a single player on?

Making choices like “cat brackets” seem even more appealing

Yes, it’s spring training

But how often do we see this?

(Cactus league standings)

SF Giants 15-3

LA Dodgers – 12-6

Can’t be the only one who thinks Trump WANTS a terrorist attack in California.

He hates the state and it would give him a chance to try to declare martial law.

Donald Trump just called Sherrod Brown a “terrible left lunatic.”

Sherrod Brown is one of the most decent people in politics. And one of the biggest champions of working men and women.

Ohio voters will fix their mistake and send him back to the Senate in 2026.

He has no plan.

Trump probably wants to attack Cuba or somewhere else next for a distraction.

PS Release the Epstein Files.

Almost as if Iran isn’t buying the “little excursion” story Donald is sellling”

“Oil price surges back to about $100 as explosions reported on two more foreign ships in Gulf”

Trump is now attacking Thomas Massie and claiming he got Rand Paul elected.

Agree with Massie on almost nothing, and generally can’t stand Rand Paul.

But give them both props. They have more cojones than most of the GOP.

John Cornyn, 74, has been a Senator since 2002. He’s generally been an old-school occasionally bipartisan conservative

Cornyn now says Senate should end the filibuster to pass the SAVE act.

“It profit not a man if he gain the whole world if he loses his soul.”

But for Trump?

Amy Klobuchar talking about Democrats’ bill to fund TSA, FEMA & Coast Guard.

“It’s not written in law that you can’t negotiate on part of an agency, while you are funding the rest of the agency.”

Senator Klobuchar is correct.

Why don’t Republicans want to protect Americans?

Reminder: Democrats have a bill to fund TSA, FEMA and the Coast Guard.

Only reason we have a partial shutdown is that GOP will not negotiate on accountability for ICE and Border Patrol.

(And ICE & CBP have money from the Big Ugly Bill)

Why doesn’t GOP want us to be safe?

Keeping score

March 8, 2026

SF Giants are having a great time so far in the Cactus League

13-2

Of course, if winning Spring Training mattered, the Los Angelss Dodgers would have figured out a way to buy that too.

In same view, this NBA headline question:

“Should San Antonio be the favorites to win the NBA title?

As in “what’s a headline not even Spurs fans expected to see in 2026?”

During her most recent appearance before Congress on the Epstein FIles, Pam Bondi loudly responded that the lack of indictments didn’t matter because “The DOW is over 50,000.”

That is aging well.

Aoparently the “Trump Organization” is trying to trademark “America 250″‘ to brand their products.

At this point the Trump name in the USA by July 4, is likely to be as popular as that of Benedict Arnold.

Amy Klobuchar has been saying this for months.

Chaos up, corruption up & costs up.

Now Trump’s insane ego driven war & higher oil prices will raise the costs of EVERYTHING up.

Even if you don’t travel or drive, food & consumer goods are shipped by truck or air. For starters.

Hoping anyone who reads this has seen the Fox News efforts to share a fake picture of Trump saluting at a Digniied Transfer from 2025 instead of the real one of him showing up in a baseball cap

But don’t forget:

Trump flew Air Force One Friday night to Mar-A-Lago

. THEN Air Force One Sat. am to Delaware for his brief baseball cap “DIgnified Transfer” photo op. Then Air Force One BACK to FL for him to golf Sunday And will fly back to DC Monday

Our tax millions of dollar at work.

This line from Defying Gravity

“I hope you’re happy. I hope you’re proud how you would grovel in submission, to feed your own ambition..”

Could be said to almost all GOP members of Congress and all of Trump’s Cabinet

Meanwhile in the US As reported by the BBC

“At least six dead after tornadoes sweep across Michigan and Oklahoma, officials say.” Crickets from Velveeta Voldemort. I’m so old I remember when the US President was also our “Consoler in Chief.”

Leaving the lights on

December 21, 2024

US Senate early this am passed imperfect compomise funding bill to keep govt open, after GOP-led House finally passed bill only with Democratic support. Wouldn’t it be easier just to vote for adults? (ie Democrats.)

And the Senate late night did pass a bill -unanimously – that was originally stripped by Musk from the funding bill, to make it easier for the Washington Commanders to return to Washington DC at the RFK stadium site.

The late vote was called a Hail Mary. Now, it’s good for the city of Washington DC, but Roger Goodell and the NFL also really wanted the bill passed. I’m sure the fact that it’s a multi-billion dollar league with many billionaire owners had nothing to do with it…

Again, wonder how those who only get news from Fox are brainwashed? After House Democrats compromise, again, to keep govt open when GOP would’ve let shutdown happen… Faux News headline “Congress passes bill to stop partial government shutdown after missing midnight deadline.”

Every headline on stopgap government funding bill that passed today in House should include – it ONLY passed for 2 reasons: 1. Johnson refused Musk/Trump demands to eliminate debt ceiling. 2. Democrats voted to save Christmas & keep Government open. GOP didn’t back Musk/Trump.

The CR was basically a noncontroversial non-story -three months of negotiation with the usual complaints that it was coming down to the wire but all looked settled. Until President Musk decided to try to steal Christmas.

Elon Musk is reversing the Pottery Barn rule. For him it’s “You buy it, then you break it.


Good news. Bill to put a monument to women’s suffrage on the mall in Washington DC passes unanimously in the US Senate Wonder though how long it will take some GOP members of Congress to try to overturn the 19th amendment.

Schumer gave tribute to Mitch McConnell, who’s not leaving Senate but stepping down as Leader. Chuck said “all my colleagues on both sides of aisle join me in offering best wishes & respect.”. Uh, to man who singlehandedly destroyed our SCOTUS by stealing 2 seats? Hard pass.

Hey Germany.

1. Elon Musk is endorsing AfD far-right neo Nazi party in your elections. Everything else aside, take a look at the US near shutdown chaos right now that resulted from American voters listening to him last November. Learn from our mistake.

2. Fröhliche Weihnachten

“Show us the plan” before we show you the money?

November 21, 2008

Congressional Democrats said they were wary of just handing out money to  automakers, and Nancy Pelosi said that “until they show us the plan we cannot show them the money.” 

Now there is a concept.  Too bad we can’t pay our taxes the same way.

Of course, if Detroit had had a plan, they probably wouldn’t need the money.

And around the sports world,  many season ticket holders are wishing they could make the same deal.

The Coast Guard intercepted a suspicious looking boat off the coast of Baja and seized over 10,000 pounds of marijuana that was apparently headed for California.   In related news, 7-11 downgraded their California profit forecasts.

 

Different take on the same story – bad pun alert –

The Coast Guard managed to retrieve more than 130 bales of marijuana thrown overboard by a speedboat they were pursuing.

Guess they wanted to avoid a high tide.

 

The CIncinnati Bengals lost their ninth game Thursday night, after Chad Johnson was benched for undisclosed reason.    Or in other words, at least for tonight  Ocho Cinco was Ocho Seite’d.

20 members of the Washington Redskins are currently leading at their positions in fan balloting for the Pro Bowl.  Well, it might be good for the fans of the game.  The Redskins are looking less and less likely to be banged up from playoff games.

Also in Washington, injured point guard Gilbert Arenas, has said that if the 1-7 Wizards finish in last place that it could be “for the better.”  Well,  if his knee doesn’t improve, Gilbert could have a great future as spokesman for the Republican National Committee.

Arenas made the comments at Madame Tussaud’s wax museum, while unveiling a figure of himself.  Afterwards, officials at Madame Tussaud’s promised to rework Gilbert’s statue, so it would more accurately show him with his foot in his mouth.

 

Rumors have it that Hillary Clinton will be officially announced as Obama’s pick for Secretary of State.   Well, this won’t solve our nation’s problems, but it does mean one cheerful thing:  Bill Clinton jokes are back.

 

Ken Griffey Jr. became the newest American Public Diplomacy Envoy this week. 

Not quite sure what that is, but it sounds like a good fit.  Because our Diplomacy over the last few years has been as banged up as Griffey.