something that should have happened long ago... but with Luna(tic) being the driving force, suddenly I'm suspicious
also peep the sour grapes from the ex-congressman who has plausibly stolen at least 8 figures of taxpayers' money
Florida Republican wants to ban congressional stock trading - Orlando Weekly
Saying members from both major parties have unfairly boosted their personal financial fortunes based on information they learn while serving in Congress, the governor added that every member of the state’s 28-member congressional delegation should support the legislation when it comes to a vote in the House later this year.
And he said he will advocate for a state law to require all candidates running for federal office in Florida to check a form about whether they intend to trade individual stocks while serving.
“It’s really odd,” he said while speaking at a press conference held at the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station in Clearwater.
“You’ll have people get elected to Congress having never shown any investment acumen ever in their life, and then all of a sudden they become Warren Buffet on steroids. They’re putting some of the biggest hedge funds in America to shame with these stock trades that have these really suspicious timings. Because, look, if you buy a stock and it goes up 400% in like a month? That’s like a once in a lifetime investment, and yet these guys seem to be doing this quite frequently. And they have access to certain information I believe that is helping to fuel that.”
U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer to retire from Congress - The Baltimore Banner
Hoyer’s retirement opens a U.S. House seat in a solidly blue district at the top of an election year, and as older members of the Democratic Party are ceding long-held power to a next generation of lawmakers.
The increased rate of global #warming has shocked even the experts. Global temperatures in 2023, 2024 and 2025 so far has shattered previous records, and not by a little. Scientists have long known that #greenhouse gas #emissions are driving global warming, but the recent spike is faster and larger than anyone expected. Something is accelerating climate change, and we don’t fully understand what it is.
https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-confirms-2024-warmest-year-record-about-155degc-above-pre-industrial-level
There is no question more urgent than the one indicated by that red arrow in the graphic above.
No matter how many anti-Tesla and anti-Musk stickers you put on your Tesla car, you still need to take it to Tesla dealers to get it worked on and are probably also paying for subscription services from Tesla. You're still financing fascism. >:(
Renee Nicole Good was a white, middle-aged U.S. citizen mother who was murdered by an ICE agent today. Now do you get it? It's not just someone with dark skin, whose first language is Spanish, who's gay, or who doesn't go to your church. Anyone and everyone is a target.
tell me again about the male loneliness epidemic? 😒 for a long time I've thanked the gods that I'm not dating—and now it's even worse
She left a date after 2 minutes when she recognized this tactic men use to “humble” women — here's what to watch out for
her date told her the plan for their evening was a “surprise” and specifically described the dress code as “comfortable.” So she dressed accordingly: sweatpants, sweatshirt, sneakers, hair in a bun, no jewelry.
After they met up, she says, he tried to lead her straight into a fine dining restaurant. He was dressed appropriately for the venue, in a crisp white button-down shirt, looking like he had just had a fresh shave and haircut. She turned around and bailed immediately.
Why? Because her read of the situation right off the bat was that this wasn't a misunderstanding — it was an attempt to “level the playing field” by embarrassing her on purpose.
Several people likened the move to scam emails that are obviously fake. The point isn’t to convince everyone — it’s to quickly locate the people who will comply, second-guess themselves, and keep engaging. Basically, it's a filter.
What made the clip pop is the dater's refusal to do the emotional labor so many women have been trained to perform. She didn't even ask for an explanation. She just left, got herself fast food, and blocked him immediately. "You showed me who you were,” she says. “You don’t have to show me twice.”
Commenters cheered that energy not just as a clapback (although that too), but as a safety practice: Get out early, don’t escalate, don’t negotiate with someone who’s already demonstrated a taste for control.
When my wife moved in, I learned that she had a lot of anxiety around trying new foods because she was fearful of allergic reactions. I didn't get it at the time, but after all of the food poisoning I've dealt with in recent years, I now have similar anxiety. :(
Oddly enough, I don't recall getting food poisoning almost at all prior to 2020. :/
President Donald Trump Struggles on Stairs After Appearing to Slur His Words
As US President Donald Trump returned to the White House for the first time this year, he was filmed stepping off Air Force One. And seemingly, having trouble as he did so. In the video, Trump slowly descended the staircase off the plane, pausing halfway through and maintaining a strong grip on the railing the entire time.
Ironically, this is something Trump previously criticised Joe Biden for. “Every day, the guy’s falling down stairs,” Trump told military generals last year, per The Daily Beast. “I’m very careful. You know, when I walk downstairs – like I’m on stairs, like these stairs – I walk very slowly.”
Trump went on: “Just walk nice and easy. You don’t have to set any record.”
The US President’s apparent struggle with the stairs comes just days after he was accused of slurring his words in a press conference about his controversial involvement in Venezuela.
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#greenland #trump #canada January 6, 2026 I posted this 9 months ago. I now include Canada and other counties that the Trump government wants to take over.
Greenland and Denmark should inform the Trump Administration to remove all US military personnel from their land - immediately. And, take all US weapons with them.
Trump's vision of a U.S. superpower that could assert its military might to conquer the Western Hemisphere is frankly terrifying. Basically it's American imperialism rebranded.
Concerns over fleet of US military planes arriving at UK bases
Arrival of a fleet of #US #military planes at several #UK bases since the attack on #Venezuela has been branded “deeply concerning”.
Ten C-17 #Globemasters and two heavily armed #AC-130J landed at #RAF #Fairford in Gloucestershire and at RAF #Mildenhall in Suffolk in recent days, according to The Daily Mail.
These aircraft often join forces in #covert US operations overseas.
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