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By BRUCE LOWITT Transcript of the closed court hearing during which U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan reimposed a gag order on Donald Trump after the former president made public statements attacking individuals who have faced threats and harassment that could be interpreted as attempts to influence or prevent witnesses’ participation in the federal election interferenceContinue reading “The Sound of Silence? No way.”

By BRUCE LOWITT A melee broke out at the office of Fani Willis as Donald Trump’s co-conspirators stampeded the Fulton County, Georgia, district attorney, demanding that they be allowed to plead guilty and testify against the former president in order to avoid prison. “I was here first,” Jeffrey Clark, a former U.S. Justice Department environmentalContinue reading “A free-for-all for (they hope) freedom”

By BRUCE LOWITT After failing three times to become speaker, Jim Jordan mounted an unsuccessful attempted coup to take control of the House of Representatives’ highest office by force Friday, leading an armed insurrection backed by Reps. Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert, Anna Paulina Luna, Scott Perry and other MAGA Republicans. But Reps. Seth Moulton, D-BronzeContinue reading “Crossing Jordan: It’s getting easier”

By BRUCE LOWITT In yet another surprise move, Rep. Matt Gaetz and his hard-right coalition of Republicans joined with Democrats to re-elect Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House of Representatives, the seat she has twice previously held. “If Kevin McCarthy thought the job was tough, we’re going to make her life a living hell,” Gaetz,Continue reading “Nancy Pelosi: She’s ba-a-ack!”

By BRUCE LOWITT Vice President Kamala Harris, realizing she was what she called “a drag, an albatross, an anchor on my party” as Joe Biden’s running mate for the 2024 presidential election, relinquished her office Friday and was immediately named by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to the newly vacant U.S. Senate seat created by theContinue reading “For Biden, no vice is a virtue”

By BRUCE LOWITT The Republicans simultaneously attempting to distance themselves from and suck up to former president Donald Trump held their second arm-waving, spittle-spraying debate in Ronald Reagan’s Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, apparently just moments after Trump’s papier-mache model of Air Force One landed in the building. Fox News host Dana Perino, FoxContinue reading “As a matter of fact … uh, never mind”

By BRUCE LOWITT Sen. Bob Menendez, saying he is “going where I fit in better,” quit the Democratic party Wednesday and joined the Republicans who have been supporting his decision to remain in the U.S. Senate despite overwhelming evidence of his corruption. Menendez, R-Graft, federally indicted for accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribesContinue reading “Welcome to the Dark Side”

By BRUCE LOWITT Sen. John Fetterman admits he’s using a body double to take his place in Congress, showing off his new line of clothing under the label “Liberal Livery” – and has revealed that he’s one of more than a dozen senators employing dopplegangers. “The reason is simple,” Pennsylvania’s freshman senator said. “I discovered,Continue reading “Fetterman: Body and Soul”

By BRUCE LOWITT Quarterback Vinny Testaverde, saying he “owes it to the Jets for my lost year,” signed with them Friday and is expected to start Sept. 24 at New England against the team that ruptured his Achilles tendon and cost him the 1999 season. “I know I’m 59 years old and I’ve been outContinue reading “V-V-V-Vinny and the Jets”

By BRUCE LOWITT The 11,000 “runners” disqualified from last month’s Mexico City Marathon for taking shortcuts and using mass transit were, it turns out, pregnant women and partners from Texas and elsewhere in the United States seeking safe legal abortions. “With so many of our states attacking women’s reproductive rights, we have to bypass thoseContinue reading “The runs in Mexico”