Golly-gee, after growing up an orphan, not even knowing my father's name, when I turned 70 my life partner got me the Ancestry DNA kit for my birthday. Well, after I spit into the little tube and sent it off, I got a message saying, "Hi, I'm your great niece!"
Since then, in just the last 5...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/24/donald-trump-campaign-legal-bills-complaint/73444749007/
A complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission alleges Donald Trump's 2024 White House campaign and its related political committees engaged in a scheme to conceal...
Several questions have been asked in forums and sub-forums in which I can't participate -- DIRs and the like -- but they have made me think about how some thoughtful Humanists think about human life, living a good life, and the part religion plays in those -- and whether Humanism can't answer...
https://www.iowapublicradio.org/state-government-news/2024-04-03/iowa-governor-reynolds-religious-freedom-restoration-act
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Tuesday evening that supporters say will prevent state and local government from infringing on Iowans’ religious freedom...
So, how low can this guy go? Now, the great real estate mogul is hawking Bibles? This guy, who couldn't even name a bit of the Bible that he particularly liked, has turned his grift towards selling a Bible that he says is "endorsed by me." And so glad it contains the text of the Constitution --...
Judge dismisses six charges against Trump and defendants in Georgia election case
The Georgia judge overseeing the election-interference case against Donald Trump and 14 defendants dismissed six of the charges in the wide-ranging indictment on Wednesday, saying they were not detailed enough...
McConnell, presently Senate Minority Leader, will stop down as Leader at the general election in November. He will continue to serve in the Senate for the duration of his current term, which lasts until 2026.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/21/alabama-ivf-embryo-extrauterine-children-ruling
In a first-of-its-kind decision, the Alabama state supreme court ruled on Friday that embryos are “extrauterine children” – a term that could have widespread implications for anybody who is seeking or...
It is, I believe, somewhat traditional to have an updated list of Presidential ranking on President's Day each, and of course this year is no different. I will admit, about one President's ranking I was not in the least surprised -- but another one's really shocked me, given the noise on social...
Democrat Tom Suozzi has won New York's 3rd district (formerly held by disgraced George Santos) by a solid 8 points, which is a 16 point swing from Santos' win in 2022. This looks like something that Democrats can build on heading into the general election in November.
As his many court cases carry on, and taking into consideration all that has happened since Trump started his lie that the 2020 election was stolen, the New York Times reports that (as of February 6), has cost the nation $519 million (and counting), as taxpayers fund enhanced security, legal...
The National Center for Transgender Equality has just released "Early Insights" from its 2022 survey -- the largest ever done -- of transgener people in the United States. And boy, does it ever seem to contradict a lot of what the nay-sayers in the previous thread on this topic continue to...
https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/house-fails-impeach-homeland-security-secretary-alejandro-mayorkas/ZNN7G2OP5RB6TLKPMXGTDQIY34/
One more bit of Republican nonsense bites the dust.
(Paraphrased from Wikipedia's "Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum address")
On January 27, 1838, Abe Lincoln delivered an address to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois titled "The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions". In his speech, a 28-year-old Lincoln warned that mobs or people who...
More and more it looks like Donald Trump will avoid have a trial on any felony charge before election day -- and even more unlikely that he'll have a trial that actually concludes and produces a judgement.
Is there something wrong with the American system of justice that can't get any of these...
It does seem to me that all of the religious people I know accept that their creed, their religion's essential beliefs, are correct, while all others -- because they obviously don't agree with the central tenets of their sect, must be somehow lacking.
As a non-believer in any religion, I am...
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4429211-romney-trump-border-bill-biden/
"Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Thursday took aim at former President Trump for pushing Republican lawmakers to oppose a border deal so that he could use the issue to campaign against President Biden in the 2024...
Trump is everything that Trumpers say they hate.
He’s a guy who’s never done a hard day’s work.
He’s the type who is an unrepentant jerk.
He’d be poor if he’d not gotten cash from Dad.
He’d seduce your wife and never feel bad.
Trump is everything his sycophants disdain.
He attended just...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/01/09/trump-georgia-da-fani-willis-improper-relationship/72163839007/
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis hired an alleged romantic partner to lead the Atlanta prosecution of former President Donald Trump and 18 others on election...
Almost 8 years ago, Canada passed legislation that finally permitted doctors to assist people who, afflicted with terminal illness or unbearable medical issues, to die. There were strict rules (which have been relaxed a bit in the meantime).
To me, this made perfect sense. I have had pets put...