Ain’t Nobody Here but Us Chickens

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Attribution: U.S. Congress full of chickens by Jonathan Brown, PoliticalCartoons.com

[Jonathan Brown was the editorial cartoonist for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, for many years, winning many awards. He became a freelance cartoonist, drawing for scores of clients and he created the comic strip “Analog,” which follows roommates Bradley, a human, and Nigel, a dog who identifies as a cat, as they navigate life in the digital era.]

FYI about the phrase “Nobody here but us chickens” according to Wikipedia:

Its first known appearance was as the punch line of a reader-submitted anecdote in Everybody’s Magazine in 1908, in which a chicken thief tries to evade detection by tremulously telling the investigating owner, “‘Deed, sah, dey ain’t nobody hyah ‘ceptin’ us chickens.” From there, it was picked up by newspapers and reprinted far and wide.

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  2. the muppets version is a better representation of our duly (or should that be “dully”) elected representatives

  4. while congress squawks, cluck-clucks and lays an egg or two that fox/weasel in the hen house keeps at it:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/20/europe-greenland-donald-trump-davos-europe-live-latest-updates

    03.49 EST
    Morning opening: Trump takes aim at UK, France, Macron, Greenland in busy overnight Truth Social session

    It seems like the US president, Donald Trump, has had a busy evening US time with his phone in his hand.

    Overnight, he:

    Attacked the UK, mockingly calling it a “brilliant” ally, for “shocking” plan to hand over sovereignity of the Chagos islands to Mauritius (despite previous US support), saying it’s among a “long line” of reasons why Greenland “has to be acquired”

    Leaked private text messages from France’s Emmanuel Macron and Nato’s Mark Rutte discussing his latest policy moves

    Threatened France with 200% tariffs on French wine and champagne over Macron’s refusal to join the Gaza “board of peace”, said of Macron that “nobody wants him because he’s going to be out of office very soon”

    Reiterated his intention of taking over Greenland as “imperative for national and world security,” saying “there can be no going back”

    Posted an AI generated visual of himself planting the US flag on Greenland, saying it’s “US territory, est. 2026,” days after the US delegation agreed with Danish foreign minister for talks to be conducted behind closed doors, and not through threatening messages on social media.

    It’s not even 10am in Europe.

    On top of that, his treasury secretary Scott Bessent appeared to taunt the Europeans in Davos, saying they will “form the dreaded European working group first, which seems to be their most forceful weapon” before they can retaliate on trade (£), as he warned them against any moves aimed at the US administration.

    As the World Economic Forum gets under way in Davos, we are going to hear from two senior EU politicians as they give us their first reactions to what’s going on.

    European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen is due to speak at 10:50am CET (9:50 UK) and France’s Emmanuel Macron is on later at 2pm (1pm UK).

    Meanwhile, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas is also expected to address the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Greenland at 1pm CET (midday UK).

    It’s going to be a busy day, again.

    I will bring you all the latest updates here.

    It’s Tuesday, 20 January 2026, it’s Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live.

    Good morning.

  6. Stupid bastards have shut down East Bumfuck’s most popular Mexican Restaurant. And last night it looked like the only NY style pizza (excellent) and Mexican restaurant and delivery service in our end of town is closed, but that’s still being confirmed. Assholes.

  8. And I’m so relieved that ATF is going to relax restrictions on gun sales and force trans gun purchasers to list their birth gender on their applications. Dumbest shit …

  9. ICE raids on the former have apparently directly reduced their workforce and sent others who weren’t yet arrested scurrying, leaving them without a workforce sufficient to be able to continue to operate. Not certain about the latter place but the local chuckle on the pizza/Mexican place for years has been that the Mexicans who cook there make great pizza.

  11. I’ve watched all these Trumpers use illegal labor for decades

    Their inhumanity is disgraceful

    Their feigned ignorance is insulting

  13. Bink
    November 16, 2016 at 6:13 pm
    He will hand off dominion to Russia while selling them arms to restore what was a “rusting” military into a legitimate global super-power. China will take advantage of waning American influence and seize dominion over all of Asia, which India won’t like, so look for escalating tension there. American hegemony will be over, and instead of Faustian bargains in the Middle-East, we will be forced to accept whatever power-structure the REAL international elite decide to impose. You know, the elite that hoards trillions of dollars, controls public resources, persecutes dissidents, engages in genocide- fun stuff like that.

    wow what a visionary

    was looking for a post where that sage predicted everything else

    think they said trump would “collapse the economy, start a war, and impose martial law”

    but ya know, the guardrails worked the first time/term

    Congress is a guardrail but it doesn’t work by choice of Republicans

  15. Tallking about getting “knickers in a twist” when talking about a pedo network is an unfortunate choice of an expression dontcha think?

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    What America is Clicking January 20, 2026

    1. The “Crazy” Proof: Trump sends a text to Norway’s PM claiming he is “no longer obliged to think of Peace” because they didn’t give him a Nobel Prize. Washington Post
    2. Minneapolis Shooting: New incident reports reveal paramedics found Renee Good “unresponsive” minutes after ICE opened fire; protests intensify. The Guardian
    3. Tech Scandal: A UK Police Chief resigns after admitting he relied on “hallucinations” from Microsoft Copilot to ban football fans. JNS
    4. Health Crisis: “I Am Not a Monster” — ProPublica exposes the reality of women denied care under the new federal abortion bans. ProPublica
    5. Civil Liberties: The ACLU releases its “One Year In” report, detailing 225 executive orders signed by Trump in just 12 months. ACLU
    6. AI Safety: Elon Musk calls for a “Moral Constitution” for his own AI, Grok, following severe misuse allegations. NDTV
    7. Space Weather: A severe geomagnetic storm warning is in effect; auroras may be visible as far south as Virginia tonight. Sky at Night
    8. Geopolitics: India and the EU are reportedly hours away from signing the “Mother of all Deals” on trade. The Federal
    9. Commentary: “Trump’s MRI Excuse” — Dr. Jonathan Reiner calls the President’s explanation for his recent hospital visit “not credible.” The New Republic
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  18. There is no way tRUMPsky concocted all of that, used big-people words, and knew how to create and post AI because Adolf’s an Idiot.

    Anything racist and/or cruel is coming from Stephen Mitler’s demented brain.

    Some of this is coming from JD (Heritage and Thiel want Adolf gone), and Adolf’s assistant is posting it.

    The tariffs are all him.

  21. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

    Could we stand to dance with Vance?

  22. ICYMI, this guy thinks the special troops in Alaska will be deployed to Greenland, not Minnesota.

    “Malcolm Nance is a +36 military & Intelligence Community veteran. A Ret. Navy Senior Chief Cryptologist he is the host of the Black Man Spy Podcast.

    As a Middle East scholar, Arabic linguist and counterterrorism expert, Malcolm has authored over ten books including five NY Times best sellers on Islamic extremist terrorism, Russian cyber-espionage & intelligence operations, as well as domestic terrorism motivated by right wing nationalism.

    He was MSNBC terrorism snd intelligence contributor for seven years. He served in the Ukrainian Army International Legion on the Eastern Front.”

    *Time will tell if he’s correct, but it all tracks. Elbows up, Greenland, or whatever you say over there.

  24. Maybe the ICC can issue warrant for Adolf’s arrest for war crimes today and they can nab him in Davos. Can they get someone on Swiss soil?

    https://dpa-international.com/politics/urn:newsml:dpa.com:20090101:260120-99-227764/

    President Volodymyr Zelensky has made his attendance at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos dependent on sealing contracts or securing pledges of aid for Ukraine.

    “If the documents are ready, then there will be a meeting (with US President Donald Trump) and a trip,” Zelensky told journalists, according to Ukrainian media reports on Tuesday.

    He would also make the journey to the Swiss alpine resort if there were pledges of further support for Ukraine’s power sector or of additional air defence systems, Zelensky said.

    “But thus far, I have a task here in Ukraine, and for me it is essential to coordinate all services here,” he added.

  26. One of our two Mexican restaurants (the oldest one that is an area chain in a couple of states) has a “help wanted – all positions” sign up.

    They own a horse farm and a goat farm and a few other properties nearby. There was always a lot of activity, but now nothing at the horse farm. Horses have been moved to the goat farm. Goats come and go, like maybe they are being moved at night.

    ***

    At 2pm, everyone’s local time, I guess we’re all supposed to walk outside and look around and see the other dissenters?

  27. Just think, at this time last year, we were only filled with thoughts of impending doom, but Biden was still President and the world didn’t hate the US.

    Congress and the media have been huge disappointments. I thought there would be more with vision and moral courage in both camps.

    It’s the little ones, independent journalists and civilians filming and posting the atrocities everywhere that have done more to maintain focus and tell the world the truth than those trying to do journalism under a corporate umbrella; they’re afraid to get wet.
    News flash: The deluge is coming for everyone.

  28. I used to see Malcolm on MSNBC with some regularity but haven’t seen him in ages. He’s one smart sumbitch. His assessment is worth listening to.

    And in effects of the Dumbass’ attempts to become a strongman, NYT

    President Trump’s intensifying standoff with European leaders over the fate of Greenland prompted a sharp response from investors Tuesday morning, with the value of U.S. stocks, dollar and government bonds all falling.

    The S&P 500 dropped over 1 percent as investors reacted to Mr. Trump’s increasing threat of higher tariffs on European allies unless they supported his plans for America to take control of Greenland.

    Tuesday morning’s decline was the first time the index has started the day that much lower since April amid turmoil from Mr. Trump’s initial sweeping tariff threats on nearly all of America’s trading partners.

    Often when stocks are roiled by geopolitical upheaval, investors flock to the safety of other U.S. assets, like the dollar or government bonds. But in a sign that investors were embracing a “sell America” trade and moving away from U.S. assets altogether, both the dollar and U.S. government debt lost value Tuesday morning.

    [Continues]

    Fucking idiot.

  29. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stocks-sell-off-globally-traders-113003144.html

    Stock markets went into a global selloff this morning as world leaders at Davos woke up to the news that U.S. President Trump had written to the prime minister of Norway to say that his repeated threats to take over Greenland were based on the fact that he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize.

    Traders, dismayed by the prospect of a renewed trade war between the U.S. and Europe, reacted by driving down equities all over the world.

    *He will ruin the entire world if not stopped. Rules don’t apply (at least he’s ignoring them), so maybe others need to stop trying to play the game the old way.

  30. Forgot to post this yesterday! I used white chocolate and another bag of peanut butter chips, but it still tastes so good!

    Crock Pot Candy

    Ingredients

    16 oz salted dry roasted peanuts

    16 oz unsalted dry roasted peanuts

    12 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips

    12 oz milk chocolate chips

    12 oz white chocolate chips

    1 pkg of White Chocolate Almond Bark

    Instructions

    Add peanuts to the bottom of the crock pot. Layer all chocolate chips on top, then the almond bark cubed up.

    Cover and cook on LOW for about 2 hours, stirring once halfway through, until smooth and glossy.

    Drop spoonfuls onto parchment or wax paper. Let set until firm.

    Tip
    Sprinkle a tiny pinch of flaky salt on top before setting if you like a sweet-salty wink.

  31. I don’t know what’s happening, but Macron wearing Joe Biden, mirrored aviators while he gives a speech is chef’s kiss! (I hope it was intentional and not because he has eye problems.)

  32. Trump is the old man wandering the halls at the nursing home. Years ago, when my parents were taking care of their parents. they would drag us kids along to “go visit grandma” so early on I became acquainted with his type of behavior. He may be physically fit but the mind is gone and it should be obvious to anybody after this weekend. There are no excuses.
    Jack

  33. He will ruin the entire world if not stopped.

    That’s why the free world went to war against Hitler and his allies. That’s the threat it took. We’re at the brink again.

  35. the mind is gone

    My MiL believed she was in “a nice hotel where they do everything for you.”

    We told the kids to just go along with it. They can’t come to our world, so sometimes we have to go to theirs.

  37. Well, it’s not just tRUMP. Thiel and his techbros, plus the Heritage Foundation are drive the crazy train. All are white supremacists.

  38. https://fortune.com/2026/01/18/europe-retaliation-8-trillion-sell-america-us-debt-bonds-stocks-trade-war-greenland-trump/

    Europe can wield this $8 trillion ‘sell America’ weapon as Trump reignites a trade war over his Greenland conquest ambitions

    France is already urging the EU to deploy its “anti-coercion instrument,” which can target foreign direct investment and finance as well as trade. That’s after Trump announced new U.S. tariffs on NATO countries that sent troops to Greenland amid his plans to take over the semi-autonomous Danish territory.

    But the U.S. has a key vulnerability the EU can exploit, according to George Saravelos, head of FX research at Deutsche Bank.
    “Europe owns Greenland, it also owns a lot of Treasuries,” he wrote in a note on Sunday.

    *China can dogpile on and, poof!

  42. He wants a Nobel Prize, or he wants Greenland, or he wants to start a war. One of those things is happening.

    We dig into the “Greenland Letter,” Dr. Jonathan Reiner’s call for a 25th Amendment inquiry, disturbing reports from Minneapolis about ICE dropping injured detainees in parks, and the Don Lemon vs. Nicki Minaj feud.

    TODAY’S ELEVEN TO NOON RUNDOWN
    00:00 Intro
    00:21 Trump’s Letter: Greenland or War
    01:32 Dr. Reiner & The Fitness Inquiry
    04:36 The 25th Amendment Mechanics
    06:40 Minneapolis Report: ICE Dumping Detainees
    09:30 Don Lemon vs. Nicki Minaj
    16:20 Blues Quotes & Banter
    18:15 Intel Sharing & Davos Speculation
    29:20 Antifa Fact Check & Andy Ngo
    34:00 Captain Kirk’s Constitution

    Watch the full replay here     👇

  43. Hey USA – Canada speaking! We need Alaska for our security against Russia. We will pay you $7.2 million dollars, which is what you paid Russia in 1867. We’ll look after your Innuits for you. Otherwise no more maple syrup.

  47. The Robber:
    Your money or your life!

    The Robber, after long silent pause:
    Well???

    Jack Benny:
    I’m thinking!
    I’m thinking!!

  50. The US is NOT in a strong position. Amounts via Search Assist:

    “As of late 2025, European investors hold approximately $8 trillion in U.S. Treasury bonds and equities. This amount makes Europe the largest foreign holder of U.S. financial assets.”

    *Get that. The EU holds the most & can do a selloff that will crash the US dollar, send prices here soaring and, well, tRUMP destroys everything he touches.

    “As of November 2025, the United Kingdom holds approximately $888.5 billion in U.S. Treasury securities. This amount reflects both government and private holdings within the UK.”

    *If China wants to yank our chain…

    “As of November 2025, China holds approximately $682.6 billion in U.S. Treasury securities.”

  52. Doing a little research, in October ICE arrested 60 people, most from Mexican restaurants in the Harrison County (East bumfuck is the County seat) area. There have been protests for and against the ICE presence, a highway chase of 2 individuals over 100 mph, and they continue their activities but it’s not getting much press coverage.

  53. I do think Adolf’s days are numbered & they will A25 him if Father Time is slow to act.

    Then, we’ve got real problems. We’ve got Thiel problems. We’ve got Heritage N&zi problems. We’ve got so many corrupt weasels embedded everywhere…

  54. https://www.theverge.com/news/864474/faa-creates-a-no-fly-zone-that-could-restrict-drones-near-ice-vehicles

    FAA creates a no fly zone that could restrict drones near ICE vehicles.The Federal Aviation Administration is barring drones from flying within 3,000 feet of “Department of Homeland Security facilities and mobile assets,” 404 Media reports.

    The notice is similar to those restricting drones near military bases, 404 says, but could apply to flying them near Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles.

    *Militarization of our cities…and coming to a small town (maybe yours) soon.

  57. You know, I’ve changed my mind on things in the past. I’ve ordered chicken mole and when it came thought I should have ordered carnitas. Other things as well – paint colors, boats, law degree, stuff like that. So I get it. But Dumbass makes me feel like an absolute amateur when it comes to changing my mind on things. WaPo.

    Trump says U.K. ‘stupidity’ on Chagos Islands justifies Greenland demands
    The United Kingdom agreed to grant Mauritius sovereignty over the archipelago, one of whose islands hosts a U.K.-U.S. military base.

    By Steve Hendrix

    LONDON — The president was fine with it a year ago. Now it’s “GREAT STUPIDITY.”

    President Donald Trump told British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in February that he was on board with a deal the United Kingdom had reached with the island nation of Mauritius over ownership of the Chagos Archipelago, a remote string of atolls in the Indian Ocean, including Diego Garcia — home to a base for U.S. bomber aircraft.

    “I have a feeling it is going to work out very well,” Trump said to cameras in an amicable Oval Office meeting with Starmer. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed the “historic” agreement.
    January 20, 2026 at 1:36 p.m. EST

    On Tuesday, however, Trump seized on the deal to justify his effort to seize Greenland, describing the U.K. agreement as a disqualifying example of international idiocy.

    Trump’s quest for Greenland, the vast Arctic territory long controlled by Denmark, a NATO ally, has become a bitter, high-stakes transatlantic contretemps, surging from fringe strategic fancy to a Category 5 geopolitical hurricane.

    With Trump displaying aggressive territorial ambitions, he highlighted the Chagos Islands agreement — which grants the nation of Mauritius sovereignty over the contested archipelago but guarantees Britain and the United States a 99-year lock on a joint air base there — as a contemptible example of “total weakness.”

    “Shockingly, our ‘brilliant’ NATO ally, the United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia, the site of a vital U.S. Military Base, to Mauritius,” Trump posted on Truth Social Tuesday. “The UK giving away extremely important land is an act of GREAT STUPIDITY, and is another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired.”

    Trump’s sharp reversal and astonishing rebuke of the U.K., which is often described as America’s closest ally, managed to stupefy British officials who are mostly numbed to serial shocks from this White House.

    Trump’s expansionist moves — from taking “control” of Venezuela to risking the transatlantic alliance in his grab for Greenland — contrast sharply with Britain’s recent history of unwinding imperial legacies from Hong Kong to Africa.

    “The contrast could not be more stark between the United Kingdom negotiating a deal to implement international law and President Trump being unable to understand why any country would comply with the law at the global level when it goes against its immediate interest,” said Marc Weller, a law professor at Cambridge University and head of international law at Chatham House, a foreign policy think tank.

    “The United Kingdom has done its very best to absorb the many upsets in the relationship between London and Washington,” Weller said. “Now we have arrived at a breaking point. With the Greenland episode, the British government is slowly realizing that it needs to stand up for principles.”

    The whiplash criticism, delivered as Trump prepared to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, was all the more shocking given London’s assiduous work to preserve the “special relationship” through the tumultuous first year of Trump’s second presidency. This included inviting Trump for a historic second state visit with royal trappings.

    “You can certainly say that no one saw this one coming,” said a person familiar with the deliberations in the Starmer government. “Keir spent a lot of time getting buy-in from the Trump team [on the Chagos Islands agreement] and felt it was fairly settled.”

    [continues…]

    Love to know exactly how that brain of his works … to the extent it does. I’m guessing he doesn’t know that nothing goes unrecorded anymore – or he just doesn’t care. Like his sycophantic cabinet, he’s only performing for an audience of one – himself. And I’m sure that somehow in his tattered synapses, the nonsense he blathers makes sense to him when absolutely no one else would be able to make sense of it.

    The Wikipedia article on the Chagos Archipelago should serve as a warning regarding Trump’s Greenland aspirations – and that is the only connection I can see regarding the Chagos and Greenland. The first 5 paragraphs of the article should suffice.

  58. olbermann.bsky.social‬
    ·
    The president of the United States is, at this moment, having a full scale psychological breakdown.

  62. Sounds like sfb gave another stemwinder of a presser this afternoon. Reports are stating his body was in the room, the contents of the cranium were probably somewhere only he knows of.

    MSM reports on his meanderings as if he was sane. Those who watched were not so sure.

    He should do this everyday.

  66. This is probably what JD/Thiel/Heritage wanted to happen. Not sure about the timing, but this was the plan.

    A25 Adolf, back off everything domestically a bit so folks feel a bit relieved, and then steam roll the Heritage Foundation’s domestic terror campaign on women, and the techbros takeover of Greenland.

    Not a single fishing boat had been blown up since tRUMP invaded Venezuela for their oil, and banked hundreds of millions of dollars in Qatar. ~Probably no connection~

  67. https://www.rawstory.com/ice-racial-profiling-2674912991/

    Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley revealed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have been pulling guns on off-duty officers of color while illegally demanding their citizenship papers.

    *So, the police put out a statement saying they supported ICE, and then they found out.

    Recently, as the last two weeks, we as law enforcement community have been receiving endless complaints about civil rights violations in our streets from US citizens,” he said. “What we’re hearing is they’re being stopped in traffic stops or on the street with no cause and being forced to show paperwork to determine if they are here legally.”

    “As this went on over the past two weeks, we started hearing from our police officers the same complaints as they fell victim to this while off duty,” he continued. “Every one of these individuals is a person of color who has had this happen to them.”

    Bruley said ICE “boxed in” one officer on a roadway.

    *Well, maybe this needs to be a lesson that is broadcast.

  68. Weekend before last I posted a bunch of articles about Thiel & the techbros on an island off of Honduras, and a free-city where they could do all of the creepy and unethical crap they wanted; one of the articles said that is the draw of Greenland for them, in addition to minerals.

  69. Usha Vance is expecting. As a mom, I can’t be mean about that.

    I also just learned, belatedly, about the death of a person who once made me their nemesis. I thought I would feel something, joy, relief, divine justice. But no, nothing.

  72. Did Usha have IVF, again? She’s 40, so probably.

    Methinks Adolf is about to go down.

    JD’s wife being pregnant quells the divorce rumors and the Erika Kirk affair rumors, and it will IDK, humanize JD, I guess.

    The pregnancy is a part of the window dressing.

  74. Our Next Live Chat 11am ET
    While the billionaire class clutches their pearls, we’re looking at the real menu: Is this “housing affordability” push a real solution for the working class, or just more alpine theater?

  77. Sometimes outside cow pies appear on YT. A few moments ago an advertisement for a “movie” showed on my YT ads. Something about a woman that we all know was as young, perhaps too young, working lady. There is a lot of speculation about how and why she ended up in the Epstein teen captives on an island. Especially since what is know of her early years involved Russia and KGB.

    Other than that, it was a stupid advertisement, nothing I would consider watching even as a “only thing on”. Yup, you know who it is. Melania, from soft porn to First Lady.

  79. Is Bessent that stupid or does he think the audience is that stupid? Blackstone, and other private equity companies, are not Mom & Pops. Disingenuous bastard. The PEs holding inventory are what jacks up housing prices, and subsequently, everyone’s property taxes.

    Did Bessent’s buddy get that $40bil bailout?

  80. Trump’s Argentina Bailout Enriches One Well-Connected US Billionaire

    A $20 billion US rescue package is a gift for a hedge fund manager with ties to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

    ***

    https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/15/bessent-says-u-s-considers-doubling-aid-to-argentina-by-tapping-outside-funding-00609011

    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent…his department is working on a partnership with the private sector and other entities that would provide an additional $20 billion in financing for Argentina.

    ***

    https://apnews.com/article/argentina-us-treasury-scott-bessent-javier-milei-trump-21125705220bd1ca7e84f8b23e6d7037

    Argentina has repaid the funds it drew from a $20 billion credit line with the Trump administration, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced…

    *Do we have receipts?

  84. Good question, Poobah. Bessent’s been spewing gibberish for months now. Let us know if you figure it out. (I’m not holding my breath)

  85. Danish pension fund to ditch U.S. Treasuries, says Greenland not the cause

    Danish pension fund AkademikerPension said on Tuesday it would sell off its holding of U.S. Treasuries, worth some US$100 million, by the end of this month, blaming weak U.S. government finances.

    AkademikerPension said the decision was not intended as a political statement linked to the rift between Denmark and the United States over Greenland.

    *It’s a drop in the bucket of what the EU holds.

  86. https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-jerome-powell-lisa-cook-supreme-court-7f135bd222013d4fe61eb8f03c663676

    Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court’s oral argument Wednesday in a case involving the attempted firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook, an unusual show of support by the central bank chair.

    The high court is considering whether President Donald Trump can fire Cook, as he said he would do in late August, in an unprecedented attempt to remove one of the seven members of the Fed’s governing board. Powell plans to attend the high court’s Wednesday session, according to a person familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

    *Jerome Powell will be a thorn in Adolf’s side at every turn. Good.

  87. Katie Mitler, KKKaroline Leavitt, and Usha Vance are all pregnant. This was orchestrated; it’s part of the midterms show.

  88. https://www.newsweek.com/trump-block-jack-smith-report-testimony-11390592

    President Donald Trump has asked a federal judge to block his own Department of Justice (DOJ) from releasing a second volume of a report prepared by former special counsel Jack Smith, arguing that public disclosure would be improper after the underlying criminal case was dismissed.

    Smith has already testified behind closed doors before the committee. A transcript of that private deposition, released last month, shows Smith forcefully rejecting claims that his investigations were politically motivated. He told lawmakers that the January 6, 2021, siege on the U.S. Capitol “does not happen” without Trump, while also disputing any suggestion that his work was designed to prevent Trump from reclaiming the presidency.

    U.S. Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio, the Republican chairman of the committee, confirmed that Smith will appear at a hearing January 22, saying the panel intends to scrutinize Smith’s conduct and motives.

  90. “full power! we need more test-tubes, midterms are coming!”

    “amma givin’ ‘er all she’s goht, Cap’n! she canna take anymoor!!”

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