Every Summer, my wife and I pack up our three kids and the family dog and drive an hour-and-a-half from our home in Portland, Oregon, to the forested shores of Timothy Lake for a camping trip. The lake is technically a reservoir — with a small dam at the western …
Read More »Don Jr., Top Republicans Wax Idiotic About Chinese Spy Balloon
The Pentagon announced on Thursday that it is tracking what it believes to be a Chinese surveillance balloon soaring over the western United States. President Biden took the military’s advice to refrain from taking “kinetic action” on the balloon, as officials believe it doesn’t pose any physical or intelligence risks …
Read More »Please, We Implore You, Don't Try to Shoot The Balloon
Conservatives are fantasizing about taking their shot at bringing down the reported Chinese Spy Balloon floating over the Midwest. We cannot stress it enough: THAT IS A BAD IDEA. The balloon is located at an altitude of about 66,000 feet (12.5 miles), high above the airspace where commercial airliners typically …
Read More »MAGA Congressman Rants About 'Deep State' Trying to 'Wipe Out the American Cowboy'
Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT), a newly elected representative from Montana, celebrated his second day in Congress with a lengthy rant about the American “Deep State” and the endangered “American cowboy.” Zinke, whose tenure as Trump’s Interior Secretary lasted from March 2017 to January 2019 until he was forced to resign …
Read More »Yet Another Trump Cabinet Official Broke a Bunch of Ethics Rules, Watchdog Says
An internal watchdog for the Interior Department released a report Wednesday revealing repeated lapses of ethical behavior by Ryan Zinke, the department’s former secretary under Donald Trump. Zinke broke federal ethics rules on more than one occasion by participating in real estate negotiations with developers, as well as with the …
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