THE NARCISSISM OF THE ANGRY YOUNG MEN
What to do about the deadly misfits among us? First, recognize the problem.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/lost-boys-violent-narcissism-angry-young-men/672886/

“A grand jury returned a 14-count indictment Monday against Solomon Pena. The counts include criminal solicitation to commit shooting at a dwelling, shooting at a dwelling, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle and possession of a firearm by a felon.“

#news #NewMexico

https://apnews.com/7327d464b3ea2d4464f83c795402f358

#ResignSantos
Josh Marshall: Unsurprisingly, George Santos’s top staffer was at the center of the Hunter Biden laptop origin story.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/vish-burra-george-santos

from The Intellectualist
#ReaganWasWorseThanYouRemember
#Reagan
#FunnyButTrue
#Funny

from Faith Back Rub
WTF is a "Well-Intentioned coup"?
#BoebertIsAnIdiot

#Maddow said that Pomerantz will be on #60Minutes on Sunday, then will appear live on her show next Monday.

This January 18 #WaPo article suggests that Bragg is concerned about what Pomerantz will reveal. Bragg's office sent Pomerantz and his publisher a letter claiming they need the DA's permission to publish. (2/2)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/01/18/prosecutor-trump-book-manhattan/

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#Politics From last night's #Rachel #Maddow ... This clip doesn't include the part at the end where she reports that Mark Pomerantz, one of the two attorneys who quit the DA's office in protest last year, has a tell-all book coming out on Monday, which may explain why DA Alvin Bragg suddenly is motivated to move ahead with prosecuting Trump. (1/2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5b6ieQVRWQ

“Environmentalists have accused Republicans from Florida of hypocrisy, saying they’re using NIMBYism — “not in my backyard” sentiments — to block drilling that they would support someplace else.”

I’m shocked, SHOCKED, that Florida Republicans don’t want offshore oil drilling off the coast of Florida — just off other states.

This is just how childish and hypocritical Republicans in Congress are.

#Politics

https://apple.news/AY7KZpMe4RfCzJV0dIamaZg

Good morning, CoSo ☕

Shout out to our Canadian CoSoNauts. Represent! 🇨🇦

So funny, I had a guy phoning me up from SCB it's a statistical investigation thingy here in Sweden. Anyway one of the questions was when did I wake up yesterday. I said not at all. He got confused. I said I got up the day before yesterday. He got confused as he was reading from a script & there was no answer for not getting up at all. Finally I told him: How about we lie & say I got out of bed at 22.30. He was happy about that. So next time you refer to statistic remember that everybody lies

Republicans have no Idea how to govern. They run the deficit sky-high every time they are in charge.
#HandsoffOurSocialSecurity

These are the living conditions of an average Russian pensioner, the one in the photos lives in the suburbs of the 3rd largest city, Ekaterinburg, she hasn't had running water or heating in her block for 6 years.

But she's an avid watcher of Russian TV and repeatedly thanked Putin for attacking Ukraine, otherwise her life would have become miserable, because Ukraine surely planned to steal her home.

#Ukraine
#RussiaIsAFascistState

MONEY BEGETS FAVORABLE RULINGS

Appeals court declines to dance the “Texas two-step.” That’s not a new TikTok craze: It’s a corporate maneuver under Texas law whereby a company facing major liabilities spins off a new company to take them on, has the new company file for bankruptcy, and walks away unburdened—and yesterday, a federal appeals court refused to let Johnson & Johnson do it.

1/2

J&J created a new unit to shoulder ~38,000 lawsuits claiming its talc-based products caused cancer, and the court’s ruling dismissed that unit’s bankruptcy case. J&J, which maintains that its products are safe, said it would seek to have the ruling overturned.

2/2

Stat: As of the end of last year, 64% of US consumers were living paycheck to paycheck, up from 61% the year before, according to a survey of ~4,000 people released yesterday by Pymnts.com and LendingClub. Even people earning more than $100,000 annually might be thinking twice about adding guac to their burritos as pay fails to keep up with inflation—more than half of them said they were part of the paycheck-to-paycheck club, per the survey.

...AND REPUBS WANT TO INCREASE THAT PERCENTAGE