Well, I have some good news! Amazon Kindle Vella has picked up my book Three White Lions. So what is it about? Having a bit of fun. And as you know, I’m a liberal political journalist, so I know a lot about what is happening in our government, especially with January 6th. But government can be so boring. Anyway, I wanted to make reading about the coup, plus more, exciting, interesting, informative, and sometimes even fanciful — for people of all ages. It can even be a Bedtime Story.
I was seriously concerned that people are have been having some trouble getting the breadth and depth of how dire the threat to our American democracy truly is. After all, the failed coup attempt is ongoing.
So I took my white lion logo further, creating three white lionesses. The president picks up his Minnie Mouse phone and dials them up. He needs help. They come, transforming into three unique young women up against some bad characters. Chaos creates confusion. Disinformation starts the big conspiracy theories. The two big chameleon Birds of Disease spread the pandemic, and so on.
I really like the Amazon style, a serial like the ones magazines ran before novels took off. Great anticipation! I also like that people can read the first three chapters for free to decide whether they want to commit to reading further.
If you are not interested, no worries. Maybe someone in your family might be. And if you are interested, this is where to go, Kindle Vella.
Now, on to the news!
Gloria
Jim Jordan’s Home-State Paper Labels Him ‘A Traitor’
The rabid chihuahua-like Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) apparently believes that he can just skate past the House Select January 6 Committee as his former president has done. Jordan sent the Select Committee a letter telling its members that he had no intention of assisting them in any way. And that leaves him in a heap of trouble.
Former press secretary Chuck Ardo to previous Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell wrote a hair-raising op-ed calling Jordan a “traitor.” In Ohio’s next to the largest newspaper, The Plain Dealer out of Cleveland.com, he said:
‘U.S. REP. JIM JORDAN, THE SEE-NO-EVIL, HEAR-NO-EVIL FORMER ASSISTANT WRESTLING COACH, HAS ONCE AGAIN CHOSEN THE DARK SIDE BY FAILING TO COOPERATE WITH THE U.S. HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE JANUARY 6TH ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL.’
Jordan sent his letter after the January 6 Committee asked him for specific details, according to The Newsweek Magazine:
‘I HAVE NO RELEVANT INFORMATION THAT WOULD ASSIST THE SELECT COMMITTEE IN ADVANCING ANY LEGITIMATE LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE.’
My friend, Marty Townsend sent this to me this morning. A welcome laugh. Although, I’m afraid that I don’t know the original author.
‘The Lincoln Project’ Celebrates Trump’s Really Bad Week
The Lincoln Project spoke directly to Donald Trump in its latest crushing video. Its members certainly know where the ex-president’s soft spots are and how to really stick it to him. The video ground its heel right into Trump’s desires for a “total coverup.”
Then, the video told the former resident of the White House that the good life was ending. As much as Trump would like to be a king or even “president,” he is not. The video made that point loud and clear:
‘NO, YOU ARE NOT A KING. YOU ARE NOT STILL PRESIDENT.’
Trump stacked the court with three extremely conservative judges. But he did not know enough about how our government works to understand they were not “his.” Eight to one they voted against Trump’s desire to keep his records sealed and away from the House January 6 Select Committee, according to The SCOTUS blog.
Jen Psaki Rebuffs ‘Reverse Racism’ Charges Over SCOTUS Pick
Well, of course, this strange question would jump out of the reporter pool and land right on White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki’s plate. The question was about supposed “reverse racism” by President Joe Biden during his Supreme Court process for deciding the next Justice. Stephen Breyer announced his retirement Thursday. And Psaski was ready.
She dug right into the hot mess of conservative whataboutism and pointed out to them that no Black woman has ever been nominated to the Supreme Court of The United States (SCOTUS):
‘FIRST, WE’D SAY THAT THE FACT THAT NO BLACK WOMAN HAS BEEN NOMINATED SHOWS A DEFICIENCY OF THE PAST SELECTION PROCESSES, NOT A LACK OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES TO BE NOMINATED TO THE SUPREME COURT.’
Economic Report Debunks GOP’s ‘Doom & Gloom’ Narrative
In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, the threat of Russia invading Ukraine, and a deadweight Republican Senate, President Biden managed to increase the US Gross Domestic Product (GDP) faster than any time since President Ronald Reagan was in office in 1984. Here is the good news.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis indicated on Thursday that the GDP expanded 5.7 percent in 2021. Even better, in the fourth quarter the GDP grew far beyond what economists anticipated:
‘[AT] AN ANNUALIZED RATE OF 6.9% IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.’
The GDP third-quarter dip of 2.3 percent in the midst of the Delta variant pandemic led the economists to anticipate a lower growth rate. Still, annualized at just 2.3 percent, according to CNN Business:
‘[IT WAS] THE BEST QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE SINCE THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2020 WHEN THE INITIAL REOPENING BOOM BUOYED ECONOMIC GROWTH.’
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