David Shuster interviews what must be people from another planet (8:30)

Usually I get pretty excited about Halloween, but after yet another horrible mass shooting in a somewhat idyllic spot of Americana, I kind of wonder if celebrating Halloween this year is a good idea. Maybe it is just better to keep the young ones home and safe this year. Not a good idea to send children out as what may turn out to be targets for some gun crazy dude with a grudge and a death wish.

MAGA demands continue to tear at the fabric of the country. No sense feeding it. And please – no more politicians uttering those absolutely useless “thoughts and prayers” condescensions – do something!

If you can, have a good holiday, but please, please be safe.

A) The site of the most recent mass murder is Lewiston, Maine which is a small city. How big is Lewiston, Maine?

B) Hurricane Otis started the week by smashing what major vacation destination Tuesday?

C) In one of the greatest political collapses of all time, Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota withdrew from the race to be Speaker of the House how many hours after he was nominated?

D) Because of the “unpredictable nature of the regulatory and government processes” what CO2 pipeline company abandoned its pipeline project in Iowa Monday?

E) Witches should get better treatment, especially this time of year. Hey you old folks, what was the name of Samantha and Darin’s little witch on Bewitched back in the ‘60s?

F) What was the specific reason the Tom Emmer was rejected by the MAGA caucus in his run for the Speakership?

G) Who did win the Speakership the next day on a unanimous MAGA party vote?

H) In the penalty phase of the Trump company fraud civil trial, the judge has so far issued how many penalties for breaking the court imposed gag rules?

I) Also in that trial, who has been compelled to testify after November 1?

J) What teen TV witch had a mischievous black cat and a couple of witch aunts who always harshed her good times?

K) The UAW announced a tentative strike deal with which of the Big Three automakers Wednesday?

L) Many in Iowa were startled by an Amber Alert Wednesday night. How did that come out?

M) As the walls close in on Donald Trump, what close aide was granted immunity Tuesday?

N) More witches. Who was the Good Witch in 1939’s “Wizard of Oz” and what region was she from?

O) What member of the House of Representatives has had a resolution to expel him from congress filed by other MAGA representatives from his own state?

P) Remember the statue of Robert E. Lee that was the focus of the riot in Charlottesville, Va. in 2017? What happened to it last week?

Q) In some really good news reported Thursday the economy registered a robust what percent annual growth rate last quarter?

R) What nickname did MAGA presidential leader Donald Trump immediately hang on the new Speaker of the House?

S) “Double, double toil and trouble” is the incantation spoken by a trio of witches in what well known play?

T) Finally we had a strike by what group in Iceland Tuesday for equal treatment including wages?

Deeply Christian Mike Johnson, 

willing to bear false witness 

if it means throwing out millions of American votes 

to help his actual savior, Donald Trump. – John Fugelsang

Answers:

A) Just under 32,000

B) Acapulco, Mexico. It was expected to be just a tropical storm but blew up into a category 5 hurricane

C) 3 hours – he was undone by a tweet from Trump because Emmer did not vote for Trump’s coup on Jan. 6, 2021.

D) Navigator pipeline

E) Tabitha!

F) Emmer had not voted to stop the electoral certification on January 6, 2021 – a vote against Trump. When Emmer was nominated Trump sent a tweet not to vote for him.

G) Mike Johnson of Louisiana

H) 2 – fines of $5000 and $10000.

I) Ivanka Trump

J) Sabrina the teen age witch

K) Ford

L) The girl in question was found safe early the next morning in Hammond, Indiana

M) Mark Meadows

N) Glinda was the good witch of the South

O) George Santos

P) it was melted into material that will be used in other art

Q) 4.9%

R) MAGA Mike

S) Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”

T) Women who went on strike in a continuing demand for equality – especially of pay.

The fact that Biden’s brother wrote Joe Biden a $200K check as a loan repayment does reveal one very telling thing. The Biden family pays back its debts. The Trumps file Chapter 11. – George Takei

Pro-Russia, anti-gay, anti-woman, anti-democracy. What a great choice for Speaker of the House! – Norman Ornstein