Randy Rainbow’s newest (3 minutes):

Perhaps the second most talked about topic of the political chattering class is President Biden’s age. And of course the corporate media is pushing it hard because they can’t come right out and say that the VP and Biden’s immediate successor is 1) a woman 2) black 3) Asian 4) super-duper smart – which is four HUGE negatives as far as their right wing viewers are concerned. 

So instead of saying those things right out loud they raise the specter of Biden being closer to death than most of us and we are supposed to infer that VP Harris could become president. In order to reinforce the issue if the President should have a slip of the tongue it will be played and replayed ad nauseam to make sure we get the message.

Yet based on his reported performance in court testimony last week plus posted clips online, I would posit that Donald Trump’s memory is pretty much nada. One report I heard said he uttered the words “I can’t remember” hundreds of times last week. For that matter apparently it appears that his kids also have a memory problems as they also uttered the same phrase hundreds of time. Often this phrase was uttered in response to questions on important financial documents.

I guess we are lucky that Donnie Trump doesn’t put his pants on first and then his underwear. Maybe we are lucky he remembers to put his pants and underwear on at all. If age is an issue, got to say Trump shows much worse signs of aging by far than Biden.

Oh what a week once more!

A) As the budget crisis looms at the end of this week, what decisive action did new Speaker of the House Johnson take?

B) According to what MAGA presidential candidate what other MAGA presidential candidate is “scum”?

C) Election night Tuesday was quite a night. Enshrining access to abortion in the state’s constitution passed by a large margin in what state?

D) This is Native American Heritage Month. How many federally recognized tribes are there in the US? 

E) Thanks to a huge amount of amendments submitted by MAGA senators, what two alleged corrupters of SCOTUS justices were not subpoenaed by the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday?

F) Much press generated in Iowa Monday as Iowa’s MAGA governor endorsed who for president?

G) The Biden Administration has begun a crackdown on questionable advertising for what insurance products?

H) In a much followed story concerning Iowa hospitals, what entity was declared the new owner of Iowa City’s Mercy Hospital?

I) Also in Iowa news, who announced his candidacy to challenge current 3rd district congress member Zach Nunn Thursday?

J) Native American Heritage: The Trail Of Tears is associated with what Native American tribe?

K) Speaking environmentally, the last 12 months have been the “what-est” in recorded history?

L) In England, four men were arrested for the September 2019 theft of what from Winston Churchill’s ancestral home?

M) A small faint object recently appeared in the night sky in front of the ISS. What is it?

N) In a strange revelation from the new Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, he and his son monitor each others what kind of activity on the internet?

O) In Iowa what two tribes are considered the ancestral ancient tribes?

P) President Biden announced federal investments into what quasi-public industry even as the US House voted on a bill to defund that same industry?

Q) Christmas 1968 and the world receives a Christmas message from what recently deceased commander of Apollo 8 as it orbits the moon?

R) Astronomical scientists reported the discovery of a super massive black hole estimated to be about how old?

S) The political world reacted very skeptically Thursday when what sitting senator announced he would not run for re-election this year?

T) Pushing their bogus impeachment hearings against President Biden the House Oversight Committee issued subpoenas for what people Wednesday?

Republicans sure do hate Chinese communism. But they sure do love that cheap Chinese Communist labor. 

Likewise they surely do hate Mexican immigrants, but goddamn do they love that cheap Mexican labor. What they DON’T love is paying an American a living wage. – Stonekettle

Answers:

A) Sent the House home til Monday and went to Paris for an extremist right meeting

B) Nikki Haley called Vivek Ramaswamy “scum” during the MAGA debate Wednesday

C) Ohio. MAGA legislators in Ohio say they will block the amendment

D)  565

E) Leonard Leo an Harlan Crow. Grassley among those taking place in this action.

F) Ron DeSantis. She may make the new Trump enemies list

G) Medicare Advantage

H) University of Iowa Hospitals

I) Lanon Baccam

J) Cherokee

K) hottest 12 consecutive month period in recorded history for the world

L) a $6 million gold toilet

M) A tool bag lost by one of the astronauts during a maintenance excursion

N) Porn

O) the Iowa and the Sioux in northwest Iowa

P) Amtrak

Q) Frank Boorman who died this week at age 95

R) 13.2 billion years or nearly as old as the universe itself

S) Joe Manchin of West Virginia. Many suspect Manchin will run for president on a “no labels” ticket to try to wreck President Biden’s re-election

T) Biden’s brother. James and Biden’s son Hunter

How’s that culture war working out for y’all Republicans? You’re losing big chunks of women voters because you forgot that at some point all of this becomes a fundamental question of individual liberty. – Rick Wilson

And the Hawkeye women won a big basketball game Thursday.