GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Seeing you here by my side, words come out that I can’t hide. You’re an image of my dreams. LET’S GO TO PRESS.
Commissioner Amanda Fritz does an about face and says she will run for re-election—find out why in Denis Theriault’s Hall Monitor.
A female theater and English teacher at Vancouver’s Evergreen High School has been arrested and charged with four counts of child rape.
Obama’s nomination for Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, is being grilled by a Republican-heavy Senate committee—and is saying all the right things.
#LorettaLynch: “Waterboarding is torture, Senator.” http://t.co/qnLoSymR70
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 28, 2015
A new counter terrorism commission plans to collect passenger information (including home address and bank card info) of anyone flying in or out of Europe.
While traveling in Saudi Arabia, Michelle Obama refuses to wear a veil in public… BECAUSE HELL NO SHE’S NOT GONNA WEAR A GODDAMN VEIL IN PUBLIC! And because HELL YEAH she’s the goddamn BO$$.
A Texas judge has refused to toss felony abuse of power charges that have been leveled at former Governor Rick Perry. 🙂
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (and presumptive presidential nominee) has agreed to testify before the House Select Committee about… BENGHAZI BENGHAZI BENGHAAAAAAAZIIIIII!
Mormon leaders call for the protection of LGBT civil rights… while also asking that we respect the rights of homophobes. Ummm… that’s not going to work.
The Koch Brothers plan on spending $1 billion to get the rat of their choice into the White House.
Because guns keep us safer: While playing “cops and robbers,” a 15-year-old finds his father’s gun and fatally shoots his 13-year-old brother.
The Alabama Chief Justice of the Supreme Court instructs other judges to ignore last week’s federal ruling that would strike down the state’s gay ban. (Can he do that? No, he can’t.)
Kim Jong Un is going to visit Russia (who really wants the two to “bro down”).
To protect his cancer-stricken son, a father asks his kid’s school to bar unvaccinated children. YES. YES. A thousand times YES.
The all-female Ghostbusters cast has been chosen… and it looks good!
Now here’s what’s going on in your neck of the woods: Cloudy today, but the sun returns for a visit tomorrow and will stick around through Saturday.
And finally, this invention—which turns soft tortillas into hard taco shells—is a goddamn ABOMINATION. (You may not agree.)
