I got invited to go on a podcast about Bob Dylan in which the guest chooses one Dylan song to discuss and that’s the basis of the episode. The podcast is called Pod Dylan. I demurred for a while because I really couldn’t figure out how to pick a single song. But eventually it kind of came to me in a moment of clarity. So we recorded it this week. And it came out today. If you’re interested, here’s the video version of the episode after the jump.
Continue reading “Josh on Dylan”Amid Recount, McCormick Concedes To Oz In Pennsylvania Republican Senate Primary
Former hedge fund executive David McCormick conceded to TV doctor Mehmet Oz Friday while the recount continued in the Pennsylvania Republican Senate primary.
Continue reading “Amid Recount, McCormick Concedes To Oz In Pennsylvania Republican Senate Primary”House Republican Withdraws From Reelection After Daring To Support Gun Reforms
Rep. Chris Jacobs (R) announced Friday that he is withdrawing from his reelection bid after his recent comments in favor of gun reform made him a pariah to his party.
Continue reading “House Republican Withdraws From Reelection After Daring To Support Gun Reforms”Indicted Peter Navarro Wails, Gnashes Teeth At First Court Appearance
Former Trump White House trade official Peter K. Navarro ranted and raved at his first court appearance on Friday, hours after FBI agents arrested him as he boarded an airplane on charges of contempt of Congress.
Continue reading “Indicted Peter Navarro Wails, Gnashes Teeth At First Court Appearance”Fetterman Releases New Information On Heart Condition After Suffering Stroke On Campaign Trail
Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman (D), Democratic candidate for an open U.S. Senate seat, disclosed new information about his health Friday after being hospitalized for a stroke last month.
Continue reading “Fetterman Releases New Information On Heart Condition After Suffering Stroke On Campaign Trail”Warnings To Pence About Jan. 6 Included Another Trumpian Quid Pro Quo
The pressure campaign to sway then-Vice President Mike Pence into stealing the 2020 election for Donald Trump led Pence’s chief of staff to alert Pence’s security detail, and included an extremely Trumpian quid pro quo, The New York Times reported Friday.
Continue reading “Warnings To Pence About Jan. 6 Included Another Trumpian Quid Pro Quo”MTG Argues That Christian Nationalism Is A Great Thing That Will Save America
Why bother hiding it anymore?
Continue reading “MTG Argues That Christian Nationalism Is A Great Thing That Will Save America”DeSantis Uses Sports Complex Veto To Attack Tampa Bay Rays’ Gun Reform Effort
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Friday used his veto of a multi-million dollar funding package for a sports complex to attack the gun reform advocacy of the Tampa Bay Rays, a Major League Baseball team.
Continue reading “DeSantis Uses Sports Complex Veto To Attack Tampa Bay Rays’ Gun Reform Effort”Peter Navarro Indicted On Contempt Of Congress Charges
A federal grand jury returned an indictment on Thursday charging Trump White House adviser Peter K. Navarro with two counts of contempt of Congress relating to his refusal to testify before the House Jan. 6 Committee.
Navarro was taken into custody on the charges Friday morning, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia told TPM.
He’s the first Trump official to face arrest for events related to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Stephen K. Bannon, charged with contempt relating to his refusal to cooperate with the investigation last year, was allowed to surrender of his own volition.
Continue reading “Peter Navarro Indicted On Contempt Of Congress Charges”Barr Testifies In Front Of Jan. 6 Panel
Former Attorney General Bill Barr testified in front of the House Jan. 6 Committee for about two hours on Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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