This was expected by almost all intelligent Americans ::

lets put it this way , if these "anonymous" reports are legit , the  Military Generals version of events is that they have 100% allowed Red China Spy balloons to traverse the US for years , not even bothering to inform political leadership , and only shot down this one because the public noticed ? 

Sure ... 

since the pentagon does not change with each new administration

i have to guess the same caution was believed necessary by the pentagon when similar instances happened during chumps reign  as it did last week under biden admin

According to CNN, defense department has briefed congress on Chinese balloons in the past.    Politico reveals that pentagon tracks hundreds of balloons every day but they are typically not deemed a threat.  Trump security officials wouldn't be notified unless a balloon's behavior is out of the ordinary.  But Trump denies the truth of Chinese balloons in the US during his presidency.

On Sunday, FOX News reported that *at least one* balloon flew over parts of Texas and Florida while Trump was in office.

HEADLINE today . . .

Phucker Carlson has Racist Meltdown
whining that President Biden is not
nominating enough white men
to the federal judiciary

HUFFPOST -

The Fox News host is absolutely livid over the number of
Black women being appointed to what is already the
overwhelmingly white and male federal judiciary.

Carlson seems to think Biden isn’t appointing enough white men.

“Out of 97 federal judges confirmed under Joe Biden,
total number of white men: five,” the prime-time cable
TV personality griped on Monday night.
“Twenty-two are Black women, so this
is race-based hiring. It’s illegal!!!”

sarah huckster sanders  rebuttal speech was basically a neo-fascist platform  and follows in the footpath of her cult demogogue :: full of lies , falsehoods ,andmisleading rhetoric  to the extreme

 fascism

I gave her a respectful chance.  But after 2 minutes couldn't stand her BS any further.

I gave her a respectful chance.  But after 2 minutes couldn't stand her BS any further.

exactly.   as usual she goes way over the edge

I wouldn't even go that far.  I turned it off immediately.

I've turned on the discussion panels instead who are diagnosing her BS.

prolly someone will post the text of  that  full rebuttal bullsht online tomorrow

u could read it there   if u have a bottle of TUMS handy

mustve missed this since i  refuse two spend any time on fux news

Sanders has earned a reputation for lying even under oath while working for Trump.  Apparently, she is appealing to MAGA republican base.

Carlson ignores the big picture.  American bar association reveals that 78% of federal judges are white men while 4% are black women which isn't representative of US population.  Problem got worse under Trump who appoints the smallest share of nonwhite judges in over 25 years with no complaint from Carlson.  So by appointing more minorities, Biden tries to fix this problem.  Carlson is a white supremacist who supports the conspiracy theory alleging that white majority is being replaced by minorities.  New York times reports that Carlson show may be the most racist in the history of US cable news.

The federal judiciary is overwhelmingly white and male.
The American Bar Association said last year that 70%
of all lifetime-appointed federal judges are male, and
78% are white.

In addition, the organization said 16 states have no federal trial judges of color at all!

The problem only got worse under Donald Trump,
who appointed the smallest share of nonwhite judges
in more than 25 years. Of 226 federal judges appointed
by Trump the total number of Blacks was just 9!

  (with no complaint from the Carlson.......of course not)

He tries to fix the systemic racism problem.  Carlson screams in outrage at Biden on a Fox program which is eagerly viewed nightly by more bigots than any other in history

Fox News Lied to Viewers
to Keep Them From Fleeing,
According to Dominion Suit

VARIETY via YAHOO NEWS -

Dominion Voting Systems alleges that emails, depositions
and text messages among Fox News executives and its top
stars show that the network had a clear financial motive
to lie to its audience about voter fraud in the wake of
the 2020 election.

     In a summary judgement motion filed Thursday,
the company argued that Fox anchors feared losing
viewers to rival Newsmax if they did not perpetuate the
fantasy that the election was stolen from President Trump.

The motion is replete with quotes from network executives
— all the way up to Rupert Murdoch — calling the election
fraud charges “really crazy” and “nuts.”
But the FOX network continued to host people like Rudy Giuliani
and Sidney Powell, who were given a platform to spread those
false allegations about fraud in the election.

this should not end well for the liars  

Republicans defeated in another election

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia voters on Tuesday elected Democrat
Jennifer McClellan, a veteran state legislator from Richmond, to fill an
open seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, where she will make
history as the first Black woman to represent the state in Congress.

McClellan, 50, prevailed over right-wing Republican Leon Benjamin.
The contest between McClellan and Benjamin, a pastor and Navy
veteran who as a commentator has espoused conspiracy theories
about the coronavirus pandemic and voter fraud.

Prior to Tuesday, only 22 states had ever elected a Black woman
to Congress, according to a recent Pew Research Center analysis
of historical records. McClellan said breaking that barrier in Virginia
carries extra weight because of her family’s history in the Jim Crow South.

More and more women and minorities have came to fortify the Democratic Party as time progresses, Republican Party has been hemorrhaging from these two constituents. And some far right GOP members are gunning for the Christian Nationalism, it's just mind boggling.  

oh darn             i feel so bad for the repos   

 i guess mysoginy and bigotry aint as good now for them as it used to b inspite of chumps best efforts that way

Trump is driving a wedge through the GOP
over one of American politics’ thorniest issues:

... the future of Medicare and Social Security.

Donald Trump is driving a wedge through the GOP
over one of American politics’ thorniest issues:
the future of Medicare and Social Security.

The former president’s attacks on potential GOP primary
opponents, and his warning to party leaders to stay away
from the popular entitlement programs in their push to
cut spending, are cleaving Republicans at every level.

Lawmakers who once backed entitlement overhauls are
now openly at odds with colleagues who’d prefer to soften
their positions before they face voters in 2024.
And a GOP presidential race that’s a referendum on Trump
is now becoming one on Medicare and Social Security.