CNN has identified 10 Senate seats it considers mostly like to change hands in 2022. Each party currently holds 5 of them, so if all 10 seats flip, the Senate’s partisan composition will stay the same — 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans. That would be a win, of sorts, for the Democrats as [...]
Archive for March 3rd, 2021
Prosecutors accuse tax swindler of faking dementia
Software tycoon Robert Brockman, 79, possesses the usual billionaire accoutrements: Mansion, yacht, private jet, and Aspen ski cabin. He’s also an accused tax crook. Federal prosecutors have charged him with 39 counts of tax evasion, wire fraud, and money laundering. Brockman (blank stare at l[...]
Scientists: Covid-19 is here to stay
Impatient Americans want to know when the Covid-19 pandemic will be behind us and life will return to normal. They won’t like the answer. Scientists are increasingly skeptical it will ever end. “A new consensus is emerging among scientists … that SARS-CoV-2 will not only remain wi[...]
GOP balks at Biden’s HHS pick
Senate committee Republicans closed ranks in opposition against Biden’s HHS secretary, Xavier Beccerra (photo, left), holding up his confirmation. For bad reasons. With equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans on the committee, the vote tied at 14-14, and it’s now up to the partiesR[...]
Crime news: Canadian car attacker found guilty
A Canadian man who drove a rented van on a crowded Toronto sidewalk in 2018, mowing down pedestrians, is criminally responsible for his actions despite suffering from autism spectrum disorder, a judge ruled on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. She found him guilty of 10 counts of murder, for the people w[...]