That Was The Week That Was
It's hard to keep up with the news. To help, here's a curated selection of the past few days' posts on social media. Feel free to share with friends and frenemies alike.
Federal prosecutors say former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) should be sentenced to more than seven years in prison for committing fraud while campaigning for Congress. Santos could not be reached for comment as he was in training for the Artemis moon landing.
Trump has reversed a Biden administration decision that would have given millions of people access to weight-loss drugs paid for Medicare and Medicaid. What obesity epidemic? Just play a round of golf. The fat falls right off.
Among the 8,500 employees the Energy Department says Elon Musk can fire -- because they are "non-essential” -- are people who oversee the nation’s stockpile of nuclear weapons. What could go wrong?
Trump has fired some of his National Security Council staff because idiot conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer told him to. What's next? Is he going to consult an astrologer on where to aim our nukes?
Trump doesn't like his portrait hanging in the Colorado capitol and wants a new one. He thinks it makes him look fat. Hahahahaha.
So, the dipshit spent millions to rig the Wisconsin Supreme Court in his favor. All for naught. At least he got a hat for his efforts
Tesla corporate lawyer Pam Bondi, who also moonlights as our attorney general, wants Rep. Jasmine Crockett to “tread very carefully” for voicing support for Elon Musk to be “taken down." Said Bondi: “we’re going to fight to protect all of the Tesla owners.”
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J.C. Bruce is a journalist and author of The Strange Files series of mysterious novels (available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, other online booksellers, and at selected libraries). He holds dual citizenship in the United States of America and Florida. His latest novel, Strange Timing, was recently named Book of the Year in the Royal Palm Literary Awards where it also won Gold Medals in the Sci-Fi and Thriller categories. When he’s not writing, he’s in training for the International Underwater Ping-Pong Championships.
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