First: Nothing much has changed about the stalemate in the Gulf of Hormuz . The little sister of Lindsey Graham, 62-year old Darline Graham Nordone, will serve out his term in the U.S. Senate.   She will not run in the Republican primary to replace him. The Manhattan federal court released more than $5.6 million that Donald Trump owes E. Jean Carroll. The U.S. Senate has 53 Republicans and 47 Democrats. John Cornyn (R-Tex), Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) will not return to the Senate next year, and mostly because Trump was directly responsible for their situation. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) chose not to run for re-election.  If he never returns to the U.S. Senate, this means that, if the above three Republicans want to leave with a major payback, Democrats would have one vote more than Republicans.   If McConnell does return, he has had a severely strained personal relationship with Trump, that he, too, could well vote like a Democrat.   This ...

Another of those Republicans totally conflicted about Donald Trump showed his true colors.  While he has more recently played the good republican,   a new book says : Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has   privately called Trump a "despicable human"   and unfit for office despite endorsing him, a new book reveals. Written by Associated Press Deputy Washington Bureau Chief Michael Tackett, this biography title  The Price of Power , will be released October 29, a week before Election Day. About the 6January2021 attack on the Capitol: “There’s no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day,” McConnell said at the time, arguing the chamber has no power over a former president. Trump, too, has had nasty words for McConnell over the years. After McConnell's public remarks following Jan. 6, Trump called him a "dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack." Yet, McConnell has endorsed Trump for pres...