On this record 43rd day of the government shutdown,  the House, after a 54-day recess, will finally vote to restart .  President Donald Trump will sign this legislation. However, this  Epstein matter has returned . Sure Trump knew about Epstein and underage girls,  but did The Donald also participate? It was in Trump's first term that this brouhaha gained notice, and you would think that any documents of his involvement were deleted then. So any demands for more details from the White House now, as is being demanded by Democrats, will not provide any condemning information.  But why, then, is this being withheld? Then again,  maybe Elon Musk found something,  or the Biden administration somehow snuck away incriminating evidence. I asked Google AI to count the number of Epstein "survivors," and the feedback was more than 1000.  However, the  Miami Herald  only identified around 80 underage victims between 2001 and 2006.  These surviv...

On this nostalgic Tuesday, I will write about my experience in the U.S. military.  But first,  the government shutdown will end tomorrow, or Thursday  at the latest.  Then, air travel can get almost back to normal, but only for a while, as this agreement is only good until 30January2026 when the U.S. Congress will again go through these same motions, and maybe set another record, 42 days today, to hopefully end tomorrow, but maybe not until Thursday. Who won?   Well, Democrats won the off-year election, so they can pat themselves on the back for this accomplishment.  However,  polls show that voters blamed Democrats for the shutdown . But Republicans deleted extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act credits, so they can say the Democrats caved, as five senators did. But this agreement promises a vote on this measure next month in the Senate.  Which will, of course, be voted down again, for just before the 60-40 vote to end the shutdown, the S...

The U.S. Senate met yesterday, a rare Saturday, and today, Sunday, ever more so, not to end the government shutdown, but for Republicans to get on TV news programs to blame Democrats for shutting down SNAP benefits and cancelling flights.  President Donald Trump returns to DC today. But not to help work on opening up the government, but to attend the Washington Commanders vs Detroits NFL game in Landover, Maryland.  Ah, I still remember back 43 years ago when I cheered on the Redskins in RFK Stadium, in walking distance of my office, when I toiled in the U.S. Senate. Trump plans to meet with the Commander's leadership group to name their new $3.7 billion stadium, to open in 2030, after him. I bet many of you are somewhat confused by the term, SNAP benefits. First came the Food Stamp Program in 1939. The Food Stamp Act was passed in 1964. Electronic Benefit Transfer, or EBT cards, were introduced around 1990 to replace paper food stamps Then in 2008, to reduce the stigma associ...