This article contains news and merciless liberal sarcasm. Michael “leftist insurrection” Caputo (see my post here) “called an emergency staff meeting on Tuesday,” September 15, 2020, “to apologize for drawing negative attention to the Trump administration’s health[...]
Archive for September, 2020
September 16th, 2020 - 8:15 am § in Law and Courts
Rightwing idiots cheer illegal bail for protesters
This article contains news with liberal commentary. Police killed a Latino man brandishing a knife in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, September 13, 2020. That night a crowd of protesters gathered outside a police station and, according to police, “piled street signs, trash cans, a metal du[...]
Fire threatens Mt. Wilson observatory
A brush fire authorities called “suspicious” is burning near California’s Mount Wilson observatory, and a charred body believed to be that of a teenager who’d threatened self-harm was found in the area. Read story here. The observatory, which houses multiple telescopes, inclu[...]
Defiant pastor caves to health rules
This article contains news with liberal commentary. A California preacher whose church incurred $112,500 of fines because he defied restrictions on indoor gatherings finally decided “after a great deal of prayer, fasting and counsel” to move services outdoors as county health officials demanded.[...]
Trump’s war on science
“A defining trait of Donald Trump’s presidency is his incessant destruction of reason, evidence and science in the service of his personal whims, conspiratorial mindset and political requirements.” Read story here Huge chunk of Greenland ice sheet breaks off Read story here Return to The-Ave.[...]
September 15th, 2020 - 7:40 pm § in News Media
9/15/20 Headlines
Scientific American endorses a candidate for the first time in its 175-year history. Read story here. Sen. Lindsey Graham demands his opponent’s tax returns after defending Trump’s refusal to release his. Read story here. Louisville pays Breonna Taylor’s family $12 million. Read story here. [...]
Trump campaign adviser shirks paying child support for 2016 campaign love child
This article contains news with liberal commentary. Courts base child support payments on the parents’ incomes, and Jason Miller, one of Trump’s top 2020 campaign advisers, is being paid ZERO for his work, according to campaign documents. Read story here. The child in question was “[...]
September 15th, 2020 - 5:16 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump’s “Support Russia’s Troops” campaign ad
“An online ad released by President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign … depicts Russian jets and weapons …,” Yahoo! and other news outlets reported on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. The ad depicts silhouetted soldiers walking forward as Mig-29s fly overhead and also feature[...]
September 15th, 2020 - 4:16 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump’s Minnesota strategy
This article contains news and liberal commentary. Minnesota could be a metaphor for the entire election. Trump is chasing Minnesota’s 10 electoral votes because, “If Trump can flip Minnesota, he could lose Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania to Joe Biden and still get re-elected if he [...]