“Donald Trump believes that he should be the ruler — the dictator of the United States of America. He actually is looking to change the Constitution. When Donald Trump jokes about 12 more years … he is not joking. Donald Trump does not have a sense of humor. So I want you t[...]
Archive for September, 2020
September 10th, 2020 - 1:27 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
Does Trump intend to overthrow the U.S. government?
September 10th, 2020 - 12:45 am § in Health
Teacher tests Covid-19 positive and dies 3 days later
Demetria Bannister, 28, an elementary teacher in Windsor, South Carolina, tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday, August 28, and died Monday, August 31, 2020. Read story here. That story has a familiar ring; Dr. Steve Schwartz, the late founder of this blog, died just 4 days after becoming ill. The [...]
September 9th, 2020 - 11:40 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
The GOP’s “voting fraud” fable
Today, 70% of Republicans believe voting fraud is “a widespread problem.” (Story here.) In fact, it’s “vanishingly rare.” (Story here.) How did this divergence between perception and reality happen? It was deliberately created. Republican policies, which generally are a[...]
September 9th, 2020 - 9:45 pm § in Environment, Misc.
Apocalypse now
San Francisco, September 9, 2020. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
September 9th, 2020 - 4:16 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
When you don’t get permits …
This article contains news and liberal commentary. Trump has a habit of ignoring rules, but that just backfired. “Two Trump campaign events scheduled to take place in Nevada this weekend were canceled,” CNN reported on Wednesday, September 9, 2020, because “the Reno-Tahoe Airport A[...]
September 9th, 2020 - 1:47 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Biden buries Trump in fundraising
Biden raised $154 million more than Trump in August. Maybe donors think Trump’s re-election is a bad investment? Story here. Meanwhile, Trump’s campaign has wasted money (story here), is being forced to cut back on ad spending (story here), and Trump may have to dip into his own pockets [...]
September 9th, 2020 - 1:09 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Guns vs. free speech: Richmond bans guns at protests
This article contains news with liberal commentary. The Richmond, Virginia, city council with the police chief’s support has adopted an ordinance prohibiting carrying guns on public property at protests and other events, despite complaints from gun advocates that the ordinance violates their &[...]
September 9th, 2020 - 11:07 am § in Misc.
Smoke blankets West Coast
“Almost the entire Pacific Coastline of the continental United States was covered with wildfire smoke on Tuesday,” September 8, 2020, CNN reported. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
September 9th, 2020 - 10:40 am § in Politics
GOP senator’s aide equates health insurance with buying shirts
This article contains news embarrassing to Republicans. “A … cancer survivor who reached out to U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis for help with her health insurance dilemma said … she got an insensitive response from a staffer,” WRAL-TV in North Carolina reported on Wednesday, September [...]