This article contains news and commentary that sensitive Republicans may feel is unkind. “Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale was taken from his Fort Lauderdale home by police Sunday afternoon after his wife reported that he was armed and threatening suicide,” the Sun Senti[...]
Archive for September, 2020
GOP lawyers downplay Trump’s election threats
This article contains news with liberal commentary. “Conservative lawyers are brushing off … Trump’s refusal to commit to a peaceful transition of power if he loses the election …, saying there are safeguards in place to ensure a proper transition whether the president voluntaril[...]
September 27th, 2020 - 11:36 pm § in Donald Trump
First look at Trump’s taxes
“Donald Trump paid no federal income taxes whatsoever in 10 out of 15 years beginning in 2000 because he reported losing significantly more than he made, according to an explosive report released Sunday by the New York Times. “The President paid just $750 in federal income taxes [...]
September 27th, 2020 - 3:40 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump demands Biden drug test before debate
Trump “again baselessly suggested” that “Biden is doing drugs” and tweeted that he “will be strongly demanding” that Biden take a drug test “prior to, or after” their first debate, Huffington Post reported on Sunday, September 27, 2020 (story here). Last month, Trump [...]
September 27th, 2020 - 3:39 pm § in Donald Trump
Trump blasts media for ignoring both of his Nobel Peace Prizes
This article is news with liberal commentary. Trump “complained at a Pennsylvania campaign rally Saturday night that the ‘fake news’ completely skipped reporting his two Nobel Peace Prizes,” Huffington Post reported on Sunday, September 27, 2020 (story here). FactCheck.org ha[...]
BLM protester charged with attempted murder for car attack
This article is news and liberal commentary. A BLM protester who ran over two Trump supporters in Long Beach, California, on Saturday, September 26, 2020, is being charged with attempted murder. Both victims were hospitalized with broken bones nad other serious injuries. Read story here. The inciden[...]
September 27th, 2020 - 11:42 am § in Misc.
Bikers doing what they do best
This tattoo parlor and grille was a biker nightclub in Waterloo, Iowa, which needed all of its emergency room capacity in the wee hours of Saturday morning, September 26, 2020, to patch up the casualties of a fight that erupted inside. Read story here. Waterloo is a city about the size of Bellingham[...]
September 26th, 2020 - 9:08 pm § in Donald Trump, Schools & Colleges
Harvard prof says, “Trump isn’t a dictator, he only plays one on TV”
Michael Sandel, a Rhodes Scholar with a Ph.D. from Oxford, teaches a course called “Justice,” possibly the most popular in the school’s history. He says we should be outraged by Trump’s antics, but he’s only living inside our heads, to wit: “He isn’t a dicta[...]
September 26th, 2020 - 8:46 pm § in Environment, Misc.
“Hillbilly Brigade” of amateur firefighters saves Oregon town
State fire officials call it “a miracle.” When Molalla, Oregon, was threatened by a huge wildlife, the state and federal agencies could spare no resources to help the local fire department of 13 firefighters and 33 volunteers. It looked hopeless. Then the cavalry arrived. More than 1,200[...]