Something Republicans are truly good at is hypocrisy: “During the confirmation process for Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., decried the ‘anti-faith attacks against Amy Coney Barrett coming from the left’ as ‘disgusting.’ Loeffler was[...]
Archive for December, 2020
12/8/20 relief bill update: McConnell makes an offer the Democrats must refuse
“Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed dropping two of the issues that have been the hardest for Democrats and Republicans to agree upon in a new Covid relief deal – state and local money and liability protections – to pass a deal now that both sides can agree on,” CNN repo[...]
Should Trump’s lawyers be disbarred?
Trump’s efforts to overthrow the election are making a lot of people angry, among them Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-NJ), who sent letters to the bar associations of Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, New York, and Pennsylvania seeking the disbarment of 23 lawyers including Rudy Giuliani. (Read story here[...]
Did GOP governor SWAT Covid-19 whistleblower?
Police raided the home of an ex-Florida official who refused to censor the state’s coronavirus data, “escalating a feud between the state government” and a whistleblower “who has accused officials of trying to cover up the extent of the pandemic,” CNN reported. [...]
December 7th, 2020 - 9:25 pm § in Misc.
Bar manager who defied Covid-19 rules assaults deputy with car
A Staten Island bar manager who defied Covid-19 restrictions “struck a New York City sheriff’s deputy with his vehicle while attempting to evade arrest early Sunday morning,” CNN reported on Monday, December 7, 2020. Deputies were conducting surveillance of a pub with a suspended l[...]
December 7th, 2020 - 8:13 pm § in Misc.
Judge rejects last-ditch attack on Michigan results
A federal judge appointed by Obama on Monday, December 7, 2020, threw out a lawsuit by Republican voters and poll workers who claimed there was “systemic … old-fashioned ballot stuffing” in Wayne County, home of Detroit, where 80% of the voters are black. The lawsuit, which sought [...]
December 7th, 2020 - 7:53 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump supporters harass Michigan secretary of state at her home
This is over the top. They’re not entitled to their demands anyway. They’re welcome to vent their feelings about their candidate losing (sorry, losers, although I’m not sorry your candidate lost), but there’s a time and place for protests and this isn’t it. But keep in [...]
Biden taps black general for defense
“Retired Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, former commander of U.S. Central Command and a Silver Star recipient from the Iraq war, may become the first Black secretary of defense,” Military.com reported last week (read that story here). Today he did (read story here), edging out Michelle F[...]
On GOP liars and election deniers
This article contains liberal commentary. In a debate between Georgia senate candidates on Sunday, December 6, 2020, GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler “repeatedly refused … to acknowledge … Trump lost re-election in November … and hammered [her Democratic opponent] as a socia[...]
December 6th, 2020 - 10:39 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Giuliani in hospital with Covid-19; doctor warns he might have infected hundreds of people
Rudy Giuliani, who has led Trump’s quixotic legal battle to overthrow our democracy, with no success worth mentioning, was hospitalized on Sunday, December 6, 2020, with a Covid-19 infection. CNN said (here), “There have been no additional details provided about hi[...]