So far, 5 of 12 jurors have been picked for the murder trial of the ex-police officer who killed George Floyd, consisting “of two people of color, a man and a woman, and three white men in their early 30s or 40s” (read story here), and I’m genuinely surprised by who got on the jury[...]
Archive for March 10th, 2021
March 10th, 2021 - 10:17 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
I can’t believe these people got on the George Floyd murder trial jury
March 10th, 2021 - 9:10 pm § in Politics
GOP senator votes against Covid relief, then takes credit for it
No Republican in either chamber voted for it, but that doesn’t stop them from crowing about what a great thing it is for their constituents. Read story here. And don’t forget, this relief is possible only because voters elected Biden and a Democratic Congress. Especially thank the voters[...]
March 10th, 2021 - 2:39 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
PHOTOGRAPHY: Refugees
Members of Congress and staff, in fear of their lives, hide from a Trump-inspired lynch mob in the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page [...]
“Written in hell by the devil”
That’s how Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT, photo) describes the Democrats’ voting rights bill. “Written in hell.” That’s how Sen. Lee, one of the most strident members of Congress, and other GOP senators, feel about American citizens exercising their right to vote. He added, ̶[...]
GOP senators are systematically opposing Biden’s minority nominees
Who happens to be African-American. Rep. Marcia Fudge (R-OH) was confirmed to the cabinet position by a 66-34 favorable vote. (Read story here.) The 34 GOP senators who voted against her nomination are more than two-thirds of the GOP’s 50 senators. The vote is part of an emerging pattern of Re[...]