“Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says addressing the clemency petition for a man who’s been behind bars for a triple murder for more than four decades is not a ‘priority,’ even though prosecutors say he didn’t commit the crime,” ABC News reported on Tuesday, June[...]
Archive for June 9th, 2021
June 9th, 2021 - 6:29 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
GOP governor says he’s too busy to pardon innocent black man
June 9th, 2021 - 6:04 pm § in Misc.
Texas AG faces ethics investigation for election lawsuit
“The Texas bar association is investigating whether state Attorney General Ken Paxton’s failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election based on bogus claims of fraud amounted to professional misconduct,” Huffington Post reported on Tuesday, June 9, 2021 (read story here). &#[...]
GOP rep. suggests changing earth’s orbit to solve climate crisis
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), colloquially known as “America’s Dumbest Congressman” (for good reasons, as will be seen below), said in a congressional committee hearing on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, “I was informed by the immediate past director of NASA that they’ve found that the moo[...]
Keystone XL pipeline cancelled
The Canadian promoter of the Keystone XL pipeline is giving up on the project after the Biden administration revoked the permits issued under Trump. Read story here. The pipeline would have connected Alberta’s tar sands fields to the Cushing, Oklahoma, oil hub and refineries in Illinois and Te[...]