Mark Meadows (photo below; bio here), a former GOP congressman from North Carolina, and Trump’s final White House chief of staff, should never hold any public office ever again. Why? He egregiously abused power. He can’t be trusted. CNN political reporter Chris Cillizza explains, &#[...]
Archive for June, 2021
June 7th, 2021 - 11:01 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Why Mark Meadows should never hold public office again
June 7th, 2021 - 10:25 pm § in Law and Courts
L.A. gun nut arrested in boy’s road rage murder
Marcus Anthony Eriz, 24, and his girlfriend Wynne Lee, 23, photos below, were arrested Sunday for the May 21 road rage murder of a 6-year-old boy riding in his mother’s car, the U.K.-based tabloid Daily Mail reported on Monday, June 7, 2021 (read story here). “According to accounts from [...]
June 7th, 2021 - 9:59 pm § in Racism
Canada: Car attacker murders Muslim family
Canadian police arrested a 20-year-old man after he mowed down a Muslim family with his pickup truck. A 9-year-old boy was the only survivor of the car attack. The driver, Nathaniel Veltman, is charged with 4 counts of murder and 1 count of attempted murder. Police said Veltman deliberately drove hi[...]
Capitol riot suspect admits he “bought into a pack of lies”
A Capitol rioter who wants out of jail now says “he feels deceived, recognizing that he bought into a pack of lies,” ABC News reported on Monday, June 7, 2021 (read story here). That’s true. He was deceived, and bought into a pack of lies — and not just Trump’s election lie[...]
What dangerous ignorance looks like
Let’s clear up something: The mask was to keep me safe from her, not to keep her safe from me (although it does that, too). When she refused to wear it, she put my life in danger. And, frankly, I don’t appreciate it. That goes for every other anti-masker out there, too. (Photo from a [&h[...]
June 6th, 2021 - 11:28 pm § in Misc.
Cows arrest fleeing driver
“You ain’t goin’ nowhere, buddy. Mooo!” A motorist who led Wisconsin cops on a chase through dairy country in the wee hours of June 1, 2021, was brought to a dead stop by a blockade of cows, news sources all over the country reported the next day. Read the New York Post’s story here. W[...]
June 6th, 2021 - 1:30 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Making the Earth
Lava entering the ocean (rare footage)[...]
June 5th, 2021 - 9:28 pm § in Politics
What life is like in red states
Anybody can carry a gun, and doesn’t need a permit. No abortion clinics exist there, and voting is severely curtailed. LGBQT people are discriminated against, and transgenders are banned from school sports. Schools aren’t allowed to teach students about racism. Low wages, no unemployment[...]
June 5th, 2021 - 8:51 pm § in Racism
“Freedom Ride” driver dies
Jimmy Allen Ruth, 83 (photo), a 23-year-old Trailways driver in 1961 who volunteered to drive a “Freedom Ride” from Nashville to Jackson, died on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, the Nashville Tennessean reported here. He apparently drove the second “Freedom Ride,” sponsored by the N[...]
Speaker Trump? Sure, why not?
An idea being floated in rightwing circles is that Trump is elected to Congress in 2022, the GOP recaptures the House, and he becomes Speaker. Sure, why not? There’s no piece of that which is illegal or implausible. Trump is eligible to run for Congress, likely will be elected if does, the GOP[...]