President Biden went to Pittsburgh on Friday, January 28, 2022, to speak about infrastructure and a nearby bridge underscored his visit by collapsing. The car in the foreground looks like it was flipped off the bridge like a fork. Ten people were injured, but no one was killed. Story here. Return to[...]
Archive for January 28th, 2022
January 28th, 2022 - 5:40 pm § in Politics
Not even butterfly rescuers are safe from Trumpers
Nobody is safe from these people, not even butterfly refuge workers. The National Butterfly Center (profile here) in Mission, Texas, announced it will be closed to the public during a nearby Trumper rally on the weekend of Jan. 28 – 30, 2022, due to “credible threats” of violence a[...]
January 28th, 2022 - 3:54 pm § in Politics
Need more evidence Republicans will revoke your right to vote?
Well, here it is. In Arizona, a GOP legislator has introduced a bill that would “get rid of almost all absentee and early voting in the state and mandate all votes be HAND-counted within 24 hours of polling sites being closed.” (Read story here.) In other words, votes that election worke[...]
Why do Republicans lie so much?
First let me say lying isn’t a Republican trait, it’s a trait of human nature: People lie when it’s easier than telling the truth (young George Washington excepted). Honesty is something we’re taught when young, and then reinforced by those around us as we go through life, be[...]