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Archive for April 10th, 2022
Huffington Post op-ed dishonestly attacks Black Lives Matter
Stephen A. Crockett Jr. (photo, left; profile here) is an opinion writer for Huffington Post. He didn’t originate the argument below; I’ve seen conservatives use it to attack Black Lives Matter. (I’m not familiar with Crockett’s work, and don’t know what his political o[...]
April 10th, 2022 - 1:55 pm § in Health
Covid-19 is still here, and not to be trifled with
Jarrett Banwart (photo), 59, of Seattle, got Covid-19 in March 2020 before vaccines were available. He survived, but two years later, still suffers from fatigue and other “long Covid” symptoms that keep him from going for bicycle rides or working regularly. He wonders if his Covid-19 ord[...]
April 10th, 2022 - 3:15 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
The big squeeze
Mark Brnovich (photo, left) is Arizona’s ambitious GOP attorney general who badly wants to be a U.S. senator. To get there he has to suck up to Trump’s fans, which requires sucking up to Trump, who wants him to produce “evidence” that Trump won Arizona in 2020. The official v[...]
April 10th, 2022 - 2:52 am § in Politics
How GOP senators define “woman”
It varies, depending on which GOP senator you ask, but none of them actually know. Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Ted Cruz (R-TX): “Someone with two X chromosones.” The problem is, some women don’t have two X chromosomes, and some men do. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC): “My wife.[...]