“Two days after the 2020 presidential election, as votes were still being tallied, Donald Trump’s eldest son texted then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that ‘we have operational control’ to ensure his father would get a second term, with Republican majorities in the [...]
Archive for April, 2022
April 7th, 2022 - 9:53 pm § in Science
How long have humans been in North America?
Recent archaeological work in New Mexico suggests people lived there between 23,000 and 21,000 years ago. Watch video below. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
April 7th, 2022 - 12:03 pm § in Misc.
Hungry thieves break into B.C. salmon farm
The brazen intruders are helping themselves to the pantry and won’t leave. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
April 7th, 2022 - 11:51 am § in Misc.
Guns in homes don’t make you safer
“Most American gun owners say they own firearms to protect themselves and their loved ones,” the Guardian reports, “but a study published this week suggests people who live with handgun owners are shot to death at a higher rate.” “We found zero evidence of any … prote[...]
Whose birthday party is this?
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) frequently supports white nationalists, sometimes attends their events (see flyer below), and routinely lies about it, without a squeak of disapproval from GOP leaders. APU refers to American Populist Union, a rightwing extremist group; to find out whose birthday they’re[...]
April 7th, 2022 - 1:33 am § in Misc.
Doesn’t Washington State Patrol want smart recruits?
Liz Griffin spent 9 months at the Washington State Patrol’s training academy in 2007. She says, “I was told that I was too smart for my own good, and I should probably consider another profession.” (Read story here.) Like what? Medical school? Boeing’s engineering department (whi[...]
April 7th, 2022 - 12:07 am § in Politics
Another GOP investigation finds no Arizona voting fraud
An investigation by Arizona AG Mark Brnovich, a Republican, has “found no evidence of widespread voter fraud or irregularities associated with the 2020 presidential election in Maricopa County,” NBC News reported on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 (read story here). Biden won the state by 10,45[...]
April 6th, 2022 - 11:06 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Fake Trump elector loses city council re-election bid
Voters fired Kelly Ruh (photo, left), a Republican alderwoman in Wisconsin who participated in the Trump campaign’s attempt to replace legitimate Biden electors with fake electors, from the DePere city council on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 (read story here and watch video below). Ruh was beaten, 5[...]
April 6th, 2022 - 8:36 pm § in Politics
Maybe GOPers believe in election fraud because they commit it?
“For years, Republicans have cried voter fraud, with few substantive examples. But, of late, there have been a few—from Republican politicians themselves. This week brings yet another one: Matt Mowers, a Republican candidate for Congress in New Hampshire, who voted twice in the 2016 presid[...]
April 6th, 2022 - 1:33 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Irrational GOP senator accuses Supreme Court nominee of doing something before she was born
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) played the “Nazi card” yesterday. “You know, the last Judge Jackson left the Supreme Court to go to Nuremberg and prosecute the Nazis,” he said, referring to the late Robert Jackson. Then, referring to Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, he asserted: [...]