Jason Ravnsborg, South Dakota’s attorney general since 2019, and impeached by the GOP-controlled legislature on April 12, 2022 (details here), was removed from office by the state senate on June 21, 2022 (see story here). It’s a rare example of Republicans holding a member of their own p[...]
Archive for June 21st, 2022
June 21st, 2022 - 8:25 pm § in Misc.
GOP attorney general who killed a man and reported hitting a deer is removed from office
June 21st, 2022 - 7:28 pm § in Law and Courts, Schools & Colleges
What happens to kids who make school threats, and their whiny moms (video)
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June 21st, 2022 - 2:24 pm § in Russia
Will Russia execute Americans?
U.S. women’s basketball star and Olympian athlete Brittney Griner (photo, left) went to Russia to supplement her income by playing for a Russian team (see story here). She was arrested at the Moscow airport because, Russian officials claim, they found hashish oil in her luggage. Russia insists[...]
June 21st, 2022 - 12:42 pm § in Misc.
Facts about Juneteenth
“Juneteenth” is a new federal holiday commemorating the issuance of General Order No. 3 on June 19, 1865, enforcing emancipation in Texas. Making this day a federal holiday passed the Senate unanimously, but 14 House members, all of them Republicans, voted against it. They are: Reps. Mo [...]
Why a gas tax holiday won’t lower pump prices
President Biden is warming up to a federal gas tax holiday (see story here), but will it help motorists? Or is it just empty election-year politics? Probably the latter. Let me explain why, starting with a simple supply-demand graph from Econ 101. In a free market, a lower price increases demand but[...]