The purported Hunter Biden laptop, and at least some of the salacious material on it, apparently are authentic, Mother Jones says (in a story here). But the Chinese connection alleged by Trump backers is fake. “The effort to publicize compromising emails, images, and videos from the device in[...]
Archive for June, 2022
June 2nd, 2022 - 7:16 pm § in Politics
Do Republicans have hearts?
First of all, why are Democrats pushing common-sense gun legislation they know Republicans will block? To put Republicans on record as opposing it, of course. After all, this is an election year, and voters have a right to know what they’re voting for. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX; photo at righ[...]
Biden’s gun proposals
Here’s what Biden wants to see from Congress: Ban assault weapons Ban high-capacity magazines Raise gun purchase age from 18 to 21 Repeal gun manufacturers’ lawsuit immunity Read story here. None of this will see the light of day, because Republicans — who consider books more dange[...]
June 2nd, 2022 - 2:26 pm § in Politics
GOP blames weak women, not guns, for school carnage
Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC), challenged by a Democrat to articulate what he’s willing to do to stop gun violence, replied: “I wouldn’t let teachers prop doors open. I would make sure that police are not discouraged from going in and saving children who are being assaulted while the assa[...]
Is it okay for a black candidate to wear a noose in a campaign ad?
This campaign ad by Charles Booker, a Democrat who’s running for U.S. Senate in Kentucky, is as hard-hitting as it’s possible to get. Some may question its appropriateness, but they should remember who he’s running against. Booker’s claim that his opponent, Sen. Rand Paul, &#[...]
Democrats want to tax oil company “excess profits” again
It happens every time. Gas prices are cyclical; they go up, come down. Nobody complains about cheap gas; but every time it goes up, Democrats want to slap “excess profit” taxes on oil companies. They talked about this in the 1970s, and now they’re talking about it again (see story [...]
June 1st, 2022 - 9:15 pm § in Politics
GOP candidate promises to vote “no”
Taking Republican nihilism to a new level, a New Hampshire candidate for U.S. Senate says he’ll vote against everything. Bruce Fenton (photo, left), who made a name for himself by making a killing in Bitcoin, is an adherent of the “Free State Movement” (details here), a libertarian[...]
June 1st, 2022 - 8:49 pm § in Politics
GOP attorney general who killed a man and reported hitting a deer won’t run for re-election
South Dakota AG Jason Ravnsborg, who reported hitting a deer after killing a pedestrian (details here), won’t run for reelection (see story here). Ravnsborg, a serial traffic scofflaw, escaped serious charges by pleading guilty to 2 misdemeanor traffic offenses and paying $500 fines for each. [...]
June 1st, 2022 - 8:21 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Biden erases all debts of Corinthian students; no application required
For former students of the defunct Corinthian Colleges for-profit schools, student debt payments are a thing of the past. Many of those students were already eligible for debt forgiveness, but had to negotiate an application process. Not anymore. On Wednesday, June 1, 2022, the Biden administration [...]
June 1st, 2022 - 3:20 pm § in Politics
John F. Kennedy Jr. reappears!
I’m not making this up; QAnon freaks are. He uses the handle “Juan O. Savin” now, but his birth name is Wayne Willott. Willott aka Savin is camera-shy (for obvious reasons), but I dug up this photo; judge for yourself if there’s a family resemblance to the Kennedys. But IR[...]