Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA; profile here) has been accused of leading a “reconnaissance tour” of the Capitol complex by rioters mapping entry and escape routes a day before the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. He denies that, but has refused to cooperate with the House investigation. It̵[...]
Archive for June, 2022
June 15th, 2022 - 11:06 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
If GOP’s Arizona “audit” was a sham, its Wisconsin “audit” is a circus
If the Arizona GOP’s 2020 election “audit” was a sham, the Wisconsin GOP’s sham “audit” is a three-ring circus. Its star performer is Michael Gableman (bio here), a GOP political operative who served a single tumultuous term on Wisconsin’s supreme court. Gab[...]
Did you know Elon Musk is an “African-American”?
Teslas were cool until they started spontaneously combusting and self-crashing, and Elon Musk was revealed as a slimebucket who manipulates stock, rewards his employees with mass layoffs, offered to let Trump back on Twitter, and endorsed a fascist for president. Now, neither Teslas nor Musk are qui[...]
June 15th, 2022 - 10:04 pm § in Politics
Boebert calls prostitution claims false, threatens legal action
Rep. Lauren Boebert is threatening legal action against a group claiming she once worked as an “unlicensed, paid escort” for wealthy clients and had two abortions, Fox News reported on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 (story here). Boebert, through a lawyer, called the claims “fabricated&#[...]
June 14th, 2022 - 11:50 pm § in Politics
Group claims Boebert was prostitute who had abortions
GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert rode her fame as a pistol-packing restaurant owner (photo, left) in Rifle, Colorado, to Congress, where her specialty is being obnoxious (see, e.g., article here). I endorsed her Republican primary opponent (see article here) even before her restaurant poisoned a bunch of peo[...]
June 14th, 2022 - 8:04 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
“Stop the count!” was an attack on your rights
When Trump took an early lead on election eve, 2020, his supporters noisily demanded that vote counting stop (see video below). Later, they tried to spin the counting of everyone’s votes as “cheating.” That’s right, they argued that because your vote was counted too, the el[...]
Why people want to be politicians (video)
Yes, this video is satire — read the description underneath. Don’t take it seriously! Umm … Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
June 14th, 2022 - 2:13 am § in Schools & Colleges
“I was almost a school shooter” (video)
Is there insight to be gained by listening to someone who almost did the unthinkable? Is this man’s confession worth 7-1/2 minutes of your time? It should be, because he has a solution for school shootings. It comes at 5:45 into the video, although you should listen to what comes first. He als[...]
June 14th, 2022 - 12:59 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
If GOP pols want to get rid of Trump, why don’t they do it?
“Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume suggested that many elected Republicans are secretly hoping that the Jan. 6 House select committee ruins Donald Trump’s chances of running for president again in 2024,” Huffington Post reported on Monday, June 13, 2022 (story here). This isn[...]
June 14th, 2022 - 12:38 am § in News Media, Politics
More proof Fox is a propaganda, not a news, network
Veteran journalist Chris Stirewalt (bio here) “was working Fox News’ decision desk on Election Night 2020,” and called Arizona for Biden, before any other network. That incensed Trump and his allies, and Fox fired him for it. “Stirewalt’s reporting was totally accurate,” [...]