Cheri Jacobus is a Republican. She graduated from the University of West Virginia with a degree in journalism and styles herself as a political strategist and pundit. She worked for GOP campaigns, did TV commentary on politics, and was a Republican National Committee media spokesperson. Jacobus is c[...]
Archive for August, 2022
August 15th, 2022 - 11:29 pm § in Hypocrisy
Will you be in the “heat belt”?
Animals, including humans, can biologically adapt to climate change, but it takes millenia. We don’t have that much time. Climate change will bring “extremely dangerous” heat and humidity to the U.S. in the next 30 years, according to a climate research group, CNN reported on Monda[...]
“A Night at the Garden” (video)
“A Night at the Garden” is an Oscar-nominated 2017 short documentary film about a 1939 Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden on February 20, 1939. (See Wikipedia description, and more details, here). It reminds us that fascist movements in America aren’t something new. Return to The-[...]
August 15th, 2022 - 1:09 pm § in Law and Courts
What happens to morons who threaten to kill FBI employees
For purposes of this posting, I’ll assume children under 12 don’t read this blog, and kids over that age already know all the dirty words in the English language. I’m pretty sure that in Soviet days, Russian citizens frustrated with the regime didn’t call up the KGB and say, [...]
Mar-a-Lago search timeline
(Compiled from news stories and commentaries) Let’s start here: The Presidential Records Act requires presidents to turn over any and all written materials related to their official duties, so there’s a law on the books that prevents Trump from hoarding any official records from his adminis[...]
August 14th, 2022 - 6:27 pm § in Donald Trump, Humor
Contents of Trump’s safe revealed!
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August 14th, 2022 - 6:19 pm § in Politics
Republicans’ silly lies
Today’s lies: Lie #1: IRS agents armed with loaded AR-15s will show up on Americans’ doorsteps to audit their taxes — Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-NE). Lie #2: An army of 87,000 IRS agents is coming for taxpayers making less than $75,000 a year — Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). Read story [...]
August 14th, 2022 - 5:10 pm § in Donald Trump, Humor
Give Trump his boxes back
If they’re his boxes, the FBI should release them to him, and tell him where he can pick them up. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
August 14th, 2022 - 4:48 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Some Capitol rioters face dire repercussions
They should, too. They’re violent revolutionaries who tried to overthrow our government, and cracking down on them helps deter such behavior in the future. “They lost jobs or entire careers. Marriages fell apart. Friends and relatives shunned them or even reported them to the FBI. Strang[...]
August 14th, 2022 - 3:29 pm § in Politics
Should 2 drowning people cling to each other?
If Democrats escape political destruction in the 2022 midterms, they’ll owe it to awful GOP candidates, at least in part. Take Pennsylvania, where GOP voters nominated a New Jersey TV star to represent them in the Senate, and an avowed Christian nationalist and QAnon-hugger to run their state [...]