Whooo boy. While we weren’t watching, Chrissy Teigen and Ivanka Trump were going at it, with Chrissy throwing (and scoring) most or all of the punches. At least, that’s what Jared is saying now. Trying to land some blows of his own, he’s calling Chrissy a “nasty troll” [...]
Archive for August, 2022
August 26th, 2022 - 12:25 am § in Politics
Is Marco Rubio trying to commit political suicide?
Marco Rubio (R-FL) has been a U.S. Senator for 11 years now, and over that time he’s committed to being mealy-mouthed about abortion (see article here). He’s also flip-flopped. Back in 2013, he sponsored a Senate bill to ban abortion after 20 weeks, with exceptions for the life of the mo[...]
Ashley Biden’s diary thieves plead guilty
Ashley Biden left her diary and some other personal belongings at a friend’s house in Florida where she had stayed briefly, planned to collect them later. An acquaintance of the friend named Aimee Harris, who also stayed at the house, stole the diary and some of the other items; then she conta[...]
August 25th, 2022 - 6:46 pm § in Politics
Will Florida governor’s “voting fraud” cases blow up in his face?
Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis, who wants to be president, set up a special squad of election cops to hunt down voting fraud. They went after the low-hanging fruit first: Ex-convicts. In 2018, Florida voters voted overwhelmingly in favor of restoring ex-felons’ voting rights by passing a state [...]
August 25th, 2022 - 5:40 pm § in Misc.
Now TSA has seen everything
Read story here. Boarding pass, please. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
August 25th, 2022 - 4:51 pm § in Law and Courts
He fought the law, and the law didn’t notice
In Chicago, at the local FBI building, a man climbed over a security fence and threw rocks at the building on Thursday, August 25, 2022. The building didn’t say anything or even blink. The rock thrower was taken away for a mental evaluation. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
How to deal with GOP fantasies
The world is a cacophony of noise, and we learn to tune it out. My professional background is news reporting and law; so I was trained to be careful about factual accuracy, and reach conclusions by a process of fact-based reasoning. In my lines of work, getting the facts right mattered. But then, th[...]
The border crisis (cartoon)
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August 25th, 2022 - 12:48 am § in Donald Trump, Russia
Putin hates the Magnitsky Act and that’s why the Trump Tower meeting happened
The Mueller Report, you will recall, said, “While this report does not conclude that [Trump] committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.” But no charges were brought, and then-Attorney General Barr tried to bury it. It’s in the news again because, “The Department of Justice (D[...]
August 24th, 2022 - 10:44 pm § in Law and Courts
Should a domestic terrorist get leniency for turning state’s witness?
It’s a fact of life that prosecutors offer leniency to small fish in order to catch bigger fish. So far the rightwing militia plot (details here) to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, has produced jury verdicts against two ringleaders, guilty pleas by two followers, and two acq[...]