Trump launched a comeback bid on Tuesday, November 15, 2022, with his usual fact-free bombast and braggadoccio. His hour-long rant, carried live only by Fox and CNN, was filled with lies, exaggerations, and distortions (for examples, see story here). It also put people to sleep; both Fox and CNN cut[...]
Archive for November, 2022
November 15th, 2022 - 8:00 pm § in Law and Courts
Road rage tip: Don’t flash gun at cop
Taylor Ray Bradley, 29, was driving in the Salt Lake City area when a car in front signaled to change lanes and turn. Bradley, enraged, began tailgating; then pulled alongside the other vehicle and brandished a gun. Instantly, blue lights flashed on. He was handcuffed, his car was searched, the gun [...]
November 15th, 2022 - 5:55 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Watch Arizona election protest here!
Despite paying homage to Trump’s election lies, Kari Lake couldn’t summon the MAGA gods, only 15 protesters against make-believe election fraud. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
November 15th, 2022 - 12:34 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
Black men can’t have guns
Harith Augustus, aka “Snoop the Barber,” was a popular barber in Chicago’s south side. On July 14, 2018, Augustus was on a sidewalk near his barbershop, just walking and doing nothing suspicious, when he was accosted by five cops. Two of the officers were black, three were white. T[...]
Voters’ memo to Republicans
David Frum, ex-Bush speechwriter (bio here), is asking no one in particular, “Can conservatives learn?” From the 2022 midterms, he means. It’s a serious question. He says, “Through the Trump years, the Republican Party has organized itself as an anti-learning entity. Unwelcom[...]
Biden will be impeached, so why is he smiling?
The GOP is still expected to narrowly win House control, and the smaller their ever-shrinking margin, the more likely Biden will be impeached. That’s because Kevin McCarthy will need GOP extremists’ votes to become speaker, and that’s the price they’ll exact (see story here).[...]
November 14th, 2022 - 3:15 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Trump’s imperial legal argument
“Former President Donald Trump admitted to taking droves of documents with him to Mar-a-Lago, but argued in a new court filing that they were ‘personal’ and that ‘is not subject to challenge,'” the tabloid Daily Mail reported on Monday, November 14, 2022 (see story here[...]
Boebert’s lead could be torpedoed by signature cures
CNN reported Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) led by 1,122 votes on Friday afternoon, November 11, 2022, and the Associated Press said 99% of the ballots have been counted, which appeared to put an upset by Democratic challenger Adam Frisch out of reach. On Monday, November 14, Newsweek reported (here) th[...]
The case against highly polished floors
They reflect too much. Related story: Ivanka cropped shrieking banshee Kimberly Guilfoyle out of a group photo. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Washington’s legislative elections
Cartoonist Dave Horsey can summarize better than anyone. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]