Not because Biden is letting them in, or Trump’s border wall wasn’t completed. “The impact of the pandemic just imploded economies everywhere, especially in the really badly governed countries like Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua,” an administration official said. “People are a[...]
Archive for December, 2022
December 14th, 2022 - 4:03 pm § in Law and Courts, News Media
Trump launches another frivolous libel lawsuit
Let’s start with this, because that’s also where it ends. “Trump has long used the courts to go after his opponents and to get attention for his own claims. It’s a pattern that goes back decades before his presidency<” The Hill reported on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 (r[...]
December 14th, 2022 - 11:30 am § in Politics, Republicans
Why Congress isn’t a deliberative body
Because anybody, and I do mean anybody, can get elected to Congress. The only qualifications are you must be age 25 or older, a U.S. citizen, and live in the state you represent. “No educational requirements and no particular professional experience are mandated. There are no racial or gender [...]
December 14th, 2022 - 9:31 am § in Hypocrisy, News Media
Another example of why Fox is disreputable
Fox doesn’t do news, it does persuasion. Its talk shows, which are pure demagoguery, are by far its most popular fare. And its hosts are close-minded, intellectually dishonest pot-stirrers and hatemongers. They’re also liars. Take Laura Ingraham, for example, one of Fox‘s worst off[...]
December 14th, 2022 - 3:01 am § in Misc.
Postage stamps honor John Lewis, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Postage stamps issued in 2023 will honor two American giants: John Lewis, civil rights hero, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, late Supreme Court justice. Read stories here and here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
December 14th, 2022 - 2:53 am § in Politics, Republicans
Memo to Kari Lake: Voters, not a UPS driver, choose the governor
The time for Kari Lake to become a laughingstock may have arrived. A lot of people are laughing at her, after she posted the tweet below. To see some of the comments, go to the story here. Okay, folks, contain yourselves. It’s only a tweet, not an offer of proof in her lawsuit against Maricopa[...]
December 14th, 2022 - 1:07 am § in Politics, Republicans
DeSantis unveils his next stunt
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who wants to be president, “now wants to prosecute those who pushed the vaccines,” Huffington Post says. “In Florida, it is against the law to mislead, to misrepresent, particularly when you’re talking about the efficacy of a drug,” DeSantis told a gather[...]
December 12th, 2022 - 10:10 pm § in Misc.
It’s official: Tiffany Smiley got 42.63%
Washington certified its 2022 U.S. Senate election, and other elections, on December 8, 2022 (see story here). Slightly under two-thirds of the state’s eligible voters cast ballots. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), running for a 5th term, defeated GOP challenger Tiffany Smiley (photo, left) by 57.15%[...]
December 12th, 2022 - 9:08 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
NYC honors “Central Park Five” with Central Park gate
New York City will name an entrance to Central Park the “Gate of the Exonerated” in honor of five black and Latino teenagers wrongfully convicted of a sexual assault that happened in the park in 1989, The Hill reported on Monday, December 12, 2022 (read story here). The city has already [...]
December 12th, 2022 - 8:43 pm § in News Media, Politics
Trust and Safety gone from Twitter
I’m sure that’s not how Musk wants the world to read it, but that’s how it literally reads. “Elon Musk’s Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council,” The Hill reported on Monday, December 12, 2022 (read story here). An email announcing the move said the counci[...]