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June 14th, 2023 - 1:50 am § in Politics, Republicans

Kari Lake doesn’t know history

Kari Lake, who lost a race for Arizona governor in 2022, partly because 30,000 Republicans voted against her (see details here), is one of America’s most strident election deniers after Trump himself. A British reporter for Australia’s Sky News who disputed her assertion that American el[...]

June 14th, 2023 - 1:00 am § in Schools & Colleges

Even straight kids can be victims of anti-trans hate

No kid is safe from anti-LGBQT hate, not even straight kids. This incident happened in Canada, but it’s going to happen here too, wait and see. A 9-year-old fourth grade girl was competing in an elementary school track meet at Kelowna, British Columbia, when a grandfather began yelling at her.[...]

June 14th, 2023 - 12:19 am § in Donald Trump

Nobody’s safe from MAGA mobs

A strange, but predictable, scene unfolded outside the Miami courthouse where Donald Trump was arraigned in the Mar-a-Lago documents case on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. As Miami Mayor Francis Suarez pushed his way through pro-Trump demonstrators, catcalls rang out: “We’ve got a swamp monster[...]

June 14th, 2023 - 12:01 am § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy, Law and Courts, Republicans

The strange case of Mr. Pho

Nghia Pho (photo, left), a software developer, went to work for the NSA in 2005. Mr. Pho held security clearances, and received training in the handling of classified materials. In a press release here, the Department of Justice said, “The privilege of working for the U.S. Intelligence Community r[...]

June 13th, 2023 - 11:20 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics, Racism, Republicans

The GOP’s moral disease

A Huffington Post article on Monday, June 13, 2023 (read it here), summed it up: “Despite all the criminal accusations and investigations, Trump remains the Republican front-runner for the 2024 presidential nomination.” To be fair, Trump has only been found civilly liable for sexual assa[...]

June 13th, 2023 - 8:51 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics, Republicans

Michigan election deniers fined $58,000 for frivolous lawsuit

Democrats swept the 2022 Michigan state elections, capturing every statewide office and the legislature (see details here). That was partly because the GOP fielded lousy candidates, as a result of crazy Trumpers prevailing in the GOP primaries, although backlash on abortion rights probably also work[...]

June 13th, 2023 - 4:46 pm § in Politics, Republicans

GOP senator goes off half-cocked

Sen. Bill Cassidy is outraged that the White House Gift Shop plans to sell a commemorative coin marking Trump’s second indictment (see story here; and details, pricing, and ordering info here). It’s not surprising that Cassidy, a Republican, isn’t a big fan of a trinket mocking his[...]

June 13th, 2023 - 12:05 am § in Economics, Humor, Misc.

Boomers vs. Millennials

“Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill every time.” Supposedly that’s an ancient Greek proverb. I don’t know if it is, but if it’s been around that long, there might be something to it. Anyway, there’s a common perception that old people are taking a[...]

June 12th, 2023 - 8:58 pm § in Politics, Republicans

Kari Lake is bad at math

Why do I keep posting about Kari Lake? Because she’s more fun than a barrel of monkeys! Kari’s Arizona election claims were silly enough. On that score, she’s been rebuffed by one court after another; she hasn’t appealed to God yet, but — wait, never mind, yes she has. [...]

June 12th, 2023 - 5:40 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics

It’s a trap!

They’re not coming for Trump, they’re coming for you. That’s the message Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) is sending out to his fellow rightwing fanatics ahead of Trump’s arraignment in a Miami federal court. In a press release (here), he claims, “This latest DOJ persecution a[...]