GOP lawyers and operatives have found voting fraud in Georgia’s 2024 presidential election months before the election. Of course, like all other GOP voting fraud claims, it’s fabricated. Rolling Stone says, “Lawyers close to Trump are already preparing … to claim fraud in Ge[...]
Archive for June, 2024
Why Republicans are ignored
There’s nothing new about political potshots. President Jimmy Carter said, “You’ll be criticized in this job no matter what you do.” Healthy criticism is legitimate and constructive, and suggests how to do things better. But our political discourse is nothing like that. It de[...]
June 7th, 2024 - 6:43 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Sneaky Dave Reichert
Dave Reichert is running for Washington governor as a Republican. He hasn’t answered questions about whether he’ll vote for Trump, but privately told a Republican group he will — and doesn’t want swing voters to know. That’s because Trump is unpopular here, and Reichert thinks that would [...]
Are America’s political parties dying?
In Colorado, nearly half the voters are independents, but that’s less dramatic than it seems. New voters are automatically registered as independents, and have to opt into a party affiliation. Many don’t bother, even though most lean toward one of the parties. Still, Politico says here, [...]
June 7th, 2024 - 1:48 am § in Donald Trump
Trump’s revenge prosecution list
Here’s who’s on it, and why, according to Mother Jones: Joe Biden, because he’s “corrupt, and destroyed our borders and elections.” Alvin Bragg, because “of course he should be jailed.” (Don’t see a specific charge there? Dictators don’t need one[...]
June 7th, 2024 - 12:58 am § in Law and Courts, Misc.
Top climber trades rock walls for prison walls
A federal judge in California sentenced a professional rock climber to life in prison on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Charlie Barrett (photo, left), 40, has a shocking history of assaulting women, threatening victims, and retaliating against witnesses (see details here). He preyed on female climbers, and [...]
Tom Hanks reflects on D-Day (video)
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GOPer shows off his literary prowess
Derrick Van Orden is a first-term GOP congressman representing a district in southeast Wisconsin. He lost his first election in 2020, but won in 2022. I think the voters were right the first time. Van Orden impresses me as someone who goes around with his mouth open and ears closed (see photo at le[...]
June 6th, 2024 - 6:40 pm § in Misc.
Court reformers say Thomas took $4.2 million of gifts
A court reform group has concluded Justice Clarence Thomas accepted 103 gifts worth over $2.4 million, and has identified another 101 “likely” gifts worth $1.8 million, from 2004 to 2023, CNBC reported on Thursday, June 6, 2024 (read story here). In pure math terms, that averages out to [...]
June 6th, 2024 - 5:17 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
White House or Big House?
I recall there were predictions that if Trump lost the 2020 election, he would “spend the rest of his life in court.” This could explain his desperation to overturn that election, and also why he’s running again in 2024. After all, Trump isn’t known for being motivated by ide[...]