Aside from the two assassination attempts on Trump, the 2024 election season grown seen a bumper crop of politically-motivated assaults, according to Reuters (see story here). A sampling: In the pro-Trump town of Hancock, Upper Michigan, Joshua Kemppainen, a 22-year-old unemployed man, went on a ram[...]
Archive for October, 2024
October 21st, 2024 - 4:34 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
A compendium of political violence, circa 2024
Why nobody listens to Sen. Lindsey Graham
Like many Republican politicians, Graham once condemned Trump, but now is a fawning sycophant. In this media interview, he loses his cool and descends into shouting and silliness. Liz Cheney says “don’t listen to Lindsey Graham,” calling ignoring him “good life advice.”[...]
House speaker deflects on Trump’s genitalia remarks
Trump is losing it, big time. At a rally Saturday, October 19, 2024, he riffed about golfer Arnold Palmer’s junk (see story here). When House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) went on a Sunday talk show the next day, he was inevitably asked about it by CNN‘s Jake Tapper (see story here). ̶[...]
Does J. D. Vance realize he’s married with children?
J. D. Vance, Trump’s 2024 running mate, has provoked a social media storm by how he talks about his own family. A sampling: “In a recent NY Times interview, Vance was asked if his wife, Usha, had converted to Catholicism from her Hindu faith. He explained that she had not, but their fami[...]
Trump is poison for Washington GOP candidates
I don’t live in a GOP desert; roughly 1 of every 3 voters in my neighborhood is a Republican. But unlike in 2016 and 2020, I haven’t seen a Trump yard sign this year. I don’t see bumper stickers anymore, either, but that’s not surprising because they invite parking lot vandal[...]
Are mass deportations feasible?
Sure they are, our government could do that if a political administration is committed and organized enough, and invests enough taxpayer resources. During World War 2, the U.S. rounded up and imprisoned 120,000 Japanese-Americans, two-thirds of whom were American-born citizens. This violated their c[...]
Abortion ban exceptions aren’t real
Abortion bans are total, period. Many states that ban abortions offer exceptions for rape or incest. But only on paper; in practice, rape victims can’t get abortions in those states. An advocacy group says rape and incest exceptions “are just marketing” by anti-abortion politician[...]
October 19th, 2024 - 4:26 am § in Politics, Republicans
Doomed Senate candidate puts on a brave face
The GOP could win a Senate majority in 2024, but won’t gain a seat in Washington, where Sen. Maria Cantwell (D) is cruising to re-election. Her Republican opponent, ER doctor Raul Garcia, is a political novice. He’s trailing Cantwell by 55%-32%, with 13% undecided, in a KING 5 News poll [...]
Conspiracy mongers dust off sexual assault playbook against Walz
Sexual assault is a real thing, and sexual scandals have brought down many celebrities and powerful men. Perhaps the most infamous of these are financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died in prison, and Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, now languishing in prison. Donald Trump, who bragged that women allow f[...]
October 18th, 2024 - 12:32 am § in Politics, Republicans
How much is a trans athlete worth to a GOP donor?
Conservative donors have spent at least $65 million on anti-trans advertising in the 2024 election cycle, according to the New York Times (see story here). They’re spending this money to elect Republican candidates, of course, but let’s pretend it’s being spent to keep trans athlet[...]