Doug Sosnick (profile here) was Bill Clinton’s political director and is a Democratic strategist. After decades of observing American politics, he said on a CNN podcast, “The biggest single, best predictor of how someone’s going to vote in American politics now is education level. That is [...]
Archive for October, 2024
October 14th, 2024 - 6:48 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Is this free speech or trespassing?
This water town is property of the town of Hanson, Massachusetts. The light show is courtesy of a neighbor. Hanson officials have issued a cease-and-desist letter, and $100-a-day fines, to the resident (read story here). This absolutely is about free speech. From the town’s point of view, it d[...]
October 13th, 2024 - 6:59 pm § in Law and Courts
Should this man be executed?
Tremane Wood is on Arizona’s death row, and fighting for his life. Death penalty opponents and liberal media are also trying to rescue him from the death penalty. When trying to overturn a death sentence in the U.S., lawyers specializing in this work often focus on legal process arguments inst[...]
October 13th, 2024 - 4:33 pm § in Law and Courts
Covid-19 vaccine cards counterfeiter sentenced to prison
A federal judge sentenced a Salt Lake City man to 12 months in prison, 3 years of probation, and a $40,000 fine for counterfeiting Covid-19 vaccine cards. Nicholas Frank Sciotto, 34, pleaded guilty to printing and selling over 120,000 of the fake CDC cards during the height of the pandemic, when pro[...]
J. D. Vance’s word games
Sen. J. D. Vance (R-OH), depicted at left, is a Yale-educated lawyer and published writer who’s very good at manipulating the English language to make it look like he’s not lying when he is. Campaigning for Trump in Pennsylvania on Saturday, October 12, 2024, Vance called Biden’s inaug[...]
Vance defends Trump’s FEMA lies
In the wake of hurricanes Helene and Milton, Trump is peddling two big lies about federal aid to the devastated areas: (1) That FEMA aid has been diverted to illegal migrants, and (2) the Biden administration and Vice President Harris are withholding disaster aid from Republican areas. There isnR[...]
October 12th, 2024 - 7:30 pm § in Misc.
Andrew Irvine partial remains found on Everest
George Mallory and Andrew Irvine (photo, left) disappeared while attempting Mount Everest’s summit on June 8, 1924. They probably didn’t reach the summit, but if they did, they were first to climb Everest by any route, preceding Hillary and Tenzing by 29 years. They were last seen climbing upwar[...]
October 12th, 2024 - 2:29 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
Video: A border wall will stop ’em!
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Who’s lying, Putin or Trump?
Trump denies journalist Bob Woodward’s account that he sent Covid-19 tests to Putin early in the pandemic. But the Kremlin says he did. Because those statements contradict each other, they can’t both be true. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
PHOTOGRAPHY: False labeling
When cops pulled over a stolen car in Portland, Oregon, they encountered a pair of drug dealers with a sense of humor. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]