Back in July, after the primary, I queried (here), “Can he break through the 45% barrier?” I didn’t know, but a couple of clues suggested no. He’d have no coattails, because Trump drags down GOP candidates in this state. Trump got 36.83% against Hillary Clinton in 2016, 38.77% ag[...]
Archive for November, 2024
November 5th, 2024 - 7:47 pm § in Law and Courts
His gun didn’t keep their family safe
On Saturday, December 4, 2021, Jesse Kitson of Granite Falls, Washington, then 30 years old, put a loaded gun on a coffee table in a sofa where Arabella Watts, 23, and their 1-year-old daughter were sitting. That was stupid. The gun fell off the coffee table, went off, and killed their daughter (see[...]
Calling 911? Need police? Prove you voted for Trump!
Springfield, Ohio, was the locus of a false story about legal Haitian immigrant workers stealing and eating pets. Now Springfield is in the news again, because a sheriff’s patrol commander posted on Facebook that 911 callers must prove they voted for Trump before he’ll send deputies (rea[...]
If the Supreme Court legalizes anti-gay discrimination, it should require warning labels
lesbian couple spent a month on Instagram arranging catering for their planned January 2025 wedding. Then, when the couple met with the restaurant owner in person, she sprung Lucy-with-the-football on them, and told them, “I’m really sorry we’re not going to be able to cater your wedding” [...]
Evangelical leader likes naked children
Jason C. Yates (photo below) is the founder and former CEO of My Faith Votes, which is “part of a loose network of nonprofit organizations rallying support for Donald Trump through get-out-the-vote operations.” In this video, he talks about “the freedom we have in Christ.” Ya[...]
How not to stay out of jail
A 43-year-old man was inside a Kent, Washington, gas station on the afternoon of Sunday , November 3, 2024, “when a gun fell out of his pants.” “The man picked up the gun and put it back into his waistband, but was fiddling with it as he walked to the checkout counter,” a Sea[...]
November 5th, 2024 - 1:06 am § in Politics, Republicans
Tucker Carlson says abortions cause hurricanes
He may be more right than he knows; the abortion issue could unleash a hurricane of female votes against Republican candidates. Read story here. And here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
November 5th, 2024 - 12:54 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
Election 2024: How Dixville Notch voted
Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, has 6 voters, they’re first in the nation to vote, based on a tradition dating back to 1960. Registered voters: 4 Republicans, 2 Independents. For governor: Kelly Ayotte (Republican) got 5 votes, and Craig Joyce (Democrat) got 1 vote. For president: Harris got 3 [...]
Teen Trumper at Harris rally punches 70-year-old woman
He’s only 17 years old, but is an in-your-face kind of teenager. He wore a t-shirt emblazoned with the American flag and Trump raising a middle finger (it might’ve looked something like this). He’d gone to a Harris rally with friends to heckle and antagonize Harris supporters. He w[...]
How Trump will gut Social Security and Medicare
Republicans have always hated Social Security and Medicare (go here for the history of that). President George W. Bush tried to privatize Social Security, but the more he campaigned for his “reform,” the less public support it had. Other Republican efforts to undermine these popular prog[...]