The tweet sent to Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) was plain enough: And it was sent “in the clear,” i.e., under the author’s real name. It didn’t take long for Swalwell to find out his special fan was Bruce Miller, a former NFL player (see his bio here). Miller, a big guy with bulg[...]
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December 30th, 2022 - 2:31 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Embattled congressman-elect chose the wrong mentor
The TV series “Sopranos,” about a gangster family, is fiction and hopefully didn’t inspire copycats. Donald Trump is a serial liar with a gangster mentality whose aberrant behaviors include seeking revenge against anyone who criticizes him. No one should copy him, either. But New Y[...]
June 19th, 2022 - 4:19 pm § in Politics
Texas GOP convention votes for guns, against gays; assaults congressman
Texas GOP delegates holding a state convention rebuked their own senator, Jon Cornyn, and 9 other GOP senators who’ve signed on for a watered-down gun bill in the wake of a slaughter of Texas school kids. They also adopted a series of positions against LGBQT people, including interfering in th[...]
Congressman blames Congress for gun inaction
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX), whose district includes Uvalde, blames Congress for inaction on guns. An NBC reporter questioned him about gun legislation the day after the Uvalde school massacre (story here) and got the following circular argument from a congressman who obviously doesn’t want to d[...]
GOP congressman visits school and tells kids to defy mask policy
A Republican congressman from Virginia is telling high school students to disobey their school’s mask policy and refuse to wear masks. Rep. Bob Good (bio here, photo below), who represents a mostly rural district abutting West Virginia, spoke to a high school government class on Thursday, October [...]
A GOP congressman’s vaccine advice
From Huffington Post, Monday, August 9, 2021 (story here): “Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) is refusing to say whether he has received the COVID-19 vaccine, because he doesn’t want to be ‘taking sides on it.’ “The conservative congressman made his comments to a reporter from WKOW-TV in Ma[...]
July 29th, 2021 - 12:41 pm § in Politics
DoJ to pro-riot congressman: You’re on your own
The government won’t defend at taxpayer expense a GOP congressman being sued for allegedly helping to incite the Capitol riot. He’s on his own. Read story here. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) wanted to invoke the Westfall Act (read about it here), which shifts legal responsibility for actions by [...]
September 2nd, 2020 - 3:27 pm § in Politics
GOP congressman threatens to kill armed black militia with help of white vigilantes
He has no problem with armed white vigilantes. Never mind that where it’s legal for vigilantes to carry guns, it’s legal for protesters to carry them, too. This article contains liberal commentary. Facebook deleted his post; the image below is a screen capture. The “captain” [...]
June 11th, 2020 - 5:00 pm § in Misc.
Black Chicago congressman’s office burglarized and occupied by mob during riots
The Chicago office of Rep. Bobby Rush (left) was broken into and looted while the city burned during the night of June 1, security camera footage has revealed. The looters stole popcorn intended for the congressman’s visitors, according to city officials, who are conducting an investigation in[...]
Racist congressman ousted in Iowa primary
“Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, who has a long history of racist and outrageous remarks, lost his long-held House seat in a primary race Tuesday,” NBC News reported Tuesday night, June 2, 2020. Mr. King, 71, a college dropout, graduated from high school in 1967 at the height of the Vietnam War[...]