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July 17th, 2024 - 6:13 pm § in Misc.

Who pushed who? Don’t believe the GOP congressman

I’d lay bets that Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), the man with the big mouth in the photo at left, pushed Code Pink protester Nour Jaghama, the little woman in the photo below, and not the other way around. The former Navy SEAL is a big guy. She’s a little woman. Moreover, Van Orden has [[...]

July 11th, 2024 - 11:48 pm § in Humor, Politics

GOP congressman bumped from military flight by Democrat horse

When you’re rich, you can have all sorts of things ordinary folks only dream about, like a fancy horse and country estate to keep it at. The gal in the photo is Jacqueline Kennedy, and the horse is Sardar, gifted to her by Pakistan’s president during her goodwill tour of that country in [...]

May 17th, 2023 - 10:51 pm § in Democrats, Law and Courts, Politics, Republicans

Ex-NFL player sent death threat to Democratic congressman

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[...]

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[...]

May 26th, 2022 - 8:18 pm § in Hypocrisy, Politics

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[...]

October 16th, 2021 - 12:42 pm § in Health, Politics, Schools & Colleges

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 [...]

August 9th, 2021 - 12:34 pm § in Health, Politics

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” [...]