Charlie Kirk (photo, left), a community college dropout, is the founder and leader of Turning Point USA, a controversial rightwing campus-activism group sometimes called a “cult” (read details here). Although Kirk lacks academic or other credentials, it would be hard to conclude he’[...]
Archive for the ‘Biden’ Category
How a wily politician played the state of the union
Joe Biden has more than 50 years of political experience under his belt, and it showed in his 2023 State of the Union address. Apart from his polished oratorical skills — jabbing his finger and repeating catch phrases to drive home his messages — he told ordinary Americans what he’[...]
GOP plays politics with Chinese balloon
When Biden was briefed on Wednesday, he told the Pentagon to shoot it down “as soon as possible” (see story here). The military waited until it was over water, then promptly shot it down. The debris was “spread out over roughly seven miles” (see story here). That’s why [...]
The debt ceiling fight in one picture
After shrinking federal revenues by slashing taxes for giant corporations and billionaires, House Republicans are now demanding huge spending cuts to reduce deficits, but not to the defense budget; which leaves Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. (The rest of the federal budget is puny by compa[...]
Classified docs: Biden vs. Trump
A CNN op-ed (here) says: “Classified documents were found in an office at Biden’s former think tank and a garage at his Wilmington, Delaware, home, leading Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint a special counsel to investigate, just as he has for Trump. “’Republicans will try t[...]
January 12th, 2023 - 6:14 pm § in America, Biden, Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs, Politics, Republicans
Be careful who you trust with the nuclear codes
Part of America’s freedom is that we can elect our leaders. That has downsides, although so far not enough to replace democracy with some other system. One of the bigger downsides is that you might get a leader like Trump. America’s voters should think hard before they do that again. Tha[...]
Biden vs. Trump classified documents (chart)
Biden’s defenders can argue all they want that his possession of classified documents at his private office and residence, which were immediately handed over to the government, isn’t the same as Trump’s willful attempts to retain a much larger cache of classified documents. But the[...]
Pennsylvania county recounts 2020 election
“More than two years after the last ballot was cast in the 2020 election, Lycoming County plans to recount all presidential votes by hand — an extraordinary step no other Pennsylvania county has taken,” Raw Story reported (here) on Monday, January 9, 2023, adding, “County commiss[...]
How stupid is Fox News?
“Fox News host Harris Faulkner accused President Joe Biden of threatening a border official by merely clearing his throat” (see story here, watch video below). Look, Fox News isn’t journalism, it’s entertainment catering to people who attend Trump rallies and make down paymen[...]
Why are so many migrants coming to the U.S.?
Not because Biden is letting them in, or Trump’s border wall wasn’t completed. “The impact of the pandemic just imploded economies everywhere, especially in the really badly governed countries like Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua,” an administration official said. “People are a[...]