There are three basic kinds of facts: Real facts, legal facts, and political facts. “Real facts,” as the term implies, are reality. “Legal facts” are the pictures lawyers paint to juries, which may bear little or no resemblance to reality. “Political facts” are wh[...]
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Who was Thomas Matthew Crooks?
Not surprisingly, the 20-year-old white male who tried to assassinate Donald Trump on July 13, 2024, was known as an odd duck. High school classmates remember him as a friendly but quiet loner who kept to himself, dressed oddly in hunting clothes, and was mercilessly bullied. He was intelligent and [...]
Mike Collins and J.D. Vance should resign from Congress
Mike Collins, a first-term GOP congressman from Georgia (bio here), made a splash two months ago with a sick Kennedy joke. Responding to RFK Jr.’s claim “a worm ate part of my brain” (story here), Collins joked, “You either die a Kennedy with a hole in the brain, or live long enough [...]
Thank you for your service, Mr. President
You beat Trump in 2020, and you’ve been a good president, enacting impactful legislation and threading excruciatingly difficult foreign policy needles. Mission accomplished. It’s time to pass the baton; you’re slowing down, you walk stiffly and get confused, even tongue-tied at times, and don�[...]
RFK Jr.’s dishonest campaign ad
“CNN anchor Jake Tapper is demanding Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign remove an ad from social media that … is deceptively edited to show leading cable news hosts such as Tapper, Dana Bash, MSNBC’s Joy Reid and others saying Democrats are ‘rallying’ around Kennedy&[...]
You’d never guess Sen. Rubio has a law degree
If I didn’t tell you, you wouldn’t guess, because he doesn’t think like a lawyer. In fact, he’s never been a lawyer. He went straight from law school into politics. That paid off for him, he’s a senator now. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), bio here, is a politician with a law [...]
NY Post’s thinly-veiled racist attack on Kamala Harris
As pressure mounts on Biden to pull out of the 2024 race, eyes are turning toward Kamala Harris (photo, left), the person most likely to succeed him as Democratic nominee. She could even be president if he resigns. Although Biden still insists on staying in, Republicans are planning for that possibi[...]
GOP senator falls for fake Biden rumor
It’s embarrassing. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), a rightwing firebrand, got careless and fell for a false internet rumor. On Friday evening, July 5, 2024, at 7:41 PM, rightwing nutcase Laura Loomer (profiled here) tweeted that “Joe Biden is reportedly having a medical emergency on Air Force One [...]