Dominion Voting Systems has the Fox network dead-to-rights: They lied about the company, knew they were lying, but put the lies on the air to make money. Fox is going to pay Dominion a lot of money (but can afford to). But now Fox is in another kind of hot water. Biden’s campaign ran ads [&hel[...]
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February 26th, 2023 - 5:03 am § in Biden, China, Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs, Politics, Republicans, Russia
Is Nikki Haley a serious presidential candidate?
Nikki Haley wants to be president for no better reason than she wants to be president. That’s more or less the media narrative, which has focused on her struggles to differentiate herself from other aspirants (see story here), beyond being a Republican who isn’t Trump (although she certa[...]
Some Republicans bash Biden’s trip to Ukraine
“Republicans … trashed President Joe Biden’s trip to Ukraine, claiming the visit to support Kyiv is an ‘insult’ to Americans,” New York Daily News reported on Monday, February 20, 2023 (read story here). The newspaper continued, “right-wing lawmakers said Biden [...]
Nikki Haley insulted senior citizens
“In the America I see, the permanent politician will finally retire. We’ll have … mandatory mental-competency tests for politicians over 75 years old.” That’s how Nikki Haley kicked off her campaign for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination on Wednesday, February 15, 2023. “Pe[...]
Are conservatives as crazy as they sound?
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’[...]
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[...]