A day before the 2024 vice presidential debate, CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins moderated a heated exchange between Van Jones, a Democrat, and Lee Zeldin, a Republican, in the video below. Predictably, Zeldin does two things you expect of a Republican: He lies and defends a despicable candidate. Zeldin r[...]
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Why political lies matter
You can’t solve our country’s problems if you don’t have rational policies. Here are two CNN headlines and stories posted on Friday, September 27, 2024 (here), as the 2024 campaign enters a climactic phase: Trump campaign highlights stories of those killed by undocumented immigrant[...]
When partisanship goes too far
When he became president, Obama retained Robert Gates as defense secretary. He was originally appointed by George W. Bush. “Because Gates had already been confirmed,” NBC News say, “he didn’t need to win Senate approval.” Years later, Gates revealed that “he was r[...]
Cabinet chatter begins
Harris “would likely keep some Biden officials,” and likely would have a “diverse” cabinet (see story here). Here are some educated guesses: Secretary of State: Blinken doesn’t want to stay; he could be replaced by the CIA director or Delaware Sen. Chris Coons or Connec[...]
Why some conservatives want Trump to lose
Trump and his MAGA crowds have dragged the once-reputable GOP into a cesspool of lying, corruption, immorality, racism, bigotry, and political violence. That’s more than reason enough to ring the fire bells, but it also isn’t conservatism. Christian Schneider probably speaks for many tra[...]
Who’s most to blame for divisive political rhetoric?
This Newsweek article (read it here) is titled, “Has 2024 Campaign Rhetoric Gone Too Far? Analysts Weigh In.” Let’s start with what people agree on: “Polling suggests that most Americans agree that the country is too divided by politics. An Ipsos survey … found that 81 [...]
Trump assassination attempt 2.0
America has always been a violent country. Several presidents, candidates, and leading public figures have been assassinated, with attempts made on others including FDR and Reagan. What happened to Trump isn’t a historical outlier. It shouldn’t be this way. Political violence is bad for [...]
Vance continues to lie after admitting he’s lying
JD Vance, Trump’s 2024 running mate, acknowledged “it’s possible” his claim that Haitian immigrants abducted pets “might not be true,” but encouraged his supporters to keep posting “cat memes” anyway, CNN reported on Tuesday, September 10, 2024 (read story here). [...]
Fentanyl smugglers are U.S. citizens, not migrants
Fentanyl deaths rose under Trump, and continued to rise under Biden, until today the drug kills more Americans than guns and car accidents combined. “Trump repeatedly blames the increase in fentanyl deaths on the influx of 10 million migrants who crossed the border during the Biden,” NBC[...]
WA public lands commissioner: Upthegrove gains 2 votes in recount, will advance to November election
Dave Upthegrove (photo, left; bio here), 53, a Democrat, likely will be Washington’s next Commissioner of Public Lands. He’s currently a King County Councilman, and previously served in the legislature. He will succeed Hilary Franz, a Democrat who didn’t seek reelection and instead[...]