It’s true, dozens of prominent Republicans are supporting Harris. They include “former White House officials and national security staff, … White House lawyers who served Republican presidents going back to Ronald Reagan, … even members of [Trump’s] own cabinet who once[...]
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Untangling the Arlington Cemetery controversy
Ceremonies honoring America’s war dead and other heroes are common, and politicians often participate, so why is Trump’s visit to Arlington last week stirring controversy? For starters, federal law prohibits using national cemeteries for political purposes. In addition, Arlington prohibi[...]
Fact-checking the fact-checker
Usually we turn to fact-checkers to help us decide whether we can trust politicians. But sometimes the fact-checker comes under fire. This example, cited by MSNBC here, comes from PolitiFact. The Democrats played a 2016 video clip of Trump saying “there has to be some form of punishment for wo[...]
RKF Jr.’s “7 weirdest moments”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a Democrat like Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro is a democrat. In other words … not. No one should be surprised that Maduro is going after opponents after stealing an election. Nor should anyone be surprised that Kennedy is throwing in his lot with Trump. Neither Kenn[...]
Don’t watch this video!
This video has no nutritional value whatsoever; zero calories, zero carbs. It’s nothing but Sean Hannity, a Republican propagandist, and James Carville, a Democratic propagandist, trading talking points. It’s pure partisan pugilism; two guys playing “gotcha.” When Hannity bla[...]
Is Kamala Harris leading a movement?
There’s talk in the air of Harris being a “movement” politician (I’ll get into what that is), of being a “hinge of history,” according to a Politico article here. That’s a concept usually associated with the term “transformative leader.” The real[...]
Jobs, jobs, jobs
Trump’s 2024 campaign advisers want him to run on the economy. Good luck with that. He’d rather talk about his personal grievances. But let’s say he does. Bill Clinton, speaking to the 2024 Democratic convention, claimed that since 1989 fifty-one million jobs have been created unde[...]
Trump complains of personal attacks
After listening to the Obamas speak at the Democratic convention, Trump had three words for them. “Don’t get personal,” he said (read story here). From the guy who led “lock her up!” chants. The expanded version goes, “You know, they always say, sir, please stick[...]
August 16th, 2024 - 5:50 pm § in America, Business, Democrats, Donald Trump, Economics, Politics, Republicans
Trump economics vs. Harris economics
Americans entered the 2024 election season deeply frustrated with the economy despite abundant jobs, low unemployment, and no threat of recession. Most of their angst stemmed from inflation, but housing shortages and unaffordability also contributed. Meanwhile, consumers went on a post-pandemic spen[...]
Georgia isn’t a red state
A recent colloquy on Fox News between Maria Bartiromo, a former journalist who’s now a GOP propagandist, and Rep. Richard McCormick (R-GA), who represents Atlanta suburbs Wikipedia describes as “Republican stronghold” territory, went something like this: Bartiromo: “What do y[...]