Padding: A test score, an election result, financial books … wherever you turn, the term has a negative connotation. Trump’s suits are padded in the shoulders to hide his obesity; it looks great standing up, but this is what it looks like sitting down. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
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Deficit math
The U.S. national debt is $36 trillion as of 2024. Biden and Trump each added $8 trillion of that. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects deficits of $20 trillion over the next 10 years. On top of that, Trump wants to cut taxes by $4 to $6 trillion over that period. Republicans talk about of[...]
It’s only “persona vs. issues” — really? are you sure?
Frank Luntz (photo, left), a Republican pollster, thinks Trump is better on issues, but his “persona” is driving voters to Harris (read story here). He says, “If it’s about issues, Trump is much more likely to be successful. If it’s about attributes, Harris is much more likely to b[...]
A brief history of free speech in America
Free speech as we know it occurred late in American history, is fragile, and could go away. For most of American history, unpopular political views could (and did) get dissidents, organizers, publishers, and even artists thrown in prison. The notion of a “free trade in ideas,” which spra[...]
Jan. 6 rioter with extensive criminal history sentenced to 20 years
David Nicholas Dempsey (photo, left), 37, of Van Nuys, California, was one of the most violent Jan. 6 rioters. He “stomped on police officers’ heads,” the Associated Press says (here), and “swung poles at officers defending a tunnel, struck an officer in the head with a metal cru[...]
Lara Trump lectures on DEI hiring
Trump’s daughter-in-law, whom he installed as Republican National Committee chair, claims Biden chose Harris as his running mate “based on how she looked, based on the fact that this is a woman, based on the fact that she was a minority woman.” Outraged, she said considering gender is “reall[...]
Nope, Tiffany Smiley can’t beat Dan Newhouse
Tiffany Smiley (photo, left) tried to unseat Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) in the August 2024 primary, but she came in third, meaning she’s eliminated. Newhouse will face Jerrod Sessler in November. Trump endorsed Sessler and Smiley. He has a grudge against Newhouse, who voted to impeach him for th[...]
August 5th, 2024 - 10:17 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
West Virginia, coal, and Trump (video)
Trump got over 68% of West Virginia’s votes in 2016 and 2020. To understand why, watch this video. (Running time 43:17 minutes) For coal country music, try Kaitlyn Baker here and here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
This woman won’t be a senator, but she’s running anyway
John Curtis (bio here) is the 2024 GOP nominee for the Utah Senate seat being vacated by Mitt Romney. Curtis is a boring man. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a management degree, worked in business, got tired of losing as a Democrat in a deep-red state so became a Republican, and was[...]