If Democrats are frustrated by rural voters, it’s because they don’t know them, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) says. Khanna represents Silicon Valley, but travels the country, showing his face in places like Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Appalachia Virginia. A progressive, he talks abo[...]
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Jan. 6 rioter gets 52 months for fire extinguisher attack
Robert Sanford (photo, left), 57, a retired fireman from Boothwyn, Pennyslvania, was sentenced to 52 months in prison for injuring two police officers with a fire extinguisher during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot (see video below, and read story here). That’s longer than most people need to complete [...]
April 4th, 2023 - 7:23 pm § in Democrats, Donald Trump, Law and Courts, Politics, Racism, Republicans
Sizing up the case against Trump
The DA charged Trump with election crimes. If he didn’t make hush money payoffs to influence an election, falsifying business records to hide those payments would be misdemeanors under New York law. Let’s start by quoting what Trump said after his arraignment: “Former President Don[...]
Nancy Pelosi needs a law refresher
The former Democratic House speaker gets the burden of proof in criminal cases backwards. Yeah, she’s not a lawyer, but who doesn’t know the prosecutor has to prove guilt, and the defendant doesn’t have to say anything? Did she sleepwalk through this tweet? Return to The-Ave.US H[...]
What a Trump supporter thinks of truthful reporting
It may pass as First Amendent-protected free speech, but it’s not responsible or grownup speech. See tweet here and read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
March 31st, 2023 - 2:31 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
So Republicans are outraged; who cares?
S. E. Cupp, a TV political commentator who describes herself as a “mainstream conservative” (see profile here), explains in the video below why “no one should care” about GOP outrage at Trump’s indictment. Keep in mind it wasn’t the D.A., a Democrat, who indicted [...]
Let’s help this man read
Some people can’t read without glasses. Today, if perhaps not every day, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is one of them. Last night, Trump predicted “death and destruction” if he’s indicted in the Stormy Daniels hush-money case (see story here). Democrats promptly condemned his remar[...]
Was this indictment a politically motivated witch hunt, or just prosecuting a thief?
Let’s start with basics: Joe Harding didn’t come from America’s educated or business elite. He’s a junior college dropout who worked in construction before starting his landscaping business (see his profile here). You could say he’s a dirt-under-fingernails type of guy.[...]
Why not prosecute an ex-president, if he broke the law?
Supposedly no American is above the law. A basic principle is the law applies equally to all of us. Being famous and possesing a large fan base — whether in religion, politics, sports, movies, or whatever — shouldn’t get anyone special treatment. It generally doesn’t; plenty [...]
Zip-tie rioter gets measly 2 years
Larry Brock, 55, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel from Texas, is one of two Capitol rioters seen with zip-tie handcuffs in the Senate chamber during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. (See photo at left.) He entered the Capitol Building decked out in combat gear. On Friday, March 17, 2023, a fede[...]