After dancing around the question at the October 1 debate, and for weeks afterward, J. D. Vance finally answered it. He said: “I think there are serious problems in 2020. So, did Donald Trump lose the election? Not by the words that I would use.” (Read story here.) Vance, in his own word[...]
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George Floyd protests weren’t riots and didn’t kill 15,000 black men
A Republican liar claims “the post-George Floyd riots resulted in excess of over 15,000 black male deaths in this country.” It’s not remotely true. Ryan Gidursky, a rightwing activist (see his website here), made that assertion on a CNN talk show on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 (read stor[...]
October 16th, 2024 - 2:36 pm § in Politics, Republicans
MAGA liars target Arizona seniors with scary mailer
As the 2024 campaign approaches a climax, a Trump-affiliated group is sending Arizona senior voters a fraudulent mailer (photo, below) falsely declaring their Medicare benefits were cancelled by Kamala Harris (read story here). Even the stamp on the envelope is fake. The group behind the flyer (phot[...]
Biden sternly rebukes Trump
Every election is a battle for the soul of America. Trump has painted a dystopian picture of our nation, portraying it as a hellscape of crime and a nation of losers. That may resonate with some folks, but the man who defeated Trump in the 2020 election isn’t buying any of it, nor hopping on [[...]
October 15th, 2024 - 11:39 am § in Politics, Republicans
Vance claims there was a “peaceful transfer of power” in 2021
J. D. Vance, Trump’s 2024 running mate, is a prolific liar. He falsely accused Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, of stealing and eating pets, which has caused real harm to innocent people (see story here); then he tried to justify this lie as “telling stories” to get media a[...]
October 14th, 2024 - 7:55 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Was there a third assassination attempt?
That’s what Riverside County, California, Sheriff Chad Bianco (photo, left; bio here) and a slew of rightwing media and propaganda outlets called it. But Vem Miller, the Las Vegas man arrested near a Trump rally on Saturday, October 12, 2024, for having a fake license plate and a pile of guns [...]
The education divide in politics
Doug Sosnick (profile here) was Bill Clinton’s political director and is a Democratic strategist. After decades of observing American politics, he said on a CNN podcast, “The biggest single, best predictor of how someone’s going to vote in American politics now is education level. That is [...]
October 14th, 2024 - 6:48 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Is this free speech or trespassing?
This water town is property of the town of Hanson, Massachusetts. The light show is courtesy of a neighbor. Hanson officials have issued a cease-and-desist letter, and $100-a-day fines, to the resident (read story here). This absolutely is about free speech. From the town’s point of view, it d[...]
J. D. Vance’s word games
Sen. J. D. Vance (R-OH), depicted at left, is a Yale-educated lawyer and published writer who’s very good at manipulating the English language to make it look like he’s not lying when he is. Campaigning for Trump in Pennsylvania on Saturday, October 12, 2024, Vance called Biden’s inaug[...]
Vance defends Trump’s FEMA lies
In the wake of hurricanes Helene and Milton, Trump is peddling two big lies about federal aid to the devastated areas: (1) That FEMA aid has been diverted to illegal migrants, and (2) the Biden administration and Vice President Harris are withholding disaster aid from Republican areas. There isnR[...]