From a story here: “Supporters of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign are carrying around bizarre ‘cups’ of running mate JD Vance’s ‘sperm.’ Pictures of attendees at Republican events have seen them carrying plastic cups – or wearing them around their[...]
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August 18th, 2024 - 4:53 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Switching parties
Marie Alvarado-Gil was elected to the California Senate in 2022. She won as a Democrat in a Republican district. How was this possible? No Republican was on the ballot. Why? Because California uses a top-two primary system, in which the two top vote-getters advance to the general election, and the R[...]
Vance blows the black farmer vote
J. D. Vance, Trump’s running mate, “said a lot of wild things during his Sunday morning media blitz,” Mother Jones commented here. “But one of his comments … described a federal program that has distributed nearly $2 billion to mostly Black farmers who experienced discr[...]
August 18th, 2024 - 1:28 am § in Politics, Republicans
Kari Lake won’t be a U.S. senator
It’s usually risky to make predictions about candidates months before an election, especially ones running in swing states, but I’m not going out on a limb by saying Kari Lake will lose her Senate race in Arizona. Lake has never held public office. She didn’t work her way up throug[...]
August 16th, 2024 - 10:58 pm § in Politics
PHOTOGRAPHY: Kamala poster
The creator of Obama’s “Hope” poster drew one for Harris called “Forward.” Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Gratuitous disrespect
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), photo at left, disrupted a CNN panel on Thursday, August 15, 2024, by deliberately mispronouncing Kamala Harris’s name (see story here). She knows better, having come to Congress 3½ years ago from a public relations background (read bio here). She’s just being a [...]
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[...]
Can states ban lab-grown meat?
That’s a complicated legal question the courts will have to answer. The closest analogy I can think of is Wisconsin’s margarine ban in effect from 1895 to 1967 (see story here); as far as I know, it was never struck down by the courts. That ban was enacted to protect Wisconsin’s da[...]
The Tramp campaign’s disgusting racist tweet
This Trump campaign tweet is designed to stoke white fear of black people. It’s shows what kind of garbage Elon Musk allows on “X” (RIP, Twitter). Read story here for details about this tweet. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]