J. D. Vance (image at left), Trump’s 2024 running mate, is a prodigious liar. The most egregious of Vance’s lies is “telling stories” about Haitian immigrants that are untrue, racist, and caused bomb threats and school closures. But Vance also drastically flip-flopped on Trum[...]
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October 6th, 2024 - 11:33 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Elon Musk’s mother urges GOPers to “vote 10 times”
Maye Musk (photo, left), Elon’s mother, is a Trumper like her son. She also thinks Republicans committing voting fraud is perfectly okay. “You don’t have to register to vote,” she said. “On Election Day, have 10 fake names, go to 10 polling booths and vote 10 times. That’s 100 votes, and[...]
GOP blowhard absurdly blames Democrats for political violence
It’s a talking point in a campaign season, and an empty one. Most of the political violence is coming from Republicans: The Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, threats against judges and election workers, talk of “civil war,” and the attempts to assassinate Trump. (Both would-be assassins[...]
Will there be surprises in Senate races?
As of October 2024, Democrats have a 51-49 edge in the U.S. Senate, counting the 4 nominally “independent” senators who caucus with them. They are Joe Manchin (WV), Kyrsten Sinema (AZ), Bernie Sanders (VT), and Angus King (ME), of whom Sanders and King are reliable Democratic votes, and [...]
What’s behind Melania Trump’s support for abortion?
It “could have the effect of softening her husband’s image on abortion, something [he’s] sought to do as the issue has emerged as a potential game changer in the presidential race.” Therefore, reasonable people can be skeptical of her sincerity and see it as a gambit to help her [...]
GOP rep is criticized for spreading lies about FEMA relief funds
Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) has a track record as a conspiracy theorist. Now, she’s falsely asserting that FEMA relief funds were “redirected” to illegal immigrants (read story here). Rep. Cammack (photo, left) is an election denier who voted against certifying Biden’s 2020 elect[...]
Trump rally crowd boos soldier over base name
Disrespecting our military personnel and veterans has been a Trump hallmark. That hasn’t changed and isn’t going to. At a townhall-style campaign event in North Carolina on Friday, October 4, 2024, Trump “chuckled” as his crowd booed an active-duty soldier. The soldier’[...]
October 4th, 2024 - 2:13 pm § in Politics, Republicans
GOP candidate claims America was a “bad guy” in WW2
Royce White’s specialty is basketball, not history, and it shows in his public comments. White (profile here) is a non-serious candidate in Minnesota’s 2024 U.S. Senate election. He’s a throwaway candidate, i.e. a placeholder on the ballot for a hopeless race shunned by career poli[...]
Arrest made in Springfield, Ohio, goose killing
Well, if they weren’t eating pet dogs and cats, then they’re killing ducks and geese. That was the charge leveled by Republicans against Springfield, Ohio’s Haitian immigrants, who are in the U.S. legally on work visas. A cat did go missing. It turned up alive in its owner’s [...]
What’s wrong with Republican voters?
Trump’s attempts “to unravel American democracy” might not prevent his return to power. That’s because “while he horrifies many Americans, his conduct after the last election is not seen as disqualifying by millions of others,” CNN says (read article here). The articl[...]