Nghia Pho (photo, left), a software developer, went to work for the NSA in 2005. Mr. Pho held security clearances, and received training in the handling of classified materials. In a press release here, the Department of Justice said, “The privilege of working for the U.S. Intelligence Community r[...]
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The GOP’s moral disease
A Huffington Post article on Monday, June 13, 2023 (read it here), summed it up: “Despite all the criminal accusations and investigations, Trump remains the Republican front-runner for the 2024 presidential nomination.” To be fair, Trump has only been found civilly liable for sexual assa[...]
Michigan election deniers fined $58,000 for frivolous lawsuit
Democrats swept the 2022 Michigan state elections, capturing every statewide office and the legislature (see details here). That was partly because the GOP fielded lousy candidates, as a result of crazy Trumpers prevailing in the GOP primaries, although backlash on abortion rights probably also work[...]
June 13th, 2023 - 4:46 pm § in Politics, Republicans
GOP senator goes off half-cocked
Sen. Bill Cassidy is outraged that the White House Gift Shop plans to sell a commemorative coin marking Trump’s second indictment (see story here; and details, pricing, and ordering info here). It’s not surprising that Cassidy, a Republican, isn’t a big fan of a trinket mocking his[...]
June 12th, 2023 - 8:58 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Kari Lake is bad at math
Why do I keep posting about Kari Lake? Because she’s more fun than a barrel of monkeys! Kari’s Arizona election claims were silly enough. On that score, she’s been rebuffed by one court after another; she hasn’t appealed to God yet, but — wait, never mind, yes she has. [...]
June 11th, 2023 - 11:44 pm § in America, Biden, Christianity, Democrats, Donald Trump, Economics, Law and Courts, Politics, Racism, Religion, Republicans
What’s at stake in Trump’s trial
Now that he’s been indicted, Trump is entitled to a presumption of innocence, and a fair trial. Those are bedrock principles of the U.S. legal system. Trump “has a lot at stake” in the case, a New York Times writer says. “He could, in theory, go to prison for years.” Bu[...]
June 9th, 2023 - 2:12 am § in America, Biden, Christianity, Democrats, Donald Trump, Law and Courts, Politics, Religion, Republicans
Republicans are outraged Trump is indicted for breaking the law
Trump’s MAGA movement caught many Americans by surprise. They’ve never seen anything like it before. This is the first time anyone has tried to overthrow our democracy. To outsiders, Trump looks like a pied piper leading a crowd of zombies into a never-never land of lies, fantasies, and [...]
Is the Chief Justice sorry he gave the House to the GOP?
In 2022, before the midterm elections, federal judges — some appointed by Trump — struck down Alabama’s congressional districting maps as racially motivated. The Supreme Court temporarily reinstated those maps during the 2022 elections, but on June 8, 2023, ruled they violated the [...]
June 8th, 2023 - 4:51 am § in Politics, Republicans
Mike Pence’s campaign lies
Mike Pence launched his quixotic campaign for the presidency on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, with a pack of lies. I say “quixotic” because Pence isn’t going to be president. He has no constituency; he’s too rightwing to appeal to Democrats, and Trump Republicans won’t touch[...]
Fox hosts haven’t stopped lying
Harris Faulkner (bio here), one of the Fox personalities filling in for Tucker Carlson after he was fired, claimed on the air that Christians are under attack. It’s classic rightwing victimhood. To bolster her storyline, she asserted she was kicked out of a restaurant for saying grace. She tol[...]