Joe Biden, fresh from his Electoral College victory, and now officially president-elect, named Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM, photo left) as his choice for Interior, the federal agency that oversees federal lands and Native American affairs. Obama’s first interior secretary, Ken Salazar, called her &[...]
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November 26th, 2020 - 3:11 pm § in Humor
America’s 400 years of progress
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Guest Essay: “This wasn’t just an election. It was a census of American idiots.”
How Many American Idiots Are There? 73 Million. This Wasn’t Just an Election. It was a Census of American Idiots. by Umair Haque Nov. 20, 2020 (Click here to go to original source.) This was no ordinary election. By now, you know that. But I mean it in a slightly different way. Not just that Trum[...]
This is America’s Putin moment
It’s time for Republicans to choose: Are they for freedom or tyranny? “President Donald Trump has invited Republican state lawmakers from Michigan to the White House on Friday” after reaching out to canvassing board members who blocked certifying election results, CNN reported on T[...]
Jenna Ellis is America’s most subversive lawyer
What Jenna Ellis, Trump’s senior legal adviser and mastermind of efforts to overturn his election loss, said about him a few years ago: “idiot” “boorish and arrogant” “bully” “disgusting” “not a real Christian” “not American” “American fascist” “cannot be trusted�[...]
America’s FreeDUMBest states
… are, hands down, the Dakotas — America’s most intransigent mask and social distancing holdouts. (Source of charts here; mask mandate map here.) Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Meet an All-American voter
The election is over. Now let’s hear from two voters in Erie County, Pennsylvania. But first, let’s take a look at that area. “Residents describe Erie as a diverse, blue-collar, working-class county where people look forward to time at the beach and fishing at the surrounding lakes[...]
October 25th, 2020 - 11:57 am § in Misc.
An African-American becomes a Catholic cardinal
“Pope Francis on Sunday elevated Archbishop of Washington, D.C., Wilton Gregory, to cardinal, making him the first African American appointed to the red-hat conclave,” ABC News reported on Sunday, October 25, 2020. Gregory may have a chance to participate in a papal election, because Fra[...]
October 22nd, 2020 - 11:13 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump’s “America’s comeback” ad
“One of the Trump campaign’s latest Facebook ads … depicted an American flag and … a scene of … a tranquil field …. The voiceover of the ad says, ‘In a face of a trial unlike any other, America is doing what we always do,’ as the clip continues into the scene of the field […][...]
October 18th, 2020 - 11:03 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Survey: Over 30% of Americans are ‘giving up” on democracy
This article contains news and liberal commentary. Research by Foreign Policy magazine lends support to anecdotal evidence that democracy is not a universal value among the American people. Anti-democratic attitudes are concentrated on the political right, and among Trump supporters, but also exist [...]