Top of mind, of course, is the Harris-Trump battle, which needs no discussion. Thousands of other candidates are on ballots across America. Those who care about politics will be watching who controls the next Congress: Whether Democrats recapture the House, and what happens in the Senate. Nationally[...]
October 24th, 2024 - 10:05 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Ted Cruz ad falsely depicts Oregon HS girls as transgender
GOP Sen. Ted Cruz, who represents Texas, is a pile of canine excrement. I don’t need to explain or justify that; his behavior speaks for itself. This is the guy who stood on a debate stage, staring like a deer in headlights, when Trump called his father a terrorist. He’s the same guy who[...]
October 24th, 2024 - 9:38 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Mail thief (video)
Joe Mastroianni (R) is running against Angelo Santabarbara (D) in New York’s 111th legislative district for an Assembly seat. The 2024 race is a rematch; Santabarbara defeated Mastroianni by 54%-43% in 2022 (see those results here). Santabarbara, 54, is a professional engineer; Mastroianni, a [...]
October 24th, 2024 - 8:03 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Voting residence: Horse or cart?
Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-Ohio; photo, left), 38, is a first-term member of Congress, having been initially elected in 2022. She is running for re-election. Sykes comes from an Akron political family (see her bio here), and has lived in Akron since childhood, except when away attending college. Before Co[...]
Trump in a nursing home (video)
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), a frequent target of rightwing haters (because of his prominence on the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 insurrection), is running for re-election in California, and his campaign decided to poke fun at Trump with this ad. Sure, it’s a partisan spoof. Whet[...]
October 24th, 2024 - 3:22 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Dodgy GOP activist accuses nuns of voting fraud
Undermining public confidence in elections has become a standard Republican tactics deployed by GOP politicians and activists alike. In Pennsylvania, a Republican voting fraud vigilante accused a group of nuns of voting fraud for — get this — registering to vote where they live. Activist[...]
Will Hunter Biden be pardoned?
As the Biden administration winds down, many people will start wondering if the president’s son, convicted of multiple felonies, will escape prison time by being let off the hook. Not necessarily by who you think, though. Biden has publicly said he won’t pardon his son (see story here). [...]
October 24th, 2024 - 1:53 pm § in Politics
Election hanky-panky begins
Ballots are going out to voters across America, and reports of incidents have begun trickling in. In Colorado “at least a dozen” ballots were stolen from the mail, filled out, and returned. The signatures didn’t match, so the voters were contacted, who reported they never received [...]
October 23rd, 2024 - 11:26 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Do unicorns vote?
“Suppose you are chatting with your neighbor when, out of the blue, they mention their deep and abiding concern that unicorns are being killed by unscrupulous hunters. You can argue with them that unicorns aren’t real, or you could switch to talking about the weather.” Well, yes, u[...]
October 23rd, 2024 - 6:44 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump wanted “the kind of generals Hitler had”
While president, Trump said, “I need the kind of generals that Hitler had, people who were totally loyal to him, that follow orders.” The Trump campaign denies it, but there were witnesses, Trump’s former chief of staff, People magazine reported (here). I believe the witnesses, not Trump a[...]