Kari Lake, who lost a race for Arizona governor in 2022, partly because 30,000 Republicans voted against her (see details here), is one of America’s most strident election deniers after Trump himself. A British reporter for Australia’s Sky News who disputed her assertion that American el[...]
June 14th, 2023 - 1:00 am § in Schools & Colleges
Even straight kids can be victims of anti-trans hate
No kid is safe from anti-LGBQT hate, not even straight kids. This incident happened in Canada, but it’s going to happen here too, wait and see. A 9-year-old fourth grade girl was competing in an elementary school track meet at Kelowna, British Columbia, when a grandfather began yelling at her.[...]
June 14th, 2023 - 12:19 am § in Donald Trump
Nobody’s safe from MAGA mobs
A strange, but predictable, scene unfolded outside the Miami courthouse where Donald Trump was arraigned in the Mar-a-Lago documents case on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. As Miami Mayor Francis Suarez pushed his way through pro-Trump demonstrators, catcalls rang out: “We’ve got a swamp monster[...]
The strange case of Mr. Pho
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[...]
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[...]
Boomers vs. Millennials
“Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill every time.” Supposedly that’s an ancient Greek proverb. I don’t know if it is, but if it’s been around that long, there might be something to it. Anyway, there’s a common perception that old people are taking a[...]
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 12th, 2023 - 5:40 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
It’s a trap!
They’re not coming for Trump, they’re coming for you. That’s the message Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) is sending out to his fellow rightwing fanatics ahead of Trump’s arraignment in a Miami federal court. In a press release (here), he claims, “This latest DOJ persecution a[...]