I was surprised to read that in the U.S., workers “have an estimated $50bn-plus stolen from them every year, … surpassing all robberies, burglaries and motor vehicle thefts combined,” the Guardian said on Thursday, June 15, 2023 (read story here). I knew wage theft was a problem, a[...]
June 15th, 2023 - 12:39 pm § in Donald Trump
Miami Cuban restaurant photo-op was classic Trump
Trump went straight from his Mar-a-Lago documents case arraignment in a Miami federal courthouse to a Cuban-cuisine restaurant called the Versailles, where he called out, “Food for everyone!” On their own dime, it turned out, because Trump left before anyone could order. He himself ate [...]
June 14th, 2023 - 2:12 pm § in News Media
Fox News has a rogue employee
It seems this screenshot was unauthorized. “Fox News on Wednesday acknowledged that an onscreen banner calling President Joe Biden a ‘wannabe dictator’ was inappropriate and said it had taken steps to address the situation internally,” CNN said on June 14, 2023 (read story he[...]
Nikki Haley says she’ll pardon Trump
Nikki Haley, who’s running for president, says if she’s elected she’ll pardon Trump for his classified documents crimes (see story here). “When you look at a pardon, the issue is less about guilt, and more about what’s good for the country,” Haley said. Right. From that persp[...]
June 14th, 2023 - 1:50 am § in Politics, Republicans
Kari Lake doesn’t know history
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[...]