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Posts Tagged ‘2020 Election’

February 25th, 2023 - 3:05 am § in Politics, Republicans

This man almost certainly is a seditionist

Scott Perry had a hardscrabble childhood, enlisted in the Army National Guard at age 18, worked at various blue-collar jobs, and put himself through college. In the service, he graduated from Officer Candidate School, qualified as a helicopter pilot, flew combat missions in Iraq, and rose to the ran[...]

February 17th, 2023 - 12:12 pm § in Donald Trump, News Media, Politics, Republicans

Fox News is in serious hot water

Millions of Americans watch only Fox News, and don’t get news from any other source, which is a great big problem. It’s a great big problem because Fox is propaganda, not news. It’s brainwashing, not informing, its audiences. Its top opinion-shaper, Tucker Carlson, is a Russia symp[...]

January 9th, 2023 - 9:08 pm § in Biden, Democrats, Donald Trump, Politics, Republicans

Pennsylvania county recounts 2020 election

“More than two years after the last ballot was cast in the 2020 election, Lycoming County plans to recount all presidential votes by hand — an extraordinary step no other Pennsylvania county has taken,” Raw Story reported (here) on Monday, January 9, 2023, adding, “County commiss[...]

December 23rd, 2022 - 1:25 am § in Donald Trump, Politics, Republicans

Meet the new villains in fake electors plot

“While John Eastman has been singled out,” the Jan. 6 committee learned “it was actually Kenneth Chesebro who was the architect” of the fake elector plot, NBC News reported on Thursday, December 22, 2022, after the committee released its final report (read story here). Cheseb[...]

December 23rd, 2022 - 12:34 am § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts, News Media, Politics, Republicans

Why Sidney Powell’s “no reasonable person” defense won’t save her

It might not save Sean Hannity, either. Dominion Voting Systems is suing Hannity and Powell for defamation. Sidney Powell, a Trump lawyer and high-profile promoter of his election lies, went on Hannity’s show on November 30, 2020, and said, “There was a whole plot going on and a lot of peopl[...]

December 22nd, 2022 - 11:14 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics, Republicans

Save $15.99! Download Jan. 6 committee report here!

It’s the True Crime story of the century! More enthralling than any spy story or serial killer manhunt! The cast of characters includes Donald Trump and his cabal of soon-to-be-disbarred lawyers, an unruly lynch mob of gullible followers, imposter electors, pressured witnesses, determined inve[...]

December 16th, 2022 - 6:47 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts, Politics, Republicans

Trump can rage all he wants, but he doesn’t get to decide if he’s prosecuted

Today’s news the Jan. 6 committee will recommend prosecuting Trump is a big deal, because everyone needs to be together on it. It’s unmistakably moving in that direction. Months ago Merrick Garland, attorney general, pointedly said no one is beyond the reach of the law. Then he hired a s[...]

December 16th, 2022 - 2:07 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts, Politics

Capitol riot mob leader gets 5 years

Capitol rioter Douglas Jensen, a construction worker from Des Moines, Iowa, spent over 2 years in jail awaiting trial before being convicted by a jury on September 23, 2022 (see story here). He was sentenced on December 16, 2022 (story here). His lawyer told the judge, “He wants to return to his n[...]

December 15th, 2022 - 9:33 pm § in Democrats, Donald Trump, Law and Courts, Politics, Republicans

Why Congress shouldn’t ban Trump under the 14th Amendment

Dozens of House Democrats introduced a bill that would disqualify Donald Trump from future public office under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause (see story here). It probably won’t make it through the House, and if it does, it’ll surely die in the Senate, although for wrong [...]

December 5th, 2022 - 2:11 am § in Donald Trump, Politics, Republicans

Rep. David Joyce is a moral midget

Rep. David Joyce (R-OH), appearing on a Sunday TV show, “repeatedly refused” to criticize Trump for saying the Constitution should be “terminated” to return him to power. Instead, he said he’ll “fall in behind” whoever the GOP nominates in 2024, and added that “he[...]