“A federal judge rejected the argument that US Capitol rioters … are being prosecuted for their political views,” CNN reported on Wednesday, August 4, 2021 (read story here). She’s right, of course. They’re being prosecuted for illegal acts, not their be[...]
Posts Tagged ‘2020 Election’
August 2nd, 2021 - 5:16 pm § in Politics
Letter from Phoenix
Maybe Clint Eastwood could make this into a movie. Read CNN news story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
August 2nd, 2021 - 1:08 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Election workers are quitting because of threats and harassment
Ever notice how carefully bank tellers count out money while customers watch? This isn’t a job where you don’t want to make mistakes. People would get very upset. Few people have ever watch votes being counted, so most people don’t know how that works. Election workers are just as [...]
As Arizona fake “audit” ends, even GOPers criticize it
The circus at an Arizona fairgrounds has ended, but the controversy hasn’t. As this month came to an end “the auditors stopped the counting and returned the ballots,” but a “report” is still weeks or months away, the Associated Press reported on Saturday, July 31, 2021 [...]
July 29th, 2021 - 12:41 pm § in Politics
DoJ to pro-riot congressman: You’re on your own
The government won’t defend at taxpayer expense a GOP congressman being sued for allegedly helping to incite the Capitol riot. He’s on his own. Read story here. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) wanted to invoke the Westfall Act (read about it here), which shifts legal responsibility for actions by [...]
Ex-cop Capitol rioter jailed after buying 37 guns
An ex-cop arrested in January and fired from his police job for participating in the Capitol riot had his bail revoked and was ordered to jail after buying 37 guns, being caught with bomb-making materials, and advocating violent revolution in online posts, CNN reported on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 (r[...]
July 28th, 2021 - 2:56 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trumper behavior
Michael Fanone, perhaps the most visible of the D.C. police officers injured while defending the Capitol on January 6, 2021, “testified Tuesday that during the insurrection he was tased, beaten, and at risk of being stripped of and killed with his own firearm,” AOL News reported on Wedne[...]
Status report: 535 Capitol rioters arrested, 300 more sought
Samuel Lazar (photo), 35, of Ephrata, Pennsylvania, was arrested by the FBI on Monday, July 26, 2021. He’s accused of spraying police with chemical irritants during the Capitol riot. (Read story here, and more details here.) So far, the FBI has arrested 535 Capitol rioters and is looking for 3[...]
July 22nd, 2021 - 1:25 pm § in Politics
Pelosi is 110% right about the Jan. 6 inquiry
She won’t let Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Jim Banks (R-IN) participate, and she shouldn’t. GOP House leader Kevin McCarthy (R-TX) doesn’t like it. Most other Republicans don’t like it, either. You don’t expect them to. “This is deadly serious,” Pelosi said. “This [...]
July 21st, 2021 - 2:30 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Tears as Capitol rioter heads for prison
No crocodile tears, these. “The first person sentenced to hard time for … the January 6 Capitol riot was seen saying an emotional farewell to his girlfriend … after he admitted his guilt in court,” the U.K.-based tabloid Daily Mail reported on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. “[...]