Rudy Giuliani was handed an interim suspension of his New York license to practice law on Thursday, June 24, 2021, pending disciplinary proceedings that could lead to his permanent disbarment, CNN has just reported (see story here). The judges hearing a disciplinary complaint against Giuliani consid[...]
Posts Tagged ‘2020 Election’
June 23rd, 2021 - 6:06 pm § in Politics
Michigan GOP concludes Biden won
A GOP-controlled Michigan senate committee wrapped up its investigation of the 2020 election by concluding Biden won the state and the results were fair and accurate, its report issued on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, says. “Sen. Edward McBroom, the Republican chair of the oversight committee, wro[...]
Remorseful Capitol rioter gets probation
A Capitol rioter drew a sentence of probation, community service, restitution, being prohibited from own a gun, and submitting to drug tests after profusely apologizing for participating in a violent attempt to overthrow our government. Anna Morgan-Lloyd (mugshot, left), 49, who traveled from Indian[...]
June 19th, 2021 - 8:42 am § in Politics
GOPer compares Arizona “audit” to joining the military
Here’s what Eric Greitens, a Republican running for a Missouri U.S. Senate seat, says about the Arizona GOP’s private, unofficial, dodgy search for “Chinese ballots” and other make-believe discrepancies in Democratic-leaning Maricopa County’s : “I’ll tell yo[...]
June 18th, 2021 - 2:53 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Trump lawyers face sanctions
“Sidney Powell and other attorneys who defended former President Trump’s false claims about the 2020 presidential election have been summoned for a sanctions hearing in a Michigan federal court,” The Hill reported on Friday, June 18, 2021. “On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Lin[...]
June 18th, 2021 - 12:25 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Deserve had nothing to do with it
Ashli Babbitt, the Capitol rioter who died from a police-inflicted gunshot wound to her shoulder, has become a symbol. To Trump supporters, she’s a martyr, which is nonsense; to some of her critics, she’s a domestic terrorist, which almost certainly is an exaggeration. By all appearances[...]
June 15th, 2021 - 4:24 pm § in Politics
Ex-GOP Rep’s bizarre and pathetic “protest”
It seems Dana Rohrabacher was at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Not as a working congressman; he was bounced from the House in the 2018 “blue wave” election. “I marched to protest, and I thought the election was fraudulent and it should be investigated, and I wanted to express tha[...]
June 12th, 2021 - 2:31 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Arizona GOP’s fake election “audit” becomes a tourist attraction
True Believers in Trump’s election lies (irony intended) are flocking to Phoenix to watch the Arizona GOP’s clown show up close and personal. “The hottest new destination for political tourists this summer,” The Hill says (here, irony probably intentional; it’s 115 degr[...]
June 7th, 2021 - 11:01 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Why Mark Meadows should never hold public office again
Mark Meadows (photo below; bio here), a former GOP congressman from North Carolina, and Trump’s final White House chief of staff, should never hold any public office ever again. Why? He egregiously abused power. He can’t be trusted. CNN political reporter Chris Cillizza explains, &#[...]
Kentucky Derby rules don’t apply to elections
The titular winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby may be disqualified after failing a post-race drug test, in which case the second-place horse will be awarded the title and prize money, but it doesn’t work that way in elections, National Review reminds its conservative readers. Following up on a [...]