“Black Lives Matter” signs were torn down at three churches in Washington D.C. during violent pro-Trump demonstrations on Saturday, December 12, 2020, Huffington Post reported. “We take these offenses seriously, and we are currently investigating them as a possible hate crimes,” the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘2020 Election’
December 12th, 2020 - 9:22 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
How ballots are actually counted
The news media describe GOP attacks on ballot counting in key swing states as “baseless,” but how do you know? Without going into the mechanics of the process, there are several ways: Trump’s lawsuits — over 50 of them — have all been rejected by the courts. He hasnR[...]
December 12th, 2020 - 7:22 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
1 person shot in Olympia protests; 4 stabbed and 2 cops injured in Washington D.C. protests
Pro- and anti-Trump protesters clashed violently in Olympia, Washington, on Saturday, December 12, 2020, for a second weekend. A person was shot and a suspect arrested during the day of scuffles and fights between rival protesters armed with guns and clubs in the state capital. “Police declare[...]
Blowing up Trump’s fraud claims in one easy step (spoiler: he relies on a single source)
Much of Trump’s (and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s) claims of “massive voting fraud” rest on the “work” of one person, Matt Braynard (photo), a former Trump campaign employee. Braynard, according to Mother Jones (see story here), “has produced analyses of the[...]
Does Trump believe he lost?
The question is important, because if he does, then isn’t he conciously trying to overthrow our system of government? Michael D’Antonio, a Pulitzer Prize-winning CNN journalist and a Trump biographer, writes, “Does he really believe what he says? … he tells his follow[...]
Pennsylvania GOP legislative leader is afraid of violent Trump supporters
“The GOP majority leader of Pennsylvania’s state senate suggested … she would be the victim of a violent attack” if she opposed efforts by Trump‘s supporters in her state “to reject the state’s election results,” The Hill reported on Wednesday, Decembe[...]
December 9th, 2020 - 11:00 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Want evidence? OK, here’s Trump’s “evidence” the election was “FIXED”
It’s getting more ridiculous by the day. “Trump on Wednesday demanded an “OVERTURN’ of the outcome in a collection of tweets arguing he could only have lost the election if it were ‘FIXED.’ He attempted to support his case by saying odds-makers on election night heavily f[...]
December 9th, 2020 - 1:49 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Sore losers: 17 deep-red states ask Supreme Court to throw out election
“Seventeen states whose elections were won by President Donald Trump told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that they support Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s bid to file a lawsuit that could effectively reverse President-elect Joe Biden’s projected Electoral College victory,” CNBC[...]
December 8th, 2020 - 8:08 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Why Trump failed at governing
“It’s the economy, stupid,” James Carville, Bill Clinton’s campaign manager, offered as explanation of a rare defeat of an incumbent president in 1992. Three presidents and 24 years later, frustrated by the slow recovery after the Great Recession, some voters thought “a[...]
December 8th, 2020 - 3:16 pm § in Politics
Hypocrisy is one thing Republicans are good at
Something Republicans are truly good at is hypocrisy: “During the confirmation process for Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., decried the ‘anti-faith attacks against Amy Coney Barrett coming from the left’ as ‘disgusting.’ Loeffler was[...]