Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh lied under oath in their confirmation hearings. (See stories here and here). Can’t do anything about that now. Adam Laxalt (photo, left), a GOP Senate nominee, says, “The people of Nevada have already voted to make abortion rights legal in our state and the Cou[...]
Posts Tagged ‘2022 Elections’
June 24th, 2022 - 5:46 pm § in Politics
Nevada voters beware; Republican candidate is lying about keeping abortion legal there
June 21st, 2022 - 8:25 pm § in Misc.
GOP attorney general who killed a man and reported hitting a deer is removed from office
Jason Ravnsborg, South Dakota’s attorney general since 2019, and impeached by the GOP-controlled legislature on April 12, 2022 (details here), was removed from office by the state senate on June 21, 2022 (see story here). It’s a rare example of Republicans holding a member of their own p[...]
June 20th, 2022 - 5:03 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
You don’t have to like it, just shut up and eat it
American politics is a diner, not a white-tablecloth restaurant. The food can be hard to swallow. New Mexico held a routine primary this month. And, as MSNBC reported, “the process was largely unremarkable. Candidates ran, voters participated, ballots were counted, and election results were an[...]
June 20th, 2022 - 4:47 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Kevin McCarthy is a lousy chess player
There’s no chance Kevin McCarthy, GOP House leader, deliberately sabotaged his own party; so let’s take that explanation off the table right away. He’s just a lousy chess player. As an MSNBC journalist explains (here), when McCarthy “dispatched a trusted ally … to nego[...]
June 16th, 2022 - 5:12 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
New Mexico commissioner defies court order to certify primary election
Couy Griffin, a New Mexico county commissioner, says he’ll defy a state supreme court order to certify the 2022 primary election (see story here). Griffin — a street preacher, sometime cowboy, and co-founder of a group called “Cowboys for Trump” — is a convicted Capitol[...]
June 15th, 2022 - 10:04 pm § in Politics
Boebert calls prostitution claims false, threatens legal action
Rep. Lauren Boebert is threatening legal action against a group claiming she once worked as an “unlicensed, paid escort” for wealthy clients and had two abortions, Fox News reported on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 (story here). Boebert, through a lawyer, called the claims “fabricated&#[...]
June 13th, 2022 - 8:58 pm § in Politics
Herschel Walker’s resume padding
Herschel Walker, 60, is a former NFL player whose qualifications to be a U.S. senator consist of winning the GOP nomination because of his name familiarity. That’s as far as he should get. There’s nothing wrong with the incumbent, Sen. Raphael Warnock, senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist C[...]
Is it okay for a black candidate to wear a noose in a campaign ad?
This campaign ad by Charles Booker, a Democrat who’s running for U.S. Senate in Kentucky, is as hard-hitting as it’s possible to get. Some may question its appropriateness, but they should remember who he’s running against. Booker’s claim that his opponent, Sen. Rand Paul, &#[...]
June 1st, 2022 - 9:15 pm § in Politics
GOP candidate promises to vote “no”
Taking Republican nihilism to a new level, a New Hampshire candidate for U.S. Senate says he’ll vote against everything. Bruce Fenton (photo, left), who made a name for himself by making a killing in Bitcoin, is an adherent of the “Free State Movement” (details here), a libertarian[...]
June 1st, 2022 - 8:49 pm § in Politics
GOP attorney general who killed a man and reported hitting a deer won’t run for re-election
South Dakota AG Jason Ravnsborg, who reported hitting a deer after killing a pedestrian (details here), won’t run for reelection (see story here). Ravnsborg, a serial traffic scofflaw, escaped serious charges by pleading guilty to 2 misdemeanor traffic offenses and paying $500 fines for each. [...]