Tammy Towers Parry, M.D., 57, was a graduate of the University of Washington Medical School. A comment on HorsesAss.org on October 2, 2024, summarizes her life and death as follows: “Following her job loss she burned through all her savings buying TRUMP cowboy hats, gold hightop sneakers, and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Insurrection’
August 27th, 2024 - 9:01 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Michael Sparks belongs in prison
Michael Sparks (photo, left), 47, a factory worker from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, achieved notoriety as the first rioter to break into the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 (bottom photo). He was the proverbial tip of the spear of that violent mob which tried to deprive 81,283,501 Americans of their right to e[...]
August 25th, 2024 - 6:19 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Support the police, but not this cop
“Supporting the police” doesn’t mean giving a free pass to bad cops. Being against cops who murder black people, plant drugs in drivers’ cars, or throw smoke bombs at good cops while trying to overthrow our government doesn’t make you anti-police. Justin Lee (photo, lef[...]
August 10th, 2024 - 6:50 am § in Politics
What if the governed no longer consent?
A democratic system depends on consent of the governed. Our Founding Fathers created a system of government of the people, by the people, and for the people. It spelled out that “the people” were to choose our rulers and lawmakers through election. True, under that system as originally c[...]
Jan. 6 rioter with extensive criminal history sentenced to 20 years
David Nicholas Dempsey (photo, left), 37, of Van Nuys, California, was one of the most violent Jan. 6 rioters. He “stomped on police officers’ heads,” the Associated Press says (here), and “swung poles at officers defending a tunnel, struck an officer in the head with a metal cru[...]
Will Trump pardon this rioter?
Trump has called the Capitol rioters “patriots” and promised to pardon them if he’s elected again. If I were them, I wouldn’t hold my breath, because Trump lies a lot and doesn’t return loyalty. He’s loyal to no one but himself. But suppose he does. Will he pardon[...]
June 26th, 2024 - 6:11 pm § in Law and Courts
Fair arrest or retaliation?
Tommy E. Tatum (photo left), 48, of Greenville, Mississippi, was finally arrested on June 26, 2024, for his participation in the Capitol riot, NBC News reported here. He’s charged with harassing police officers, a felony, and several misdemeanors. Tatum wasn’t hard to find. He was a witn[...]
Capitol rioter tells his side of the story (video)
It just so happens he’s lying to the reporter in the video below. That interview was in November 2022. On June 18, 2024, Dale Huttle, 73, of Crown Point, Indiana, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for rioting at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2024. His actions included using a flagpole to jab [...]
May 28th, 2024 - 8:29 pm § in Law and Courts
Jury bias against cop-beaters doesn’t get Capitol rioter a new trial
A federal appeals court has turned away the appeal of a Jan. 6 rioter who claimed juror bias. Thomas Webster, a retired New York cop, went to Washington D.C. on January 6, 2021, to prevent certification of the 2020 election. At the Capitol, he tackled and choked Officer Noah Rathbun, grabbed him by [...]
Rightwing politics and facts don’t mix well
Oil and water don’t mix. Neither do foxes and chickens. Or rightwing politics and facts. Lying is so endemic on the political right that you take it for granted what rightwingers say won’t pass a fact-check or truth-check. Trump’s lies are legion; Washington Post “fact-checke[...]