Drunk driving is a human failing, not solely a Republican one (see, e.g., Paul Pelosi’s DUI arrest and conviction), but some of our GOP friends add an extra dimension to it. In Las Vegas, Patsy Brown, a GOP candidate for local office, told the cops she had only one beer after being pulled, but[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Repugnants’
GOP senator’s Social Security rescue plan: Go back to work
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), who has the temerity to ask Wisconsin voters to re-elect him after calling Capitol rioters “tourists,” has come up with another bold idea. (He’s nothing if not imaginative.) “There are a number of innovative ideas I would support,” he told const[...]
Was Biden’s “Soul of the Nation” speech political and divisive?
That’s what Republicans claim (here), but I doubt they’d praise anything Biden said, no matter what it was. Biden delivered his “Soul of the Nation” speech on Thursday, September 1, 2022, using Philadelphia’s Independence Hall and two U.S. Marines as props. (All politic[...]
“Decent” Capitol rioter gets 10 years in federal prison
Thomas Webster, 56, in better days, was a U.S. Marine and New York City police officer. He should’ve known better. What was he thinking? But caught up in MAGA madness, he went to D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021, to storm the Capitol. He even took a gun with him. A gun! What did he plan to […][...]
September 1st, 2022 - 12:24 am § in Politics
How GOP Texas governor spends taxpayer money
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) has spent $12.7 million busing border jumpers to Washington D.C., New York City, and Chicago (see story here). The Daily Mail says this dough paid for transporting more than 7,400 migrants out of Texas, which by my rough calculation comes out to about $1,700 per nose. The ben[...]
August 31st, 2022 - 9:50 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
This lowlife has a right to take the Fifth and probably needs to
“Former Trump lawyer John Eastman invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and cited attorney-client privilege Wednesday when he appeared before a Fulton County grand jury investigating attempts to influence the 2020 election in Georgia,” NBC News reported on Wednesda[...]
August 31st, 2022 - 12:48 pm § in Politics
Why GOP ex-voter’s “resignation letter” is a bad thing
An Arizona elections office recently received a letter that goes like this: “I am returning this ballot to you, because I no longer have confidence that your organization can conduct a legal, democratic and unaltered election …. To conclude, I demand that you remove my name from the voter rolls [...]
Judge makes GOPers pay Democrat’s legal expenses for B.S. lawsuit
Criminal and civil penalties, where justified and warranted, are one of the best tools available for protecting our democracy. Right now, federal prosecutions of Capitol rioters are getting the most attention. Prosecutors worked through the small fry first, who mostly got fines and probation (a few [...]
Is Trump hurting GOP candidates?
At first glance, it doesn’t appear that way, as Trump-endorsed candidates mostly did well in GOP primaries. But those were only Republican base voters, who are still loyal to Trump. A deeper dive into polling of the general electorate suggests Trump is hurting the GOP’s November election[...]
August 29th, 2022 - 6:18 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
“Stop the Steal” organizer whines about legal bills
Ali Alexander (photo, left; bio here), a rightwing activist, helped incite the Capitol riot, but didn’t participate and wasn’t arrested. However, he’s been hauled before the House committee investigating the riot, a grand jury investigating fake electors, is being sued by cops inju[...]