Commutes GOP dirty trickster’s sentence President Trump handed his political ally Roger Stone a commutation on Friday, July 10, 2020, just 4 days before Stone was to begin serving a 40-month federal prison sentence for obstruction, witness tampering, and lying to Congress. These are charges fe[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Reugnants’
July 10th, 2020 - 7:37 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump snatches Roger Stone from the jaws of prison
May 19th, 2016 - 7:21 pm § in Uncategorized
Kochs can’t find an election to buy
The Koch brothers originally intended to spend $900 million on buying the 2016 presidential election, but the hoi polloi gave them a choice between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, so they’re sitting this one out. “The Kochs … have since scaled back their budget for the entire cy[...]
April 30th, 2016 - 10:23 am § in Politics
If you want to vote, don’t move to Kansas
The ACLU says only a third of new voter registrations in Kansas are being approved. The rest are stymied by the state’s stiff proof-of-citizenship rules. So if you’re thinking of moving to Kansas for a job or to start a business, don’t plan on voting in the upcoming presidential e[...]
November 4th, 2015 - 3:43 pm § in Politics
Interpreting yesterday’s election
Once again, liberals across America are shell-shocked by the outcome of a midterm election. From The Atlantic (click here for story): “In Tuesday’s elections, voters rejected recreational marijuana, transgender rights, and illegal-immigrant sanctuaries; they reacted equivocally to gun-contro[...]
August 4th, 2015 - 12:04 pm § in Politics
What it’s like living in a country run by Republicans
During the Bush administration, Republicans enacted a federal law giving gun dealers legal immunity. Citing that law, a federal judge threw out a lawsuit by the family of a Colorado theater shooting victim against the dealer who sold the bullet that killed their daughter, and ordered them to pay the[...]
April 3rd, 2015 - 8:30 pm § in Politics
Beyond the rhetoric: Good deal or path to a bomb?
Let’s start with the premise that Sen. Tom Cotton (a) doesn’t know what he’s talking about, and (b) is a saber-rattling warmonger. In short, a dangerous loose cannon. Those are safe bets in almost any debate, and especially this one. I’m not a nuclear expert; but neither is [...]