Nevada’s economy is hospitality, and in a gambit for that state’s electoral votes, Trump floated the idea of exempting tip income from taxes. Now along comes Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), who thinks it’s a tax exemption for people who tip, and called the idea “awesome” [...]
Archive for June, 2024
Is it OK for a non-veteran to wear dogtags?
I’m a veteran, and I don’t wear dogtags (anymore). Fox host Maria Bartiromo isn’t a veteran, and she wears dogtags, to honor the veterans in her family. After thinking about it, I’m OK with it; it’s nice that she pays tribute to her father, who served, and uncle, who wa[...]
Politicians without backbone
What does the GOP need that it lacks? Politico figured it out. Here. Its article begins by focusing on a single day of the 2016 campaign in South Carolina. That day was February 18, 2016. Trump wasn’t yet the GOP nominee. On a stage were Marco Rubio, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, and Trey Gowdy. A [[...]
June 16th, 2024 - 9:17 pm § in Donald Trump, Economics
Who pays tariffs?
Consumers do. In his first campaign, Trump claimed China would pay his tariffs. That’s false. The U.S. can’t make China pay taxes. All it can do is make Americans pay taxes on Chinese goods. Tariffs are imposed at the U.S. border when goods come into the country. They become part of the [...]
June 16th, 2024 - 3:21 pm § in Law and Courts
A psychiatric patient took the fall for a killer cop
A very confused psychiatric patient spent 43 years in prison for a murder committed by a cop. The only evidence against her was a string of rambling, incoherent, and frequently changing confessions, ultimately coerced by threatening her with the death penalty. Absolutely nothing tied her to the cr[...]
Racist punches Bellingham boy
Republicans deny racism exists. In June 2023, the Atlantic said, “One of the core beliefs that binds the modern GOP coalition is rejection of the idea that minorities and women face structural bias in American society” (see story here). In January 2024, GOP candidates Nikki Haley and Ro[...]
June 15th, 2024 - 9:51 pm § in Health, Republicans
Dr. Fauci didn’t kill puppies
In 2021, a Republican advocacy group accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of funding “cruel” drug and vaccine testing on beagles. Rightwing media ran with the story, which became known as “Beaglegate,” and Don Trump Jr. even sold “Fauci kills puppies” t-shirts (photo below).[...]
Did Biden “wander off” during G7?
Nope, just rightwing media pushing another lie to make Biden look feeble. “Conservative media outlets … spread a claim Thursday and Friday that President Joe Biden wandered off from a meeting of world leaders, but the full video … tells a different story,” NBC News reported [...]
June 15th, 2024 - 2:07 pm § in Law and Courts
Supreme Court voids bump stock ban
Six conservative justices ruled they’re not covered by the 1934 federal machinegun law. Lawyers for the Texas gun owner who challenged the rule argued “it’s a difficult skill to master.” In other words, a 12-year-old with a grudge against classmates couldn’t fire an AR-15 like a machinegun[...]
President Bernie?
Not Bernie Sanders, President “Weekend At Bernie’s” Trump. “Former President Donald Trump failed … a room full of top CEOs … at the Business Roundtable’s quarterly meeting, multiple attendees told CNBC. ‘Trump doesn’t know what he’s talking about,R[...]