Dave Reichert (photo, left, and he sure looks old) probably will be the 2024 GOP nominee for Washington governor. The white-haired septuagenarian is the closest to a respectable Republican there is in Washington politics, and one of the state’s best-known politicians from having served in Cong[...]
Archive for July, 2024
You’d never guess Sen. Rubio has a law degree
If I didn’t tell you, you wouldn’t guess, because he doesn’t think like a lawyer. In fact, he’s never been a lawyer. He went straight from law school into politics. That paid off for him, he’s a senator now. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), bio here, is a politician with a law [...]
Is crime out of control?
If crime is declining, which is what crime statistics say, why do so many Americans feel crime is out of control? I’ll be honest here: I feel that way, too, even though I know it’s unlikely I’ll be robbed or assaulted. But I vote according to what I think, not based on how I feel. [...]
July 7th, 2024 - 2:59 am § in Law and Courts
What overturning the “Chevron doctrine” means
The Supreme Court’s Attack On Federal Agencies Will Hurt Businesses And Consumers Sitting on their leather high-backed chairs, in the ornate carpeted room with marble columns, Chief Justice Roberts and his conservative colleagues keep sowing mischief. The Chevron doctrine, based on a 1984 Supreme [...]
July 6th, 2024 - 11:27 pm § in America, Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs, Politics, Republicans, Saudi Arabia
What would a second Trump presidency be like?
Academic futurist Daniel Drezner (photo, left; profile here), writing for Politico (here), has some predictions. First, brace for much higher inflation. “In a second Trump term, his combined policies of ‘priming the pump,’ looser money, higher tariffs and fewer workers is a surefir[...]
NY Post’s thinly-veiled racist attack on Kamala Harris
As pressure mounts on Biden to pull out of the 2024 race, eyes are turning toward Kamala Harris (photo, left), the person most likely to succeed him as Democratic nominee. She could even be president if he resigns. Although Biden still insists on staying in, Republicans are planning for that possibi[...]
GOP senator falls for fake Biden rumor
It’s embarrassing. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), a rightwing firebrand, got careless and fell for a false internet rumor. On Friday evening, July 5, 2024, at 7:41 PM, rightwing nutcase Laura Loomer (profiled here) tweeted that “Joe Biden is reportedly having a medical emergency on Air Force One [...]
Washington AG hopeful accused of inflating resume
It’s not big-deal inflation, nothing on a George Santos scale. But still … Manka Dhingra (photo, left), a state senator, is running for Washington attorney general in the 2024 Democratic primary. The AG post is being vacated by Bob Ferguson, who’s running for governor. Dhingra̵[...]