As the Biden administration winds down, many people will start wondering if the president’s son, convicted of multiple felonies, will escape prison time by being let off the hook. Not necessarily by who you think, though. Biden has publicly said he won’t pardon his son (see story here). [...]
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The tides of political change
Tides flow and ebb, and so does America’s political center. From 1980 to 2005, the progressive left “was mostly irrelevant to national politics,” a Vox article says (here). “The Cold War was over, and capitalism reigned ascendant.” The parties shifted — the GOP to[...]
Why nobody listens to Sen. Lindsey Graham
Like many Republican politicians, Graham once condemned Trump, but now is a fawning sycophant. In this media interview, he loses his cool and descends into shouting and silliness. Liz Cheney says “don’t listen to Lindsey Graham,” calling ignoring him “good life advice.”[...]
House speaker deflects on Trump’s genitalia remarks
Trump is losing it, big time. At a rally Saturday, October 19, 2024, he riffed about golfer Arnold Palmer’s junk (see story here). When House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) went on a Sunday talk show the next day, he was inevitably asked about it by CNN‘s Jake Tapper (see story here). ̶[...]
MAGA liars target Arizona seniors with scary mailer
As the 2024 campaign approaches a climax, a Trump-affiliated group is sending Arizona senior voters a fraudulent mailer (photo, below) falsely declaring their Medicare benefits were cancelled by Kamala Harris (read story here). Even the stamp on the envelope is fake. The group behind the flyer (phot[...]
How the Middle East could cost Harris the election
Grossly simplified, the Middle East conflict boils down to two peoples living in the same space. As you know, the latest stage of the conflict began Oct. 7, 2023, when Palestinian terrorists from Gaza invaded Israel, massacred over 1,100 people, and took about 250 hostages. Israel responded with a m[...]
Romney refuses to endorse Harris
Retiring Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) is against Trump, but won’t endorse Kamala Harris (read story here). He said, “I’ve made it very clear that I don’t want Donald Trump to be the next president of the United States.” Well, who does that leave? Um, Chase Oliver (Libertarian), Jill Stein ([...]
Will Florida voters ditch the GOP in 2024?
You wouldn’t think so, and Democratic strategists didn’t believe it, until they saw some shocking polling results. There are a million more registered Republicans than Democrats in the Sunshine State, where about 11 million people voted in 2020. They’ve elected a radically rightwin[...]
Will there be surprises in Senate races?
As of October 2024, Democrats have a 51-49 edge in the U.S. Senate, counting the 4 nominally “independent” senators who caucus with them. They are Joe Manchin (WV), Kyrsten Sinema (AZ), Bernie Sanders (VT), and Angus King (ME), of whom Sanders and King are reliable Democratic votes, and [...]
Harris’s “billionaire tax” spawns rightwing lies on social media
Kamala Harris’s proposal to tax wealthy people’s unrealized capital gains is a bad idea, but not for the reasons claimed on social media. First, definitions. I’ll use an illustration. Let’s say you buy 100 shares of Stock A for $60 a share and sell it for $75 a share. Your pr[...]