Tina Peters is a former Colorado county clerk indicted for election crimes whose trial is to begin on July 31, 2024. (See details here.) Patrick Byrne (photo, left) was a long-time CEO of Overstock.com, an e-commerce company, until he resigned because of an affair with a Russian spy. Nowadays heR[...]
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July 26th, 2024 - 8:01 pm § in Law and Courts, Republicans
Trump pal threatens Tina Peters prosecutors with piano wire hangings
GOP legislator demands speeding privileges
Justine Wadsack (photo, left) was pulled over by a Tucson cop for driving 71 mph in a 35 mph zone on March 15, 2024. She wasn’t immediately cited because she’s a state senator, and Arizona legislators enjoy immunity from arrest while in session, but they can be prosecuted after the legis[...]
Will Trump pardon this rioter?
Trump has called the Capitol rioters “patriots” and promised to pardon them if he’s elected again. If I were them, I wouldn’t hold my breath, because Trump lies a lot and doesn’t return loyalty. He’s loyal to no one but himself. But suppose he does. Will he pardon[...]
July 19th, 2024 - 10:52 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
Bad white cop killed a black woman who called 911 about a prowler
In the early morning hours of July 6, 2024, Sonya Massey, 36, of Springfield, Illinois, a black woman, was killed in her home by Sean Grayson, 30, who is white. Massey called 911 to report a possible intruder. Grayson wasn’t the intruder. He was one of the deputies who responded to the 911 cal[...]
July 16th, 2024 - 7:47 pm § in Law and Courts
Whose child is this?
In September 2019, an American raid left an Afghan farmer and several of his children dead, but an injured infant survived (read story here). This young girl was still in Afghanistan when a Marine officer, who served there, and his wife persuaded a rural Virginia judge to give the girl to them with [...]
Democratic senator convicted of corruption
A jury convicted Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), 70, of “bribery, acting as a foreign agent and a slew of other charges,” The Hill reported on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 (read story here). The charges involved, among other things, undisclosed gifts from a donor. Menendez (photo, left) brushed asi[...]
July 16th, 2024 - 6:00 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Prosecutor faces ethics charges over edited videos of protesters
On January 20, 2017, the day Trump was inaugurated, Washington D.C. police “kettled” 230 protesters (photo below) and hauled them off to jail. Four years later, D.C. settled related lawsuits for $1.6 million (see story here). Initially, an assistant U.S. attorney brought felony rioting c[...]
Trump picks Vance; judge nukes Mar-a-Lago case. Will this fly?
It’s hard to see what Trump’s pick brings to the ticket. Vance isn’t popular with the MAGA base, with many calling him a “RINO” (see story here), while critics at the other end of the political spectrum view him as a toady (“he’ll do what Pence wouldn’t,” see story here). The big[...]
Thomas and Alito deserve to be impeached
Justice Thomas took millions in undisclosed gifts, and refused to recuse himself from Jan. 6 cases even though his wife was neck-deep in efforts to overthrow the 2020 election, even calling Trump’s chief of staff. Justice Alito also failed to report expensive gifts, including a luxury fishing [...]