A Hanford Nuclear Reservation contractor is accused of “repeatedly billing the government for work that wasn’t done” that the company’s managers allegedly “actively facilitated.” A whistleblower says he and other employees were paid for watching Netflix movies, reading, or do[...]
December 5th, 2024 - 1:22 am § in Misc.
Hanford contractor is accused of billing taxpayers for employees who sat around doing nothing (video)
December 5th, 2024 - 1:06 am § in Law and Courts
Passenger’s cellphone video ends illegal DEA practice
A single passenger at the Atlanta airport who had the presence of mind to video DEA agents violating his constitutional rights led to the Department of Justice ordering the agency to end its passenger “stop and search” practice at airports nationwide. Watch video below. If I were the pas[...]
Defense nominee’s weird military views
Pete Hegseth, co-host of the “Fox & Friends” talk show, is Trump’s pick to run the Defense Department. Hegseth (photo left, bio here), 44, a Princeton graduate, served in the Minnesota National Guard and saw combat duty in the Iraq war. But he has a ton of personal issues, incl[...]
December 2nd, 2024 - 2:41 am § in Misc.
The case for pardoning Trump
Democracy is messy, and justice is imperfect. Presidents are immune from prosecution so they can focus on the job the people elected them to do, which is considered a higher priority than attaining perfect justice. While Trump’s first election can be written off as an aberration of a flawed elect[...]
December 2nd, 2024 - 2:39 am § in Racism
The barn where Emmitt Till was lynched
… is the subject of a new book (get it here); meanwhile, visit the actual barn in the video below. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Is Biden’s pardon of his son “pardonable”?
President Biden said he wouldn’t pardon Hunter. But things change, and he did just that on Sunday, December 1, 2024, a few days before his son’s sentencing for tax cheating and lying on a gun purchase form. Trump and Republicans in Congress are crying foul, but this reeks of hypocrisy a [...]
November 30th, 2024 - 4:42 am § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Is birthright citizenship at risk?
First came Dred Scott v. Sanford, the 1857 Supreme Court decision ruling that African-Americans weren’t citizens and had no constitutional rights. After the Civil War, Congress enacted the 14th Amendment to supersede the Dred Scott ruling and make the newly-freed slaves citizens. It declared t[...]
Did Trump and JD Vance secretly get married?
I’m very skeptical. For one thing, I don’t believe Trump actually likes J. D. Vance. In any case, they’re already married, and bigamy is illegal, which would invalidate their marriage license. I think Vance depicting himself as Trump’s wife (read story here and see image belo[...]
Is Sen. Tuberville dishonest or merely stupid?
I’ll go with stupidity. Duplicity requires more brains than America’s dumbest senator has. When you look him in the eye, they’re empty; nothing’s there (see photo at left). Tuberville, who opposes military aid to Ukraine (and foreign aid in general), was called out in April 2[...]
November 27th, 2024 - 7:36 pm § in Misc.
Map of where Trump’s tariffs will raise gas prices most
If Trump imposes a 25% tariff on Canadian oil, this is where pump prices will go up the most. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]