Richard McCoy (1942-1974) has long been a D. B. Cooper suspect, not least because he pulled off a very similar hijacking a few months later. But there are reasons to be skeptical. Ten witnesses said Cooper wasn’t McCoy, based on physical and age disparities, and McCoy seems to have been elsewhere [...]
Can a mayor throw a president in jail?
Actually, the question is whether a president can throw a mayor in jail; I pulled a bait-and-switch on readers. Tom Homan, Trump’s deportation czar, threatened to jail Denver’s mayor for threatening to use city police to stop migrant deportations. The mayor later retreated from that post[...]
Unprofessional spokesperson
When Trump takes office on January 20, 2024, Karoline Leavitt (photo, left), 27, will be the youngest-ever White House press secretary. She isn’t ready for the job. When Washington Post reporter Emmanuel Felton asked her to comment on a story, she flew off the handle. Felton’s question w[...]
November 26th, 2024 - 2:56 am § in Donald Trump, Economics
Are you ready for the Trump economy? (video)
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November 26th, 2024 - 1:49 am § in Misc.
Witness describes Lincoln assassination (video)
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November 25th, 2024 - 10:13 pm § in Misc.
The first Thanksgiving
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Trump gets a “people’s pardon”
Jack Smith filed a motion on Monday, November 25, 2024, to dismiss the Jan. 6 indictment against Trump (story here), which the judge quickly approved (see story here) Smith also won’t pursue further the pending appeal of Judge Aileen Cannon’s eye-rolling dismissal of the Mar-a-Lago classified do[...]
November 25th, 2024 - 8:19 pm § in Democrats, Donald Trump, Economics, Politics, Racism, Republicans
Trump’s Project 2025 takes from the poor, gives to the rich
It’s called “Nibor Dooh,” Robin Hood spelled backwards, and this popular expression from the George W. Bush era is poised to stage a comeback. When Trump was asked about Project 2025, he replied, “What’s that?” as if he never heard of it. Now, he’s putting i[...]
November 25th, 2024 - 2:29 am § in Law and Courts
A model border patrol officer
Juan Ortiz (photo, left), is a smart guy with bachelor’s and master’s degrees. He’s a Navy veteran, married with three kids, and was a Border Patrol officer for 10 years with “no reported disciplinary issues while he served.” He’s also a convicted serial killer se[...]
November 24th, 2024 - 7:13 pm § in Law and Courts
Illegal immigrant had 170 guns
Carlos Serrano-Restrepo, 46, who snuck into the U.S. in 2008, has settled in like a citizen. He even claimed to be a citizen on a background check form when he purchased his latest batch of firearms. That got him unwanted attention from law enforcement, who found 170 guns in his Ohio home, including[...]