You would think, based on the flurry of litigation unfolding there, that a lot of drama is going down in Amarillo, Texas.
Continue reading “Right-Wingers Have A New, Very Dependable Strategy To Game The Courts. Can It Be Stopped?”Where Things Stand: Republican Lawmakers Withdraw Bill To Rename John Lewis Way After Trump
Last month, my colleague Hunter Walker published an in-depth look at Nashville city councilwoman Zulfat Suara efforts to fight a Tennessee state Republican push to rename a portion of John Lewis Way in Nashville after Donald Trump.
Continue reading “Where Things Stand: Republican Lawmakers Withdraw Bill To Rename John Lewis Way After Trump”Russia Didn’t Blow Up Nord Stream, US Intel Says
Today, the New York Times and a German publication named Die Zeit each published articles about last year’s Nord Stream pipeline bombing which pointed to the same conclusion: Russia didn’t do it.
Continue reading “Russia Didn’t Blow Up Nord Stream, US Intel Says”Tucker Carlson Convinces At Least One Guy With His Jan. 6 Nonsense: Elon Musk
Monday night Fox News host Tucker Carlson took to his conspiracy theory swamp show to lay out his latest cherry-picked take on the violent insurrection of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Continue reading “Tucker Carlson Convinces At Least One Guy With His Jan. 6 Nonsense: Elon Musk”Tucker Carlson and No Crying in Baseball
I understand that people are outraged by the Tucker Carlson/Kevin McCarthy video stunt. It’s natural and understandable to react negatively and angrily to liars and traitors. But this is not at all the best or most effective response. The first response is simply mockery. That’s the most logical response and also the most effective. Watch these videos. They’re moments when the insurrectionists weren’t breaking down doors or hitting Capitol Police over the head with flag poles. This is like showing a Zapruder film containing just the part where JFK is happily waving to the crowd in Dealey Plaza. He’s having a great time. Why does Oswald get such a bad rap? Similarly, it’s been shown that probably 99% of the time Osama bin Laden wasn’t blowing up anything. And yet, look at what’s gotten all the focus.
This is more Saturday Night Live skit than outrage.
Continue reading “Tucker Carlson and No Crying in Baseball”House Oversight Chair Calls It A ‘Mistake’ That US Didn’t Bomb Mexico During Trump Administration
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) said Tuesday morning that it was a “mistake” that the administration didn’t go through with bombing drug labs in Mexico after then-President Donald Trump suggested it in 2020.
Continue reading “House Oversight Chair Calls It A ‘Mistake’ That US Didn’t Bomb Mexico During Trump Administration”New York GOPers Double Down With New Bill That’ll Ensure Santos Can’t Profit Off His Lies
While New York Republicans can’t force Rep. George Santos (R-NY) to resign on his own – or get the rest of the House GOP’s thin majority to push him out – they are trying to ensure that Santos at least can’t profit off his lies.
Continue reading “New York GOPers Double Down With New Bill That’ll Ensure Santos Can’t Profit Off His Lies”Election Deniers Have A New Target In Big Lie Crusade: A Non-Profit That Does Voter Roll Maintenance
This week, three states caved to election deniers’ newest conspiracy theory and withdrew from a multistate voter-registration program—even though officials in at least one of the states recently admitted that it actually helped them root out double-voting issues.
Continue reading “Election Deniers Have A New Target In Big Lie Crusade: A Non-Profit That Does Voter Roll Maintenance”Abbott Has Spent Nearly $1 Billion To Complete Trump’s Wall. He’s Just Getting Started.
With nearly $1 billion spent, Texas officials are gearing up to dish out far more cash for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Continue reading “Abbott Has Spent Nearly $1 Billion To Complete Trump’s Wall. He’s Just Getting Started.”Biden Proposes Tax Hikes On Rich To Extend Life Of Medicare
President Joe Biden previewed a plan to extend the solvency of Medicare “at least into the 2050s” without cutting benefits Tuesday, an opening salvo as he prepares to release his full budget proposal later this week.
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