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Waiting Was a Mistake

Saturday, May 28, 2022

May 28, 2022 Vol. 11, No. 121 _____________________________________________ The Shooting Gallery: For an hour while the gunman controlled two classrooms and entrapped children used cellphones calling 911, nineteen police officers stood in hallway of the Uvalde, Texas elementary school waiting for room …

Uvalde Families Have Questions

Friday, May 27, 2022

The Shooting Gallery: Families in the Uvalde, Texas school massacre are questioning why it took as long as 90 minutes to neutralize the shooter who was killing children and teachers.   The officers who initially entered the school were fired upon and …

Thoughts and Prayers, Again

Thursday, May 26, 2022

The Shooting Gallery: It’s that ritual time once again in America for thoughts and prayers but not for doing anything about military-grade weapons in civilian hands.   Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke angrily interrupted a press conference yesterday held by Gov. …

$40 Million Aid for Ukraine

Friday, May 20, 2022

The War Room: The Senate yesterday approved $40 billion in emergency military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine, bringing the total American financial commitment for the war to roughly $54 billion in just over two months.    As the US and western allies …

Republicans Depend on Absentees

Thursday, May 19, 2022

Trumpolitics: In the irony of  ironies, the race for the Republican senate nomination in Pennsylvania might come down to absentee ballots, the very form of voting that Donald Trump claims fraudulently cost him the 2020 election.    Television doctor Mehmet OZ, the Trump-endorsed …

The Political Shadow of Trump

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Trumpolitics: The shadow of Donald Trump hangs over Republican politics. Candidates who did best had his endorsement, modeled his politics, and most importantly, espoused the big lie that Trump won the 2020 election.   Doug Mastriano, a Republican candidate who’s Trumpier than …

600 Pages of Hate

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

The Madness of Hate: The shooter in the Buffalo market massacre had previously scouted the location and had two other targets as well, authorities say.    The avowed racist Payton Gendron, who is accused of killing 10 people, had written online in advance …

Replacement Theory and Mass Murder

Monday, May 16, 2022

The Shooting Gallery: Another day, another mass shooting.    One person was killed and five critically wounded in a shooting yesterday during a lunch reception hosted by a Taiwanese congregation at a church in Laguna Woods, California. The suspect is an Asian man in his …

Ukraine Gains Ground and Loses

Saturday, May 14, 2022

The War Room: In an example of how the Russian invaders are fumbling, Ukraine has released aerial pictures of as many as two-dozen destroyed Russian tanks and armored vehicles in the area of the Siverskiy Donets River. At least eight of the …

House Republicans Subpoenaed

Friday, May 13, 2022

Truth and Politics: The House committee investigating the January 6th insurrection has issued subpoenas to Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other Republican members of Congress who have previously refused to appear. It’s a rare move for a House investigating committee and …