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White Supremacy and Voter Intimidation

Thursday, October 1, 2020

The Day After: After the squabbling mess that passed for a debate Tuesday night, there’s a lot to talk about the President’s fantastical claims about voter fraud, the rules of debate engagement, and Trump’s failure to condemn the white power movement, …

Trump Avoids Taxes, Paid $750 in 2016

Monday, September 28, 2020

Trump Tax Bombshell: President Trump paid only $750 in federal income tax the year he was elected and none at all in 10 of the previous 15 years, The NY Times reports. The paper says it has obtained more than 20 years of the President’s tax …

Trump to Name Barrett, Election Handout

Saturday, September 26, 2020

See You in Court: Multiple news outlets report that President Trump today will name appeals court Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsberg on the Supreme Court.   She couldn’t be more opposite.   Barrett has a record of …

Trouble in Louisville, Trump Might Not Leave

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Black Lives: Protesters hit the streets in Louisville last night and two police officers were shot after a former cop was indicted in the killing of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor, although not for her death, but for endangering the lives of neighbors …

Trump Has the Votes, Over 200,000 Dead

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Fill That Seat: Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney says he’ll vote for a Supreme Court replacement before election day, assuring President Trump that he’s got enough votes.   Romney, the only Republican who voted to impeach Trump, said he intends “to follow the …

Manhattan DA Targets Trump, Politics at CDC

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Taxing Questions: The Manhattan District Attorney’s office, which has been fighting President Trump to get hold of his tax information, suggested for the first time in a public filing yesterday that there are grounds to investigate the President and his businesses …

Fill That Seat, TikTok Keeps Tiking

Monday, September 21, 2020

Fill That Seat: Ruth Bader Ginsberg isn’t even cold and the politics of her replacement are hot. President Trump is promising to name a woman this week to replace the late justice, but two Republican senators have already said there should …

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, 87

Saturday, September 19, 2020

Ruth Bader Ginsberg, 87: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, a feminist, legal liberal, and only the second woman ever appointed to the Supreme Court, has died at age 87 of pancreatic cancer.   Only five feet tall and 100 pounds, …

Patriotic Education, Revising the Lineup

Friday, September 18, 2020

Revisionist History: President Trump announced yesterday a new effort to promote education in American schools that focuses on patriotism and what he believes is a more accurate history of  the country.   Speaking during the White House Conference on American history at the National …

Vaccine Next Summer, Un-American

Thursday, September 17, 2020

Viral News: The head of the Centers for Disease Control told Congress yesterday that the best way to stop the coronavirus right now is wearing masks and that a vaccine may not be ready for wide distribution until next summer.   “I …