A Potential 2022 Midterm Gift for Democrats: Militia Man Ammon Bundy Wants to be the Next Governor of Idaho
Ammon Bundy, the militiaman lunatic who led an armed 41-day occupation of federal land in Oregon (where one person died) and was surprisingly acquitted in a jury trial wants to be the next Governor of Idaho. Now, there is really no strong possibility that Idaho will turn Democratic in the 2022 Governors Race. The real … Read more
If You Want Corporate Accountability, ‘Drop The Chamber’
Update to Corporate Accountability: Defund The Chambers of Commerce: 72 Black business executives published a letter in The New York Times urging corporate leaders to speak out. Nearly 200 companies speaking out against voting law changes in Texas, other states: Nearly 200 companies on Friday joined in a strong statement against proposals that threaten to … Read more
Know Nothing Senator Ron Johnson is Really Shocked Shocked that People are not Happy with Him
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson, with his enabling of Donald Trump, reinforcing baseless accusations against the Bidens, and comments about the events on January 6 Domestic Terrorist Attack on the Nation’s Capital (trying to blame Nancy Pelosi, saying he would have been more worried had the insurrectionists been black, and the rioters were not really armed,) … Read more
SCOTUS Holds That NCAA’s Business Model Violates Antitrust Laws
The Supreme Court only announced three decisions on Monday, leaving 12 cases yet to be decided. One decision, while decided only on the narrow issue before the court, carries with it a concurring opinion by Justice Kavanaugh which is a roadmap to future litigation by college student athletes to challenge the NCAA under antitrust laws. … Read more
SCOTUS Watch: The Court Opted For Narrowly Decided Opinions In Major Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court began the week last Monday with a couple of technical criminal sentencing cases. Greer v. United States is a case about what kind of argument the defendant needs to make in cases alleging that he is a felon in possession of a gun after the Court’s ruling in Rehaif v. United … Read more
‘Save Democracy While You Can’ Ad – Pass The For the People Act
In an homage to Star Wars, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom star in dystopian ad supporting voting rights legislation: Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are urging Congress to pass voting rights legislation — from the future. Perry and Bloom starred in an ad released Thursday in support of the For the People Act, Congress’ voting rights bill. Set … Read more
Demand That Congress Cancel Its August Recess, And Demonstrate The ‘Fierce Urgency of Now’
h/t Graphic: The Rachel Maddow show. This is how the U.S. Senate explains why Congress still has an August Recess (keep in mind that Arizona school children return to classes in late July and August, during excessive heat warnings): Each year, Congress recesses for the month of August. During the Senate’s early years, senators typically … Read more
Juneteenth – It’s past time for white people to face slavery.
In 1963, I was 16 years old and lived in a town of 800 people in Wisconsin. Our church youth group collaborated with a church in Chicago to have an exchange so the white youth of Wisconsin could meet the Black youth of Chicago and break down the color barrier. We … Read more
