14th Amendment Disqualification From Office Lawsuits Filed Against Arizona GQP Insurrectionists (Updated)
April 8, 2022
I have been banging this drum for weeks now. Thank you very much. The New York Times reports, Legal Effort Expands to Disqualify Republicans as ‘Insurrectionists’ (excerpt): A legal effort to disqualify from re-election lawmakers who participated in events surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol expanded on Thursday, when a cluster of
‘Big Oil’s Slippery Six’ Testify To Congress About High Gas Prices And Lie
April 7, 2022
Update to Senate To Call ‘Big Oil’s Slippery Six’ Back To Testify About Their Price Gouging On Gas Prices. The Washington Post reports, House panel grills oil company executives on high gasoline prices: The top executives of “the slippery six” of the nation’s largest oil and gas companies testified before Congress on Wednesday, at a time
January 6 Committee Gets Coup Plotter John Eastman’s Emails He Sought To Keep Secret
April 7, 2022
Update to Judge Orders John Eastman to Turn Over His Documents To The January 6 Committee, Finds Trump Probably Broke The Law. CNN reports January 6 committee obtains emails that former Trump attorney John Eastman sought to keep secret: The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol has obtained
In Historic Vote, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Confirmed As The First African-American Woman On The Supreme Court
April 7, 2022
When he was running for president, Joe Biden promised to appoint an African-American woman to the U.S. Supreme Court. Promises made, promises kept. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is One of the Most Qualified Nominees for the Supreme Court Ever. NBC News reports, Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court in historic vote: Judge Ketanji
Chief Justice John Roberts Has Lost Control Over His Radical Republican Supreme Court
April 7, 2022
I have said it before, and I will say it again: Chief Justice John Roberts has lost control over the Supreme Court of the United States. Five radical Republicans – three of whom are controversial judges appointed by Donald Trump – have seized control of the court away from him. He is “chief” in name
Arizona AG Letter Finds No Evidence of 2020 Election Fraud (But I’ll Keep Investigating) (Updated)
April 7, 2022
Our sad local newspaper, the Arizona Daily Star, offers up this inaccurate and misleading headline today on a report by Howard Fischer: Arizona AG says he found election fraud, gives no details yet. WRONG! The Arizona Republic accurately reports, Attorney general’s report on election in Maricopa County questions procedures, doesn’t allege wrongdoing. The Associated Press
63 House Republicans In The Pro-Putin Caucus Vote Against Affirming Support For NATO And ‘Democratic Principles’
April 6, 2022
The Week reports, 63 Republicans vote against House resolution affirming support for NATO and its ‘democratic principles’: The House on Thursday evening passed a nonbinding resolution reaffirming its “unequivocal support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as an alliance founded on democratic principles,” and calling on President Biden “to use the voice and vote
For Love of The Game: Opening Day 2022
April 7, 2022
The long winter of our discontent is over (a labor dispute between billionaire owners and millionaire ball players and a player lockout). The delayed MLB 2022 season is finally here. The new player agreement comes with some new rules for the 2022 season. Let’s just say this is no longer the game that I used