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The Economy Is Doing Better Than People Imagine, Because The Media Only Reports On Negativity
May 18, 2023
I blame the nattering nabobs of negativism in the mainstream media who know little or nothing about economics, and who simply parrot the GQP talking points from right-wing media – who know even less about economics, and who are dissembling disinformation propagandists. I miss Irving R. Levine, “the longtime NBC News correspondent whose easily accessible
National Archives Blows Away Trump’s B.S. Claims In Mar-A-Lago Classified Documents Case
May 17, 2023
Donald Trump likes to tell his sycophant supporters and propaganda media that he merely had to waive his hand over classified documents, or merely think that classified documents are declassified – like Carnac The Magnificent? – and they are declassified. This is bullshit. While a president has broad authority to declassify documents, there is a
Lawsuit Alleges Rudy Giuliani Selling Pardons for $2 Million, Splitting Fee With Donald Trump
May 17, 2023
Update to Creepy Rudy Giuliani Sued Under NY Adult Survivors Act For Sexual Assault And Battery. The creepy sexual depravity of Rudy Giuliani aside, the part of this complaint that is going to get the attention of Special Counsel Jack Smith and the DOJ is the claim that Giuliani was selling pardons for $2 million
Senate Democrats Ask President Biden To Invoke The14th Amendment, And Bypass The GQP Economic Terrorists In Congress
May 17, 2023
Update to ‘America Does Not Negotiate With Terrorists’ – Invoke the 14th Amendment Against The Unconstitutional Federal Debt Ceiling. The Washington Post reports, Senate Democrats ask Biden to ready 14th Amendment, bypass GQP on debt limit: A group of Senate Democrats is circulating a letter urging President Biden to prepare to invoke the 14th Amendment
Local Hacker in Pima County Displays Technical Competence, But Rhetorical Failure
May 17, 2023
A reader sent me this hilariously ineffective example of MAGA trying to be clever Not much to say except it certainly seems to be a missed opportunity to display a degree of wit. I think our readers can do better… Hat tip to Julee!
Tucson Says “NO!” to 412!
May 17, 2023
I gotta admit, I was surprised by the decisive defeat of Prop 412 by Tucson’s voters. Given the lopsided weight of local endorsements by most of the Democratic establishment, the overwhelming funding advantage of TEP on the side of approval, and the very technical nature of the defects in the franchise agreement that activists, such
Special Election results for Prop. 412/TEP franchise agreement
May 16, 2023
City of Tucson Elections Dept. has posted the special election results for today, May 16 on Prop. 412 re: TEP franchise agreement and surcharges: https://www.tucsonaz.gov/clerks/election-results Yes 28,084 45% No 34,612 55% So this proposition has been defeated, unless there are a large # of provisional ballots yet to be counted, which may
Creepy Rudy Giuliani Sued Under NY Adult Survivors Act For Sexual Assault And Battery
May 16, 2023
OK, this even creeped me out, so fair warning. Coup Plotter insurrectionist Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani has been hit with salacious sexual battery claims by an ex-employee under the same law that produced a $5 million verdict against his client, former President Donald Trump. Law & Crime reports, ‘F— me like crazy’: Donald Trump crony
