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[guest post by Dana] Politico has a report about an Iraqi man who died shortly after being deported to Iraq by the Trump administration. It’s a troubling story. But also troubling is how the story is...
View ArticleJoe Biden: Self-Proclaimed Gaffe Machine Steps In It Again
[gust post by Dana] Still maintaining his lead in the race for 2020, Joe Biden misspoke yesterday during a speech about leveling the playing field for low-income children. And it was a doozy: “We have...
View ArticleFallout From Joaquin Castro’s Outing Of Trump Donors
[guest post by Dana] I’ve posted a few times about Joaquin Castro’s risky stunt to shame Trump donors by releasing the names of 44 individuals who maxed out their contributions to the Trump campaign....
View ArticleTwitter Reverses Course, Unlocks Team Mitch Account
[guest post by Dana] As you recall, Team Mitch was locked out of their Twitter account on Wednesday, and told it would be unlocked when they removed a video that Twitter claimed violated the company’s...
View ArticleABC News: Jeffrey Epstein Commits Suicide
[guest post by Dana] ABC News is reporting that three law enforcement officers have told them that Jeffrey Epstein died in an apparent suicide while in custody in Lower Manhattan: Epstein hanged...
View ArticleSunday Music: Bach Cantata BWV 115
It is the ninth Sunday after Pentecost. Today’s Bach cantata is “Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit” (Make yourself ready, my spirit) Today’s Gospel reading is Luke 12:32-40: “Do not be afraid, little...
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Trump Retweets Post Promoting Conspiracy Theory About Epstein’s Death
[guest post by Dana] Unsurprising: President Trump on Saturday retweeted a post promoting a conspiracy theory about Jeffrey Epstein’s death. The tweet, by Twitter user Terrence K. Williams, blamed the...
View ArticleField Of Dreams Comes True
[guest post by Dana] Life imitating art: Major League Baseball is headed to Dyersville, Iowa, in 2020. The Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees announced on Thursday that the two teams will play an...
View ArticleNew Rules: Green Cards Can Be Denied Immigrants Using Welfare
[guest post by Dana] Per the administration, it’s a move toward “self-sufficiency”: The Trump administration announced Monday that it is moving ahead with one of its most aggressive steps to restrict...
View ArticleThreats Now Being Made Against Joaquin Castro
[guest post by Dana] This isn’t a surprise. Whether on the left or on the right, there are people just waiting for one little extra nudge to act out on their anger. It is, however, a bit ironic when...
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CNN’s Chris Cuomo Comes Undone: “Fredo” Is N-word for Italians
[guest post by Dana] Sometimes real life is so outrageous that it is beyond parody. For a prime example of this, consider the temper tantrum CNN’s Chris Cuomo’s threw yesterday when a man referred to...
View ArticleOfficials: Jeffrey Epstein’s Prison Guards Were Asleep, Falsified Records
[guest post by Dana] The news just broke: The two guards who were in the jail unit where Jeffrey Epstein apparently killed himself fell asleep and failed to check on him for about three hours, then...
View ArticleSan Antonio: Shots Fired At ICE Offices
[guest post by Dana] There were people in the office when the shots were fired: Police in San Antonio arrested a man early Tuesday morning in connection with gunshots fired through the windows of an...
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Tulsi Gabbard Leaves Campaign Trail For National Guard Training
[guest post by Dana] [Ed. I thought JVW might post about his Little Aloha Sweetie but maybe the thoughts of her going to such a far away place makes him too sad to post…] Tulsi Gabbard announced that...
View ArticleTrump Postpones Tariffs To Protect Americans From Having To Pay More…
[guest post by Dana] Oh brother: The Trump administration said Tuesday that it would wait until Dec. 15 to impose tariffs on Chinese goods that were supposed to go into effect in September. Other items...
View ArticleHeartbreaking: Protesters In Hong Kong Apologize
[guest post by Dana] This is so sad, and yet so courageous: Antigovernment demonstrators apologized today after two days of disruptions at the city’s international airport, which said it would limit...
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Mounted Police Under Fire For Leading Prisoner By A Rope
[guest post by Dana] This is really ugly. Especially given that it’s 2019 and the prisoner didn’t resist arrest. But what makes the degradation even worse is that, according to the Chief of Police...
View ArticleTrump Promised Not to Criticize Xi Over a Hong Kong Crackdown
The news is old, actually, but takes on fresh significance today. Financial Times, July 9: Donald Trump told Chinese president Xi Jinping last month that the US would tone down criticism of Beijing’s...
View ArticleIsrael Refuses Entry To Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib
[guest post by Dana] It’s no secret that Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rep. Rashida Tlaib are vocal critics of Israel and strong supporters of the Boycott, Sanction and Divest (BDS) movement. According to...
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Devil In A Blue Dress Found In Epstein’s Mansion
[guest post by Dana] Bill Clinton and blue dresses, maybe it’s a thing: Jeffrey Epstein had an oil painting of Bill Clinton in a blue dress — lounging on a chair in the Oval Office — hanging up in his...
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