On Thursday afternoon, Donald Trump held another of his phony press conferences that are really reelection campaign events illegally held in the White House. But this one was even more brazenly self-serving than those in the past, which were almost entirely self-serving. As usual, Trump spent the first half hour bragging about accomplishments that didn't…
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TRUMP Turns the RNC Into Just Another One of His Another Lie-Riddled Cult Rallies
On Monday morning the Republican National Convention got off to rocky start. It was preceded by a week of bad news including the arrest of Trump's White House advisor Steve Bannon for fraud, tapes of Trump's sister calling him “cruel” and a “liar,” a federal court ordering Trump to hand over his taxes, and the…
Trump's Rose Garden presser turns into campaign speech with more lies and few questions
Today’s Trump WH presser apparently repurposed his canceled NH campaign speech of 50 minutes, and took 10 minutes of questions. Waste not, want not. Who wants that hour back: Trump produced more gibberish and barely mentioned the COVID19 pandemic, and spent most of his time attacking Biden. Even Daniel Dale, CNN’s fact-checker, got flummoxed by so…
Justin Trudeau turns down Trump's invite to bathe in our COVID filth
Would you want to visit the United States these days? That is, if you weren’t already here? We’re like the sketchy truck stop toilet stall of the world right now. Well, you’re not the only one who’d like to avoid our country like the plague. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has opted out of a…
KS-Sen: Turns Out That Kris Kobach (R) Is The Farthest Thing From A “Responsible Gun Owner”
From the Leavenworth Times editorial board today: Guns should be kept safely and securely. The news that U.S. Senate candidate Kris Kobach had four guns stolen from his truck in Wichita earlier this month underscores the importance of treating firearms with respect and care. “Secretary Kobach always has at least one firearm with him for…
Trump finally identifies who's to blame for lack of coronavirus testing; turns out it's you
Don’t be surprised about this. Come on. Lying and finger-pointing have always been Donald Trump’s M.O. Why would anyone think he’d behave differently in an emergency? With the pressure on, his go-to defense mechanisms were bound to get even worse. Trump then suggests people are to blame if they can't get a test, saying, "If…
Barr turns to familiar faces for bogus probe of Russia investigation
This is the legal landscape now before the man who must be identified as the attorney general of the United States: The unanimous consensus of the American intelligence community, the findings of the Mueller investigation, and the bipartisan conclusion of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence all agree that the Russian Federation interfered in the…
As permafrost slumps and turns to mud, a large climate study finds global impacts are imminent.
The Arctic is unraveling before our eyes. As our understanding of the changes continues, scientists have been fine-tuning models to give us a sense of how quickly we can expect tipping points to arrive. One of the most terrifying is the permafrost feedback. A new study finds that the feedback just may have arrived. The…
