The NY Times did a study of eight states’ US history textbooks including Texas, and it ain’t pretty. Printed by the same publisher, the books differ in discussions of race, slavery, the Civil War, sexuality, and gun rights. And if you guessed that Texas tilted the texts to far right ideology, you would be correct.
Enlightening (and depressing) read.
This is kinda serious.
Bestselling novelists Stephen King and Don Winslow have offered to donate $200,000 to a children’s hospital if the White House press secretary, Stephanie Grisham, will hold a press conference, The Guardian reports.
Grisham attempted to shame them by saying they should just give the money to charity without strings attached.
Winslow responded:
“First, we both regularly donate to charity. Second, why do all Trump officials refuse to answer the most basic questions they are asked? Stop evading, Stephanie. Let’s try again: Why have you not held any White House press briefings for over 300 days? What are you afraid of?”
As yet, Grisham has not explained her reasoning.
Hey, the Press Secretary who won’t speak to the press is making about $180,000 a year.
A Justice Department inquiry launched more than two years ago to mollify conservatives clamoring for more investigations of Hillary Clinton has effectively ended with no tangible results, and current and former law enforcement officials said they never expected the effort to produce much of anything.
Now, just to make this very clear – this was a Trump Justice Department investigation.
But the fat lady ain’t even clearing her throat.
There is another investigation going on over “the origins of the FBI’s 2016 probe into possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia,” but just Hillary’s role in it. You know, how Hillary enticed Trump into kissing Putin’s hiney and letting Russia steal the election for him. It’s all Hillary’s fault. This one is being done under a prosecutor appointed by Attorney General Barr, which means some other guy with no ethics or a firm grasp of the Constitution.
And when this investigation finds nothing, there’s always Hillary’s obvious complicity in the Kennedy assassination.
As we discussed the other day, I believed strongly that the crash of the Ukrainian Airlines 737 was NOT caused by a mechanical failure. Indeed, video showed something hit the aircraft and today, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau confirmed what we all feared:
Of course, Iran government officials are lying about the true cause of the crash, but finally bent to demands to allow others into the investigation including Ukraine and Boeing. The truth will come out, and the Iranian government (along with Trump) look like idiots. Trump kills the top military general for Iran and 7 others. Iran retaliates to make a statement, warning the US three hours before the attack so they could clear out and have no casualties. Purely by accident, the Iranians shot down a commercial aircraft filled with 176 innocents. Tragic. And stupid.
Using military strength gets people killed. It’s high time the morons running these two governments finally figured that out.
I have been away from news and the internet machine for the entire afternoon so I as a tad pleased to learn that congress passed the War Powers Act.
Trump can’t make war unless the use of armed forces “is necessary and appropriate to defend against an imminent armed attack upon the United States.”
Well, isn’t that what he said before assassinating the last guy? And, Republicans claim the resolution is not legally binding. Well, neither is chasing an intern around the desk in the oval office, but they sure got upset about that.
And, if you’re keeping score …
The vote was 224-194. Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Francis Rooney of Florida crossed party lines to vote in favor while Democratic Reps. Max Rose of New York, Ben McAdams of Utah, Anthony Brindisi of New York, Joe Cunningham of South Carolina, Elaine Luria of Virginia, Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, Kendra Horn of Oklahoma and Stephanie Murphy of Florida voted against the resolution.
Write down those names and put them on your refrigerator door. If you get on their email list and they ask for money, tell them only if they roll it up, stick up their nose and set it on blazing damn fire.
