22 Oct 2019

Coming Sooner or Later: Elizabeth Warren's Mondale Moment

By Thomas L Knapp

"Let's tell the truth," said Walter Mondale as he accepted the Democratic Party's 1984 presidential nomination. "It must be done, it must be done. Mr Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did." That comment looms large in popular memory as the cause of Mondale's crushing defeat that November. Of 50 states, he carried only one, his home state of Minnesota, polling only 40.6% of votes nationwide to Ronald Reagan's 58.8%.

22 Oct 2019

The Pathocracy of the Deep State: Tyranny at the Hands of a Psychopathic Government

By John W Whitehead

“Politicians are more likely than people in the general population to be sociopaths. I think you would find no expert in the field of sociopathy/psychopathy/antisocial personality disorder who would dispute this...

21 Oct 2019

Four NFPs to Receive $150K from Davenport Catholic Diocese

By Zach Hiner

DAVENPORT, IOWA (October 21, 2019) — Four non-profit groups that help prevent and heal the wounds of child-sex abuse will soon get $150,000 as a decade-long process of resolving predator priests cases in the Davenport Catholic diocese comes to a close.

19 Oct 2019

Excuses, Excuses: Now Hillary Clinton's Attacking Her Own Party's Candidates

By Thomas L Knapp

"I'm not making any predictions, but I think [the Russians] have got their eye on somebody who is currently in the Democratic primary and are grooming her to be the third-party candidate," said Hillary Clinton on her former campaign manager's podcast. "They know they can't win without a third party candidate." Was Clinton referring to US Representative Tulsi Gabbard, CNN asked? "If the nesting doll fits," her spokesperson replied.

18 Oct 2019

Threatening Fines & Jail Time, Kentucky Bureaucrats Prevent Ministry From Giving Free Eyeglasses to Homeless

By The Rutherford Institute

FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY (October 18, 2019) — Citing the First Amendment and a state religious freedom law, The Rutherford Institute has told Kentucky regulators that their ongoing attempts to place bureaucratic roadblocks in the path of a ministry’s efforts to provide free corrective eyeglasses to the poor and homeless violates the ministry’s r

17 Oct 2019

On Twitter, Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others

By Thomas L Knapp

"There continues to be meaningful public conversation about how we think about Tweets from world leaders on our service," begins a post at the micro-blogging service's non-micro-blog.

15 Oct 2019

Terrorized, Traumatized and Killed: The Police State’s Deadly Toll on America’s Children

By John W Whitehead

“Mommy, am I gonna die?” — 4-year-old Ava Ellis after being inadvertently shot in the leg by a police officer who was aiming for the girl’s boxer-terrier dog, Patches  

15 Oct 2019

USCIS Clarifies Special Immigrant Juvenile Classification to Better Ensure Victims of Abuse, Neglect and Abandonment Receive Protection

By Billia Genevieve

WASHINGTON DC (October 15, 2019) — US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today clarified requirements regarding the Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) classification. 

15 Oct 2019

The Down Side of Impeachment

By Thomas L Knapp

Unless there's some dramatic change in the political landscape over the next month or so, I believe that the US House of Representatives will impeach President Donald Trump. Unless there's some dramatic change in the political landscape between now and Trump's trial in the US Senate, I don't believe the Senate will vote, by the necessary 2/3 majority, to convict him. Taken together, those two outcomes constitute a bad thing. Here's why:

11 Oct 2019

"The Grid" is the Problem, Not the Solution

By Thomas L Knapp

On October 9, Pacific Gas and Electric began shutting down power to about 750,000 customers (affecting as many as 2 million people) in California. The company claims the shutdowns are necessary to reduce the risk that its power-lines and other infrastructure will cause wildfires like last year's Camp Fire, which killed 85 people and and caused $16.5 billion in damage.

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