It’s been almost a month since Boeing whistleblower John Barnett was found dead in a car outside of his hotel in Charlotte, South Carolina. He died of a single gunshot wound to the head and was found with a pistol in his hand. Authorities tentatively attributed the death to suicide. But friends and family members, […]
Voting in the Russian presidential election began this morning and will end Sunday. At that point, Putin’s victory will be announced and he will start his 5th term as president. The vote tally doesn’t really matter. It will be whatever the Kremlin decides it should be. Having killed off his only two real opponents in […]
What’s this now? California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday postponed his State of the State address scheduled for next week, as the fate of his signature mental health initiative from the primary ballot remains uncertain. No new date was given for the speech, which had been scheduled for Monday afternoon. Hey! I could have done […]
As you’ve probably heard, Chicago has been dealing with a large number of migrants, many of whom have arrived by bus from Texas. Starting last year, Mayor Brandon Johnson was trying to discourage the buses by impounding them. But he couldn’t do that to the plane loads of migrants which flew in from Texas. Things […]
Aw, you just knew it had to happen. The gosh darn Ohio Republicans had fat, dumb (mostly dumb), and hapless Sherrod Brown ripe for picking up his senate seat and…? The big, blue foot of Fate comes out of the sky once again. There are three people running for the GOP nomination for senate to […]
There are about 100,000 World War II veterans alive today out of the 16 million Americans who served in that war. In June, the 80th anniversary of D-Day will be commemorated in France. Harold Terens will participate in his fourth D-Day celebration in France. He received a medal from President Emmanuel Macron five years ago. […]
Pamela Price is the progressive DA of Alameda County, home to the city of Oakland. If you’re a regular reader then you already know that crime is way up in Oakland and both residents and businesses are sick of it: Robberies grew 38% last year in Oakland, according to police data. Burglaries increased 23%. Motor […]
Advil wants you to know that the medical profession is filled with racists who want to see Black people writhing in pain. Or, perhaps, that doctors subconsciously believe what some slavemasters once claimed, that Blacks don’t feel pain. I don’t know, really. The theory is a bit of a mess, but it all boils down […]
Democrats see the writing on the wall. The Senate will likely flip to a Republican majority in November’s general elections. Leaders in the party are panicking. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is talking to Senator Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) about not retiring as he plans to do when his term is up. Schumer knows that […]
Last July, PBS (and others) reported that the US was experiencing a maternal health crisis. Maternal deaths across the U.S. more than doubled over the course of two decades, and the tragedy unfolded unequally. Black mothers died at the nation’s highest rates, while the largest increases in deaths were found in American Indian and Native […]
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