The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Do you ever feel like you are marking time, waiting for something to happen? Something that is supposed to happen, but the timing is not yet right? I was thinking that recently when watching the movie “Field of Dreams.” “The one constant through all…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former President Donald Trump and 18 others were indicted by an Atlanta grand jury on Monday in a vast racketeering case, accusing Trump and some of his former top aides of orchestrating a “criminal enterprise” to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. The 41-count indictment,…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — This story is getting to be old news now, since the world keeps getting hotter and more data showing how hot it is getting to be is no longer unusual. But the crisis is reaching a boiling point, and the Biden administration is clearly on the offensive to warn…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A person with character may pickup a few nicknames in a life. A famous Baptist preacher once called me “Cowboy,” and it stuck. That worked for a couple of decades, and I was locally famous as the only drummer to ever wear a cowboy…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Four more Trump supporters have been tracked down, arrested and charged for attacking the United State Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, actions that threatened to disrupt a joint session of the Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Florida Man and Woman Arrested…
“Tuberville lives in Auburn, Alabama, with his wife Suzanne.” — website of Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — We’ve often reported that former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville is not a resident of Alabama. Republican voters elected him as a U.S. Senator anyway. Now the Washington Post Fact Checker has proved…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A New York man was recently sentenced for assaulting a law enforcement officer during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, actions that threatened to disrupt a Joint Session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Thomas F. Sibick, 37,…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three more Trump supporters have been arrested and charged with federal crimes for attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, actions that disrupted a joint session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Missouri Man Arrested on Felony and Misdemeanor Charges for Actions…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — When we visited the Grand Canyon on a big swing through the American west in 2016, local activists tipped us off that there were plans to allow for uranium mining by the Colorado River near the Grand Canyon. That came as a shocker, and after Trump won the…
“The first thing every totalitarian regime does along with confiscation and mutilation of reality is confiscation of history and confiscation of culture.” – Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – Introduction WASHINGTON, D.C. — When I first walked into the administration building of an Alabama community…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former President Donald Trump pleaded ‘not guilty’ on Thursday to charges that he conspired to overturn the presidential election of 2020, appearing before Federal Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya not far from the United States Capitol where a mob of his supporters stormed the building in a violent effort…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Six more Trump supporters were found guilty or pleaded guilty in the past week on felony charges for actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, actions that ultimately disrupted a joint session of the Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential…
By Jennifer Shutt – Maryland Matters – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of Congress jetted off for the August recess without a plan in place to avoid a partial government shutdown when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1 — and the lawmakers who write spending bills acknowledge that it’s a real possibility, given deep divisions.…
By Glynn Wilson – Public Opinion Analyst – WASHINGTON, D.C. — American public approval of the United States Supreme Court remains the lowest in public opinion history as this conservative majority of 6-3 made up of Trump and Bush appointees continues its onslaught of rulings upending decades of established precedent. The latest public approval rating…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Finally, the day has arrived and the Department of Justice has issued a formal indictment of former President Donald Trump for all his efforts to try to overturn the 2020 presidential election and cling to power after clearly losing to Joe Biden by millions of votes and in…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden reverses Donald Trump’s decision to move the headquarters of U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama, senior military officials announced Monday. Former Democratic Senator from Alabama Doug Jones said while he is disappointed, the decision was best for national security and was not a political…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — On two fronts the imaginations of those who write science fiction are gradually coming into raw focus. For those who see the world spinning toward life-ending apocalypse, look no further than the very “cradle of civilization,” home to the Garden of Eden in the Bible, according to some…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Five more Trump supporters were arrested and charged in the past week for their actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of the Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Two men from Florida…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — In my dreams it sometimes seems possible to solve all the world’s problems with only the abstract expression of a correct thought derived from empirical observation. But in the waking life of living, breathing human beings, this would only work if all were rational,…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three more Trump supporters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 have been sentenced to federal prison for their crimes on that day. A Maryland man was sentenced on multiple felony and misdemeanor convictions for his actions during the Capitol breach, actions which disrupted a joint session of…
