By Glynn Wilson – Public Opinion Analyst WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the presidential election of 2024 still 15 months away, it is far too early to put much stock in the results of public opinion polls. But for those of us who are educated and trained in such things, there is some news benefit in…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — While House Republicans continue to try to fool the MAGA Trump constituency into believing they might have a case for impeaching President Joe Biden, federal workers in the Biden administration (a.k.a. the Deep State) continue to show up for work every day to try to help the American people.…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration announced new funding options Monday to reduce methane emissions, a major greenhouse gas that leads to climate change due to global warming from the burning of fossil fuels for energy and transportation. Methane is the primary contributor to the formation of ground-level ozone, a hazardous air…
“The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” — Thomas Jefferson,…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Pennsylvania woman was found guilty of eight felonies and one misdemeanor charge related to her actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, which disrupted a joint session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Rachel Marie Powell, 41, of Sandy Lake,…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Trump supporters from Georgia and Kentucky were recently arrested on felony charges for actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of the Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Phillip Crawford, 47, of Douglasville,…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Alabama man pleaded guilty in federal court this week for charges related to his actions during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Kaleb Dillard, 27, of…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Illinois man who stole a framed photograph from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the attack on the Capitol was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison this week on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 that…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Florida woman was sentenced this week on multiple felony charges, including assaulting law enforcement officers, related to her actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 which disrupted a joint session Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the presidential election of 2020.…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oh to be a fly on the wall. It would be interesting to caddie for Donald Trump or bug his Secret Service detail to hear what Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville and the most corrupt president in American history talk about while cheating at golf.…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Most people around the country have now found out about Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville’s one-man filibuster of military promotions. It’s been covered all over cable TV and shared all over social media. He’s made it clear — by not being clear — that he’s against women in the…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Florida member of the right-wing Proud Boys militia group was sentenced to 5 years in federal prison on Wednesday, July 12 for obstruction of an official proceeding and assaulting police officers during the violent attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Daniel Lyons Scott, 29, of Englewood,…
In lavishing gifts on the Supreme Court justice, the billionaire GOP donor may have violated tax laws, according to tax experts – By Paul Kiel – ProPublica For months, Harlan Crow and members of Congress have been engaged in a fight over whether the billionaire needs to divulge details about his gifts to Supreme Court…
“Deep in the heart of Summer, sweet is life to me still, But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.” – Scottish poet William Sharp, who used the pseudonym Fiona MacLeod The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Southern writer Carson McCullers took that line from…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Biden administration recently announced another $188 million in new spending to protect and preserve private forestland through the U.S. Forest Service, a move that will help prevent the loss of forests that help prevent more severe climate change due to global warming from the burning of fossil fuels…
Lincoln Project Calls Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville a ‘Traitor’ – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – This all must seem very confusing to people sampling a little news on cable TV and social media. With the death of American newspapers and a downward trend in reading by people in general,…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s curious that the MAGA Republicans controlling the House bombarded FBI director Chris Wray with criticisms on Wednesday about his role in investigating former President Donald Trump, considering that Wray is a Republican himself who was appointed to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation by Trump himself. Committee Republicans,…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The director of a think tank in Maryland who claimed to have damaging information about President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden has been charged with arms trafficking, violating sanctions against Iran and acting as an unregistered foreign agent for China, according to a federal indictment unsealed this week by…
Superorganism: Toward a New Social Contract for Our Endangered Species – Published online by Cambridge University Press – June 23, 2023 – Editor’s Note: As I’ve been writing for many years, the future of humanity on planet Earth is in jeopardy and there is no guarantee we will survive for much longer. Like many naysayers,…
By Craig Silverman – ProPublica – Oprah Winfrey looked upset. The photo caught her midsentence, her left hand jabbing at the camera. “They are twisting everything,” the TV icon was quoted as saying, under a red “BREAKING NEWS” banner. The ad featuring the Winfrey image and quote ran on the conservative website DC Swamp Tales.…
