I’ve attended most of the major antiwar protests in Washington since 9/11. At a 2005 protest, a cop tried to whack me on the head with a wooden pole. At a 2007 protest, I snapped a picture showing George W. Bush hanging next to the U.S. Capitol. But my favorite protest was a potent little ruckus that I almost missed. On a sunny late summer day in 2013, I ambled to downtown Washington to hike with a bunch of folks who enjoyed bantering as much as I did. The route for the jaunt started on the National Mall, passing by the Smithsonian, heading toward the World War II Memorial and points...
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Members of Congress Took Small-Business Loans
This is your security force. Politico: "Some GOP lawmakers who benefited from the Paycheck Protection Program also opposed legislation requiring lending transparency."
Nation Rejoices
Their are multiple reports that Kamala Harris (AKA Kamala the Cop) is dropping out of the presidential race. from Politico: Kamala Harris is dropping out of the presidential race, she told staff on a call Tuesday. She will release a video momentarily announcing her...
Carter to Trump: USA Has Been Wasting Money on All the Wars He Started
Politico: He told Sunday’s congregation that Trump said he felt China was “'getting ahead of us,'” adding that he agreed with the president. “And do you know why? I normalized diplomatic relations with China in 1979. Since 1979, do you know how many times China has been at war with anybody? None. And we have stayed at war,” Carter said. Got that right.
The Guardian’s Latest Assange Smear Backfires
Reporter, plagiarist and preeminent British Russiagate nut Luke Harding on Tuesday took to the Guardian with a story reporting that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort met with Julian Assange three times in London before the 2016 presidential election. The latest smear attempt comes at a precarious time for Assange, who has maintained asylum in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since 2012. In mid-November an inadvertent court disclosure revealed the existence of a sealed indictment targeting Assange and apparent preparations to extradite him to the United States for criminal...