Photo: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons October 3, 2024: J. D. Vance had the upper hand for most of the Vice Presidential debate last night. He was smooth and practiced, a consummate politician who has an answer for everything, whether or not it relates… Continue reading Vance dances with the truth
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Jill Stein signs nuclear pledge
June 13, 2024: US Presidential candidate Jill Stein today signed the NuclearBan.US “presidential candidates pledge.” The pledge is a promise that, if elected President, she will sign the Nuclear Ban Treaty, work with the other nuclear-armed nations to ensure the complete elimination of all nuclear weapons, and put all those wasted human and financial resources… Continue reading Jill Stein signs nuclear pledge
Time to Go, Joe!
Joe Biden was on course to lose this election long before his dismal performance on the national debate stage Thursday night. For months, Biden has had the lowest approval ratings of any President in modern history. According to the website fivethirtyeight.com, Biden’s approval rating as of June 24th stood at 39.9%, below Donald Trump at… Continue reading Time to Go, Joe!
Trump on course to win election if not court case
Donald J. Trump is facing the possibility of up to four years in prison if convicted of 34 felony counts in the hush money trial currently underway in a New York courtroom. He has already lost two civil court cases, one for defamation and rape and another for defrauding the state of New York out… Continue reading Trump on course to win election if not court case
Supporting Biden will give us Trump
Comedic talk show host Jon Stewart, returning to late night TV after a hiatus of 9 years, incurred the wrath of Biden loyalists for suggesting that Joe Biden is as unfit for the Presidency as Donald Trump. He made it clear he was not talking about any kind of “equivalence” between the two oldest men… Continue reading Supporting Biden will give us Trump
Making our votes count in the 2024 election
We are in all likelihood heading for a general election this year in which the two leading candidates are the same as they were four years ago: Donald Trump and Joseph Biden. Donald Trump faces 34 criminal charges for falsifying business records in New York. He faces 40 criminal charges for concealing, withholding and lying… Continue reading Making our votes count in the 2024 election
Ceasefire in Gaza!
Joe Biden continues to resist calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as does Dean Phillips, who is running against him in the Democratic primaries. The only candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination that supports the call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza is Marianne Williamson. Williamson has admitted her sympathies originally sided with the… Continue reading Ceasefire in Gaza!
Marianne Williamson signs nuclear abolition pledge
January 21, 2024: US Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson today took time out of her busy schedule ahead of Tuesday’s presidential primary election in New Hampshire to sign a pledge to abolish nuclear weapons. The pledge states that, “if elected President, I will sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons [TPNW, or Nuclear… Continue reading Marianne Williamson signs nuclear abolition pledge
Why Every Vote Still Matters
Trump is going to lose this election. But unless he loses BIG, we are in for a bumpy ride over the next several weeks. We can avoid all that if every single person who can vote, and hasn’t already, does vote on November 3rd. Wear a mask, socially distance, and VOTE! With just a week… Continue reading Why Every Vote Still Matters
One week to go…no time to let up!
Never has there been more at stake than at this election. Four more years of Donald Trump in the White House and Mitch McConnell running the Senate will be disastrous for this country and for the whole planet. We have climate deniers and fossil fuel investors handling our climate crisis. We have science deniers and… Continue reading One week to go…no time to let up!