BlogHide Resteemsthomaslknapp (57)in election2024 • 6 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Election 2024: Did The First Presidential Debate Tell Us Anything We Didn't Already Know?Joe Biden (photo by Gage Skidmore) and Donald Trump (photo by Shealah Craighead). Combination by krassotkin. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. Joe Biden and Donald…thomaslknapp (57)in scotus • 8 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Bribery Case Touches SCOTUS In A Tender SpotAs a former mayor of Portage, Indiana, James Snyder will forever remain known for three things: First, steering $1.1 million in city business to Great Lakes Peterbilt for the purchase of five…thomaslknapp (57)in festivus • 10 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.A Holiday Proposal: Festivus in July!When, in the course of human events, it becomes obvious to all that the current American political system bears little if any resemblance to the values put forward in the 13 colonies' July 4, 1776…thomaslknapp (57)in taxes • 12 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Don't Buy The Tariff Lie -- Real Tax Cuts Aren't On The TableFars Media Corporation. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license "If he returns to the White House," Bloomberg reports , "Donald Trump has pledged to enact a 10%…thomaslknapp (57)in iran • 15 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Why Does the US Want a Nuclear-Armed Iran?US president Donald Trump announces that the US doesn't keep its agreements --- May 8, 2018. Public domain. "A major expansion underway inside Iran's most heavily protected nuclear facility could…thomaslknapp (57)in vivekmurthy • 17 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.All Vivek Murthy Wants for Christmas is a Label Maker"It is time to require a surgeon general's warning label on social media platforms," Vivek Murthy writes in a New York Times op-ed , "stating that social media is associated with significant…thomaslknapp (57)in gunrights • 20 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.SCOTUS Gives Trump's Anti-Gun-Rights Record an Inconvenient Election-Year BumpThen-president Donald Trump pretends to support gun rights at an NRA event. Public domain. On June 14, the US Supreme Court overturned former US president Donald Trump's 2018 "bump stock ban."…thomaslknapp (57)in abortion • 22 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Standing Ovation: SCOTUS Gets It Right on MifepristoneMifepristone. Photo by Yuchacz. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. On June 13, the US Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the Food and Drug Administration's…thomaslknapp (57)in libertarianism • 24 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Truth or Consequences? One Political Idea Checks Both BoxesAmong descriptions of political libertarianism, "socially liberal, fiscally conservative" probably takes the prize for both simplicity and frequency of use. It's especially useful in an election…thomaslknapp (57)in gunrights • 27 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Biden Should Pardon His Son -- And Every Other Prisoner of the Wars on Drugs and Guns"Will you accept the jury's outcome," ABC's David Muir asked US president Joe Biden concerning his son Hunter's trial on federal gun charges, "their verdict, no matter what it is?" Biden:…thomaslknapp (57)in politics • 29 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Election 2024: Where Moral Panic Goes, Poor Outcomes FollowOn May 26, and into the early hours of May 27, in a foreshadowing of things to come, Libertarian National Convention delegates took seven rounds of voting to nominate Chase Oliver (who beat…thomaslknapp (57)in politics • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.Your Vote Versus Differences Which Make No DifferenceAs you've no doubt heard, a New York jury closed out the merry month of May by convicting former US president Donald Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Media --- mainstream…thomaslknapp (57)in rossulbricht • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.Trump and Kennedy Say They'd Free Ross Ulbricht. Biden Can Do That Right Now.Photo by Marc Nozell. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. While panhandling for votes at the Libertarian National Convention over Memorial Day weekend, two non-Libertarian…thomaslknapp (57)in politics • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.What I Saw (and You Probably Didn't) at the Libertarian National ConventionIn presidential election years, the Libertarian Party holds its national convention over Memorial Day Weekend. I returned home from my ninth such convention yesterday. Donald Trump and RFK Jr.…thomaslknapp (57)in danielperry • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.Abbott Should Have Issued Imminent Threat Alert To Texans Along With His Perry PardonWidely circulating photo of Garrett Foster with his rifle in "low ready" defensive position just before his murder. Last year, Texas governor Greg Abbott announced his plan to pardon a convicted…thomaslknapp (57)in harrisonbutker • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Just For the Kicks (or, Why I'm Still a Harrison Butker Fan)Harrison Butker on the sideline of the AFC Championship in Baltimore on January 28, 2024. Public domain. It's graduation time in America! By which I which mean: it's "problematic" commencement…thomaslknapp (57)in election2024 • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Hey, Rube! Why No Room for Others at the Biden/Trump Debate Circus?Will Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. participate in either of the two presidential election debates thus far announced by the Joe Biden and Donald Trump campaigns? How about independents Cornel West and…thomaslknapp (57)in tariffs • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Biden's Latest Trumpian Tariff Scheme: Buying Your Vote With Your Money"President Joe Biden," USA Today reports , "is raising tariffs significantly on electric vehicles, semiconductors and several other goods imported from China, moves his administration says…thomaslknapp (57)in politics • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.We've Already Got an "Antisemitism Awareness Act." It's Called the First Amendment.Warsaw during World War II: Tram with sign "Nur für Juden -- Tylko dla Żydów" (Only for Jews). Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-L14404 / CC-BY-SA 3.0 On May 1, the US House of Representatives passed the…thomaslknapp (57)in election2024 • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Public Service Announcement: No, Trump and Kennedy Aren't Libertarian Presidential CandidatesLibertarian Party Logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In early May, the Libertarian Party's national committee announced a prominent speaker at the party's convention over Memorial Day weekend in…
