Donald Trump Confronts a New Label: Loser

Straight and verbatim from Politico Magazine, November 7, 2020. I've re-formatted a few choice paragraphs as pull-out quotes. Donald Trump Confronts a New Label: Loser For the first time in a life that has been free of consequences for his failures, Trump has been held to account on the world’s largest stage. Illustration by Jeremy …

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Two more Pigs self-immolate. That’s two less blights on the profession.

The day is just full of good news, isn't it? And whadda surprise: one of the porkers is from Alabama. But don't blame me, I'm just the piano player. This is reported by Fox News of all things, on Nov. 6, 2020. (If that rag reports it, you know it's disreputable conduct.) The Fox article …

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Oh, don’t stop now.

And here's one about a Colorado pig with issues that deserve special treatment. (That's Homo vorsutus Americanus sus, not our beloved Sus domestica.) This one comes verbatim from the Greeley Tribune, and kudos to the reporters and editors for covering the matter. Here's hoping that you have a large and growing readership, Tribuners. And once …

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OK porkers, time to circle the wagons again.

This little piggy went to market.... Reprinted verbatim from WBMA ABC News 33/40, November 5, 2020. My comments follow below the article. Kudos to the WBMA reporters for covering this important incident. Kudos, even, to Fox News for the same. Fox almost never has the journalistic integrity to cover these issues, and they deserve credit …

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Black and blue: caught in the middle

I strongly encourage you to read this excellent article from The Washington Post. Reproduced in its entirety, it's powerful, excellent writing.  Informative, objective, compassionate, deep -- all the best qualities of journalism, and about one of the most difficult and important issues in America.  WAPO Reporters Lateshia Beachum and Brittany Shammas are to be commended for …

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Texas sheriff and county attorney indicted for destroying, concealing evidence in homicide by cop

It's only an indictment, people. And it's Texas. And Javier Ambler, the man killed by sheriff's deputies, was Black. So no worries: the sheriff and the county lawyer will surely be found innocent of all charges. After the November election. The collaboration in the cover-up involved two county government offices working together to protect cops. …

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May it please the court…

...of public opinion, we have another self-immolating cop. This one done in by her own flame mail. Story reprinted from Fox News, September 25, 2020. The more, the merrier. Louisville officer who criticized Black Lives Matter and Antifa in email relieved of command, to retire 'They were her personal opinions and do not represent the …

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Seattle pig runs bike over protester’s head.

Death from a thousand cuts: Police respectability. Another little incident of cop misconduct caught on video, and another little self-inflicted wound on public trust of, and respect for, cops. Note to cops: If you can't hack the job, hit the unemployment line. You aren't wanted. No doubt, the pig thought he was being clever. Source: …

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When cops lose public trust.

Reprinted from The Washington Post of September 18, 2020. This story's headline says it all: nobody wins when cops lose the public trust. The article is complete and verbatim, except that I have emphasized a few points with pullout quotes, none of which are formatted as pullouts in the original. Tumalo Lookout comments follow below …

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“Retribution.” Wasn’t the goal supposed to be, “justice?”

“I will tell you something, that’s the way it has to be. There has to be retribution when you have crime like this.”trump, speaking of a criminal suspect killed in a gunfight when US Marshals attempted to arrest him. “Justice With Judge Jeanine” Fox Television, Saturday, September 12, 2020 "Retribution?" I think I vaguely remember …

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