A man who headed a local chapter of the Alabama Young Republicans and campaigned for many political candidates is accused of murder and sexual torture in connection with the death of a 54-year-old man who was found dead inside his home early Thursday, say authorities. Later that day, Kyle Hayden Lewter, 36, was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the death of Derek Franklin Walls, the Madison County Sheriff's Office said in a release. read more
Impact Plastics said several employees died in the flooding from Helene. The TBI is investigating after several employees disputed the company's response. read more
The administration of former President Donald Trump obstructed an investigation looking into why officials withheld about $20 billion in hurricane relief for Puerto Rico following the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017, one of the deadliest U.S. natural disasters in over 100 years, a new report says. A Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Inspector General report made public Thursday also found that tensions between the department and the Office of Management and Budget resulted in unprecedented procedural hurdles that produced delays in the disbursement of the congressionally approved funds. read more
We really didn't want to write about this, at least not right now. People are suffering, and some of them are dying, due to Hurricane Helene. It feels vulgar to us to begin talking about the political implications of that. Unfortunately for us, vulgar is Donald Trump's stock in trade. Trump might not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but he knows enough to know two things: (1) He really needs to win North Carolina and Georgia in November, and (2) Helene is battering both states. So, he is working overtime to try to capitalize on this "opportunity," as he sees it. read more
During his presidency, Donald Trump talked repeatedly about the terrorist attacks that occurred in the United States on his watch. He sometimes denounced these attacks in vivid detail. In his 2018 State of the Union address, he spoke of "two terrorist attacks in New York" in "recent weeks." He visited Pittsburgh and El Paso after terror attacks there. He invited survivors of a California attack to the White House. Now, though, he keeps saying he presided over no terror attacks at all. read more
W and the GOP doubled the budget and slashed taxes (our nation's income).
The goal of every republiturd administration since RAYGUN was to create a budget and debt problems so huge that it would necessitate the elimination of social security and medicare because only rich people deserve to retire and have health care in old age. Cutting revenue while simultaneously increasing spending was their two santa clauses strategy to do just that.