Category Archives: Crime

Commentary: Prosecute Trump? Merrick Garland is investigating aggressively but prosecuting cautiously

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Jim deMaine

by journalist Doyle McManus The House committee on the Jan. 6, 2021, insurgency, whose hearings resume this week, has produced impressive evidence that could allow prosecutors to argue that former President Donald Trump committed crimes as he tried to overturn … Continue reading →

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19 Days in America

Posted on July 8, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Ed M.

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Gun Buyback Is Far More Likely to Work

Posted on June 13, 2022 by William Calvin

Discouraged by the bipartisan proposal, I tried again. WHC Why are we so easily misled by gun solutions that would make some sense in other countries? But the US, having more guns than people, is special. And so, the bipartisan … Continue reading →

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Marilyn Monroe v. Samuel Alito

Posted on May 11, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Ed note: Two residents sent me this article by the acerbic Maureen Dowd from the NYT. You may or may not agree, but she writes well and makes some interesting points. Click here to read her op-ed piece.

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Seattle City Attorney drops nearly 2,000 cases to ease backlog

Posted on April 23, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mike C. for sending this in. SEATTLE – Seattle’s new City Attorney, who ran on a ‘tough on crime’ platform, will not be prosecuting nearly 2,000 cases in an effort to ease a case backlog.  Ann Davison said she inherited … Continue reading →

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Why aren’t we talking about this?

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Letter in the NYT – thanks to Mike C. I don’t understand why we are not talking about this: Remember that Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, worked for the pro-Putin Ukrainian government. Remember when support for Ukraine was … Continue reading →

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Hoo, Boy! Commentary from Heather Cox Richardson

Posted on January 22, 2022 by Jim deMaine

On Wednesday, January 19, by a vote of 8 to 1, the Supreme Court refused to block the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) from releasing documents produced by the Trump White House to the House Select Committee to Investigate … Continue reading →

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