Earl R. Smith II's Blog, page 11
February 19, 2021
New Survey Shows 3 In 5 White Evangelicals Say Joe Biden Wasn’t Legitimately Elected
Churches that engage in political activity should not be tax-exempt Listen to this Podcast and then tell me why these organizations should not pay taxes? Why are the rest of … Read More
Texas disaster exposes what happens when Republicans replace governance with trolling
By any reasonable standard, the disaster in Texas, as winter storms break the backbone of basic utility services and leave millions to suffer, should be the death knell for conservative … Read More
Why Lindsey Graham’s peace mission to Mar-a-Lago is doomed to fail
South Carolina senator — and BFF of former President Donald Trump — Lindsey Graham is heading down to Mar-a-Lago to play golf and huddle with the 45th president in hopes … Read More
California investor who donated nearly $1M to Trump inauguration sentenced to 12 years in prison
Imaad Zuberi pleaded guilty to tax evasion for filing false foreign agent registration records and providing illegal campaign contributions to various presidential election campaigns. A Federal Judge in California on … Read More
Mitt Romney Tears Into Donald Trump Again Amid GOP Civil War
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) launched another scathing attack on former President Donald Trump, accusing him of dividing the United States into a “dark and dangerous place” by continuously claiming the … Read More
February 18, 2021
Senior Republicans are split over how to treat Trump: Pay homage at Mar-a-Lago or refuse to ‘bend the knee’
Senior Republicans are split over how to treat former President Donald Trump, with the No. 2 House Republican making a personal pilgrimage to visit him on the same day that … Read More
Ted Cruz Is No Hypocrite. He’s Worse.
Nero fiddled while Rome burned; Ted Cruz jetted to Cancún. And although the emperor was at least ensconced in a lavish, louche palace, the senator from Texas was stuck in … Read More
Mitch McConnell’s Condemnation of Donald Trump Firmly at Odds with GOP Consensus
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell‘s suggestion former President Donald Trump is “practically and morally responsible” for provoking the violence of January 6 stands firmly at odds with the opinion of … Read More
February 17, 2021
Is It Time for the Republican Party to Split Apart?
It’s far from likely, but the Whig Party’s demise in the 1850s could serve as precedent. On the cold, windy night of March 20, 1854, 36-year-old lawyer Alvan Bovay rounded … Read More
A Question for Our Time
There is a tendency to think of your time as having some sort of uniqueness. But there are long arcs of evolutionary behaviors that have intensified in impact and effectiveness … Read More
