The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was as hot as I believed hot could get when I landed at the Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans in the midst of the first August of the new millennium. Even in a summer Searsucker Suit the hot air hit you…
Three More Trump Supporters Found Guilty for Attack on the Capitol
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three more Trump supporters from Ohio, California and Kentucky have been found guilty or pleaded guilty to federal crimes for attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, disrupting a joint session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Ohio Man Found Guilty of…
Part 3: On Unfulfilled Hopes, Shattered Dreams and Journalism
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — One of the themes that emerges from this life analysis is that kids need heroes to inspire and emulate. That’s why it’s so important for young women to have role models, along with African Americans and other minorities in America. All I can do…
Part 2: On Unfulfilled Hopes, Shattered Dreams and Baseball
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Do you ever feel like you are marking time, waiting for something to happen? Something that is supposed to happen, but the timing is not yet right? I was thinking that recently when watching the movie “Field of Dreams.” “The one constant through all…
Trump and 18 Codefendants Indicted in Georgia for Vast Conspiracy to Overturn the 2020 Election
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former President Donald Trump and 18 others were indicted by an Atlanta grand jury on Monday in a vast racketeering case, accusing Trump and some of his former top aides of orchestrating a “criminal enterprise” to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. The 41-count indictment,…
NASA Records Show July as the Hottest Month on Record Since 1880
Part 1: On Unfulfilled Hopes, Shattered Dreams
Four More Trump Supporters Arrested and Charged for Attacking the U.S. Capitol
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Four more Trump supporters have been tracked down, arrested and charged for attacking the United State Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, actions that threatened to disrupt a joint session of the Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Florida Man and Woman Arrested…
Florida’s Third Senator Tommy Tuberville: Poll Shows 58 Percent of People in Alabama Oppose Hold on Military Promotions
“Tuberville lives in Auburn, Alabama, with his wife Suzanne.” — website of Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — We’ve often reported that former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville is not a resident of Alabama. Republican voters elected him as a U.S. Senator anyway. Now the Washington Post Fact Checker has proved…
New York Man Sentenced for Assaulting Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A New York man was recently sentenced for assaulting a law enforcement officer during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, actions that threatened to disrupt a Joint Session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Thomas F. Sibick, 37,…
Three More Trump Supporters Arrested and Charged With Federal Crimes for Attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three more Trump supporters have been arrested and charged with federal crimes for attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, actions that disrupted a joint session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Missouri Man Arrested on Felony and Misdemeanor Charges for Actions…
President Biden Vows to Protect Native American Lands Around Grand Canyon from Uranium Mining
The Price of Liberty is Eternal Vigilance: How Authoritarian Leaders Mutilate Reality, History and Culture
“The first thing every totalitarian regime does along with confiscation and mutilation of reality is confiscation of history and confiscation of culture.” – Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – Introduction WASHINGTON, D.C. — When I first walked into the administration building of an Alabama community…
Trump Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ in Conspiracy to Overturn the 2020 Presidential Election
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former President Donald Trump pleaded ‘not guilty’ on Thursday to charges that he conspired to overturn the presidential election of 2020, appearing before Federal Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya not far from the United States Capitol where a mob of his supporters stormed the building in a violent effort…
Six More Trump Supporters Found Guilty on Federal Charges for Attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Six more Trump supporters were found guilty or pleaded guilty in the past week on felony charges for actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, actions that ultimately disrupted a joint session of the Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential…
Congress Leaves Town on Summer Recess: Divided House Raises Fear of Government Shutdown in Fall
By Jennifer Shutt – Maryland Matters – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of Congress jetted off for the August recess without a plan in place to avoid a partial government shutdown when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1 — and the lawmakers who write spending bills acknowledge that it’s a real possibility, given deep divisions.…
U.S. Supreme Court Public Approval Stands at Record Low
By Glynn Wilson – Public Opinion Analyst – WASHINGTON, D.C. — American public approval of the United States Supreme Court remains the lowest in public opinion history as this conservative majority of 6-3 made up of Trump and Bush appointees continues its onslaught of rulings upending decades of established precedent. The latest public approval rating…
Trump Indicted for Trying to Overturn the 2020 Election
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. â Finally, the day has arrived and the Department of Justice has issued a formal indictment of former President Donald Trump for all his efforts to try to overturn the 2020 presidential election and cling to power after clearly losing to Joe Biden by millions of votes and in…
President Biden Reverses Trump’s Political Decision to Move Space Command from Colorado to Alabama
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden reverses Donald Trump’s decision to move the headquarters of U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama, senior military officials announced Monday. Former Democratic Senator from Alabama Doug Jones said while he is disappointed, the decision was best for national security and was not a political…
As the World Warms, Scientists Solve Heat and Air Conditioning Problem for Long-Term Space Habitats
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — On two fronts the imaginations of those who write science fiction are gradually coming into raw focus. For those who see the world spinning toward life-ending apocalypse, look no further than the very “cradle of civilization,” home to the Garden of Eden in the Bible, according to some…