Wow, it has been a while since I have written a blog entry. In fact, it has been a year, and I have a lot to fill you in on. But let's get down to what I covered via Tweets recently -- the insurrectionist Trial of Dustin Thompson, of Ohio, who entered into the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021, and stole first a bottle of booze and then a coat rack from the office of the Senate Parliamentarian. Yesterday Thompson was convicted on all six criminal counts the Department of Justice had charged him with. There have now been about a half dozen January 6th insurrectionists (many call them rioters) who have been convicted following a trial. About 170 have already plead guilty. Growing up in central Ohio, Thompson was originally a libertarian with moderate political views overall. According to his wife Sarah, the two met when they were both students at Ohio State University, Thompson had a double major of history and psychology. Sarah, a democrat, was a fashion merchandising major an
In a few hours from now, the U.S. Senate will begin its second Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump, the 45th President. Many Republicans of Capitol Hill fear the popularity and control this man has with a large portion of the party's base. This blog post will look at that base (noun: 3 : the fundamental part of something : GROUNDWORK , BASIS the book's theoretical base, her broad base of knowledge : something (as a group of people) that reliably provides support (such as for a business or political candidate) — usually singular, efforts to expand their customer base, the band's fan base ) , which truly is in many regards truly base (adjective: 1 : lacking or indicating the lack of higher qualities of mind or spirit : IGNOBLE ; 2: appealing to a person's baser instincts : lacking higher values : DEGRADING ) . This fear driving a clear majority of Republicans in the Congress is quickly leading them further down a path of solidifying