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Last 50 Posts

• State judge stretches credulity in ruling teacher is public figure and thus not eligible to file lawsuit for defamation

• U.S. House passes H.R. 8873, the Presidential Elections Reform Act, but LA’s Republicans cast ‘no’ votes in bloc

• State’s settlement of 1983 Tangipahoa flood lawsuit had several wrong twists, turns en route to historic judgment

• Kennedy rhetoric about Louisiana’s share of infrastructure allocations is not only misleading, but also is a ‘damned lie’

• Anticipating that 24/7 Secret Service detail for Frump

• Flash!! Higgins report finds JFK, 9/11, Jan. 6 may all be connected; Kennedy distances self from Grifter in Chief

• Mom says prisoner son was beaten with no provocation by guard in Evangeline Parish Jail last Friday, left unattended

• No headline necessary for this one:

• Orleans Parish highest in US in percentage of exonerations of wrongfully convicted; Jefferson is close behind at fourth

• Library controversy in all 64 parishes runs much deeper than simply ‘relocating’ objectional volumes to different sections

• After six years of legislative inaction (except for forcing OJJ director into retirement), Bridge City’s problems still there

• Where’s John Kennedy? Anyone? Bueller? Anyone?

• Five Louisiana cities among top 50 in US in rate of out-migration – including the number-one city in all the US

• Donnie Trump Jr. will be AG Jeff Landry’s ‘special guest’ at 12th annual alligator hunt; big dollar sponsorships available

• Livingston Parish Council ‘adds’ late ‘addendum’ to tonight’s agenda to consider supporting censoring parish library books

• DCFS under fire in recent weeks, but the problems started long ago – because of Jindal administration’s budget cuts

• It’s getting curiouser and curiouser as ‘Q’ weighs in on the seizure of docs; local militia actively recruiting members

• Inmate assaults, weapons, drug use, guard indifference, lack of injury treatment said rampant at Catahoula Parish Prison

• Maybe those zealots so opposed to objectional literature should read another publication readily available to kids

• It’s not exactly ‘Revenge of the Nerds,’ but Livingston middle school librarian goes after 2 attackers in defamation lawsuit

• Banning controversial speaker from appearing at ULL would be a tactical mistake and play into hands of would-be censors

• Bible Baptist Academy in DeQuincy could use a remedial course on Christian love after expulsion of kindergartner

• Louisianans Perkins and Scalise rush to Trump’s defense while trashing FBI, Justice Dept. – never mind the facts

• DCFS yanks firstborn from Monroe couple after accusation mom refused to take dangerous medication while pregnant

• Correction and apology to John Kennedy

• DCFS action in Natchitoches results in court taking kids from couple despite negative drug tests, no complaints

• Chameleon John Kennedy launches interesting reelection ad advising Louisiana voters to ‘Be Yourself – unless you suck’

• It seems it isn’t just Trash Rangers on Lamar-Dixon property

• Sweetheart contracts for trash pickup, insurance, lawyer raise several legal, ethical questions in Ascension Parish

• Bill to allow negotiating the price of Medicare prescription drugs has Louisiana roots dating back more than a decade

• Forty members of Congress are challenging Internal Revenue Service’s designation of FRC as church, request investigation

• Kennedy does it again: votes ‘No’ on bill to help US overcome China’s advantage in manufacturing of computer microchips

• Luke Mixon could employ ‘Party Politics over Patriotism’ variation of JBE’s 2015 strategy in race against Kennedy

• Self-appointed guardian of all that’s decent has purloined books for you to read – but you gotta have an appointment

• Spelling, vocabulary incompetence aside, Citizens for a New Louisiana represent imminent threat to our basic freedoms

• Lafayette group sinks to all-time low in its defamatory attacks on parish librarians in Lafayette and Livingston

• Deposed State Gaming Board leader said 18 months ago that jury was still out on KCP; turns out his words were prophetic

• Here’s a sample chapter of my latest book ‘It’s All TheIRS’ for your pleasure (which I hope will generate a few sales)

• IRS designates FRC as a church with BR’s Tony Perkins as its minister despite group’s history of hate-mongering, lobbying

• You just know it’s a bad day when you’re a state trooper and you pull your boss over for doing 91 in a 60 on I-10 stretch

• Louisiana ranks 2nd behind Mississippi in gun death rate; large national weapons dealer is thriving in Baton Rouge

• $4M raise for CEO, $1.2B in shareholder dividends, but Entergy forcing consumers to pay for storm restoration

• Homophobic legislator loses it over word ‘Pride’ on LDH web page; it was a NOLA mental health clinic, not a gay reference

• Republican policies of half-a-century ago have produced the shortages and ‘supply chain’ woes we are experiencing today

• Texas Repugnantcans hold franchise rights for adopting asinine party platforms; other bodies just rank amateurs

• Oops. My appeal was apparently premature; they already have ‘enough contributions to fully furnish three houses’

• A good person (my cousin) needs our help. She cares for 3 non-verbal autistic boys and her house was just destroyed

• No joke! Pvt. Bonespurs was so desperate that he wanted AG Jeff Landry as special counsel. Stop your laughing, It’s true!

• Arrest of nursing homes owner by AG Landry has serious political undertones and they’re spelled E-D-W-A-R-D-S