Articles by Thomas A Hawk

BROWARD COUNTY, FLA. - Brenda Snipes, who found herself at the heart of the 2018 midterm recount controversy, has resigned her post as Broward Count Supervisor of Elections. This ends a career marred in election mishaps, legal challenges, and illegal administration actions. Snipes submitted her letter of resignation early Sunday, confirmed by Burnadette Norris-Weeks, an attorney who works as counsel for Snipes' office: “It is true. She did send it." The letter was sent to Tallahassee after the ...

Who would have thought that comedian turned political commentator Jimmy Kimmel (previously, the Man Show guy) would become the arbiter of moral behavior. Hear me out on this,” Kimmel began “So Kavanaugh gets confirmed to the Supreme Court, OK? Well, in return we get to cut that pesky penis of his off in front of everyone. Jimmy Kimmel, after all, used to ask 18-year-old girls to grab his crotch and began his shows with “girls jumping on a trampoline.” In front of millions of viewers, he treate...

The folks at "Louder with Crowder," a conservative-leaning website, might elicit mixed emotions for their headlines. However, they have released a rather interesting infographic on the dominance of "fake news" since the 2016 presidential election -- an issue compounded by the public's heavy use of social media. The following infographic breaks "fake news" down by the numbers, looking at online statistics and survey results on how the public has reacted to fake news: Editor's Note: The infograp...

The news website, The Island Now, published an editorial recently that is worth reading. It challenges the way many people view voter suppression in the US. The focus in most media outlets are perceived efforts in Republican state legislatures to suppress the votes of Democrats, as if the problem is just one-sided. But it isn't. Voter suppression, and the attempt to silence people who refuse to have a (D) or (R) next to their name is something both parties do. It is no different in New York, w...

The US House passed a long-term extension to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Wednesday. In immediate response, US Sens. Ron Wyden and Rand Paul threatened to filibuster. https://twitter.com/ivn/status/951501093430738944 https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/951495411981803520 Section 702 of FISA authorizes the federal government to conduct foreign surveillance on US soil. Privacy advocates say the language of the bill is so broad that surveillance agencies can "intentio...

Keeping staffers under criminal investigation employed and rigging a primary election process to the favor of the party-anointed candidate is certainly enough to make the list of "worst ethics violators." The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) released its list of "top 5 ethics violators of 2017." At the top of the list, second only to the unnamed members of Congress linked to the fresher and ongoing sexual harassment scandal, is US Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.). "In...

The FCC's net neutrality decision Thursday sent the online community in an uproar. Much of the visible response was outrage over the vote to scrap 2015 regulations that many think were necessary to secure a free and open internet. Time will tell exactly what comes out of the decision. Lawsuits are being filed to challenge it, and individual states will move to enact their own net neutrality rules. Netflix is one of many major content providers that opposes Thursday's FCC vote. The 2015 regulat...

Over the years, many a prominent politician has said, to paraphrase, “I may not be the smartest guy in the world, but I can count votes.” Such is the case with President Donald Trump, and it may be the bottom line reason he has decided to openly endorse Judge Roy Moore for the United States Senate. While politicians from both sides of the aisle have been falling all over to distance themselves from, or flat out reject the Moore candidacy, Trump is in fact, truthful and pragmatic. Let’s first ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFUKsthR-Ts Above is video from a Los Angeles City Council meeting, where "activist and house party enthusiast" Chad Kroeger defends his right to party. It may be the most bizarre (and humorous) city council testimony you see all year. With all the tumultuous partisan politics out there, it's good to take a break and have a laugh....