Trump lawyers face sanctions over election claims

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Lawyers for former President Donald Trump face potential sanctions for their court filings in Michigan and Colorado challenging the outcome of the 2020 election.

Here is a story from The Washington Post (July 12, 2021): ‘This is really fantastical’: Federal judge in Michigan presses Trump-allied lawyers on 2020 election fraud claims in sanctions hearing. Federal judge in Michigan presses Sidney Powell and other Trump-allied lawyers on 2020 election fraud claims in sanctions hearing – The Washington Post

Here is a story from The Washington Post on Friday, July 16, 2021: ‘A propaganda tool’ for Trump: A second federal judge castigates attorneys who filed a lawsuit challenging the 2020 results. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sanctions-hearing-2020-lawsuit/2021/07/16/90392266-e661-11eb-b722-89ea0dde7771_story.htm

Reporters write about Trump, elections, Jan. 6 insurrection

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There are a few new books and stories about former President Donald Trump, the 2016 and 2020 elections, and the January 6 insurrection.

The Washington Post had this story by Reis Thebault on Wednesday: Joint Chiefs chairman feared potential ‘Reichstag moment’ aimed at keeping Trump in power. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/joint-chiefs-chairman-feared-potential-reichstag-moment-aimed-at-keeping-trump-in-power/2021/07/14/a326f5fe-e4ec-11eb-a41e-c8442c213fa8_story.html

The Washington Post had this story by Carol D. Leonnig and Philip Rucker on Thursday: ‘I Alone Can Fix It’ book excerpt: Inside Trump’s Election Day and the birth of the ‘big lie’. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/13/book-excerpt-i-alone-can-fix-it/

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COVID making unvaccinated sick

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Last year, there were a lot of news stories about people who considered COVID-19 to be a hoax getting infected and sick, and then warning others to take it seriously.

This year, there a lot of news stories about people hesitating or refusing to get the vaccine, getting sick, and then urging others to get it.

It’s very unfortunate, and it all seems so unnecessary.

Here a few of the recent stories about COVID-19 among the unvaccinated:

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Washington Post column, video about critical race theory

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Here is a column by Karen Attiah of The Washington Post about two people resisting the critical race theory backlash in Oklahoma: Opinion | Two voices of resistance to the critical race theory backlash in Oklahoma – The Washington Post.

Here is a video by The Washington Post about critical race theory that includes two of the scholars. There has been a lack of interviews with actual scholars of critical race theory in most or all of the news stories and press releases I have seen, so it’s nice to hear from those who actually study critical race theory: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/critical-race-theory-explaining-the-truth-behind-the-rhetoric/2021/07/12/054fdeb9-6384-4a82-8335-197620f9b3da_video.html.

Two interesting stories about the COVID-19 lab leak hypothesis

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Here are two interesting stories about the COVID-19 lab leak hypothesis:

After theme research, OakRidgeToday.com, JohnHuotari.com operational

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During the past few weeks, I have spent quite a few hours researching free and commercial themes and developer frameworks for the WordPress content management system. I ended up coming full circle and using the default Twenty Eleven theme on both of my websites for now, even though it’s not exactly the theme I want. However, one of its primary advantages, at least as far as I’m concerned, is that it’s mobile-ready. I found other themes that I liked, including Premium Pixels’ Repro theme, but in most cases, they don’t seem mobile-ready. I’m willing to trade some features and looks for a mobile-friendly site, particularly since I’m one of those people who frequently visits websites on my smart phone.

The good news is that I’ve reconfigured OakRidgeToday.com and JohnHuotari.com, setting up e-mail accounts, among other things, and both of those sites are now online and operational. I’m not completely satisfied with how they look, but you’ve got to start somewhere, right? The Twenty Eleven theme has the basic features I need, but I want to change the layout, art, and colors in order to appropriately highlight our content and also make the sites look unique.

Our next step is to start regularly posting content, while learning how to customize the Twenty Eleven theme—or build our own.

Tried OpenPublish, won’t use for now

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I installed Open Publish for Oak Ridge News Now, one of the websites I’m building, but it looks like I would have to spend some time learning how to build a theme. However, I haven’t yet found any good documentation on how to do this. In addition, I just don’t think I want to struggle with Drupal right now, and I definitely don’t want to teach it to my co-editors, at least not now. Maybe later.

So, for now it’s full speed ahead with WordPress. Let’s see what it can do. I intend to use the multi-site feature. But I’ve still got to learn how to build custom themes for my websites.

Transitioning from Drupal to WordPress

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Several years ago, I spent many hours, possibly hundreds, learning to use and customize the Drupal content management system and several of its most popular contributed modules, such as Views and CCK, in order to develop and operate a local events website. In the process, I learned a lot about HTML, CSS, PHP, templates, servers, FTP, GIMP, and how to solicit and regularly post content as well as how to market a website, including through word-of-mouth and e-mail subscriptions. I enjoyed the experience, but it was a lot of work and I was doing it voluntarily.

Now, a few years later, I’m starting over with a new system, WordPress, which is more well-known as a blogging platform. Since I once briefly had a WordPress blog, I’m not completely new to it, but this time I hope to learn more about its capabilities, particularly as a content management system. I’d like to see how much it can be customized. For example, I wonder: Will WordPress allow me to add a certain block of a certain type of content in a certain position?

Based on what I’ve seen so far, WordPress doesn’t seem as customizable as Drupal, at least not at first, and I’m not sure if it has the same big community of contributed modules. However, WordPress seems a lot easier to use in many ways and is certainly more well-designed in terms of being aesthetically pleasing.

Besides now using WordPress for my personal website, my wife and I are planning to use it to launch a local website, possibly as soon as April. I’ll let you know that turns out.

 

 

 

Site upgraded with photos, services

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I spent a few hours customizing my site today, adding an About Me page, header photos, and several new services, including an e-mail subscription form, Share This buttons, and a section for my latest Twitter posts.

My next step is to add a contact form.

Thanks again for visiting and let me know if I can assist you in any way.