The Rule of Lawless 0
At AL.com, Kyle Whitmire looks at recent actions by the Trump maladministration’s Department of Justice (sic) and concludes that
I think he’s onto something. Follow the link for his reasoning.
Pox Americana 0
Mary Trump takes a deep dive into the damage that Donald Trump has done to America’s world standing. (With a special appearance from the Graham cracker.)
The Rule of Lawless 0
Via the Law Vegas Sun, Mark Barabak considers the results of a recent poll of lawyers, legal scholars, lawyers and law professors, and citizens. The results are somewhat–er–disquieting. Here’s on quote from his article:
Republican Family Values 0
Alabama Republican wants to protect the polity from the poisonous plague known as the Muppets.
The stupid. It burns.
Afterthought:
Wonder if he’s ever seen Mrs. Doubtfire?
American Stasi 0
Rick Strom reports on ICE agents who are confessing to investigative journalists under promise of anonymity that, under the Trump maladministration, it’s all about the color of the skin.
Phoning It In 0
Apparently, reviewers are finding that the much-vaunted Trump phones don’t actually live up to their billing . . .
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” performs a random act of politeness.
The three women heard a loud sound consistent with a gunshot. Seconds later, the 59-year-old felt a pain in her leg and noticed a wound that started bleeding.
(snip)
The Sanilac County Sheriff’s Office believes the shooting was accidental from someone practice shooting or firing a gun into the air.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid,
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you, brother,
You won’t find one without the other.
Republican Thought Speech Police
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Bruce Schneier and John Penney argue that the actions of the Trump maladministration are having a chilling effect on the exercise of freedom of speech. Their article focuses on college campuses, but methinks it extends much further. Here’s a tiny bit from their article:
Research suggests that surveillance, personal threats, uncertainty and abuse of power are key factors in doing so. The federal government has a clear and systematic pattern of employing these very mechanisms across a number of domains far beyond campuses.
They are evident in militarized raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and in journalists being arrested and indicted for reporting on protests. They are made clear in the long list of political enemies the Trump administration has investigated or threatened, including the Federal Reserve chairman. And they can also be seen in the weaponization of technology, including ramping up surveillance to target critics and protestors.
This New Gilded Age 0
Thom looks at how Ronald Reagan’s legacy of trickle-on economics continues to take its toll, feather the beds of the elite, and erode the middle class.