The Rule of Lawless 0
Mary Trump dissects Donald Trump’s gyrations to justify violating the War Powers Resolution to continue to pursue his war of choice with Iran.
American Stasi 0
NJ.com reports on a nurse who gpt ICEd was treated roughly because she was trying to, well, be a nurse:
Bowe said that’s when an officer grabbed the back of her shirt and threw her onto the sidewalk.
More mean for the sake of mean at the link.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And another “responsible gun owner” feels constrained to flaunt his portable phallus whilst traversing the countryside.
We are a broken society.
“Smile! You’re on Covert Camera” 0
The EFF reports a disturbing trend (emphasis added):
Our findings suggest that the absence of a warrant requirement has fostered a culture of unrestricted access to sensitive location data, allowing agencies to leverage that data beyond the scope of specific criminal investigations.
Much more at the link.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” performs a random act of politeness.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
UNC law professor Gene Nickol tells NC Republicans that, try as they might,
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Afterthought:
I think “racist agenda” would have been a more appropriate phrasing, but that’s just me.
The Rule of Lawless 0
At Above the Law, Kathryn Rubino reports on DOJ attorneys fired by the Trump maladministration. A snippet:
The prosecutors fired were doing their jobs. That is, apparently, the problem.
Follow the link for context.
Republican Family Values 0
Speaking of following the money.
“A Stand-Up Guy” 0
Farron follows the money.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Several times in this series of posts that started when I saw a car plastered with NRA bumper stickers when this blog was very young, I’ve noted many occasions when politeness went to the dogs.
This time, the dog went to politeness.
And we are again reminded that “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
The Poison of Positive Thinking* 0
Methinks Atrios nails it. This would explain a lot:
Trump doesn’t just lie, he believes he can manifest reality through his proclamations.
Therefore, the lies aren’t lies, at least in his own mind.
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*Though, in actuality, very little thinking is involved.
American Stasi 0
As far as I can tell, this is little more than KKK v. 2.0.
A Pillow of the Community 0
Mike Lindell wants himself some of Donald Trump’s slush fund.