Republican Thought Police 0
Via the Tampa Bay Times, Scott Maxwell identifies a sub-species of the Republican thought police, which he has dubbed “bro-flacks.” Here’s how he defines them:
Bro-flakes are convinced they’re victims. So they get enraged when anyone offers facts that contradict their narrative of self-pity. They want history books censored and all talk of racial disparity silenced — unless it’s their talk about how white guys have it rougher than anyone else.
They’re angry snowflakes … so bro-flakes.
Follow the link for examples of bro storms.
The Rule of Lawless 0
At the Las Vegas Sun, Robert Elliott offers a bill of particulars.
The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0
. . . and pretending that they aren’t won’t change that.
When I was a young ‘un, growing up not far from where I sit as I type this and reading the Pilot as my daily newspaper, headlines like this would have been unimaginable.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom talks with David Daley about the Supreme Supremacist Court’s efforts to gut the Voting Rights Act and the legal fictions created to you-will-pardon-the-expression white wash the ruling.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
When you attend a party, be sure to treat the other guests to some politeness.
Reality Bites 0
As Professor Shade used to say, history is irony, and, I must say, I find this story delightfully ironic. Here’s a bit from the first few paragraphs:
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After building his political career denouncing “wokeness” on the left, at one point dismissing “the myth of white supremacy” during his 2024 presidential campaign, he is trying to steer his party away from the extremist fringes that have flared up in his own race.
The Rule of Lawless, War and Mongers of War Dept. 0
Retired naval officer Jon Duffy cuts through Donald Trump’s fog of lies about how his war of choice on Iran violates American law. A snippet:
I would quibble a bit. I would argue that its not that the legislative branch of the government is weakened; it’s that the members of one political party have chosen, as the Founders would have said, faction over country.
But that’s just me.
“Fog of Lies” 0
Thom discusses how billionaires are spending to skew dis coarse discourse.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
More politeness on the pavement:
We are a broken society.
The Art of the Con 0
At the Las Vegas Sun, Tom Harper follows the money.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Michael in Norfolk listens to the Trump maladministration and hears a rhyme:
All of this . . . traces back to Richard Nixon and his “Southern Strategy” . . . .
Follow the link for his parsing of the poesy.
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*Mark Twain.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice looks at the Virginia Supreme Supremacist Court’s overturning of Virginia’s attempt to gerrymander House districts in response to Republican’s own gerrymander and concludes that it means only one thing. From the title of his article:
Redistricting Isn’t Legal Unless It Disenfranchises Black Voters
Follow the link for his reasoning.
It’s All about the Algorithm 0
David talks about how the algorithm squelched one of his videos and the implications thereof for dis coarse discourse.
Aside:
If you click to “watch on Youtube,” you will find a link the video that David argues was squelched.