May, 2025 archive
DOGE Bull 0
Michelle Goldberg looks at the legacy of Elon Musk’s foray into mean for the sake of mean, with a focus on his gutting USAID. Here’s a tiny bit from her article:
She goes on to wonder just why this might have been so.
The Next Step 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, Stephanie Hayes envisions the next logical career step for Florida governor Ron DeSantis.
Methinks he’s certainly qualified.
Suffer the Children 0
One more time, that’s not scripture. That’s Republican policy. (Warning: Short promo at the end.)
An excerpt:
Trump and his allies play word games, they play semantic games, they don’t care about the Constitution, unless it’s the Second Amendment.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, a child gets a leg up on politeness.
Republican Family Values 0
Joni Ernst drops the pretense.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Rebecca Watson debunks Donald Trump’s “white genocide in South Africa” bunk.
Or you can read the transcript.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
The editorial board of the Bangor Daily News hears a rhyme. Here’s the rhyme; follow the link for context.
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*Mark Twain.
Bonana Fanna Fo Fonald 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini plays the Donald Trump name game.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Thom parses a number of rhymes.
A quote:
It’s not just that dictators become corrupt. It’s that corrupt people, when they have positions of power, inevitably will or will try to become dictators because that’s how they protect themselves and their corruption.
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*Mark Twain.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
More courtesy on the concrete.
What’s the common denominator in gunnuttery?
Why, it’s the guns. And, of course, the stupid.
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.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Trustworthy? I’ve still got that bridge for sale in Brooklyn.
Tickled Memory 0
For some fool reason, this article reminds me of someone in the news.
Health Care Hallucinations 0
It sure sounds as if RFK Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again report was written with AI. Here’s the lede:
Seven of the cited sources don’t appear to exist at all.
And this guy’s in charge of HHS.
Much more at the link.
Establishmentarians 0
Sitting in for David Pakman, Brittany Page focuses on a discussion from the Texas legislature to highlight the hypocrisy of today’s establishmentarians.
Afterthought:
The dirty little truth that establishmentarians don’t want anyone to know is that establishmentarianism is not about piety.
It’s about power.