2026 archive
Trumpled Allies 0
Trudy Rubin stands aghast at the mean for the sake of mean. Here’s how she opens her article:
After the suspension in November of a resettlement program for Afghans who helped U.S. soldiers and civilians, the Trump administration is now trying to send up to 1,100 of such Afghan refugees to the Democratic Republic of Congo. These include former interpreters for the U.S. military, former members of the Afghan Special Operations forces who worked alongside their U.S. counterparts, and families of U.S. service members — including about 400 children.
Turnabout 0
As my old professor of the early federal period, Professor Shade, was fond of saying, “History is irony.”
Republican Family Values 0
Thom talks with Alex Lawson about how Republican policies are destroying rural hospitals and eroding health care to enable billionaires to buy more yachts.
The Disqualifier 0
Robert Reich offers a theory as to what would disqualify someone from being a member of Donald Trump’s cabinet. A snippet; follow the link for his reasoning.
You can be in charge of public health and cause measles to reemerge as a major hazard to Americans, and still keep your job.
You can be illegally enriching yourself and your family as Commerce Secretary, and still keep your job.
But you’ll be fired for actively and unnecessarily getting bad press.
Stray Thought 0
Under a properly run government, citizens are not continually surprised by what their government just did and don’t find themselves worrying about what the heck it’s going to do next.
Suffer the Children 0
As has been well established by now, that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness continues:
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.
Actions Have Consequences* 0
David points out that isolation is not the same as independence.
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*That is, of course, a concept foreign to Donald Trump as, throughout his life, his actions have never had consequences that he was unable to wiggle out of.
Republican Thought Police 0
Via the Charlotte Observer, Stephen L. Carter has a message for Donald Trump:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
The Art of the Steal 0
Mediaite takes a look at the White House crypto con.
The Sure Thing 0
Facebook Frolics, Still Rising Again after All These Years Dept. 0
I’m guessing he may be angling for an appointment to the Supreme Supremacist Court:
Afterthought:
There’s nothing social about acting like a racist for clicks.
One more time, “social” media isn’t.