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“Facts Are What People Think” 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Mary Ann Little writes
(My first thought is, these days, it’s all too easy to “wrap your mind around it.” Just watch the antics of the Trump maladministration.)
Anyway, you might what to read her article, where she explores why some folks believe stuff that lacks verifiable veracity.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Gene Nichol hears a rhyme:
Follow the link for the rest.
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*Mark Twain.
Cancel Culture 0
Chris Hayes dissects the Trump maladministration’s actions to cancel voices that hurt Donald Trump’s fee-fees.
The Waste Land 0
No, not the poem by T. S. Elliot, though it is indeed an excellent poem.
Our environment, once Donald Trump finishes ravaging and ravishing it.
Electric Bugaboo 0
Apparently, Tesla reckons that what you don’t know can’t hurt them.
The Greased Palm, a Notion of Immigrants Dept. 0
Trump decrees that they can pay to play.
Signs of the Times 0
When you don’t want to face factual reality, you can always remove any signs of the truth.
Honest to Betsy, you can’t make this stuff up.
Iced by ICE 0
Sam and the crew find themselves–er–somewhat taken aback by the brutality of Donald Trump’s secret police ICE agents.
One Think Is Not Like the Other Thing 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice debunks (some of) de bunk spreading on “social” media about the Trump maladministration’s decision that Jimmy Kimmel’s freedom of speech shall be abridged.
QUTD 0
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach:
We are so vain that we value the opinion even of those whose opinions we find worthless.
Suffer the Children, Vaccine Nation Dept. 0
One more time, “suffer the children” is not scripture. It’s a Republican family value.
Facebook Frolics 0
The Crypto Con 0
Seth takes a closer look at a major investigation by The New York Times revealing that Trump secured billions in crypto investments from a foreign country while simultaneously giving that country access to valuable computer chips. The relevant portion of the video starts at about the six-minute mark.