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Republican Thought Police 0
Journalism professor Rob Miraldi looks at Donald Trump’s decision to punish the Associated Press for not bending to his will refusing to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America; he fears that it is but a beginning. Here’s bit from his article:
Trump would not only go after freedom of the press. “Any effort to eliminate freedom of press,” he warns, “is the first step to eliminate freedom of speech.”
Recommended Viewing 0
Black Widow, with Van Heflin, Gene Tierney, George Raft, and Ginger Rogers.
If you can find it, it is well worth a watch. We caught it on Movies.
The Squandering 0
Michael in Norfolk mourns America’s loss of respect and respectability. Here’s a bit:
Methinks he has a point.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom decodes de code.
Republican Family Values, Meet a Notion of Immigrants 0
Natch, the result of the meeting is more mean for the sake of mean.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Robert Reich hears a rhyme. Here’s the opening couplet:
Next, subdue the courts by ignoring or threatening to ignore court rulings you disagree with.
Follow the link. The verse gets worse.
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*Mark Twain.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Gina Simmons Schneider reminds us that
Follow the link for some tools and techniques to protect yourself from poison on the disinformation superhighway.
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 0
After years of warning us that the federal government cannot be trusted, the right-wing and the Republican Party have succeeded in giving us . . .
. . . a federal government that cannot be trusted.
Market Farces, Reprise 0
David points out that, “(n)o matter what MAGA tells you, not buying a Tesla is not ‘cancel culture,’ it’s capitalism.” (Warning: Short promo at the end.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” exposes toddlers to politeness.
Authorities didn’t describe the extent of the toddler’s injuries but said they’re expected to be OK, WSB-TV reported. So far, no charges have been filed.
Thus passeth another day in gun nut Garden of Eden.