Culture Warriors category archive
American Stasi 0
ICE detains another American citizen for–I don’t know–having a Spanish last name maybe?
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Farron points out that Donald Trump has been quite happy to hire immigrants to work at his resorts even as he has derided them to attract support from racists and bigots (my words, not Farron’s).
Suffer the Children 0
As I have pointed out before, that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.
Mary Trump runs the numbers from the Trump maladministration’s campaign of mean for the sake of mean.
Lies and Lying Liars, a Notion of Immigrants Dept. 0
David debunks de bunk.
The Numbers Gamer 0
At The Charlotte Observer, Nick Sullivan explains why Stephen Miller’s claim that almost 15% of Charlotte school students are illegal aliens is a flat-out li–not supported by an honest interpretation of the facts.
American Stasi 0
Rick Strom reports on the fellow who boasted that he called ICE on a local business, resulting in legal immigrants being detained in ICE concentration camps. At the very end, Rick expresses his thoughts as to the fellow’s motivation, and, frankly (I do everything frankly), I think he nailed it.
And, in more news to the American Stasi . . . .
American Stasi 0
More mean for the sake of mean, and then he boasted about it.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Via the Washington Monthly, Paul Finkelman looks at Donald Trump’s proposed immigration “policy” changes and hears a rhyme from the past. Here’s a tiny bit (emphasis added); follow the link for the rest.
And the Trump maladministration moves to close that door once more.
America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the myth of racial superiority fabricated to rationalize it continue to take their toll.
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*Mark Twain.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
The mean for the sake of mean takes one’s breath away–not to mention taking away the lives and livelihoods of persons because they are brown or speak with an accent.
It’s All about the Algorithm on the Disinformation Superhighway 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, psychology professor Azadeh Aalai takes a deep look at how and why conspiracy theories and frauds–what she refers to as “scam cutlture”–thrives on the internet. A snippet (emphasis added):
A Notion of Immigrants . . . 0
. . . Meet the privatization scam.
The Conflicted 0
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Anita Chabria argues that MAGA Republicans are facing a quandary.
They are having trouble agreeing about who to hate.
Here’s a brief excerpt (emphasis added); follow the link for context.
It comes amid the first real rebellion about rampant and increasingly open antisemitism within the MAGAverse, creating a massive rift between traditional conservatives and a younger, rabidly anti-Jewish contingent called groypers whose leader, Nick Fuentes, recently posted that he is “team Hitler.”
Turns out, when you cultivate a political movement based on hate, at some point the hate is uncontrollable. In fact, that hate needs to be fed to maintain power — even if it means feasting on its own.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Writing at The Sacramento Bee, Jonathan van Harmelen hears a rhyme. Here’s one brief couplet (emphasis added):
Follow the link for the rest of the verses.
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*Mark Twain.
American Stasi 0
Apparently, if ICE arrests the wrong persons because of mistaken identity, they just get to keep them anyway, because they can.
Welcome to the rule of lawless.