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Patriot Pariah Gamers
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I never expected to find myself living in a rogue state . . . .
American Stasi 0
The Portland Oregonian reports on the Trump maladministration’s mean for the sake of mean. Here’s a tiny taste of the terrorism; follow the link for a big indigestible serving of sadism.
“People have stopped going to work, stopped taking their kids to school, stopped going to their doctor’s appointments,” said Rodriguez.
American Stasi, Reprise 0
Emma and the crew run the numbers.
American Stasi 0
She thought she was going home to surprise her family on her Thanksgiving vacation from university.
Afterthought:
Mean for the sake of mean certainly appears to be a Republican family value.
The Marquis de Sade would be jealous.
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.