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Decoding de Code 0

PoliticalProf translates.

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The Rule of Lawless 0

The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini looks at how right-wing evangelical they-call-themselves Christians are reacting to the indictment of Donald Trump and concludes

Not only is the former president above our laws, he is also, apparently, above God’s. Which is odd, since that isn’t how evangelical pastors reacted to the wayward behavior of former President Bill Clinton.

Follow that link for context.

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Hoist on His Own Petard 0

Honest to Betsy (Pete’s on break), you can’t make this stuff up.

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American Taliban 0

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Decoding de Code 0

At Psychology Today Blogs, Veronika Tait argues that “endorsing the ‘poor but happy’ trope excuses inequality.” A nugget (emphasis added):

Many cultural depictions of the rich and poor in literature, religion, and mass media paint those in poverty as happy and moral and those with abundance as miserable, lonely, and dishonest. As the saying goes, Money can’t buy happiness. Perhaps you’ve heard of westerners visiting impoverished communities only to return and describe their happiness despite having so little.

Yet research shows that those from low-income households are less happy on average than those from higher-income households.

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Establishmentarianism 0

Michael in Norfolk argues that the Republican Party is in the grip of the Establishmentarians.

. . . I continue to believe one of the major causations for the Republican Party’s descent into something hideous where anti-democracy sentiments, racism and religous extremism flourish is the rise of evangelicals and Christofascists within the GOP and the lockhold they now hold on GOP primary voters. Many evangelicals come from traditions that supported slavery and then segregation and little of that mindset has really changed.

Follow the link for his reasons.

Afterthought:

I think he has a point. It would help to explain in part the devolution of a political party into a personality cult.

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Martial Aids 0

The Rude One sums up the latest from the party of the portable phallus. (Warning: Language.)

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Twits on Twitter 0

Yet another hate-full twit.

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Decoding de Code: “Parents’ Rights” 0

Michael in Norfolk clarifies the concept.

What the real goal of the “parents’ rights” groups – many funded by far right dark money – and elected officials pandering to the GOP base is to force the views of a loud (and vicious) minority on all Americans and in the process rewrite history to meet their often white supremacist beliefs and ban books and curriculums that they in their ignorance and prejudice find offensive.

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All the News that Fits 0

Frame One:  Image of loudspeakers on a pole captioned,

Image via Job’s Anger.

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Twits on Twitter 0

. . . and another hate-full twit.

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The Art Critic 0

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The back story.

We are a society of stupid.

Image via Yellowdoggranny.

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A Sign of the Times 0

And it’s not a good sign, either.

We are a broken society.

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CRT (Consciously Rejecting Truth), Republican Style 0

Teacher standing in front of white board bearhing the words,

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

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Let’s Do the Time Warp Again 0

At the Idaho State Journal, Leonard Hitchcock argues that today’s right-wing wants to roll back America’s clock to the 1950s.

Personally, I think he’s off by about precisely a century, but his article is worth a read.

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One Thing Is Not Like the Other Thing 0

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The image is from a blistering take-down of both-siderism at Stanford Law at Above the Law. I commend the article to your attention.

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Decoding De Code, Little Chickens Dept. 0

Roy Johnson has figured out the right-wing’s definition of “woke.”

Something they can’t comprehend? It’s woke!

Something they don’t know—and don’t want to know the truth? It’s woke!

Global warming? Gun reform? Expand Medicaid so working-class Alabamians have access to quality healthcare? It’s all woke!

Woke is the far right’s sky is falling.

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Misdirection Play, Republican Family Values Dept. 0

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The Common Cause 0

Title:  The GOP's Latest Culprit:  Wokeness.  Frame One:  Republican Elephant looks at Silicon Valley Bank and says,

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