Republican Lies category archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
In a letter to the editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about today’s Republican Party’s war on DEI, Suzanne Moynihan decodes de code.
DOGE Ball 0
Security maven Bruce Schneier looks at how Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (which, incidentally, is not a government department in any legitimate sense of the term) has compromised federal computer systems and concludes that it can legitimately be considered a cyberattack on “the sinews of government.”
Here is a little bit from his article:
Definitively Speaking 0
Republicans have been accusing NPR and PBS of spreading “far left” news.
Just to be clear, in Republicans’ eyes–er–ears, “far left” news, regardless of the source, is any news that Republicans don’t want (you) to know about.
The Constitutional Scholar 0
PoliticalProf does his own research.
Disappeared 0
If it’s not on the website, then it never happened.
Establismentarians, Boebert Is the New Gohmert Dept. 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Nick Gier skewers Lauren Boebert’s fanciful and fabricated claim that the United States Constitution does not–er–establish separation of church and state. He reminds her that
Follow the link for the wealth of historical evidence that he musters.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
A Texas judge who was dealing with immigration case decided to visit the Texas-Mexico border. What he found was not what we’re being told. Here’s a tiny bit from his article:
Follow the link for some of the lessons he learned.
Countering Chaos Agents 0
Thom offers some pointers on how to deal with the flood of lies.
A Legend in His Own Mind 0
Trump: I Have common sense
The Kansas City Star’s Melinda Henneberger: The evidence shows otherwise.
Republican Family Values 0
The Portland Press-Herald’s Victoria Hugo-Vidal debunks de bunk.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At the Washington Monthly, Garrett Epps dissects the duplicity implicit in Donald Trump’s attempt to despotically single-handedly amend the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. Here’s a tiny bit of his article:
Follow the link for more about a judge’s perspective.
The Fires This Time 0
Jimmy Kimmel discusses being in Los Angeles during the fires this time.
Afterthought:
I spent a lot of time in California on business trips.
I must confess, I don’t like California and I agree with Alexander Woollcott about Los Angeles. The Cali scenery is beautiful–especially the high Sierras–but I guess I’m just an east coast guy at heart.
But that doesn’t mean I dislike Californians or wish them ill.
I–all should–contemn those folks who are trying to score political points off the California fires and those who are suffering from them.
But it seems that those who sell hate always finds buyers, because hate sells, for hating is always easier than thinking.
The Media Is the Message 0
Thom argues that, if you can control the media, you can control the message, and traces the history of Republican efforts to do just that.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Kim Shinkoskey hears a rhyme. Here’s how he opens his article:
Follow the link for his evidence.
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*Mark Twain.
“Get Me Rewrite!” 0
At the Des Moines Register, Lyle Miller digs into Republicans’ efforts to portray Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a good thing.
I commend his article to your attention.
The Firestorm of Lies 0
Thom dissects the firestorm of right-wing lies about the California fires.
