Republican Lies category archive
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.
Facebook Frolics 0
Sam and the crew dissect the dissimulations of the digital despot.
The EFF also has–er–qualms after a second reading of the Zuckerborg’s new policy. A bit from their post:
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
Making Sense of the Nonsensical 0
At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, David Mills considers Donald Trump’s recent statements about–er–annexing Greenland, Canada and Panama–something that in saner times would be considered shall-we-say somewhat aggressive and warlike.
Mills offers a theory as to why Donald Trump says some of the things he does. Here’s a bit of his article:
Many of us have had bosses like that. I think Donald Trump is that kind of boss. He creates confusion and then fear by being so cavalier with the truth.
He may be onto something.
My own theory is simpler.
I don’t think Trump and truth or on speaking terms, but that’s just me.
Facebook Frolics 0
Shorter Mark Zuckerberg: Facts schmacks.
Here’s a bit from the CNN report:
Zuckerberg, however, acknowledged a “tradeoff” in the new policy, noting more harmful content will appear on the platform as a result of the content moderation changes.
Methinks “politically biased” in the passage above is Zuckerspeak for “keep calling out right-wing lies,” but that’s just me.
Vaccine Nation 0
At the Des Moines Register, Kimberly Witt remembers her mother’s struggles with polio when she was still a child, before the vaccine existed. She fears that Donald Trump and RFK Jr. will bring those days back.
Here’s tiny piece from her article:
“I was at the top of the stairs crying, and my parents had to carry me down,” my mom recalls. They took her to the doctor where she was diagnosed with paralytic polio.
Four Years Later . . . . 0
Steve M. looks back at how the right tried to muddy muddied the waters about what actually happened on January 6, 2021.
It’s not pretty.
And, along those lines, PoliticalProf notes an irony.
Afterthought:
As my old professor of the early federal period was fond of saying, “History is irony.”
This is a particularly bitter one.
Dis Coarse Discourse on the Disinformation Superhighway 0
Steve M. parses how the right-wing spin cycle transforms “missing information” into “misinformation.” A snippet (emphasis added):
Follow the link for evidence.
All the News that Fits 0
Amy Goodman and Juan González spoke with The Nation’s Chris Lehmann about Donald Trump’s efforts to stifle free speech and silence the press. Lehman notes that this is a long-standing tactic for Trump. Here’s a snippet; follow the link for the full article.
(Broken link fixed.)
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
The Rude One hears a rhyme. Here’s a bit from his article:
It’s weapons of mass destruction all over again.
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*Mark Twain.
