Republican Lies category archive
Courting Disaster 0
The saying is that any prosecutor can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich.
Except it seems for Trump’s prosecutors. Via Above the Law, TechDirt takes a deep dive into why the Trump maladministration’s DOJ keeps losing in court. A snippet:
Presidential Impunity 0
Via the Sacramento Bee, Nathan L. Gonzales wonders how the heck Donald Trump keeps getting away with his lies.
Here’s his wonder:
Follow the link for context.
Republican Thought Police 0
Farron points out that the Trump maladministration can’t handle the truth, so it wants to make it to go away.
Republican Thought Police 0
The Rude One skewers the attempts by today’s Republican Party to white-wash (I use that term advisedly) America’s history and argues that lying about the country’s history is not a virtue, but that
Follow the link for his reasoning, but, remember, the Rude One sometimes uses langauge which some would characterize as rude.
Vaccine Nation 0
Thom discusses RFK Jr.’s latest action to endanger the public health and enable epidemics.
Read the article that Thom references.
Aside:
I’m old enough to remember when the polio vaccine was developed. Heck, when the Salk vaccine became available, my parents rushed me to our doctor’s office as soon as they could. Ditto for the Sabin vaccine.
And polio disappeared.
Now I fear that I will again see pictures of children in iron lungs on my telly vision, thanks to RFK Jr. and Donald Trump.
The Voter Fraud Fraudster 0
At AL.com, Kyle Whitmire unpacks Senator Tommy Tuberville’s claims of massive voter fraud and finds there’s no there there.
Just go read it.
The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0
. . . and the Trump maladministration is all for the day when Richmond, Virginia, will once more be a beachfront.
I fear for my grandchildren.
The Medicine Show 0
Thom debunks Trump’s bunk about bringing drug prices down.
Republican Thought Police, Reprise 0
Via the Charlotte Observer, L. A. Times columnist Gustavo Arellano has a theory as to why the Trump maladministration is so interented in policing thought. Here’s a tiny bit from his article (emphasis added):
Follow the link for the context of his conclusion.
Lemon Squash and the Power of Repress 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice dissects the Trump maladministration’s vendetta against news report Don Lemon. It’s a blistering send of duplicity and dissimulation on the part of Pam Bondi’s Department of you-can-no-longer-call-it Jusstice.
A snippet:
This should have marked the end of a troubling campaign to punish a journalist for journalisming, but what this DOJ lacks in professionalism and legal acumen they more than make up for in creativity. Unable to secure a warrant, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that she directed federal agents to arrest the journalists.
Afterthought:
On his podcast, Bob Cesca has often advanced the theory that the point of such legal actions isn’t necessarily to win in court, but rather to cause the targets financial and spiritual pain. Trump, after all, has a long history of using protracted court actions to wear down those he perceives as opponents.
Methinks Cesca makes sense.
American Stasi 0
Farron discusses a federal judge’s asking the Trump maladministration why the heck are you doing this to justify why ICE has invaded Minnesota.
Photoslop 0
The EFF reports that the Trump maladministration is making stuff up. And this surprises you how?
Here’s a bit from their article.
A short while later, the White House posted the same photo – except that version had been digitally altered to darken Armstrong’s skin and rearrange her facial features to make it appear she was sobbing or distraught. The Guardian, one of many media outlets to report on this image manipulation, created a handy slider graphic to help viewers see clearly how the photo had been changed.
This isn’t about “owning the libs” — this is the highest office in the nation using technology to lie to the entire world. . . .
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes’* 0
Thom recalls an experience from his past that rhymes with “Minneapolis.”
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*Mark Twain.
Freedom of Repress 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye reports on some–er–Trumped up charges.
American Stasi 0
Grung_e_Gene, who has law enforcement training, shares his thoughts on ICE’s icing an ICU nurse in Ninneapolis.
Warning: He minces no words.
Still Rising Again after All These Years . . . 0
. . . and still trying to white-wash (you will pardon the expression) America’s original sin of chattel slavery.