Republican Lies category archive
Permission To Prevaricate? 0
The editorial board of the Las Vega Sun points out that J. D. Vance seems to think that fact-checking is censorship, which, I guess, sort of makes sense if you are a lying liar who doesn’t want to get called out for telling your lies.
The Art of the Steal 0
Emma takes a long look at Jack Smith’s recent filing regarding Donald Trump’s attempt to steal the 2020 election.
Lies and Lying Liars 0
Thom marvels as to why CBS agreed not to fact-check J. D. Vance during the recent debate and then catalogs (some of) Vance’s lies.
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
So suggests the editorial board of the Newark Star-Ledger:
Follow the link for more.
The Sequel 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, David Nyberg suggests a title for J. D. Vance’s next book.
The Parody Party 0
Cliif Schecter argues that the Republicans no longer have a party.
They have a parody.
Via C&L, which has commentary.
Vance Planning 0
. . . in case you needed any more evidence that today’s Republican Party is little more than the party of the New Secesh.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Writing at The Charlotte Observer, Esther Alejandra Sierra, a legal immigrant working in health care, reports that the hatred and bile towards immigrants being spread by Donald Trump and J. D. Vance is spreading. Here’s a bit from her article:
Read more at: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article292728654.html#storylink=cpy
Gutting Out the Vote 0
Thom talks with Greg Palast about Palast’s new film detailing Republicans’ efforts to deny American citizens their right to vote.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, David B. Offer hears a rhyme. Here’s the first line of the couplet:
Follow the link for the rhyme.
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*Mark Twain.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At The Colorado Sun, Mike Littwin debunks de bunk. A snippet; follow the link for context.
(snip)
Whether the apartment buildings in question — housing mostly Central American migrants — are dilapidated and run down and have been cited over the years for a long list of code violations is not up for debate. It’s true. Rep. Jason Crow, who represents Aurora in Congress, called the conditions “squalid” in a tweet while saying the gang issues are “grossly exaggerated.”
And also not up for debate is whether Aurora is a war zone or a migrant wasteland. That’s simply false.
Aside:
Methinks the reason Republicans lie so much about so many things is that truth is not on their side.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Farron comments on J. D. Vance’s doubling down on his racist lies about Haitian immigrants..
PoliticalProf adds an observation.
As I have noted before, Richard Nixon’s southern strategy has come full circle and consumed the Republican Party.
It is now the party of the New Secesh.