Republican Lies category archive
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.
The Medicine Show 0
Here’s a bit from the artist’s comments linked above (emphasis added):
Not long after announcing his plan to make cavities great again, RFK Jr. doubled down with his nonsense about the polio vaccine. How dumb is rolling back approval of the polio vaccine? Even Trump had to come out and say he was a big believer in it. It’s the “believer” part of that last sentence where we as a nation are running into trouble.
When it comes to the polio vaccine specifically, and medical science in general, there’s nothing to believe, only objective fact. . . . The Republican Party has had a troubled relationship with objective truth this past decade or so, and it’s about to start having a bigger effect on your health.
Today’s Republican Party not only values faction over country, it values faction over competence.
Post Mortem 0
Cliff Schecter wonders why it can happen (is happening?) here. (Warning: Mild language.)
The Voter Fraud Fraudsters 0
David bloviates about the bogosity (warning: short promo at the end).
Twits Own Twitter X Offenders
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Robert Reich argues that X has truly become the bullies’ pulpit, with Musk as the Bully-in-Chief.
