Republican Lies category archive
If the Truth Hurts . . . . 0
. . . then make it go away.
Robert Reich dissects the Trump maladministration’s strategy to turn the BLS into just plain BS.
Lies and Lying Liars 0
David discusses how, when Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin gets caught in a lie, he doubles-down on the lie.
Welcome to today’s Republican Party.
The Golf Bull Lands in the Rough 0
Seth takes a closer look at why Donald Trump seems a bit grumpy after fleeing to Scotland to play golf, only to find himself confronted with questions about Jeffrey Epstein.
All that Was Old Is New Again, Misdirection Play Dept. 0
Afterthought:
Right-wing nutbags have spent decades trying to convince us that the federal government cannot be trusted.
And now we know.
A federal government of right-wing nutbags most definitely cannot be trusted.
Republican Thought Police 0
Why educate when you can indoctrinate?
Trump and the Watergates 0
Emma and the crew discuss how the Trump maladministration’s actions helped stall FEMA’s response to the floods in Texas, how said maladministration is attempting to wiggle out from under the facts, and how FEMA money was misappropriated diverted to pay for Trump’s Florida concentration camp “Alligator Alcatraz.”
Election Defiers 0
Thom talks with Jocelyn Benson, Secretary of State for Michigan, about what it was like when armed Trump supporters turned up at her house because Trump lost the 2020 election and about what may motivate such extremism.
This New Gilded Age 0
John Oliver rips Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and how it will make the rich richer and the poor even poorer. (Warning: Mild language.)
Via C&L, which has commentary.
All the News that Fits 0
Above the Law reports that Donald Trump’s personal attorney has threatened to sue news outlets for reporting, well, news.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Seth hears a Trumpled rhyme with George Bush’s Great and Glorious Patriotic War for a Lie in Iraq.
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*Mark Twain.
All the News that Fits 0
John Amato reports on a Trumpled truth-teller.
“The Big White Lines” 0
Sam and the crew find themselves somewhat taken aback by a Louisiana legislator’s bill to ban contrails (or, to use wingnut conspiracy lingo, “chem trails”).
The stupid. It burns.
Lies and Lying Liars 0
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier is fed up with Republicans’ lying about dying.