Republican Lies category archive
“Because I Said So, That’s Why!” 0
Dan Casey of The Roanoke Times notes that Bob Goode, a Roanoke-area Congressman, said in a televised interview, “I’ve not had one reporter ask to do an interview with me, or ask me on the Capitol steps, about the Biden Crime Family . . . .” So Casey sought an interview; a week later, he’s still waiting for a response.
Casey decided to track down some of the allegations Goode made in his interview and realized that (emphasis added)
Casey’s journey to that conclusion is a fascinating tale of uncovering half-truths, misrepresentations, and outright lies. It deserves a read.
“A Labyrinth of Lies” 0
Joy Reid talks with George Conway about how one thing is not like the other thing.
(Spellink error correxted.)
Humpty-Trumpty 0
In Trumpworld, words mean what Trump wants them to mean.
Where There’s Fire, There’s Smoke 0
Many of the northeastern and mid-Atlantic states have been under air quality warnings because of smoke from wildfires in Quebec. Yesterday, we could smell the smoke and see the haze, though we are hundreds of miles south of the Canadian border (today, the air is clearer, but the warnings are still in effect). This is unprecedented in my experience, and I’ve lived in this general area my entire life.
Yet, as Michael in Norfolk points out, Republicans continue to pretend that climate change isn’t.
Misdirection Play, This New Gilded Age Dept. 0
Robert Reich details the decoys. A snippet:
Follow the link for the debunking of de bunk.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, historian Charles B. Dew takes Florida Governor DeSantis to task for perpetuating America’s first big lie. He cites an example from early in DeSantis’s career, when DeSantis taught history (or, at least, his version of history). A nugget:
How does this interpretation hold up?
Not very well, the overwhelming majority of American historians working in this field today would say, and I am among them.
(“Not very well” is–er–a bit of an understatement.)
Follow the link to see what the Secesh themselves said to explain why they took up arms.
The Lake Effect, the Grift of Grab Dept. 0
David takes several calls. The first one is about Kari Lake and David’s response is, in my opinion, quite en pointe.
Aside:
I’ve visited Denmark. It is a very nice place.
The Lake Effect 0
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts has the back story. Here’s a bit:
A brief review of the record is in order.
Lake lost her challenge to the Nov. 8 election in Superior Court.
She lost at the Arizona Court of Appeals. She largely lost at the Arizona Supreme Court, though the justices returned one claim to the trial court judge for a second look.
And on Monday, she lost that one, too, after a three-day trial in which Judge Thompson relaxed the court rules and allowed her bumbling attorneys a remarkable amount of latitude to make their case.
But, natch, Kari Lake vows to keep on fighting.
Foxy Shady 0
David comments on the shamelessness of it all. (Warning: Short commercial at the 4 1/2 minute mark.)
Durham’s Bull 0
Sam and his crew take a look at right-wing media’s attempt to pretend that there’s a there there.
“Let’s Do the Time Warp Again” 0
Farron points out that Republicans can’t tell time.
The Lake Effect 0
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts looks at failed Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s latest attempt steal invalidate the election she lost. Here’s a tiny bit of her article:
Funny, it was just six months ago that she was lambasting the county for working too slowly to finish the count and announce a winner. But I digress.
(Broken link fixed.)
Foxy Shady 0
Another victim of a Fox News disinformation campaign has sued Fox for defamation of character.
When Fomentation Comes to a Head . . . . 0
The Seattle Times’s Danny Westneat looks at the recent sedition trials of Jan. 6th defendants.
His observations are disquieting. Here are a couple of snippets; follow the link for context.
(snip)
To this day, thought, these . . . beliefs are an animating core of the Republican Party. They are the war cry for the current front-runner for the party’s nomination for president.
“He Fought Pillow, and He Won” 0
David talks with the person who debunked Mike Lindell’s bunk, a person who, I would note, considers himself a Republican.
It’s an interesting discussion and an example of something we hear too seldom: civil discourse between persons of differing political positions.