Republican Lies category archive
Spin City 0
Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s greatest Christian, ‘splains the spin.
Today’s Republican Party is a vile and loathsome thing.
Via C&L, which has commentary.
Foxy Shady 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Sun offers an analogy to Tucker Carlson’s attempt to portray the January 6th assault on the Capitol as peaceful tourists snapping photos.
Arrested Development 0
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier points out that no one should be surprised that Donald Trump didn’t get arrested yesterday. In his article, he notes
Woke to the Misdirection Play, Reprise 0
You can see the “woke” misdirection play in all its gloried story in one of the most appallingly bogus pieces of deceptive drivel that I’ve read in years. I hesitated about mentioning it, but it illustrates how a misdirection play spreads and pollutes dis coarse discourse.
For one thing, the author claims that “woke” is a movement, when it is, in fact, a right-wing pejorative. There is no “woke” movement except in the minds of bigots who resent being called out for their bigotry.
Then he argues that somehow “woke” is a mirror image of MAGA, whereas, if there were a “woke” movement (remember, no such movement), it would not be a mirror image, it would be the antithesis of MAGA, of bigotry, the antithesis of hate, of–oh, heck, words fail me.
Woke to the Misdirection Play 0
In an article about the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Jamelle Bouie gets to the gist of the “woke” misdirection play (emphasis added).
Follow the link to the article, where Boule delves into what really happened at SVB.
The Stormy Next Time 0
As Chris Williams explains at Above the Law, in Trump world, the truth isn’t.
It’s real spaghetti reasoning, so just follow the link for the untangling.
The Voter Fraud Fraudsters 0
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts reports on a voter fraud fraudster with the grift of grab.
Time Out of Time 0
David offers evidence that some Republicans may not understand calendars.
Misdirection Play, Responsible Fiscals Dept. 0
Sam and his crew look at the failure of the Silicon Valley Bank and at Republicans’ absolutely ridiculous contortions to somehow blame it on “wokeness,” while ignoring what really happened (including Donald Trump’s presiding over a gutting of Dodd-Frank).
All the News that Fits, Foxy Shady Dept. 0
Michael in Norfolk discusses the bubbleliciousnes of right-wing news “coverage.” A snippet:
The Fantasy World 0
CNN dissects the deception.
Trump wouldn’t know truth if it bit him in the behind, which it seems do with some regularity.
Via C&L, which has commentary.
The Lake Effect 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini thinks that failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate, Kari Lake, may have finally jumped the shark.
Foxy Shady, Reprise 0
Froma Harrop argues that the most distressing thing about Fox News’s willingness to abet Donald Trump’s big lie is that it’s all about the Benjamins.