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Riding the Republican Road 0

George Santos standing next to the Long Island Expressway (L I E) saying.

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Aside:

I never drove the L. I. E. The few times my job took me to Long Island, I cut across Staten Island to the Verrazzano Bridge to the Belt.

I had a gig in Amityville once. It was not horrifying. In fact, it was rather nice.

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All the News that Fits 0

At Fox News, the truth will out the door . . . .

Included in the explosive brief that Dominion’s lawyers recently filed in its defamation lawsuit against Fox News is the revelation that the network’s stars conspired to get one of their own colleagues fired. Why? Because she had the temerity to fact-check then-President Donald Trump’s election fraud lies.

Follow the link for more.

Afterthought:

It doesn’t seem like much of a stretch to me to suggest that Fox News is the right-wing’s own Pravda.

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Foxy Shady 0

(Short commercial at the end.)

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All That Was Old Is New Again 0

At the Kansas City Star, Dion Lefler sees echoes–well, heck, more than echoes–of Joe McCarthy’s Red Scare in the tactics Republicans are deploying to stoke fears the American students might (gasp!) be taught America’s history. Here’s how he starts his article:

These days, we look back on McCarthyism and the Red Scare of the 1950s and wonder: Why did so many good people just stand by as Sen. Joseph McCarthy wrecked so many innocent people’s careers and lives to score political points?

The best answer to that question is another question: Why are we allowing it in Kansas, in 2023?

Follow the link for his reasoning.

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Special Bonus QOTD 0

George Orwell once said,

“Political language – and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists – is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.”

Paul Krugman suggests that Sarah Huckbee Shanders’s response to President Biden’s State of the Union Address brings that quotation to life. Follow the link for the evidence.

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Debunking de Bunk 0

The College Board has responded to Florida Man’s efforts to white wash–I use that term advisedly–American history as taught in Florida schools. Here’s a bit of their response:

We believe every student should have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the facts and evidence of the African American experience, regardless of where those students live.

Follow the link for the complete letter, in which they debunk in a detailed in a point-by-point manner Florida Man’s bunk.

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The Disclaimer 0

fox labeled

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The Lake Effect 0

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Twits on Twitter 0

Geographically-challenged twits.

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An Empty Case of Whine 0

Once again, a court throws out a Trump lawsuit because there’s no there there.

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Durham’s Bull 0

Michele Goldberg exposes the manure spreaders.

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Conning with Gas 0

Clarence Page looks at the GOP’s ginned up gasp-fest about gas stoves. A snippet:

Have you heard that the federal government might ban gas stoves – and perhaps even confiscate the beloved big burner you have in your kitchen?

Rest easy, the Biden administration says. No such raids are planned to snatch your stove or any other home appliances. But to some influencers, particularly of the right-wing persuasion, the rumor itself was too tantalizing to be encumbered by anything so quaint and tiresome as facts.

Follow the link for the facts.

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Paper Trail 0

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The Lies of the Land, Florida Man Dept. 0

Fabiola Santiago tells of her attempt to get Florida officials to define “woke” on the record. This snippet is the closest thing she could find to an “official” definition (follow the link for the full story of her quest).

Ryan Newman, DeSantis’ general counsel, said that the term means “the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them.”

Based on that, it seems to me that “woke” means “realistic.”

Ipso facto, “anti-woke” means “delusional.”

And AL.com’s J. D. Crowe got it right.

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All the News that Fits 0

Steve M. parses the perfidy in a “news” report in Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post.

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Alls Well that Ends in a Well 0

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Birds of a Feather 0

Donald Trump on phone with George Santos.  Trump:  George, you're definitely running mate material.  I can see it now--Trump-Mentos 2024.  Santos:  I'm honored, sir, buy my name is George Santos, not Mentos.  Trump:  Whatever.

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The Republicans’ “Raw Deal” for America 0

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One Thing Is Not Like the Other Thing 0

Seth parses the perfidy.

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A Missive from a Miscreant 0

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