Republican Lies category archive
Clouds of Witless* 0
The stupid. It burns.
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*With apologies to Dorothy L. Sayers.
If you haven’t read Dorothy Sayers, today would be a good time to start. Murder Must Advertise is my favorite.
Courting Disaster 0
Al Franken calls out the sophistry of Alice Stewart, who has served in the campaigns of numerous right-wing politicians such as Ted Cruz and Michele Bachman.
Via C&L.
Trump’s Tchotchkes 0
Sam and his crew skewer the sophistry of Trump’s sycophants as regards Trump’s theft of government documents.
The Voter Fraud Fraudsters, 2000 Mule Team Dept. 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini points out that, not only are there no 2000 mules, there’s no pony either.
(Oh, for you young ‘uns, here’s the mule team reference.)
Uncomfortable Truths 0
The aberrant abhor accuracy.
All the News that Fits, Suffer the Children Dept. 0
Sam and his crew examine the right-wing disinformation campaign against the Children’s Hospital of Boston.
True Believers 0
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier marvels at the delusional and the deluded.
All the News that Fits 0
I don’t think that I would agree with Thom’s statement that we have “three right-wing television networks.” I do think, however, that we have three (or more) television networks that are more interested in furor than in facts.
An Inapt Inept Comparison
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Susan Young notes the inept comparison:
“What is the difference between this and Watergate, when operatives broke into the [Democratic] National Committee? Here, in reverse, Democrats broke into the home of the 45th President of the United States,” Trump said in a statement posted on social media Monday night.
Follow the link, where she meticulously proves that one thing is not like the other thing.
Not remotely.
All the News that Fits, Foxy Shady Dept. 0
Above the Law’s Joe Patrice dissects the dissimulation.
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
Republicans lie because the truth is not their friend.
Words Have Meaning 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., in responding to some critical comments he has received, finds it necessary to read the dictionary for his critics.
But the Emails . . . . 0
Aside:
Emma is, as my old boss* used to say, in error.
The Justice Department’s policy as regards investigations during election season is not to pause existing investigations. Rather, it’s to require the Secretary’s approval to institute new investigations.
Learn more here.
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*I may have mentioned this before, but I once asked my old boss–he was my first boss in a full-time job and an absolute pleasure to work for–how he got to be such a good boss.
He thought for a moment, then said, “I think about what my first boss would have done. Then I do the exact opposite.”
All the News that Fits 0
Sam and his crew dissect the dissimulation.