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DOGE Bull, One More Time 0

Kevin D. Williamson calls out the DOGE bull. Here’s a bit from his article (emphasis added):

It is obvious that Musk and his disreputable little gaggle of pudwhacking throne-sniffers simply do not know what they are doing: For example, they ordered the dismissal of a bunch of federal employees who were “on probation” because they seem to have thought that this probationary condition was disciplinary rather than a formality related to those employees being new hires.

Now, there’s stuff in Williamson’s screed that I don’t agree with, mostly some of the generalizations that he makes about how stuff should work. Nevertheless, given said disagreements, he has a much clearer notion of what governance should be than does the current federal administration. And, after all, there’s only one person I agree with all the time, and he’s typing these letters right now . . . .

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The Revisionist 0

Caption:  If Trump were president in 1939.  Image:  Trump at a table wiht hIrohito, Mussolini, Hitler, and Stalin.  Trump says,

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All the News that Fits 0

At The Philadelphia Inquirer, Will Bunch covers Donald Trump’s efforts to curtail freedom of the press, from banning the AP from Air Force One for not using the Trumpian term, “Gulf of America,” to threatening local news outlets with reprisals if they dare to (gasp!) report breaking news. In his article, Bunch points that this assault on the Constitution has been brewing for some time.

The decimation of press freedom is made possible by the record-low level of public trust in the media — some of it earned, but much of it driven by a relentless right-wing propaganda campaign that started in 1969 with Spiro Agnew and has never stopped. That unpopularity makes it easy for King Trump to divide and conquer.

I commend the entire article to your attention.

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DOGE Bull 0

Evidence mounts that Elon Musk’s DOGE has no idea how government works, it also doesn’t know what it’s doing.

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The Lake Effect 0

Kari Lake serves as a megaphone to multiply the mendacity.

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Numbers Gaming 0

Danae;  Ah, balancing the checkbooi, eh, Daddy?  Well, my Magic Math Method (TM) will make that task quick and easy.  Just start the balance you want to havve, then simply go back and fill in the numbers that make it add up!

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How Stuff Works, Right-Wing Think Tanks Dept. 0

Lucy:  OK, so tell me about this new system of math you invented.  Danae:  Oh, it's really simple.  Instead of the old hard way, I start with the answer, then just go back to make up the equation that fits it, and--Presto!--I'm always right.  Lucy:  Ummmmm.  Danae:  My genius leaves you speechless, doesn't it.  Lucy:  Oh, let's just say you put the dumb in dumbfounded.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

In a letter to the editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about today’s Republican Party’s war on DEI, Suzanne Moynihan decodes de code.

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DOGE Ball 0

Security maven Bruce Schneier looks at how Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (which, incidentally, is not a government department in any legitimate sense of the term) has compromised federal computer systems and concludes that it can legitimately be considered a cyberattack on “the sinews of government.”

Here is a little bit from his article:

But the most alarming aspect isn’t just the access being granted. It’s the systematic dismantling of security measures that would detect and prevent misuse—including standard incident response protocols, auditing, and change-tracking mechanisms—by removing the career officials in charge of those security measures and replacing them with inexperienced operators.

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Definitively Speaking 0

Republicans have been accusing NPR and PBS of spreading “far left” news.

Just to be clear, in Republicans’ eyes–er–ears, “far left” news, regardless of the source, is any news that Republicans don’t want (you) to know about.

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The Constitutional Scholar 0

PoliticalProf does his own research.

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All the News That Fits 0

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Disappeared 0

If it’s not on the website, then it never happened.

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Establismentarians, Boebert Is the New Gohmert Dept. 0

At the Idaho State Journal, Nick Gier skewers Lauren Boebert’s fanciful and fabricated claim that the United States Constitution does not–er–establish separation of church and state. He reminds her that

No, Congresswoman Bobert (sic), our founders—conservative and liberal—were wise enough to reject the dangerous idea that your favorite pastor should direct the government.

Follow the link for the wealth of historical evidence that he musters.

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

A Texas judge who was dealing with immigration case decided to visit the Texas-Mexico border. What he found was not what we’re being told. Here’s a tiny bit from his article:

What I saw in the courtroom fueled my desire to go to see it for myself. What I found was astonishingly different from the chaos often portrayed in the media and in legal circles. I saw a border that was secure, with helicopters patrolling and law enforcement officers working in an orderly process. Migrants waited for months in Mexican border towns for their turn to legally enter, going through extensive screenings, interviews and sponsor verifications. To call them “illegals” is not only misleading but dismisses the effort and legality of their actions.

Follow the link for some of the lessons he learned.

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Countering Chaos Agents 0

Thom offers some pointers on how to deal with the flood of lies.

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A Legend in His Own Mind 0

Trump: I Have common sense

The Kansas City Star’s Melinda Henneberger: The evidence shows otherwise.

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Republican Family Values 0

The Portland Press-Herald’s Victoria Hugo-Vidal debunks de bunk.

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

At the Washington Monthly, Garrett Epps dissects the duplicity implicit in Donald Trump’s attempt to despotically single-handedly amend the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. Here’s a tiny bit of his article:

For most of us on the sidelines, the outstanding feature of Trump’s order is its cruelty—its deliberate targeting of babies born after February 19, 2025, rendering them stateless and ineligible for the benefits of citizenship most native-born Americans take for granted. Think like a judge, however: from that point of view, the striking defect of the order is simply the crushing weight of legal authority that it purports to sweep aside.

Follow the link for more about a judge’s perspective.

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The Privatization Scam 0

Via Cliff’s Edge, Matt Robison and Anne Kim parse the preverication.

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