Republican Lies category archive
“The Rent Is Too Damn High”
And Republicans Are Lying about Why
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Davud debunks de bunk and, in the process, explains how lies work.
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Rebecca Watson unpacks the Trump maladministration’s lies about the murder of Renee Nicole Good.
Or you can read the transcript.
On the same topic, SFGate’s Drew Magary minces no words.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At AL.com, John Archibald takes issue with Donald Trump’s recent claims that white persons were badly treated after the passage of the Civil Rights Act. A snippet:
Or to believe it.
Because the Civil Rights Act – the Movement itself – didn’t just make life better for Black people. It made life better for poor white people too, no matter what the anger mongers might say. It gave them voice in elections and the tools to compete in the marketplace. It broke down walls and made America better. Particularly in places like my home.
His entire article is worth the few moments it will take you to read it.
Aside:
Trump’s remark provides another bit of evidence that Richard Nixon’s southern strategy has come full circle and consumed the Republican Party.
Speaking of Gaslighting . . . . 0
Trudy Rubin notes that
I commend her entire piece to your attention.
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Mary Trump shines a light on the gaslighting.
A Singular Achievement 0
Donald Trump can claim one accomplishment that no other president can claim.
He has given American citizens, legal residents, long-time allies, and international neighbors reason to mistrust the word of the United States of America.
A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
The killing of a Minneapolis woman, Renee Good, by an ICE agent this week, was a tragedy, due to a situation created by Trump as a political stunt and a show of force in a state that he lost in the last election, all aimed at getting revenge on Governor Walz, who has called Trump out as a dangerous, power-mad, corrupt and petty fascist.
While it is impossible to know what went on in the mind of the ICE agent as he fired multiple times, at close range, into Good’s car, I find Kristy Noem’s version of events hard to believe. Based upon what I saw on video of the event, I imagined my own narrative of what might possibly transpire in a similar situation. My version seems as likely as the version created and pushed by the government.
Presidential Immunity Impunity
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Jack Polman takes a deep dive into the transcript of Jack Smith’s testimony to Congress, which was recently released. He points out that
Polman, at least, noticed. Follow the link to learn just what he noticed.
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From the Youtube page:
A Texas federal judge wasn’t buying ICE’s story after bodycam footage exposed a wildly exaggerated arrest. In a scathing ruling, the Bush-appointed judge blasted DHS for pushing a “largely fictional” case that could’ve sent a Honduran immigrant to prison for 20 years — all after an agent injured himself while smashing a car window. The case was thrown out, but the disturbing implications for civil rights and unchecked immigration enforcement remain. Rick Strom breaks it down.
The National Security Fraudster 0
At Above the Law, Mark Hermann debunks de bunk.
The Rule of Lawless 0
In a letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Sun, Ron Mitchell argues that today’s Supreme Supremacist Court is a courting disaster.
This New Gilded Age, All the News that Fits Dept. 0
Amy Goodman points out that oligarchy can lead, not just to monopolies dominating and thereby controlling markers, but to their dominating and thereby controlling information.
How Stuff Works: Prevarication Proliferation 0
David explores techniques for planting lies and watching them grow.
An Iniquitous Inventory 0
FactCheck.org offers a list Donald Trump’s biggest lies of 2025.
It’s rather takes one aback to see them rounded up into one place.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
In a letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Sun, Kimball Shinkoskey listens to the man who would be king and hears a rhyme from a millennium ago. A couplet:
Follow the link for context.
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*Mark Twain.