Republican Lies category archive
The Art of the Con 0
Sidney Powell doubles down.
Easy Marks 0
At NYmag, Jonathan Chait explains how decades of conspiratorial thinking and anti-intellectualism have made right-wingers ripe for the plucking. A snippet:
These predictions are not just scare tactics. They reflect the authentic ideology of the American right, which treats liberalism as either indistinguishable from, or an unstoppably slippery slope toward, Bolshevistic central planning. But these beliefs are also very effective as scare tactics. Conservative fears that Democrats will usher in total societal collapse are good ways to scare conservatives into buying gold (an especially lucrative Obama-era conservative grift) or guns.
The right hardly has a monopoly on fearful predictions, of course. But their impact is magnified by the conservative distrust of the intellectual elite. Conservatives have spent decades training their supporters to reject the authority of bureaucrats, professors, the media, or any institution not explicitly committed to the right-wing agenda.
Do please read the rest; it sheds much light on dis coarse discourse.
Via Delaware Liberal.
The Snake Oil Sellers 0
Seth calls out the snake oil shills.
The Republican Alternative Reality 0
Seth reminds us that those who are now complaining about the events in Afghanistan are the same persons who made the war, then lied about its progress for two decades.
Afterthought:
I think blogger Vixen Strangely may be onto something.
The full post is at the link.
Vaccine Nation 0
Michael Harriot runs the numbers.
Body Count (Updated) 0
Dick Polman explores the decisions by Texas Governor Abbot and Florida Governor DeSantis to relax the reins and give the virus its head in its mad dash through the populace of their states. He minces no words.
A snippet:
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What explains the Abbott-DeSantis death match? That’s an easy one. The cult formerly known as the Republican party virtually requires it.
Follow the link for his marshaling of the evidence.
Addendum:
Devolution 0
Writing at The Roanoke Times, Professor Robert Strong is not sanguine. A snippet:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
The No Account Recount 0
E. J. Montini follows the money.
The Year in Rebuke* 0
Thom talks with Philip Rucker, one of the authors of I Alone Can Fix It.
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*With apologies to Harry Shearer.