Republican Lies category archive
Vaccine Nation 0
Twits on twitter. fomenting fabrications.
Utter Incoherence 0
Arizona Congressperson Paul Gosar utters incoherence about 2020 election results.
Via C&L, which has commentary.
The Research 0
Warning: Short ad at the end.
Remembe, “social” media isn’t.
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
Thom explains to his guest that one thing is not like the other thing.
The No-Account Recount, Epilog 0
A clip:
Sometimes you have to eat your own to maintain the lie.
A Case of Identity Politics 0
Tim Steller looks at the assumptions behind the voter fraud fraud and Arizona’s no-account recount. A snippet; follow the link for the rest.
By logical extension, their votes should not count. And if their votes are counted, democracy itself is the problem.
Aside:
In his list of characteristics, methinks he left out the one that underlies and ties together all the others: Whiteness.
Reality Bites 0
Self-described conservative Cameron Smith, writing at AL.com, argues that it’s time for Republicans to return to the real world. A nugget:
The Six-Step Plan 0
David discusses the Trump administration’s blueprint for a coup d’etat. (Warning: Short advertisement at the end.)
The No-Account Recount 0
The results are in. The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts reports:
By a larger margin than previously reported.
So much shame to go around today, as we await the findings of the final report.
Follow the link for some schadenfreude.
All the News that Fits 0
See the news report that Farron is discussing.
Afterthought:
I don’t want to think Farron is correct when he says “these people are unreachable,” but I fear that he is.
I’ve known many persons who hear only what they want to hear.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At Chron.com, Dan Carson reports that Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick appears to have embraced the “great replacement” theory promoted by white supremacists. A snippet; follow the link for the rest.
“This is trying to take over our country without firing a shot,” Patrick said.
Patrick’s remarks sound strikingly like “Great Replacement” theory talking points — an old line of rhetoric used by white supremacist groups around the world to whip up fear using the specter of encroaching minority hordes. It warns of a future where white nations are overrun by black and brown immigrants, emphasizing cultural purity and the “securing” of the white race. And it’s had a disturbing renaissance of among conservative pundits in the Trump and post-Trump age.
They’re not even trying dress the racism up in Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes any more.