Republican Lies category archive
Russian Impulses 0
Thom talks with Heidi Siegmund Cuda about the mechanics of Russian interference in the 2016 election via the Disinformation Superhighway.
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
This week, at a rally, Donnie Bonespurs (aka, Donald Trump) bravely attacked the late John McCain, showing Donnie is scared of no one, at least no one who is dead or severely handicapped. Bonespurs cleverly belittled McCain to his adoring crowd of morons and sycophants, by making fun of how McCain couldn’t even lift his arms (debilitated by years of torture by the North Vietnamese) to vote against gutting Obamacare, having to resort to a very unmanly thumbs down. The heroic Bonespurs, said to write his own brilliant comedy material, showed his followers again that there are no depths to which he will not go to endear himself to a roomful of unpatriotic rubes.
Proud Bonespurs admirer, Falcon E. DeEtte was so impressed by Bonespurs’ fearless assault on a dead war hero, that he wrote this song.
All the News that Fits 0
Thom discusses the explosion 0f “pink slime”–that is, political propaganda masquerading as newspapers and newspaper websites. He also points out that this is a peculiarly right-wing phenomenon (that part starts at about the six minute mark and is well worth a listen).
The True Believer 0
What became of “old enough to know better”?
Vaccine Nation 0
Unfortunately, there is no vaccine against stupid.
All the News that Fits 0
In the midst of a longer post about the who-shot-john over Green Day’s having the unmitigated gall to express a political opinion, Vixen Strangely states an obvious truth–one which, like many obvious truths, is too seldom remarked on–and states it very well.
Fox News talking heads are not political analysts. They are propagandists.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Farron discusses a Fox News reporter who called out a right-wing lie. (Yeah, I know, but stranger things have happened.)
The Voter Fraud Fraudsters 0
Kim Bock, whose company was hired by the Trump campaign to investigate possible voter fraud, explains how his investigation proved that there was no there there. A nugget:
(snip)
More important, claims of voter fraud made by others were verified as false, including proof of why those claims were disproven.
Read the whole thing. It’s a fascinating look at the nuts and bolts of his investigation.
The Lake Effect 0
An Arizona Judge has ruled that Kari Lake can be held responsible for her lies, or, to put it another way, that the Constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech does not convey immunity for defaming someone with falsehoods.
And Round and Round We Go 0
It would seem that Donald Trump’s lawyers’ strategy can be summed up as, “If at first you don’t succeed, do the same thing harder.”
From Above the Law:
Trump never lied on his financial statements. Or if he lied, he had an “ironclad disclaimer clause” that immunized him from prosecution. And nobody was hurt by his fake finances, it’s a victimless crime. Anyway how can there be a “lie” about subjective valuations, it’s all vibes, man. Plus Michael Cohen is a liar, and the state has no authority to bring this case. Also, if the original loan is outside the statute of limitations, then all the annual statements of finance submitted to the lender are time-barred. So, please don’t murder the Trump Org?
Justice Arthur Engoron wasn’t persuaded the first 1,000 times Trump made these arguments, and he didn’t break his streak yesterday. Although, honestly he seemed a little bored with the whole thing.
Aside:
Methinks the point isn’t to win the motion; it’s to delay the arguments.
Delay has always been Trump’s primary strategy when someone wants to call him to account.
Letters of Apology 0
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
These are persons who tried to steal an election and got caught.
Frankly, it would not surprise me if they or their cohorts tried again.
We live in parlous times.
H/T to Job’s Anger.
No There There 0
David dissects the doubletalk.
“Vengeance Is Ours,” Saith Republicans 0
At The Colorado Sun, Mike Littwin tries to make sense of the nonsensical. A snippet:
So why the official inquiry? Let’s go with the two most obvious reasons. One, because Donald Trump wants it. Two, because Johnson and his team, who can’t seem to do much of anything else, including passing bills to aid an embattled ally fighting off the Russians, felt they had to do something to justify their phoney-baloney jobs.
(Missing link found.)
The Bill Comes Due 0
Sam and his crew discuss the disarray at James O’Keefe’s (laughably misnamed) Project Veritas.
The Hunt for Hunter 0
Thom dissects the misdirection play.
