Republican Lies category archive
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
The Majority Report explores the continuing influence of the John Birch Society.
Read Ted Miller’s article.
Vaccine Nation 0
The Rude One discusses an encounter with an acquaintance who declared that she was not going to get the COVID vaccine, citing all the “concerns” fomented by the right-wing disinformation complex. Here’s a bit of his piece:
Follow the link for the rude rest.
Facebook Frolics 0
Frolicking with falsehoods.
“But I’m the Victim Here . . . .” 0
Dick Polman takes a stab at understanding why Trumpettes are so easily gulled (or immune to truth or deeply delusional–take your pick). A snippet:
What best explains this disease of self-delusion? I’ll give it a try:
They never take responsibility for anything, they can never admit they were wrong about anything, and they need a bogeyman to blame, because they’re terminally invested in victimhood.
Follow the link for the rest.
All the News that Fits, Seussing It Out Dept. 0
David takes a look about the phony Dr. Seuss “cancellation” scamdal and tries to separate the truth from the right-wing gibberish. (Warning: Short ad stars at about the eight-and-a-half minute mark.)
As an aside, Dr. Seuss stories were not a part of my childhood, but they were certainly part of my kids’.
The Voter Fraud Fraud, Facts Are What People Think Dept. 0
In the light of the previous federal executive’s loss in the recent national election, a number of Republican legislators are proposing bills to gut out the vote. One of their justifications* can be loosely paraphrased as “well, lots of persons think that something was wrong, so we must act.”
At the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Howard Kirtz has a suggestion for them. Here’s a bit of his article (emphasis added).
Here is another solution: tell the voters of Georgia the truth! There was no fraud in the recent elections, so there is nothing to fix. If there is a perception problem, tell the voters the truth. That will fix the perception problem. If the legislators do not think that will fix the problem, then they have no faith in their own ability to persuade. They should retire from the political arena and let those who can speak the truth in a convincing way lead the state.
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*The “justifications,” of course, are just for show; gutting out the vote is the goal, not an unintentional side effect. Said “justifications” make your local used car dealers claims about that used Yugo that’s been on the lot for two decades look truthful.
A Day’s Work for an Hour’s Pay 0
Sam and his crew dismantle the Republican double-talk on the minimum wage.
All the News that Fits, Q Who? Dept. 0
David dissects Tucker Carlson’s gaslighting about QAnon (Warning: Short ad at the end).
All the News that Fits 0
E. J. Montini calls out the con.