Republican Lies category archive
Perpetually Popping Off Propaganda . . . . 0
David dissects the deluge of disinformation.
And the spiral continues.
The Voter Fraud Fraud Is a Fraudulent Fraud Perpetrated by Fraudsters 0
In a news report syndicated by the Seattle Times from the New York Times, the authors argue that the failure of Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the election had the unexpected effect of debunking the voter fraud fraud. A snippet:
Nevertheless, argue the authors, many Republican voters will continue to tell themselves that they are somehow the victims here. Another short excerpt:
The false notions have lived on in Trump’s Twitter and Facebook feeds; on the television programming of Fox News, Newsmax and One America News Network; and in statehouse hearings where Republican leaders have contemplated more restrictive voting laws based on the rejected allegations.
The entire article is worth a read.
Put Up or Shut Up 0
Juanita Jean reports on the challenge.
Frankly, I reckon Dan Abbott will turn out to be all hat, no cattle.
“History Never Happened” 0
Driftglass explains the recurring tactic of strategic forgettery embraced by the Republican Party and its dupes, symps, and fellow travelers. A snippet:
Just wait and see.
“Plenty of Perjury” 0
Honest to Pete, you couldn’t make this stuff up.
The Fifth Freedom 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of the Seattle Times has a question (follow the link for the entire lettter):
Gutting Out the Vote, a Long-Term View 0
Amanda Marcotte find the implications of Republicans willingness to deny and dispute the results of the recent election, maintaining that it was somehow “stolen” despite all evidence to the contrary, to be somewhat disquieting. Here’s a bit from her article at Salon; follow the link for the rest.
In the same vein, Werner Herzog’s Bear dissects what he refers to as the ersatz (my words) “crisis of legitimacy.”
A Pecedented Presidency, Yet Again 0
And if it can’t find a precedent, it just makes one up.
Afterthought:
Whatever happened to “contempt of court”?
This seems as contemptuous as contemptuous gets.
A Precedented Presidency, Reprise 0
At the Bangor Daily News, University of Maine Professor Amy Fried recounts Donald Trump’s long history of temper tantrums levy=eling charges of fraud when he doesn’t get his way.
(Misplet wrod correxed.)
Strategization 0
Along the same lines, David Atkins tries to make sense of what’s happened to the Republican Party. A nugget:
Image via Juanita Jean.
“Pointing and Laughing” 0
Warning: Short commercial at the end.
We are a society of stupid.
The Poison of Positive Thinking 0
Steven M. suggests that Donald Trump doesn’t believe in truth, at least not as some sort of objective thing. A nugget (emphasis added):
Trump literally doesn’t believe in truth, at least not the way you and I do. He believes he has the ability to alter reality with his mind. He takes Norman Vincent Peale’s Power of Positive Thinking far too seriously. (On the other hand, he’s a lousy businessman who’s lived like a billionaire his whole life, so maybe he does have at least some power to warp reality in his favor.
The entire piece is worth a look.