Republican Lies category archive
All the News that Fits 0
Farron explores how Newsmax invokes “the Fox News defense.” (Warning: Mild language.)
Courting Disasters 0
The writers for Night Court would have considered this too outrageous to attempt.
The Art of the Con 0
Brian Greenspun explores the scam. A snippet (emphasis added):
What also isn’t working is this American democracy, which used to pride itself as the one country on earth that exalts the peaceful and orderly transfer of power from one president to the next. It isn’t working because public servants who take an oath to uphold the Constitution — those folks would be the Republicans in the U.S. Senate who used to care about such things as our democratic norms — are AWOL.
Plan Nein from Outer Space 0
On the same theme, the San Francisco Chronicle’s John Diaz minces no words.
All the News that Fits 0
A federal judge has issued an injunction against the attempt to reframe the Voice of America as the voice of Trump.
Afterthought:
My first thought was that these folks don’t understand the concept of the rule of law, but I think that’s wrong. I don’t think they understand the concept of law, at least not as something that applies to them.
It’s as if Trump has released a flock of political Jeffrey Epsteins loose upon the polity.
True Believers, Reprise 0
Farron points out that “courts, unlike cults” require evidence.
The Oath Keeper 0
Ted McLaughlin takes inventory.
The Echo Chamber 0
At NJ.com, Luke Elliot explains Trump and the Trumpettes verify the unverifiable. A nugget:
Follow the link for examples drawn from verifiable verities.
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
There’s no there there.
Courting Disasters 0
Lawyers attempting to argue Donald Trump’s claims of rampant voting–er–irregularities in last week’s election are making fools of themselves are not faring well before the bar.
And here’s yet more news of legal eagles.
All the News that Fits 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Chrysalis L. Wright explores the effect that fake news may have on the aftermath of the recent presidential election. She notes Donald Trump’s reaction to his losing it and is less than sanguine over the possibilities. A snippet:
Follow the link for her prognosis.
Epilogue 0
Let the games antics begin continue.