Republican Lies category archive
Predictability 0
Tony Norman spots a pattern:
He (President Trump–ed.) never tries to distance himself from his lies — only from the truth.
Follow the link to see why he said that.
Objectiveng to Science
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At the Bangor Daily News, Basav Sen of the Climate Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies outlines the Trump administration’s war on science. A snippet:
Last November, when a report by government scientists contradicted Trump’s position and showed that the United States will suffer devastating consequences from climate change, the president simply declared that reality was irrelevant. “I don’t believe it” was his response.
Numbers Don’t Lie . . . 0
. . . but people do.
Video Vandals 0
Shorter Dick Polman comments on the right-wing’s faked video of Nancy Pelosi (and the legion of other faked videos). A snippet:
The Privileged Flew 0
Elie Mystal argues cogently that Donald Trump’s attempt to assert executive privilege regarding the Mueller report (and other stuff) amounts to putting toothpaste back in the tube.
Trump’s Infanticide Fantasy 0
Seth comments on the continuing cascade of lies and gullibility of Trump’s true believers.
The Art of the Con, Lies and Lying Liars Dept. 0
Scott Martelle considers Donald Trump’s pervasive prevarication and posits a postulate:
It’s an entire ecosystem.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Birther of the Nation 0
President Obama’s country of origin is not the only birthplace the Donald Trumples. Field reports (emphasis in the original):
“My father is German, right? Was German. And born in a very wonderful place in Germany, so I have a great feeling for Germany,” Trump said during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who is from Norway.
Ahhhm, no Donald, your father was born in New York. I mean seriously, who does this? Who lies with all the world watching about where his father was born? I am starting to think that the man just can’t help himself. Surely he must have known that this could be easily fact checked. I suppose that when you tell so many lies and you are used to getting away with them you become emboldened to just tell more.
Follow the link for the full Field report.
Raising the Barr, Reprise 0
Shaun Mullen argues that Attoadey-General William Barr is holding a brush and a bucket of whitewash.