Republican Lies category archive
How Stuff Works, Gut Out the Vote Dept. 0
Thom and Greg Palast discuss the mechanics of voter suppression, focusing primarily on Florida and Kansas.
Stimulus–>Response 0
Robert Epstein, former Editor-in-Chief at Psychology Today among many other accomplishments, offers a construct for understanding why Donald Trump does and says what he does and says. The concept is “sympathetic audience control”; it does not refer to the individual’s controlling the audience, but rather to the audience’s affecting the individual.
Everyone, of course, is affected by this to some degree. We behave differently at the in-laws than at the neighborhood watering hole, differently in church than at a party or in a business meeting.
Epstein suggests that Trump manifests an extreme version of sympathetic audience control.
I find this completely consistent with Trump’s behavior as observed and reported daily; follow the link to determine whether or not you find his argument persuasive.
Here’s a bit (emphasis added):
Aside:
In a similar vein, Dick Polman mourns the death of truth.
A Spicy Publication 0
Farron is not impressed with Sean Spicer’s new book. (Unfortunately for Farron, he makes an egregious error in his rant. Can you spot it?)
(Typo fixed.)
Stray Thought 0
I’m still unsure what I feel about the propriety of the Red Hen Restaurant’s owner’s decision not to serve Sarah Huckabee Sanders. As the pearl-clutching has demonstrated, it provides right-wingers another opportunity to pretend that they have been victimized in some way when called to task for their misdeeds.
Nevertheless, I am certain of this:
If a baker can legally refuse to bake a cake for a gay couple, a restaurateur most certainly can legally refuse to serve a liar.
Gay is not a choice. Lying is.
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
Thom talks with Greg Palast about Palast’s efforts to expose the workings of the “voter purge” scam.
How Do You Know that Donald Trump Is Lying? 0
Jay Bookman answers, His mouth is open.”
Nor Any Drop To Drink 0
Thom interviews a reporter who thinks the decision to approve the water Flint, Michigan, to be questionable, especially as lead water lines are still in place.
The Trumper-Go-Round 0
Paul Waldman looks at the spin cycle. A snippet (emphasis added):
(snip)
These are lies. They’re not “unconfirmed,” they’re not “misstatements,” and they’re not “exaggerations.” They’re lies. They should have been greeted with headlines reading, “President Trump lies to public about Russia investigation”
Follow the link for the numerous examples he was able to cite in one short article.
Trumping Up the Charges 0
Jay Bookman discusses the serial mendacity of Devin Nunes. A nugget:
Yet when the ballyhooed memo was made public, it too proved to be nonsense . . . .
Both Sides Don’t 0
Thom talks to a caller who equates George Soros with the Koch Brothers. Thom explains why that bird won’t fly, then explores the darker aspect of Republicans’ Soros fetish.
(Misplet wrod corrceted.)
The Art of the Con 0
Farron tries to figure out Republicans’ loyalty to Donald Trump.