Republican Lies category archive
The Jan Brady Defense 0
We are doomed.
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
At the Guardian, Steven W Thrasher explains that it’s all about the racism. A snippet:
Read the whole thing.
The Liar’s Web 0
It’s a short article and neither synopsis nor excerpt can do it justice. Just read it.
How Stuff Works, Insurance Dept. 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Mark B. Baer explains why Trumpcare is in no way health “insurance.”
Read it.
Wall of Lies 0
Trump’s is a reality show presidency in which unrelated clips are edited together in an arbitrary manner so as to create an appearance of things that are not. For example:
I sometimes wonder to what extent NBC and its various “Apprentice” series should be held responsible for creating an appearance of this thing that is not: that Donald Trump is competent, capable, and coherent.
Via C&L.
The Art of the Con 0
At The Guardian, Richard Wolffe joins the those looking back on Donald Trump’s first 100 days. His perspective varies from many of the other run-of-the-mill churned out articles; it’s worth a look.
Here’s a bit:
This may be a familiar feeling for the victims of Trump University, but it’s a new experience for the American people at large, and can thus be counted as another landmark of the first 100 days.
GOP Health Care: “Don’t Get Sick. If You Do Get Sick, Die Quickly” 0
Dick Polman takes a look at Trump Care v. 2.0. A snippet (italics in the original):
His answer:
“Pre-existing conditions are in the bill. And I just watched another network than yours, and they were saying ‘Pre-existing is not covered.’ Pre-existing conditions are in the bill. And I mandate it. I said, ‘Has to be.’….They say we don’t cover pre-existing conditions. We cover it beautifully.”
I know this might shock you, but the truth is precisely the opposite of what Trump said.
Wow. Just Wow. 0
In The Roanoke Times, a Radford University history professors takes a wingnut to the cleaners.
An excerpt from the first paragraph:
It gets better.
What Ailes Fox News? 0
Thom suggests that the sexual harassment charges against Roger Ailes, though headline-grabbing, are hardly the worst thing about Fox News.
Mythbuster 0
The Rude One marvels at Trump’s fact-free interview with Time Magazine. Here’s a snippet (emphasis added, warning: language):
When someone believes their own mythology, they become parodies of themselves. Trump has never not been that parody, and now, as his supposedly legendary dealmaking ability falls to pieces in the health care bill debacle, he is frantically trying to maintain the illusion of the myth. Without that myth, he’s just a sad old man in an ill-fitting suit who wants to play truck driver.
