Republican Lies category archive
Multiplication of Mendacity 0
Paul Krugman notes that the era of spin is over, replaced by the era of outright lies. A snippet:
(snip)
The moral vacuity of Republicans in Congress, and the unlikelihood that they’ll act as any check on the president, becomes clearer with each passing day. Even the real possibility that we’re facing subversion by agents of a foreign power, and that top officials are part of the story, doesn’t seem to faze them as long as they can get tax cuts for the rich and benefit cuts for the poor.
Follow the link for the rest.
The Russian Sessions 0
Excerpt:
The ambassador from Russia is a Russian.
(I composed the above yesterday. Since then, there has been a development.)
Via C&L.
Republicans Rebrand Repression: “It’s All Good” 0
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
The fox is in the henhouse.
The Voter Fraud Fraud, Bait-and-Switch Dept. 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Roy Eidelson exposes the con. A nugget:
Read the rest.
All the News that Fits 0
Facts never survive the Reince cycle.
Bubble Boy in Alt Land, Reprise 0
Warning: Language.
Spin Cycle 0
An ex-corporate spin-meister discusses how “spin” differs from “lies” and marvels at the multiplication of mendacity. A couple of nuggets (emphasis added):
But let’s say that beyond emphasizing just one figure and de-emphasizing another, to try to “help” our company I decided to unilaterally claim that Assets Under Management were up 10 percent, not 1 percent. That’s not spinning. That’s lying. You can’t do that. At least not for long. . . .
Today lying has been elevated to a renegade art form. We call it Fake News. (I’d rather call it Real Lying.) In a year of troubling trends, no trend is more troubling to me than the everyday casualness with which folks in power, or seeking power, ignore facts or make up their own when real facts don’t suit their needs.
One Thing Is Not Like the Other Thing 0
In related news, Solomon Jones finds inspiration in an unlikely place (follow the link for the complete article):
They must stand up, red-faced and outraged, and shout that now-infamous phrase.
“You lie!”
Press Conference
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Tony Norman has more. Here’s a snippet from his article:
This indifference is what the Trump administration is counting on. The multiple daily outrages via Twitter, or at a White House briefing, or in a dark presidential speech or uttered on a Sunday talk show will quickly consume the public’s finite allotment of outrage. This can only lead to more indifference and a glassy-eyed boredom that will not serve us well when long-term assaults against every one of our democratic institutions begin in earnest.
Lies and Lying Liars 0
The Charlotte Observer skewers the non-apology apology of a Republican operative who authored a “fake news” story.
The San Francisco Chronicle has more on this particular faker.
(What’s unusual about this is that the faker got his comeuppance. Wonder if he’ll get picked up by Fox News?)
Outside Agitators 0
They aren’t who you think they are.