Republican Lies category archive
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
Thom and Greg Palaste discuss the Republican operatives who are attempting to discredit Roy Moore’s victims and their histories of gutting out the vote.
The Toll of Trumpled Truth 0
At Der Spiegel, Roger Cohen mediates on the dangers of Trumpery. A snippet:
I actually remember shrugging. And it was the shrug that was terrifying. This is how autocrats – or would-be autocrats – cement their power. They wear you down. They take you down the rabbit hole. They want you to hear the great leader declare that 2+2=5 – and shrug.
Tin-Pot Trumpery 0
We are doomed.
The Fox Fear Factory 0
Thom looks back on Fox News’s greatest greatest hits and how Fox lies got us to where we are. Pulled together in one summary, it’s an impressive resume of serial dishonesty in pursuit of political gain.
Falsified Flags 0
Facebook Frolics 0
At this point, outrageous U. S. political stories on Facebook should be assumed to be false unless they can be confirmed from an independent source.
How Stuff Works, the Right-Wing Noise Machine Dept. 0
In the midst of a larger article about Trump’s fumbled fulminations about expressing condolences to the families of the four soldiers who fell in Niger, Paul Waldman describes the wingnut propaganda process. You can follow the link for the complete article, but here’s the crucial bit:
(Open tag fixed. Darned computers expect you to splet stuf rite.)
All the News that Fits 0
Not so bright, Bart.
The website originally published an article entitled “Spanish Police Crack Gang Moving Migrants on Jet-Skis” with a picture of the ex-Arsenal star on a jet-ski before it was swiftly changed.
Follow the link for a screenshot of the Breitbart lie.
The “Memory Hole” 0
Brian Klaas remembers George Orwell:
President Trump has brought the memory hole to the United States.
Follow the link to find out why Klaas said that.
Twits on Twitter, Ryan’s Derp Dept. 0
Farron skewers Paul Ryan’s efforts to promote trickle-on economics.