Republican Lies category archive
Trump’s Cavalcade of Lies 0
Dick Polman calls the roll.
The Voter Fraud Fraud, Reprise 0
Peter St. Onge finds himself flabbergasted at the capability of North Carolina Republican election board members to believe stuff that ain’t.
Just read it.
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
Richard Eskow speaks with Ian Millhiser about how the legislative record in North Carolina documented North Carolina’s racist gut-out-the-vote motives and actions and how the Tarheel GOP is doubling-down on the deception.
Long-Term Goals? 0
Thom and Jared Yates Sexton wonder whether Trump is looking beyond the campaign to a media venture, sort of like this:
I don’t buy it.
I don’t think that Trump is capable of “plans,” at least not as most of us understand the term.
If he were, he’d not have left a trail of broken dreams and failed businesses.
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
Daniel Ruth reiterates that Republican concerns over almost non-existent “voter fraud” is a con and a fraud.
Details at the link.
Afterthought:
It’s a comment on Republicanism that its adherents know that they cannot win a fair election.
Chris-Crossed, a Bridge Too Far Dept. 0
Of course he knew. It was not credible that his aides would pull a stunt like that on their own.
Christina Renna, who worked under deputy chief of staff Bridget Anne Kelly, texted: “Are you listening? He just flat out lied about senior staff and (former deputy chief of staff Bill) Stepien not being involved.” Renna, who was listed in the papers as Christina Genoveses. She added that if emails were uncovered in court discovery, “it could be bad.”
North Carolina Bows before the Duke of Hazardous 0
This is, natch, in no way related to N. C. Governor Perry’s having been employed by the Duke of Hazardous for three decades. Such a connection would be highly improp–oh, never mind.
The Associated Press obtained a copy of the 220-page deposition given last month by toxicologist Ken Rudo as part of a lawsuit filed against Duke by a coalition of environmental groups. The nation’s largest electricity company has asked a federal judge to seal the record, claiming its public disclosure would potentially prejudice jurors.