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Suffer the Children 0

As has been well demonstrated, that’s a Republican family value.

Via the Las Vegas Sun, Layla Sayed looks at the effects of the Trump maladministration’s actions on SNAP benefits. Here’s a tiny bit from her article (emphasis added):

Since the bill’s passage, SNAP participation has dropped by 10% across the country. In some states, the effects are amplified. In Arizona, for example, SNAP participation fell by 53%. And in the coming months, those figures are likely to rise.

These statistics are not just numbers — they’re people not being fed.

Before the new law, SNAP helped feed 41.7 million low-income Americans per month, 62% of whom were families with children.

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Emoluments 0

David explains how Donald Trump is looking to profit from his “social” media posts.

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A Picture Is Worth, Republican Thought Police Dept. 0

Persons visiting the Smithsonian's portrait gallery of American Presidents.  Donald Trump's portrait shows him staring hostily with the caption,

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The Me Veneration 0

Apparently, Donald Trump wants to spread his taint everywhere.

A bit like my old dog used to do.

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Devolution, Reprise 0

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Devolution 0

At the Hartford Courant, Dr. Michael Good marvels at the American regress. Here’s how his article begins:

In 40 years of medical practice I never saw a case of measles or cyclospora food poisoning.

When I started practice in 1983 we had an almost universally utilized measles vaccine that protected our children and an effective food safety public health system that prevented food contamination and halted contaminated food outbreaks while they were still limited in size.

After the dramatic cuts to public health made during the first year of the Trump administration, coupled with RFK Jr’s campaigns against vaccines, dangerous pathogens that have threatened us for millennia have once again been unleashed upon us.

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Red Scare Redux 0

PoliticalProf dissects how the Trump maladministration defines “communism.”

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Dis Coarser Discourse 0

PoliticalProf finds himself distressed? taken aback? saddened by news medias’ role in the normalization of nasty.

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Republican Thought Police 0

Via Above the Law, Techdirt takes a deep dive into the Trump maladministration’s attempt to force ABC to toe their line.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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The Art of the Deal 0

My old Philly DL friend Noz has a few thoughts about Trump’s deal with the Saudis. A snippet (emphasis added):

How did our deal-making president reach an agreement after Biden couldn’t? He dropped all the conditions that Biden insisted upon and gave the Saudis everything they wanted without much in return. No inspection regime (in fact, the deal seems to be crafted to prevent UN inspections from happening) and no recognition of Israel. Art of the deal!

His entire article is worth your while.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Misdirection Play 0

Donald Trump sits on bag of money labeled

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The Garden of Olive Delights 0

The backstory.

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Gutting Out the Vote 0

Farron discusses how the Trump maladministration’s efforts to dictate how states run elections are blatantly unconstitutional.

But, of course, the Trump maladministration doesn’t care about the Constitution or the rule of law.

It cares about money and monacrhy.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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See Foot. Shoot Foot. 0

Michael in Norfolk makes the case that Donald Trump has hoisted himself on his own petard.

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Stray Question 0

When an executive unilaterally imposes taxes without consent of the legislature, is that not a text-book case of taxation without representation?

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Reflection Deception 0

Ring of Fire’s Josh Gay looks into the Reflecting Pool and sees reflections of Trump’s lies.

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Devolution 0

Title:  America 2926:  Greatness like nobody's ever seen before.  Frame One, captioned

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