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A Tune for the Times 0

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Marking His Territory 0

Frame One:  Donald Trump says,

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The Blame Gamer 0

In a letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Sun, Darryl Cornelius calls out the strategy:

He (Trump–ed.) never takes responsibility for anything; shifting blame is his modus operandi.

Follow the link for his reasoning.

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All the News that Fits 0

Thom argues that the concentration of news outlets in very few hands ensures that we get only the news that fits.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Input for the intolerant? Follow the paper trail.

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Devolution 0

Michael in Norfolk mourns the political party to which he once belonged and for which he once even chaired a local committee. A snippet:

That political party is dead and gone and what now exists is party headed by the equivalent of a crime boss, racism is once again overt, bigotry. hate and division are the stock in trade of the GOP when it’s not pursuing its reverse Robin Hood agenda, and accountability for those in power is gone.

Follow the link to find out just which party he once championed.

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Devolution 0

The Rude One is not sanguine.

(Warning: Rudeness.)

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Precedented 0

In a letter to the editor of my local rag, David Campbell compiles an impressive list of almost a dozen presidential precedents for the actions of the head of the Trump maladministration.

Here’s one presidential precedent; follow the link for the rest.

Like Trump, many presidents were overtly racist. Twelve were slaveholders. President Woodrow Wilson screened “The Birth of a Nation,” glorifying the KKK.

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Republican Thought Police 0

Michael in Norfolk points out that now they’re coming for your “social” media posts.

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Typhoid Mary Measles Bobby 0

Picture of cigaret burning in ashtray labeled

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And, in more news of Meales Bobby . . . .

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The “Candy-Coated Carapace” 0

Driftglass looks under the hood(s) of today’s Republican Party. A snippet:

However you measure modern political history, the media’s unwritten rule of politics during this era has been to allow the Republican party to get away with this bit of legerdemain. Everyone understood that, starting with the Powell Memo and Nixon’s Southern Strategy, the base of the party was going to be comprised largely of bigots and imbeciles — Archie Bunker chumps who listened to Limbaugh and watched Fox News.

Ah, but the thin, outer shell of the party would be a candy-coated carapace of respectable front men and women who would not embarrass themselves on “Meet the Press”, would know which wine paired with what at Beltway cocktail parties, and wouldn’t run screaming into the night for fear choosing the wrong Italian meat for their sammich.

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Trumpled Olympians 0

Mary Trump discusses how American Olympic athletes have pushed back against Donald Trump’s attach on one of their own for having the unmitigated gall to exercise his freedom of speech and express an unfavorable opinion of the Trumpling.

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This New Gilded Age 0

Students reciting the pledge of allegiance saying,

Via Job’s Anger.

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The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0

. . . and the Trump maladministration is all for the day when Richmond, Virginia, will once more be a beachfront.

I fear for my grandchildren.

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