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Misdirection Play, No There There Dept. 0

Caption:  The Boy Who Cried,

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Eye Witnesses 0

Chris Hayes reminds that we watched the January 6 insurrection happen in real time.

Via C&L, which has commentary.

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Untruth in Labelling 0

Trojan Horse labeled

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Foxy Shady 0

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Precedented 0

Writing at the Bangor Daily News, Gordon Weil suggests that there is an historical precedent for Donald Trump, but that it’s not necessarily who you might expect. Here’s a bit:

The better parallel could see Trump as “The Man Who Would Be King,” told in Rudyard Kipling’s story about the failed hopes of a would-be ruler.

The king in question is King George III of Great Britain, a man we like to dislike.

Methinks he makes a pretty good case. Follow the link for his reasoning.

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I Feel Like I Know This Person from Somewhere . . . . 0

Does this remind you of anyone in the news?

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A Tune for the Times 0

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The Past Due Notice 0

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The Fishing Expedition 0

Frame One.  Republican Elephant says,

Via Job’s Anger.

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Freedom of Screech . . . 0

. . . for me, but not for thee.

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A Tune for the Times, Misdirection Play Dept. 0

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“A Choice, Not an Echo” 0

Woman draped in an American flag stands before a portraits of Donald Trump and Joe Biden.  Trump's is captioned

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The Performance Artist 0

Man looking at phone:  Joe Manchin may be considering a third-party run for President.  Second man:  What's the name of the party?  First man:  Look at Me.

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Assimilation . . . 0

. . . can make you blind*.

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*With apologies to the creators of the musical Hair.

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When the Words Come Back To Haunt . . . . 0

. . . so that Marjorie Taylor Greene is hoist on her own petard.

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A Tune for the Times 0

(Typo undone.)

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Twits Own Twitter 0

Title:  Alternative Twitter Logos.  Image:  Elon Must surrounded by images:  A blue dodo, a blue magpie, a blue turkey, and a blue Russian imperial eagle.

In a related vein, Paul Krugman wonders why tech bros seem somewhat prone to buying into conspiracy theories. A snippet:

Their financial success all too often convinces them that they’re uniquely brilliant, able to instantly master any subject, without any need to consult people who’ve actually worked hard to understand the issues. And in many cases, they became wealthy by defying conventional wisdom, which predisposes them to believe that such defiance is justified across the board.

Image via C&L.

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Vaccine Nation 0

Steve M. wonders why anti-VAXX crackpot conspiracy nut Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is getting so much press coverage. He offers a theory:

This is my problem with the mainstream media’s RFK Jr. coverage: Journalists cover him as a boldface name because his forebears were boldface names a long time ago.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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