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Chaos Agents 0

The Pittsburgh Post Gazette’s Gene Collier calls out the destruction by design. A teaser; follow the link for the rest.

As the conspiratorial malevolence of Project 2025 rolls largely undeterred through a third destructive month, the methodology has revealed itself as slapdash and excessive, but the product design remains pure. The product is fear, and the fear business is booming.

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A Tune for the Times 0

From the Youtube page:

Although we all have had years and years to witness Trump’s cruelty, his stupidity, his arrogance, his simple-mindedness, his narcissism, and his ineptitude, many Republicans are feigning surprise at the horrors of what Trump is now doing. If only they’d had some inkling of what he was really like. (Yeah, right.)

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America’s Rubicon 0

PoliticalProf thinks that “Donald Trump has already changed everything.”

Here’s one item from his list; follow the link for the rest.

The US dominance of innovation and technology is doomed. Excluding the world’s talented people, crushing its universities, and arresting and deporting people for their political speech ensures that China will be the new hub of tech and innovation. Why would talented people come here now? Why would they center their research in American universities?

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Devolution 0

David looks at an old clip of George W. Bush and observes that, as incompetent as he was, he warned against exactly what Donald Trump is doing today. (Warning: Promo starts at about the five minute mark.)

Today’s Republican Party is a vile and loathsome thing.

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Orderly Conduct 0

Carlos Lozada suggests that you can learn a lot about how Donald Trump sees the country and his job from a reading of the over 100 executive orders his has issued a pace of more than one a day. Here’s a bit from his article (emphasis added); follow the link, where he decodes the more of de code.

The orders capture the world as Trump sees it and wishes it to be, and they show how the borders between high principle and low politics, between words and reality, are porous.

America was great until Biden ruined it. The economy is shackled by misguided regulations and must be set free. Trump’s opponents are ideological, while he relies on common sense. American values are always in danger and must be shielded from enemies, often enemies from within. The president is not just the head of the executive branch but also the sole interpreter of law and the lone representative of the people.

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Tariff Snariff 0

Via C&L, Sen. Chris Murphy explains what Trump’s tariffs are really about. A snippet from Murphy’s “social” media posts on the topic:

This week you will read many confused economists and political pundits who won’t understand how the tariffs make economic sense.

That’s because they don’t. They aren’t designed as economic policy. The tariffs are simply a new, super dangerous political tool.

Follow the link for Murphy’s reasoning.

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The Slog 0

At SFgate, Drew Magary describes getting through the day in these Trumpled times (and, almost as an aside, reveals the playbook),

No excerpt or summary will do his piece justice. Just go read it.

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The Mentor and the Mentee 0

Donald Trump says,

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So Much for That Day in Court 0

Robert Reich delves into why the Trump maladministration has set its sights on law firms. A snippet:

. . . Trump’s bullying of Washington law firms is cutting off the litigation lifeline for nonprofit public-interest groups to challenge his policies — which is exactly why he’s doing it.

Follow the link for his evidence.

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How Stuff Works, All the News That Fits Dept. 0

Rob:  I don't know Fungo or his ferret buddies, but if I were to, I'd just quietly shut Weaseleaks down.  Bucky:  Wussiness noted.  I, on the other hand, am not afraid of ferrets.  A ferret is nothing more than a rat with a tailpee (sic) fact.  Rob:  Hmmm.  Your grasp of facts is . . . loose.  Bucky:  Robert, I moved beyond

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The Rule of Lawless 0

Constitution, schmonstitution.

Shreds of the Constitution rearranged to read

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Intercepted Signals 0

Mrs. Betty Bowers dissects the deception.

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Consider the Source 0

At Psychology Today Blogs, Jason Shimiaie reminds that “(g)aslighting is a way of replacing your subjective reality with someone else’s.”

Go read his and consider, does it remind you of anyone in–or of anyone “providing”–the news?

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Thom’s caller hears a rhyme.

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*Mark Twain.

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“Vengeance Is Mine” 0

At the Sacramento Bee, law professor Erwin Chemerinsky looks at Donald Trump’s quest for retribution from law firms that have incurred his wrath. A snippet:

I am convinced that something even more insidious underlies the Trump administration’s actions. In its first months, Trump has issued countless executive orders that violate the Constitution. I believe that his targeting of law firms is to chill them from bringing challenges against his policies and actions. The message to law firms is clear: If they draw the ire of the president, he will exact retribution and put their firms in serious jeopardy.

This is the playbook of a dictator, not a president in a democracy under the rule of law.

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A Tune for the Times 0

Warning: Mild language.

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