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Courting Disaster under the Rule of Flaw 0

At Above the Law, Joe Patrice reports that, for some fool reason, Americans’ faith in the Supreme Supremacist Court, not to mention (which, natch, translates as “to mention”) lower courts is–er–somewhat in decline.

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

Michael in Norfolk hears a chilling rhyme.

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*Mark Twain.

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Poison Gas Attack 0

Caption:  Trump's new fragrance.  Image:  Donald Trump sprays

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Republican Thought Police 0

Scott Maxwell has a question for Florida’s Republican thought police:

Think about it: If you truly had a concrete, defendable (sic) list of books that you believe are dangerous for kids to read, you’d release it. There would be no confusion. Every school in the state would know which books are allowed and which ones aren’t.

But to this day, the state has refused to produce a list of the books it believes are inappropriate — or even answer questions about whether certain books are OK when asked. Why do you think that is?.

Follow the link for his answer to his admittedly rhetorical question.

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The Entitlement Society 0

Title:  Unelected Billionaire Broligarchy.  Image:  Elon Muxh and Vivek Ramaswamy hug Donald Trump.  Musk says,

Via Job’s Anger.

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This New Gilded Age, Reprise 0

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Post Mortem 0

Cliff Schecter wonders why it can happen (is happening?) here. (Warning: Mild language.)

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Republican Family Values 0

Thom talks with Jacob Soboroff about the film, Separated, which documents Donald Trump’s policy of ripping children from the arms of their parents.

It would appear the “suffer the children” is a Republican family value.

You can learn more about the film at this link.

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If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0

Four red-hatted men wearing tee-shirts that together read,

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Know Them by the Company They Keep 0

And, speaking of Republican family values . . . .

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The Rule of Flaw 0

Title:  The FBI's Most Wanted List If Kash Patel Becomes Director.  Image:  Images of persons who have criticized Trump.

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Republican Family Values 0

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The Vice of the Turtle 0

At Above the Law, Kathryn Rubino finds it somewhat–er–ironic that Mitch McConnell has the unmitigated gall nerve to charge someone else with placing party over country.

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If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0

Frame One:  Voice from television says,

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Afterthought:

Do I think Biden should have pardoned his son? No, not after promising not to.

Do I understand why he did? Yes

Hunter Biden was not being prosecuted. He was being persecuted, solely because his father is Joe Biden.

If his last name were, oh, just to pick one, Kushne–oh, never mind.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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

Thom hears some rhymes.

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*Mark Twain.

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Fee for Servile 0

Paul Krugman gazes into his crystal ball, and what he sees is not pretty. A snippet:

As I understand it, the term “crony capitalism” was invented to describe how things worked in the Philippines under the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, who ruled from 1965 to 1986.

It describes an economy in which business success depends less on good management than on having the right connections — often purchased by doing political or financial favors for those in power. In Viktor Orban’s Hungary, for example, Transparency International estimates that more than a quarter of the economy is controlled by businesses with close ties to the ruling party.

Now it’s very likely that crony capitalism is coming to America.

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Ethics Schmethics 0

Farron discusses unsigns of the times.

Afterthought:

If you don’t have any, how can you sign for them?

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

Mike Barrett is not Harding of hearing.

He hears a Republican rhyming from slightly over a century ago.

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*Mark Twain.

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