Republican Hypocrisy category archive
The Rule of Lawless 0
Field argues that we must remain vigilant as the Trump maladministrationn seeks to (further) undermine the rule of law.
Republican Family Values 0
Michael in Norfolk decodes de code.
The Rule of Lawless 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini contrasts Donald Trump’s coddling of convicted rioters with his incarceration of innocent immigrants. A snippet:
That wasn’t the case for the 1,600 individuals charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Dump the Facts, Ma’am 0
Rebecca Watson reports on a recent study that indicates conservatives dislike, distrust, and disbelieve science. Here’s a bit from her article:
Methinks the findings of this study shed some light on the Trump madladministration’s efforts to gut federal scientific research programs.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At the Detroit Free Press, John Lindstrom hears a rhyme. Here’s a bit of the cadence:
Clearly Trump is behaving as though he is above the law . . . .
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*Mark Twain.
Republican Thought Police 0
David points out that
Silencing dissent doesn’t show strength. It shows fear.
(Warning: Short commercial starts at about the 5 1/2 minute mark.)
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
The editorial board of the Las Vegas Sun hears a rhyee from across the sea, and it’s in Russian.
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*Mark Twain.
Once More into the Breach of Faith 0
At the Kansas City Star, Dean A. Deal comments on the current federal maldaministration’s sewership of approach to the responsibilities of office. A snippet; follow the link for the evidence.
A Notion of Immigrants, Reprise 0
Mary Trump lists the lies told by the lying liars in the Trump maladministration to justify his persecution of immigrants.
Extra-Special Bonus QOTD 0
Retired Federal Judge J. Michael Luttig:
The President of the United States of America is at war with the Constitution and the rule of law.
DOGE Bull 0
As one who has lived through hurricanes (after Donna, we were without power for eight days and my father had to sink a well so that we had water), I do not think that gutting the NOAA is a good idea.
Afterthought:
I do not think it is beyond the realm of plausibility to suggest that one of our major political parties no longer believes in promoting the general welfare.
The Golden Trumpled Door, Reprise
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At The Sacramento Bee, Erwin Chemerinsky calls out Donald Trump and the Republican thought police. Here’s how his article starts (emphasis added); follow the link for the rest.
In fact, Immigration and Customs Enforcement posted on social media that its goal was to stop illegal ideas from coming into the country (this post was later taken down). But under the First Amendment, there is no such thing as an illegal idea.
The Enemy Within 0
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier note that
Follow the link to see why he wrote that.
The Rule of Lawless 0
It appears that Donald Trump believes that “freedom of the press” should be subordinate to “fee-fees of the president.”