Republican Hypocrisy category archive
Post Mortem 0
Cliff Schecter wonders why it can happen (is happening?) here. (Warning: Mild language.)
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.
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
And, speaking of Republican family values . . . .
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.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
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.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Thom hears some rhymes.
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*Mark Twain.
Fee for Servile 0
Paul Krugman gazes into his crystal ball, and what he sees is not pretty. A snippet:
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.
Ethics Schmethics 0
Farron discusses unsigns of the times.
Afterthought:
If you don’t have any, how can you sign for them?
“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.
The Privatization Scam 0
In the Charlotte Observer, a doctor speaks out on how the privatization scam is harming public school students with disabilities in North Carolina. Here’s a bit of his article; follow the link for the rest.
The lawmakers who voted for vouchers should know private-school funding with public money is not popular with voters. Across the country, ballot measures to publicly pay for private schools failed in 2024.
That’s why all our Republican legislators and Democratic Reps. Carla Cunningham, Michael Wray and Shelly Willingham waited until after the election to overturn Gov. Cooper’s veto. They knew it would be unpopular with voters and may cost them.
“Economic Arson” 0
David sees a pattern. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
Kleptocracy 0
Jim Hightower sees a pattern in Trump’s cabinet picks:
Follow the link for the evidence.
No Place To Hide 0
There’s a reason internet companies make their terms of service virtually unreadable.
It enables stuff like this.
Republican Family Values 0
There seems to be a common thread here, does there not?
Honest to Pete, Monty Python couldn’t make this stuff up.
This New Gilded Age 0
Seth discusses Bernie Sanders’s claims that we are will down a path to oligarchy.
Spoiler: Seth thinks Bernie may have a point.