Republican Hypocrisy category archive
The Fifth Columnist 0
In World War II, my father was in the Ardennes during the winter of 1944-45. He almost never spoke of his experiences there, but I am confident that he would agree with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Adriana E. Ramírez, who writes
Go read the rest.
The Agent of Chaos 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Kim Shinkoskey asks a question, then he answers it:
Follow the reasons for his answer.
This New Gilded Age 0
Robert Reich fears that the existence of independent regulatory agencies may be in the crosshairs of today’s Robber Barons, aided and abetted by the Trump (mal)administration and the Supreme Supremacist Court.
DOGE Bulls in the China Shop 0
Trump voter is hoist on her own petard.
But wait! There’s more.
Video via C&L, which has commentary.
The Wage Slave 0
PoliticalProf thinks he has a handle on the division of labor in our current federal (mal)administration.
Along those lines, the Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini imagines that Elon Musk emailed Donald Trump demanding that Trump justify his being on the federal payroll. Then he goes on to imagine just what Trump might write in reply. A nugget:
Monday: Played golf in Florida.
Tuesday: Played golf in Florida.
Now, he’s even more troubled, thinking that he needs to dress things up a little because he is the president, after all, and he actually did do a lot more than just play golf. So, moving on to the next day, he writes:
Wednesday: Played golf in Florida. But, BUT, I also spoke to a group where I slammed federal employees for not working in their offices and said, “All federal workers must once again show up to work. Show up to work in person like the rest of us. It doesn’t work when you don’t show up … They’re not working. They’re playing tennis, they’re playing golf …”
Immunity Impunity
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If it’s not in a database, then it must have never happened.
The Establishmentarian Privatization Scam 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Jim Jones deciphers the double-talk.
His article focuses on a proposed law in Idaho, but his arguments can be extrapolated to the larger polity. No excerpt or summary will do it justice. Just go read it.
Demolition Derby 0
The Trump administration has fired the only locksmith at Yosemite National Park, the person responsible for keeping track of hundreds of keys and locks for everything from bathrooms to gun safes. You can read the full story at the link, but I think this bit encapsulates how Trump and Musk and the rest of Trump’s are approaching their jobs:
Substitute “government” for “park” in the quotation above; the statement will still hold true.
The bulls are well and truly loose in the china shop and are intent on destroying it.
Disparate Treatment, Reprise 0
Under Donald Trump, who you know trumps what you did. Here’s the lede; follow the link for more.
Afterthought:
No surprises here.
This New Gilded Age (Updated) 0
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Trudy Rubin hears a rhyme.
It must be free verse, as somehow “Donald Trump” manages to rhyme with “Neville Chamberlain.”
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*Mark Twain.
DOGE Ball, Reprise 0
Above the Law’s Joe Patrice is less than impressed with Elon Musk’s coup takeover of the government. A snippet:
Musk and his band of merry tweebs live in a video game world and it shows.