Republican Hypocrisy category archive
Double Jeopardy 0
Solomon Jones sees a tell in how Trump has responded to Myeshia Johnson, the pregnant widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, one of the soldiers who fell in Niger. A snippet (emphasis added).
Myeshia Johnson is both. Therefore, it seems, she is unworthy of the respect that Trump afforded Navy widow Carryn Owens when Trump led Congress in two minutes of applause for Owens during his State of the Union address.
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(Link fixed.)
IOKIYR, Niger Dept. 0
Badtux explains the difference in the tunes played on the Wingnut Wurlitzer for Americans who in Benghazi vs. those who died in Niger.
He also has a nice summary of why American soldiers were in Niger in the first place.
“Think of the Bakeries” 0
Redacted Tonight discusses how the religious right is attempting to leverage the recent hurricanes so it can suckle at the public teat.
Warning: Language.
Phony Patriots 0
Warning: Language.
One Thing Is Not Like the Other Thing 0
Randye Hoder points out similarities between the conduct towards women of Donald Trump and Harvey Weinstein because of Weinstein’s contributions to Democratic candidates and causes.
She then notes a crucial difference:
. . . there’s only one difference that matters: We didn’t make Harvey Weinstein president.
Click the link to follow her path the this conclusion.
The Destroyer 0
Jay Bookman wonders what Trump wants to accomplish with health care. A snippet:
Trump has taken a hostage with no real idea of what ransom he wants in return. He has no policy goal that he wants to achieve; there is no “Trumpcare” that he is attempting to implement. For seven long years, the Republicans have been promising to repeal and replace Obamacare, while doing none of the hard, thoughtful work that creating a replacement would require. For more than two years now, Trump himself has been promising the American people that he would create a health-care system that would provide better insurance at lower cost to more people, yet he and his administration have offered up nothing in the form of a plan or a bill.
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Scofflaw 0
In The Sacramento Bee, Erwin Chemerinsky makes a case that Donald Trump’s “Executive Order” to destroy the ACA is disordered (sort of like its signer). The short version is that a law cannot be overturned by Presidential fiat.
Here’s how he starts;
The plain truth that no one wishes to confront is that Donald Trump is walking the path to despotism.
The “Memory Hole” 0
Brian Klaas remembers George Orwell:
President Trump has brought the memory hole to the United States.
Follow the link to find out why Klaas said that.
Willful Ignorance 0
What happens when willful ignorance becomes legal doctrine?
Buyers’ Remorse, Reprise 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., argues that the Republican Party has no right to feign surprise at Donald Trump’s behavior in office. A snippet:
To the contrary, his defectiveness was obvious the moment he rode that golden escalator down to the microphone and pronounced Mexican immigrants rapists. It went from obvious to glaring over the course of the most bizarre political campaign in history, a filthy slog through menstruation jokes, penis-size bragging, sexual-assault boasting, calls for violence, 24/7 lies and breathtaking ignorance about well … pretty much everything.
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