Republican Hypocrisy category archive
The Yolks on Us 0
An excerpt:
The point is not that Trump is a liar and a hypocrite. Everyone knows that on both sides of the aisle. It’s that right-wing MAGA populism is a scam.
The Rule of Lawless, Reprise 0
Farron discusses claims by Trump’s BLT (bootlickers, lackeys, and toadies) that laws don’t apply to them or to Trump.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Robert Reich wonders when if it will end.
The Fifth Columnist 0
At The Philadelphia Inquirer, Trudy Rubin sums up Donald Trump’s foreign policy:
Follow the link for her evidence.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Writing at the Portland Press Herald, Peter Pressman and Edward A. McCulloch tell of a rhyme they are hearing. A snippet (emphasis added); follow the link for further reverberations.
The Nazis started with the Civil Service . . . .
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*Mark Twain.
The Unelected Co-Conspirator, Reprise 0
Thom Hartmann talks with Representative Mark Pocan about possible motivations for Elon Musk’s recent DOGEy actions.
Devolution 0
In less than two weeks, we seem to have gone from a government of checks and balances to one that is unbalanced and unchecked.
“Nice Little Business You’ve Got Here. Wouldn’t Want Anything To Happen to It.” 0
Joe Conason marvels at Trump’s grift of grab. A snippet:
Follow the link for context.
The Fires This Time 0
Farron dissects the GOP ransom note.
I don’t think it’s pushing the envelope to suggest that today’s Republican Party is willing, to paraphrase the Founders, to put faction over nation six days a week and twice on Sundays.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Clearly, if we don’t talk about America’s original sin of chattel slavery, then it must not have happened.
Because that’s the way history works.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom is astonished. I’m not.
All pretense is off.
The racism and misogyny of today’s Republican Party are fully out of the closet.