Republican Hypocrisy category archive
Both Sides Don’t 0
Steve M. is fed up with the press’s bothsiderism. He notes that the press seems reluctant? incapable? too wedded to the horse race? to identify the instigators. Indeed, he sees a pattern (emphasis in the original):
Follow the link for his reasoning.
(Broken link fixed.)
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Various right-wing commentators operatives have been criticizing Kamala Harris for “code-switching.”
At Above the Law, Mark Herrmann notes the fatuousness of that attack. He writes
. . . don’t blame Kamala Harris for code-switching.
We all code-switch in endless situations.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Afterthought:
Of course, to anyone who can decode de code, this criticism of Harris is a coded–you will pardon the expression–attempt to appeal to racists without sounding overtly racist.
“The Horsemen of the Rightwing Apocalypse” 0
Emma talks with Rena Steinzor, research professor of law at the University of Maryland, about her recent book American Apocalypse: The Six Far-Right Groups Waging War on Democracy.
The Bullies’ Pulpit 0
Thom looks at the right-wing’s use of bullying as a political tactic.
The Land Grabber and the Whistleblower 0
And both of them are Florida Men.
A Tune for the Times 0
Rita Brent comments at the Youtube page:
Levity is my specialty, but know that I find it sad and disgusting how particularly Black people’s identity, heritage, and actual existence are always questioned because some don’t think we’re worthy of sharing space with them. Well— we are worthy, and the world does not belong to YOU. We won’t be silenced or sit by idly allowing blatant lies, disrespect, or birtherism claims! Vote decency, competence, and humanity— Kamala Harris for President!
An Infestation of Moles 0
From my old NPR station in Philly:
More at the link.
Aside:
As I mentioned over there ——-> on the sidebar, one must needs vote in the real world for one’s vote to matter.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy comments at the Youtube page:
Donald Trump’s recent visit to Arlington National Cemetery was, like most of what Donald does, shameless, tasteless, and possibly illegal. No one would have been much surprised if he’d brought Kid Rock along to play a song or two while Trump danced on some heroes graves, or perhaps Trump might have lain on the lid of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier while yelling, “Look at me. I’m a hero too”. (You can be sure if Trump had done this, Jesse Watters of Fox Network would have talked about how it was far, far more offensive to the memory of our soldiers when Kamala wore a pantsuit to the cemetery.)
The Bully’s Puppets 0
Robert Reich looks at how the rich and powerful use misdirection plays to get even more rich and powerful and expresses hope that persons are finally catching on. An excerpt; follow the link for the rest.
The bullied are still there; Trump is still exploiting their anger.
For nearly a decade, Trump has channeled that anger into racism, nativism and misogyny. He has encouraged his followers to feel powerful by bullying those with even less power: poor Black and Latino people, immigrants, LGBTQ+ people, Muslims, families seeking asylum, undocumented workers, pregnant women who can’t afford to travel to a state where abortions are legal.
This bullying game has been played repeatedly in history by self-described strongmen who pretend to be tribunes of the oppressed by scapegoating the truly powerless, but who are actually fronting for the rich and powerful.
In reality, Trump and his lackeys work for the oligarchs — cutting their taxes, rolling back regulations that protect the public but that cost the oligarchs, and dividing the rest of us into warring factions so we don’t look upward to see where most power and wealth have gone.
The good news is that Americans are catching on.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The New Secesh decide that, if all else fails to bring back the Confederacy, let’s craft a Way-Back machine?