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Republican Hypocrisy category archive

The Rule of Lawless 0

At Above the Law, Joe Patrice dissects the Supreme Supremacist Court’s duplicitous doubletalk crowning Donald Trump (or, for that matter, any President, including Joe Biden, though methinks he would decline the privilege, as he believes in the rule of law) as Get out of Jail free carda king somehow above the rule of law.

The Founding Fathers, who, granted, had many flaws, not the least of which was tolerance of chattel slavery, wished to escape the rule of a sovereign,

Today’s Republican Party wishes to crown one.

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“The Death Loop” 0

Sam and the crew talk with Elie Mystal about the Supreme Supremacist Court’s double-talk about bump stocks.

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Unprecedentedly Partisan 0

Michael in Norfolk, a lawyer with decades of experience, notes that

. . . . I have closely followed the U,S, Supreme Court ever since and even met a Chief Justice some years back. Never in that period has the Court been so openly partisan and extreme as what we are witnessing now.

Follow the link for context.

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The Short Economy Version 0

Moses stands on Mt. Sinai with two tablets that read together

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Courting Disaster 0

At Above the Law, Joe Patrice excoriates the Supreme Court’s overturning of the Chevron doctrine. A snippet:

The Supreme Court overruling Chevron fulfills every lawyer’s delusion: that they’re smarter than real doctors and scientists.

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Ominous Omens 0

PoliticalProf is not sanguine.

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This New Gilded Age 0

Thom explains Trumponomics.

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Courting Disaster 0

When is a bribe not a bribe?

Why, when it’s ex post facto, of course.

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The Privatization Scam 0

The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini finds himself disgusted, but not surprised, at the money grab.

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The Establishmentarian Indoctrination Initiative, Reprise 0

Title:  The Lesson.  Image:  Red-hatted GOP Elepant points to a plague of the Ten Commandments on a school room wall and asks a student,

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Republican Family Values 0

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This New Gilded Age 0

The Des Moines Register takes issue with Iowa’s recent attempts to bring back child labor. Here’s the beginning of the editiorial:

Iowa businesses have been openly disregarding federal rules about when and how much children can work, and the federal government has taken notice. Who are the victims?

    1. The exploited children.
    2. The owners and managers who scheduled the exploited children.

If you picked 2, congratulations! You’ve mastered the increasingly popular art of transforming guilt into grievance.

Follow the link to learn who’s truy the victims here.

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Ye Olde Misdirection Play 0

Peter Jensen has a few words to say about the “Biden is old” misdirection play. For one thing, he points out that Biden is only three years older than Trump. For another thing–well, he points out a number of other things. Here’s snippet:

Personally, I cringe a bit when either gentleman tries to be hip. Better that they can both claim they still have their original hips. Biden may walk with a bit of a stiff gait and sometimes show balance problems, but Trump can’t accurately recall what happened in the last election or on Jan. 6, 2021. Plus his major ambition for a second term appears to be getting revenge on Americans who don’t bow to him. Better that Gramps gets around a little slow than slowly getting around to a dictatorship as my kids always say.

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How Inaction Becomes Action 0

Michael in Norfolk.

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Establishmentarians 0

Jimmy Kimmel highlights the hypocrisy.

If the Scribes and Pharisees of the Gospels had had a political party, it would have looked like today’s Republ–oh, never mind.

Video via C&L, which has commentary.

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He’s a Real Big Man . . . 0

. . . or so he would have you think.

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Courting Disaster 0

The latest on loose Cannon law.

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Disparate Treatment 0

Frame One:  Joe Biden says,

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Republican Family Values 0

You can’t make this stuff up.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Thom hears a rhyme.

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*Mark Twain.

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