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Republican Hypocrisy category archive

Willful Blindness and the Republican Thought Police 0

At the Bangor Daily News, Solomon D. Stevens argues forcefully that we should not blind ourselves to our country’s faults, as the Republican Thought Police would have us do. I cannot say that I agree with everything he says, but I do think his piece is worth the few minutes it will take to read it. Here’s a snippet, one which I think we are seeing being validated in real time:

When we close our eyes to the fact that our country is flawed, patriotism can turn nasty. It can become defensive and angry. It can lead to the desire to strike out at, to harm, those who dare to question our vision of the country. This can turn what should be a healthy patriotism into a toxic force.

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One Thing Is Not Like the Other Thing 0

Robert Reich takes exception to a comment by noted fifth columnist Tucker Carlson:

Days before Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison, Tucker Carlson gushed over Vladimir Putin, saying, “Leadership requires killing people.”

Well, I’m sorry, Tucker. You’re wrong.

Real leadership is the opposite of thuggery.

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The Fifth Columnists 0

The Pittsburgh Post’s Gazette’s Gene Collier finds Republicans’ refusal to assist Ukraine to resist Putin’s aggression to be–er–somewhat problematic. Here’s a bit of what he has to say:

(House Speaker Mike–ed.) Johnson works only for Trump, who, coincidentally, works only for Trump, unless he’s working for Putin, who’ll help Trump achieve any purpose toward that end.

It was Johnson who scuttled the bi-partisan border deal Republicans have been screaming about for decades, which he did at the urging of Trump, who has to run for president on something other than 91 felony charges. Trump was doubtless behind Johnson’s Ukraine walkout as well, which happened just as Putin opponent Alexei Navalny was turning up dead in a Russian prison.

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Another Fifth Columinst 0

Dick Polman looks at Tucker Carlson’s Russian impulses and finds a parallel from the past.

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Misdirection Play, Distraction Desperation Dept. 0

Methinks Ted McLaughlin nailed it.

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Republican Thought Police 0

At the Des Moines Register, a history professor argues against a bill currently being advanced in Iowa to whitewash–I use that term advisedly–the teaching of American history in primary and secondary schools.

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The Fifth Columnists 0

Vladimir Putin says,

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A Stormy Day in Court 0

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Republican Thought Police 0

It turns out that Florida Governor DeSantis lacks the courage of his conniptions.

He’s now trying to backpedal from the book banning furor that he fomented.

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The Republican Show Trial, Misdirection Play Dept. 0

GOP Elephant says,

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Russian Impulses 0

Title:  Cold War.  Frame One, labeled

Via Job’s Anger.

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The Lake Effect 0

The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini points out that, despite the Baloney Served up by the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Kari Lake is a divider, not a uniter.

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Courting Disaster 0

Title:  Memory Problems.  Frame One, labeled

Via Job’s Anger.

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Precedented 0

Mona Charen reminds of what Mark Twain said, that history does not repeat itself, but it often echoes.

She’s hearing an echo right now.

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A Memorable Misdirection Play 0

Joe Biden lists his achievenents, saying,

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Dick Polman has more.

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Dis Coarse Discourse 0

Heavily-armed GOP Elephant mans a guard booth in a wall beneath a MAGA flag.  On one side, a Democratic donkey bearing a paper labeled

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Open Mouth 0

Insert foot.

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Faction 0

Paul Krugman is not sanguine.

I’m worried about the future. One of America’s two major political parties is now dedicated to achieving power at all costs and will try to make the nation ungovernable when a Democrat sits in the White House. How long can our democracy survive under these conditions?

Follow the link to see why.

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Republican Family Values 0

You can’t make this stuff up.

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The Master Plan, Reprise 0

Uncle Sam, lying in a hospital bed labed

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