Republican Hypocrisy category archive

John Young explains that he watched the Super Bowl Bowl half time show despite having no interest in the game itself (his favorite team didn’t make it) so as to show support for Bad Bunny and disdain for those who claim that that American citizen somehow isn’t American. Here’s a bit of his article:

So I could imagine the self-parody of Turning Point USA “alternative halftime programming” advertised as “celebrating faith, family and freedom.”

“Faith”: Let us venerate the least religious — and most Bible-illiterate, and meanest — president in history, yet one who plays the religious right like a harpsichord.

“Family”: Again, we shall venerate the least family-devoted president in history — bedding multiple beauties with wife No. 3 at home, adjudicated for sexual assault and 34 felonies. Most famous quote: “Grab ‘em by the pussy.” In what chapter of the New Testament is that? Whatever, lead us in song, Kid Rock.

“Freedom”: Three cheers from the MAGA choir for immigration agents as they kill and obliterate God-given rights like habeas corpus and due process. That’s next to godliness if the detainee’s skin is brown.

In the midst of a longer article about the Trump maladministration’s attempt to white-wash America’s history, Diane Carman succintly sums up what’s going on:

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum followed through, ordering officials at national parks and historic sites across the country to replace anything that might be upsetting to visitors with “content that focuses on the greatness of the achievements and progress of the American people.”

But apparently only the white ones.

David Ferguson:

If this were happeninng in any other country, it would be called ethnic cleansing.

Warning: Mild language.

From the Youtube page:

“Make America Great Again, My Ass” is a sharp, unapologetic parody music video that takes aim at the hollow nostalgia behind MAGA politics. While politicians chant about a “better past,” this video highlights the very real ways America is failing people right now — from economic inequality and crumbling infrastructure to culture wars, book bans, and the erosion of basic rights.

Set to biting lyrics and uncomfortable imagery, this parody pulls back the curtain on performative patriotism and exposes the disconnect between political slogans and lived reality. If you’re tired of being told things are “great” while wages stagnate, healthcare collapses, and democracy feels fragile, this one’s for you.

In a disturbing and unsettling article at AL.com, Kyle Whitimire addresses

(h)ow a Yale prof’s cruel experiment explains the ICE-y obedience breaking America.

No excerpt or summary can do his piece justice. Just go read it.

Via The Kansas City Star, Llewellyn King explains the implications. Here’s a bit from his article:

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operates outside of the law. It doesn’t disclose charges, and no one arrested sees a court of law.

ICE agents are also the affair of the whole world, for while they are symbols of local terror, they are also symbols of America’s withdrawal from the one critical underpinning of civilization: the rule of law.

Without it, society isn’t much. No one is secure, even those in charge.