Republican Hypocrisy category archive
The Rule of Lawless 0
Susan Young, opinion editor of the Bangor Daily News, calls out the vacuous–nay, hypocritical and logic-free–rationale* of those Republicans who refuse to take action against the wave of gun violence. A snippet:
“We’re not going to fix it,” Tennessee Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett, said when asked about the shooting on Monday. “Criminals are going to be criminals.”
By that rationale, we shouldn’t have any laws at all.
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*To refer to it with a common slang term of a scatological nature would be to insult bovines.
I grew up on a farm.
Bulls are smarter than this.
Decoding de Code 0
Thom parses the new Republican motto.
Martial Aids 0
The Rude One sums up the latest from the party of the portable phallus. (Warning: Language.)
Twits on Twitter 0
Yet another hate-full twit.
Decoding de Code: “Parents’ Rights” 0
Michael in Norfolk clarifies the concept.
Follow the link for the complete clarification.
“But the Emails” 0
There may indeed be such a thing as karma.
Dropping the Mask? 0
Writing at the Philadelphia Inquirer, Solomon Jones argues that Republicans’ attempts to shield Donald Trump from legitimate legal investigations reveals an ugly truth.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Will Bunch sums up the evidence for Jim Crow redux.
Freedom of Screech 0
David points out that “projection is the name of the game.”
The White-Washing 0
Why am I not surprised?
. . . which is, natch, exactly what the New Secesh want: to pretend–and to teach the children–that the past never happened.
Full story at the link.
The Money Trail 0
Rashmi Rangan and James Angus suggest that the IRS is doing a rather poor job of following the money. Here are a couple of bits from their article:
(snip)
The IRS follows a different strategy for the cash in the cabanas of the fortunate 700,000 club, those filers reporting total positive income of over $1,000,000. Last year for this group, about 687,000 rated nary a bother from the IRS. Apparently the use of multiple schedules for descriptions of enormous sums of money moving in myriad directions through various iterations triggers no corresponding curiosity on the part of the IRS. Too weedy, too slow, too complex.
Aside:
Methinks this disparity may shed some light on the Republican Party’s fervent opposition to President Biden’s desire to fund the IRS at a reasonable level.
Republican Family Values 0
Those “family values” Republicans seem to have plucked Grung-e-Gene’s last nerve.
Calamity Jane Catastrophe David
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Steve M. points reminds David Brooks (not that he’s paying attention or ever has, for that matter) that, when you point your finger at someone else, you have four fingers pointing back at you.