Republican Hypocrisy category archive
Oversight
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Bloomberg’s Julianna Goldman takes a deep look into House Republicans’ efforts to “neuter the independent, nonpartisan Office of Congressional Ethics.” A snippet:
Follow the link for her reasoning.
The Voter Fraud Fraudsters 0
Yet another Republican is charged with (multiple counts of) voter fraud.
Afterthought:
There’s an old saying that, when someone points a finger at someone else, he or she’s pointing four fingers back at him- or herself.
“What’s in a Name” 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini suggests an answer to that question:
Follow the link to review his evidence.
The Party of the New Secesh Prepares To Party Hearty 0
Now that the House of Representatives has (sort of) resolved its stalemate over should be speaker, Michael in Norfolk thinks what will come next will not be pretty.
Aside:
It reminds me of Congress in the 1850s.
The Function of Dysfunction? 0
Even as normal persons might be tempted to point and laugh (“Republicans in disarray!”) at the Republican Party’s inability as of the time of this writing to select a Speaker of the House, Grung_e_Gene argues that their own dysfunction perversely reinforces their narrative. A snippet (emphasis added):
I commend the rest of his post to your attention.
Also, too.
Another Special Election in Georgia 0
A newly elected Republican state legislator won’t even make it into office, in yet another example of Republican family values.
Here’s the lede from the Atlanta Journal Constitution:
You can’t make this stuff up.
The Sound of Silence 0
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s editorial board argues that the Republican Party’s silence about George Santos speaks volumes. A snippet:
Trumpettes Try the Nuremberg Defense 0
It fails. Here is the short version.
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January 6 insurrectionists: We were only following Donald Trump’s orders.
Federal Judge: That excuse won’t work.
Follow the link for the long version.
Originalist Sin 0
At the Sacramento Bee, Erwin Chemerinsky points out that the self-styled originalists on the Supreme Supremacist Court are quite willing to ignore “original intent” when it suits them. A snippet; follow the link for his evidence.
(snip)
Unfortunately, the current conservative majority on the Supreme Court is obliterating any notion of a wall separating church and state.