Republican Hypocrisy category archive
Republican Family Values, Meet a Notion of Immigrants 0
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports:
This Wisconsin man voted for Trump. Now his wife sits in an ICE detention center.
Follow the link to learn more about how much Republicans value families.
The Squandering 0
Michael in Norfolk mourns America’s loss of respect and respectability. Here’s a bit:
Methinks he has a point.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Robert Reich hears a rhyme. Here’s the opening couplet:
Next, subdue the courts by ignoring or threatening to ignore court rulings you disagree with.
Follow the link. The verse gets worse.
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*Mark Twain.
Suffer the Children 0
That’s not scripture. That’s Republican policy. (Warning: Mild language.)
Read the news report that Farron is discussing.
Market Farces 0
The Rule of Lawless 0
The PIttsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier is not sanguine. A snippet; follow the link for the complete article.
False Flag 0
At the Des Moines Register, U. of Iowa professor Elizabeth Heineman makes a strong case that, while the Trump maladministration is claiming to “fight antisemitism,” it’s actually doing something quite different. Here’s a bit from her article (emphasis added):
Sauce for the Goose? 0
The Rude One responds, How about some sauce for the gander?
The Crypto Con 0
C&L reminds us that cypto is the laundry soap for money-laundering and that Donald Trump is heading for the laundromat.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Another person hears that rhyme from Munich 87 years ago.
And, in possibly related news, Field has a wonder.
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*Mark Twain.
When Fiction Becomes Reality 0
At The Philadelphia Inquirer, Kathryn Grossman makes a strong case that, under the Trump maladministration, we are being transported into the world of George Orwell’s 1984.
The Deserter 0
Der Spiegel takes an in-depth look at Donald Trump’s decision to abandon America’s allies, as illustrated by his recent meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. A snippet (emphasis added):
Methinks it safe to say that, under America, America is no longer “a shining city on a hill,” to quote Ronald Reagan.
What it seems to be becoming gives me shudders.
And methinks it is influenced in great part by the legacy of America’s original sin of chattel slavery.