Republican Hypocrisy category archive
Gutting Out the Vote 2
The Washington Monthly’s Joshua Dounglas thinks the Supreme Supremacist Court is poised to take another whack at the Voting Rights Act of 1965. A snippet:
Then, just last year, the Court in Brnovich v. DNC made it much harder for plaintiffs to use the Voting Rights Act to fight election rules with a discriminatory effect on minority voters. Section 2 of the act is a nationwide provision barring discrimination in the voting process. T. . . .
The third case in this grim trio, Merrill v. Milligan, is now before the Court. It’s another Alabama case that could severely limit the act’s protections for minority voters during redistricting. It could even lead to the Court declaring Section 2 unconstitutional.
Follow the link for discussion.
Suffer the Children, the Children Strike Back 0
Sam and his crew discuss Virginia students’ protest against Virginia’s Governor Trumpkin’s bigoted actions towards trans kids, who, ass the writer of a letter to the editor of my local rag pointed out, are a minuscule percentage of the population.
It wasn’t just in Northern Virginia, folks.
Descent into the Maelstrom 0
Thom and David Corn discuss the Republican Party’s decades long descent into extremism.
Monetizing Sadism 0
Republicans are fundraising on being mean for the sake of mean.
The irony is that, unless they are descended from Native Americans, they are descended from immigran–oh, never mind. They are beyond irony.
They are, indeed, beyond caricature.
We are a failing state.
Backfire 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye takes a deep dive into what’s happening with the case of the documents that Donald Trump stole from the government. A snippet:
(snip)
But now that US District Judge Aileen Cannon has appointed Judge Dearie as special master, the former president finds himself in the position of the dog who caught the car: staring at the prospect of actually sinking his teeth into the bumper or getting run over.
Follow the link for her reasoning.
Aside:
I find it pretty clear what Trump was trying to do. He was trying to do what he has always done with his bankruptcies and unpaid creditors: tie things up in court hoping that his foes would eventually just go away or, at worst, settle for pennies on the dollar.
I’m sure he failed to consider the implications of the special master.
I don’t think he does implications.
(Slightly reworded 2022-09-23 22:05)
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At AL.com, Roy S. Johnson suggests that Florida’s Governor DeSantis’s stunt of kidnapping and transporting refugees who fled to the United States to escape tyranny and oppression* (and who were here legally, by the way) may have backfired on him.
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*Only to find themselves kidnapped by a tyrannical oppressor, but that’s a topic for another day.
A Pillow of the Community 0
Mike Lindell and Alan Dershowitz phone it in.
Republican Family Values 0
Michael in Norfolk is aghast at the mean for the sake of mean.
Those Tender Fee-Fees, Reprise 0
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At my local rag, Margaret Edds discusses Virginia Governor Trumpkin’s apparent reluctance to allow schools to teach history that actually happened. Here’s a tiny bit of her article:
Such developments must not signal a retreat from a long-overdue, more truthful telling of Virginia history.
Afterthought:
She says “they must not,” but I got a dollar to a doughnut that they do, at least as long as the party of the New Secesh holds power.
Forced Bussing 0
I’m so old that I can remember when racist bigots were against forced bussing.
The Fifth Column 0
Mona Charen is appalled by the embrace by some on the right of Vladimir Putin and by their support of his special operation invasion of Ukraine. Here’s a bit of her article:
Follow the link to see why she says that.
Republican Family Values 0
Honest to Betsy, you can’t make this stuff up.
The Clown Prince . . . 0
. . . but even clowns can be dangerous.
In 2016, he thought he was not elected, but anointed. He intends to regain his imaginary throne by any means possible.
And far too many of the polity happily volunteer as his dupes, symps, and fellow travelers, wallowing happily in the hate-full-ness.
Not that I have strong feelings on this matter or anything like that . . . .
Republican Family Values 0
When did causing suffering become a family value?