Republican Hypocrisy category archive
The Loose Cannon 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye dissects the government’s latest moves regarding the documents that Donald Trump stole from the U. S. Government and Judge Cannon’s farcical ruling mandating a special master. It is a complex and fascinating read. Here’s a tiny bit of it, indicating the degree of stupid being invoked (emphasis added).
But if Donald Trump insists on playing this silly game, and if the court insists on letting him, the government would like to remind all parties that there can be no executive privilege in documents which have been declassified and converted to personal property via magical incantation done behind closed doors in direct contravention of the procedures set out in the Presidential Records Act.
Of course, this farce is completely in keeping with Donald Trump’s tactics throughout his career. Whenever he’s been backed against the wall by bankruptcy and business failures, he has resorted to tying his opponents up in court proceedings until they settle for pennies on the dollar or, sometimes, just give up and go away.
Courting Disaster 0
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Will Bunch is disturbed by the state of our Trumpled judiciary. A snippet:
Follow the link for the truly disturbing portions of his article.
“The Politics of Pouting” 0
Daniel Ruth returns to the pages of the Tampa Bay Times to protest the pettiness and puerility of Florida’s junior Senator and Medicare fraudster. A snippet:
What an inspiration, Scott was, managing to find the time to pull himself away from the poop deck on a luxury yacht he happened to be vacationing on off the coast of Italy to castigate Biden for going to Delaware, which is a mere 111 miles from Washington.
Courting Disaster 0
Al Franken calls out the sophistry of Alice Stewart, who has served in the campaigns of numerous right-wing politicians such as Ted Cruz and Michele Bachman.
Via C&L.
Stop the Steal The Steal To Stop
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Seth comments on Donald Trump’s theft of classified documents owned by the government of the United States.
Extra-Special Bonus QOTD 0
From remarks by President Biden (emphasis added):
“Franklin Roosevelt Was Right, and Ronald Reagan Was Wrong” 0
Thom discusses why government is the answer, not the problem.
Originalist Sin 1
Mark W. Schwiebert points out that the concept of Constitutional Originalism is, in fact, contrary to the thoughts of those who originated the Constitution.
Here’s a bit from his article (emphasis added); follow the link for the rest.
Aside:
To be blunt, the motivating factor behind “Constitutional Originalism” it to restore the 3/5s clause, if not de jure, at least de facto. All the rest is smoke screen.
