Politics of Hate category archive
The Rule of Lawless 0
It appears that Donald Trump believes that “freedom of the press” should be subordinate to “fee-fees of the president.”
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Clarence Page takes a look at Donald Trump’s recent directive, in which he directed the Republican thought police to assault the Smithsonian Institution for having the unmitigated gall to attempt to portray American history with accuracy. A snippet:
Follow the link for the rest.
Disappeared under the Rule of Lawless 0
Emma talks with journalist Prem Trakker about how Trump and ICE are disappearing persons without showing legal cause for doing so and about the implications thereof.
Afterthought:
I do not think it is an exaggeration to fear that, if we continue on this course, we in danger of becoming a police state.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Farron debunks de bunk that Trump and the Trumpettes spew to justify sending persons who don’t look like them to concentration camps (I do not use that term loosely) in foreign countries.
Trump has succeeded in at least one thing.
He has made me ashamed of being an American.
A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
Although we all have had years and years to witness Trump’s cruelty, his stupidity, his arrogance, his simple-mindedness, his narcissism, and his ineptitude, many Republicans are feigning surprise at the horrors of what Trump is now doing. If only they’d had some inkling of what he was really like. (Yeah, right.)
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Writing at AL.com, Will Ferniany reads the famous piece, “First They Came,” and hears a contemporary rhyme.
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*Mark Twain.
America’s Rubicon 0
PoliticalProf thinks that “Donald Trump has already changed everything.”
Here’s one item from his list; follow the link for the rest.
Orderly Conduct 0
Carlos Lozada suggests that you can learn a lot about how Donald Trump sees the country and his job from a reading of the over 100 executive orders his has issued a pace of more than one a day. Here’s a bit from his article (emphasis added); follow the link, where he decodes the more of de code.
America was great until Biden ruined it. The economy is shackled by misguided regulations and must be set free. Trump’s opponents are ideological, while he relies on common sense. American values are always in danger and must be shielded from enemies, often enemies from within. The president is not just the head of the executive branch but also the sole interpreter of law and the lone representative of the people.
The Slog 0
At SFgate, Drew Magary describes getting through the day in these Trumpled times (and, almost as an aside, reveals the playbook),
No excerpt or summary will do his piece justice. Just go read it.
Word Salad 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini tries to make sense of the anti-DEI* bill passed by the Arizona legislature and finds that it doesn’t–make sense, that is.
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*Remember, that translates to pro-uniformity, pro-inequality, and pro-exclusion.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Thom’s caller hears a rhyme.
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*Mark Twain.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
More mean for the sake of mean:
The story goes on to point out that, natch, he’s not illegal, he’s not an immigrant, and he’s not even of Mexican descent.
We have lost our way.
Still Rising Again after All These Years . . . 0
. . . and they’re not even trying to pretend about it any more.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
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Little Marco takes the time
To find himself a rhyme.
Now don’t you have a fit, Sir,
When you find it rhymes with Hitler.
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*Mark Twain.
Hair Fuehrers 0
Honest to Pete, I thought the hair wars were over by the time the Beatles broke up.
The Unwelcome Mat 0
Per truthout, foreign governments are responding to Donald Trump’s regime of mean for the sake of mean. A snippet: