Politics of Hate category archive
Republican Thought Police 0
The editorial board of the Las Vegas Sun finds it distressing that the Trump maladministration is coming after an honorably-discharged veteran for having the unmitigated gall to peacefully stand up to Donald Trump’s not-so-secret police. Here’s a tiny bit from their editorial:
Take note that Mavalwalla is not accused of striking officers, vandalizing vehicles or destroying property. While some other participants were arrested at the time of the protest, Mavalwalla wasn’t among them. Nor is he accused of participating in any violence or property destruction. Instead, weeks later, on the day he was moving into a new home with his girlfriend and children, the FBI arrived at dawn, shackled him in front of his family and charged him with “conspiracy to impede or injure officers.” He now faces the possibility of a $250,000 fine, up to six years in prison and an additional three years of supervised release.
Establishmentarians 0
The man who is arguably the most irreligous person in America has now come out as an establishmentarian.
So we should ask that question that should always be asked of establishmentarians: What’s in it for him?
Because establishmentarianism is always, when you boil it down, about power and control, never about souls.
The Bill of Particulars 0
At Above the Law, the actions of the Trump maladministration lead Mark Hermann to ask a question:
Follow the link for the list of Trump’s actions which made him pose that question.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Writing at the Inky, Jenice Armstrong finds herself dismayed the Trump maladministration’s attempts to retaliate against Congresswoman LaMonica McIver for trying to do her job.
No summary of excerpt can capture the scope and nuance of Armstrong’s piece. Just go read it.
What’s in a Name? 0
According the Steve M. quite a bit. Speaking of bits, here’s a bit from his article:
If we call Trump’s urban invasions a war, we should give the war its correct name: the War on Democrats. That’s literally what it is.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
A Report from the Front 0
Eric Chastain, a retired army veteran, writes of what it’s like to live in under military occupation–in this case, in Washinton, D. C. He is not sanguine. Here’s a tiny bit of his article.
That should alarm us all.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Michael in Norfolk hears a rhyme. Here’s a couplet:
Trumped Up Charges 0
Farron discusses how Jeanine Piro keeps trying to throw the book at persons for minor offenses, and how (and why) she keeps missing her targets.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Michael in Norfolk decodes de code. A snippet:
America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the myth of racial superiority fabricated to justify it continue to take their toll.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Yastreblyansky reports that a lot of people seem to be resigning themselves from it.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Via Above the Law, Techdirt hears something that sounds a lot like “McCarthyism.”
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*Mark Twain.
Occupying Army 0
Thom sees an ominous precedent for the Trump maladministration’s push for military occupation of American cities. (Warning: Short commercial at about the 1:30 mark.)
The Archtype 0
Jonathan Alter offers an alternative angle:
Alter may be onto something. Hitler and Mussolini had ideologies. Warped and cruel ideologies, but ideologies non the less.
Avarice, vengefulness, and racism do not in and of themselves constitute an ideology.
But it’s difference without a distinction to his victims.
Follow the link and see what you think of his reasoning.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Another tale of mean for the sake of mean.
The Rule of Lawless 0
It seems that D. C. grand juries aren’t buying the–er–Trumped up charges against the sandwich slinger.
(Syntax error fixed.)
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 0
For years, the right-wing has been telling us that the federal government can’t be trusted.
And they’ve given us one.