Politics of Hate category archive
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes’* 0
Thom recalls an experience from his past that rhymes with “Minneapolis.”
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*Mark Twain.
American Stasi 0
Grung_e_Gene, who has law enforcement training, shares his thoughts on ICE’s icing an ICU nurse in Ninneapolis.
Warning: He minces no words.
All the News that Fits 0
Steve M. points out that the inhabitants of Trump world can’t understand why all the fuss about Trump’s ICEcapades because their world is so bubblelicious.
A Tune for the Times 0
Warning: Mild language.
From the Youtube page:
“Make America Great Again, My Ass” is a sharp, unapologetic parody music video that takes aim at the hollow nostalgia behind MAGA politics. While politicians chant about a “better past,” this video highlights the very real ways America is failing people right now — from economic inequality and crumbling infrastructure to culture wars, book bans, and the erosion of basic rights.
Set to biting lyrics and uncomfortable imagery, this parody pulls back the curtain on performative patriotism and exposes the disconnect between political slogans and lived reality. If you’re tired of being told things are “great” while wages stagnate, healthcare collapses, and democracy feels fragile, this one’s for you.
Precedented 0
In a disturbing and unsettling article at AL.com, Kyle Whitimire addresses
(h)ow a Yale prof’s cruel experiment explains the ICE-y obedience breaking America.
No excerpt or summary can do his piece justice. Just go read it.
Suffer the Children 0
We are again reminded that that’s not scripture. That’s Republican policy.
Swiss Cheek 0
Seth takes a closer look at Trump’s speech at Davos. It is not pretty.
Aside:
Many years ago, we hosted a high-school exchange student from Denmark. The next year, we visited Denmark and met her parents, who were marvelous hosts. We had a wonderful visit with gracious people.
I would not want to hear what they would have to say about my country today, now that it is ruled by a narcissistic toddler who fancies himself not president, but king.
The ICE Men Cometh, and Bring with Them the Rule of Lawless 0
Via The Kansas City Star, Llewellyn King explains the implications. Here’s a bit from his article:
ICE agents are also the affair of the whole world, for while they are symbols of local terror, they are also symbols of America’s withdrawal from the one critical underpinning of civilization: the rule of law.
Without it, society isn’t much. No one is secure, even those in charge.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Historians Yohuru Williams and Michael Lansing look at what’s happening in Minnesota and remind us that
This is how police states are built – not by a single law or single leader, but through precedents set in moments of crisis. Through declarations made before facts are gathered. Through the steady retreat from the assumption that power flows from – and must answer to – the people. History offers us lessons here. When immunity becomes absolute, accountability collapses.
Follow the link for their reasoning.
American Stasi 0
From the Youtube page:
Veteran NBA head coach Doc Rivers sounded off on the shooting and killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis, as well as issuing a dark warning about what the future holds under the Trump administration. Rick Strom breaks it down.
American Stasi, Reprise 0
Thom takes an in-depth look at what’s happening in Minneapolis and finds a straw at which to grasp.
American Stasi 0
Methinks a strong case can be made that they are practicing cannon law.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Michael in Norfolk decodes de code:
Follow the link for context.