Politics of Hate category archive
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.
Suffer the Children 0
As has been well-established, that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.
And nothing says “Republican family values” more than detaining the father of a six-year old girl on his way to pick up their supper because he’s brown.
“The Rent Is Too Damn High”
And Republicans Are Lying about Why
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Davud debunks de bunk and, in the process, explains how lies work.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Via The Sacramento Bee, Jackie Calmes says, “By George the Third, it surely does.”
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*Mark Twain.
American Stasi 0
Rebecca Watson unpacks the Trump maladministration’s lies about the murder of Renee Nicole Good.
Or you can read the transcript.
On the same topic, SFGate’s Drew Magary minces no words.
The Me Veneration 0
Robert Reich sums up Donald Trump’s approach to governance–well, really, to just about everything–in eight points. Here are the four that I think predominate; follow the link for the others and for the rest of Reich’s article.
(snip)
(6) Personal enrichment by Trump and other officials is justified in pursuit of victory.
(7) So are lies, cover-ups, and the illegal use of force.
(8) Trump is invincible and omnipotent.