Politics of Hate category archive
A Notion of Immigrants . . . 0
. . . Meet the privatization scam.
Republican Thought Police 0
If you don’t like history, well, just apply a little white out.
The Conflicted 0
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Anita Chabria argues that MAGA Republicans are facing a quandary.
They are having trouble agreeing about who to hate.
Here’s a brief excerpt (emphasis added); follow the link for context.
It comes amid the first real rebellion about rampant and increasingly open antisemitism within the MAGAverse, creating a massive rift between traditional conservatives and a younger, rabidly anti-Jewish contingent called groypers whose leader, Nick Fuentes, recently posted that he is “team Hitler.”
Turns out, when you cultivate a political movement based on hate, at some point the hate is uncontrollable. In fact, that hate needs to be fed to maintain power — even if it means feasting on its own.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Writing at The Sacramento Bee, Jonathan van Harmelen hears a rhyme. Here’s one brief couplet (emphasis added):
Follow the link for the rest of the verses.
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*Mark Twain.
American Stasi 0
Apparently, if ICE arrests the wrong persons because of mistaken identity, they just get to keep them anyway, because they can.
Welcome to the rule of lawless.
Or Not To Reevaluate? 0
My old Philly DL friend Noz thinks he has figured out why the Trump maladministration is so determined to end SNAP benefits.
American Stasi 0
A federal judge calls out the head of the Trump administration’s military occupation of presence in Chicago for lying in court.
Detail at the link.
And, more news of the American Stasi . . . .
Foxy Shady 0
Fox News falls for racist AI slop.
Why am I not surprised that Fox went for this like a dog for a milk bone?
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Michael in Norfolk decodes de code:
Facebook Frolics 0
Retired police officer gets thrown in jail for posting a meme on the Zuckerborg.
One more time, “social” media isn’t.