Politics of Hate category archive
Republican Thought Police 0
In a longer article in which he details Republican efforts to squelch disssenting voices and curtain freedom of speech, Brit “Red” Schulte reminds us that
Afterthought:
I didn’t realize it until now, but I my father must have been antifa. After all, he fought Nazi Germany in WWII.
I wonder if Trump would jail him now, were he still with ut.
American Stasi 0
Farron demolishes J. D. Vance’s claim that ICE has “absolute immunity” to kill whomever they want.
Speaking of Gaslighting . . . . 0
Trudy Rubin notes that
I commend her entire piece to your attention.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Michael in Norfolk hears a rhyme. Here’s bit of the cadence:
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*Mark Twain.
A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
The killing of a Minneapolis woman, Renee Good, by an ICE agent this week, was a tragedy, due to a situation created by Trump as a political stunt and a show of force in a state that he lost in the last election, all aimed at getting revenge on Governor Walz, who has called Trump out as a dangerous, power-mad, corrupt and petty fascist.
While it is impossible to know what went on in the mind of the ICE agent as he fired multiple times, at close range, into Good’s car, I find Kristy Noem’s version of events hard to believe. Based upon what I saw on video of the event, I imagined my own narrative of what might possibly transpire in a similar situation. My version seems as likely as the version created and pushed by the government.
Both Sides Don’t 0
Steve M. is fed up with the false equivalence.
Afterthought:
Once evil becomes proven, presumption of good no longer applies.
American Stasi 0
The EFF warns us that ICE is ramping up its surveillance–and not just of immigrants. From their report:
- ICE had scanned the driver’s license photos of 1 in 3 adults.
- ICE had access to the driver’s license data of 3 in 4 adults.
- ICE was tracking the movements of drivers in cities home to 3 in 4 adults.
- ICE could locate 3 in 4 adults through their utility records.
- ICE built its surveillance dragnet by tapping data from private companies and state and local bureaucracies.
- ICE spent approximately $2.8 billion between 2008 and 2021 on new surveillance, data collection and data-sharing programs.
Follow the link for the full report.
And, in more news of the American Stasi . . . .
Misdirection Play, a Notion of Immigrants Dept. 0
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Sal Rodriguez discusses that furor over welfare fraud in Minnesota. He notes that, though Somali immigrants are being targeted by the Trump maladministration, (emphasis added)
The founder of the organization, a white American named Aimee Bock, was convicted of her crimes. Dozens of others involved in the scheme have pled guilty. Most of those involved were of Somali background.
So why, one wonders, are Somalis getting all the blame publicity? Rodriguez suggests that the answer is quite simple:
Methinks the full article. is worth your while.
No Rooming at the Inn 0
These days, you hear a lot in the news about the First, Second, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution. You don’t hear much about the Third Amendment, which was written in reaction to the British forcing colonials to take British soldiers into their homes back in colonial times. It reads in its entirety
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice predicts that it might be a thing because of the actions of the Trump maladmistration.
Party Planning 0
At AL.com, John Archibald reminds us that, five years ago today, Donald Trump’s supporters invaded the Capitol, wreking havoc, distroying papers, soiling desks, and attacking police, in an attempt to overthrow the election. Many were convicted ot serious crimes of violence and later pardoned by Donald Trump as he began is second term.
Archibabld asks, which of them would you invite into your own home?
Follow the link to choose.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Via The Japan Times, Kaushik Basu hears a rhyme goosestepping through history.
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*Mark Twain.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Mary Trump discusses Donald Trump’s turning the United States Department of Justice into the Donald Trump Department of Retribution.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Ruben Navarrett Jr. unpacks the ten biggest lies about immigrants. Here’s one; follow the link for the others.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At the Las Vegas Sun, Eric Foster decodes de code.
Extra-Special Bonus QOTD, Republican Family Values Dept. 0
UVa’s Larry Sabato, regarding Donald Trump’s reaction to the death from cancer of JFK’s granddaughter:
Follow the link for context.