Politics of Hate category archive
Establishmentarians 0
Mrs. Betty Bowers discusses how the Trump maladministration is trying to proselytize the U. S. Armed Forces and how we can help in the resistance.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Afterthought:
If George Wallace were to come back from the dead, he would welcomed with open arms by today’s Republican Party.
Responsible Fiscals 0
(Warning: Mild language.)
As the Twig Is Bent, So Grows the Tree . . . 0
. . . and it appears that Oklahoma is planning to bend itself its twigs.
The Privatization Scam 0
Emma talks with Whitney Wimbish about how private prisons are profiteering from Donald Trump’s campaign against brown people immigrants.
A Tune for the Times 0
Celebrate the new Mythsonian Museum.
“We’re Looking at an Administration . . . that Does Not Obey Laws” 0
Thom talks with Malcolm Nance about how Trump’s deploying American troops against Americans violates the law. The relevant portion of the video starts at about the five minute mark; the first part of the video ia about the Trump-Putin meeting. (Warning: Commercial at about the 3 1/2 minute mark.)
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Over at The Rectification of Names, Yastreblyansky hears a rhyme all the way from Rome.
And here’s a bonus rhyme.
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*Mark Twain.
American Stasi 0
Via WHYY, my old NPR station, Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner looks at Donald Trump’s military occupation of the District of Columbia and explains why I have trouble sleeping some nights:
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At the Kansas City Star, Joel Mathis writes of many of the innocent, law-abiding persons who have been swept up in Donald Trump’s crusade against immigrants. He notes that, despite the Trump maladministration’s pledges that criminals and gang members would be its targets, that has not been the actuality.
In the course of his article, he makes this observation, which methinks sums up what’s going on:
Follow the link for context.
American Stasi 0
No, that’s not hyperbole. From Truthout:
Much more at the link.
Birds of a Feather, All the News that Fits Dept. 0
Warning: Short commercial at about the 2 1/2 minute mark.
Republican Family Values 0
When you read these stories of persons renditioned by the Trump maladministration without cause or due process, but simply because IDE didn’t like their looks, you will find it difficult to deny that mean for the sake of mean is a–if not the–Republican family value.