From Pine View Farm

Politics of Hate category archive

The Party of Flaw and Disorder, Reprise 0

Title:  A Few of the Weapons Used To

Click to view the original image.

Share

Soldier On 0

Mrs. Betty Bowers offers some advice for living in these Trumpled times.

Share

A Notion of Immigrants 0

At the Washington Monthly, Garrett Epps dissects the duplicity implicit in Donald Trump’s attempt to despotically single-handedly amend the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. Here’s a tiny bit of his article:

For most of us on the sidelines, the outstanding feature of Trump’s order is its cruelty—its deliberate targeting of babies born after February 19, 2025, rendering them stateless and ineligible for the benefits of citizenship most native-born Americans take for granted. Think like a judge, however: from that point of view, the striking defect of the order is simply the crushing weight of legal authority that it purports to sweep aside.

Follow the link for more about a judge’s perspective.

Share

Republican Family Values 0

Donald Trummp dressed as Pontius Pilate with Christ's cross looming in the background says,

Click to view the original image.

Share

Twits Own Twitter X Offenders 0

SFgate’s Drew Magary explains why he deleted his account at Twitter X.

Share

The Rule of Lawless 0

Thom comments on Trump’s pardon of his violence-prone fanboys the January 6th insurrectionists.

This topic was also discussed in somewhat more detail on Thursday’s episode of The Bob Cesca Show.

I have listened to Bob’s podcast almost since its beginning–certainly since its first year–and commend it to your attention.

Share

Repeat Offender 0

Florida Man.

Share

Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Donald Trump, a second-generation American citizen who benefited from Americans’ constitutional right to birthright citizenship, wants to strip away the right to birthright citizenship.

At Above the Law, Elie Mystal reprises an article laying bare the underlying intent. A snippet:

I know you are afraid of the browning of the country, I know you’ve crunched the numbers and have come to the obvious conclusion that you can’t deport your way into a future of white majorities. I know you have two options: double down on apartheid rule, or strip away rights from non-white people who you can’t stop from living here. The Electoral College is going to do the work of the former, so when you come for birthright citizenship, I know you are fighting for the latter goal.

Today’s Republican Party has truly become the party of the New Secesh, as America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the doctrine of racism created to rationalize it continue to wield their curse.

Share

Facebook Frolics 0

Rebecca Watson comments on Mark Zuckerberg’s decision the greenlight hate speech on his “social” media platforms. (Warning: Mild language.)

Or you can read the transcript.

Share

Facebook Frolics 0

At AL.com, Kyle Whitmire finds himself less than impressed with Mark Zuckerberg’s reasons for abandoning fact-checking Fakebook Facebook; Whitmire notes the irony (emphasis added):

Seemingly overnight, Facebook — which insists on being called Meta now — swapped out its political identity more swiftly than its name. The world’s largest social media company announced it would suspend fact-checking, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg called “biased” and prone to mistakes. Zuck did not cite examples, nor weigh any errors against the good that fact-checking may have done. Instead, he cited his opinion as a fact. And who will be left at the company to fact-check him?

And that’s just the start. Follow the link for the rest.

Meanwhile, in more news of the Zuckerborg . . . .

Share

Twits Own Twitter X Offenders, Truth-in-Advertising Dept. 0

Caption:  Musk updates his logo.  Image:  Elon Musk with paint labeled

Click to view the original image.

Share

Twits Own Twitter X Offenders 0

The Portland Press-Herald’s Victoria Hugo-Vidal has had enough of Elon Musk’s antics. Here’s a tiny bit from her article:

The functions of the site degraded — more errors, more downtime — as he fired a huge chunk of Twitter employees. He allowed Neo-Nazis, conspiracy theorists and violent misogynists back onto the platform. He didn’t seem to think the moderating department was necessary, so harassment and spam on the website has multiplied.

Remember the porn bots? They’re everywhere now. And there’s a lot more vitriol and insults. Musk’s management has turned it into an angry, stewing right-wing playground. I logged in just now and the first notification I received was someone commenting, “Leftist filth destroys states and communities.” It was a reply to a picture I had retweeted of Maine Gov. Janet Mills dressed as Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

Share

A Notion of Immigrants 0

Donald Trump, standing between Melania and Elon Musk, says,

Click for the original image.

Share

Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

In the midst of a long article about how the next few years are likely to be–er–difficult, the Rude One presents what methinks is an apt description of the current who-shot-John over H1B visas in the Republican Party:

It’s a battle between the racist capitalists and racist isolationists over who is the better racist . . . .

Share

Courting Disaster, One Thing Is Not Like the Other Thing Dept. 0

At Above the Law, Joe Patrice dissects Supreme Supremacist Court Chief Justice John Roberts’s misdirection play.

Share

The Entrance Exam, a Notion of Immigrants Dept. 0

Mike Luckovich decodes de code.

Baby 2025 approaches.  MAGA-hatted man holds up a color chart to his skin, finds that it's white, and says,

Click for the original image.

Share

A Tune for the Times 0

Share

A Notion of Immigrants 0

PoliticalProf.

Share

“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Rep. Melanie Stansbury argues the we are facing McCarthyism v. 2.0, with extra added malice and stupid (commentary by Cliff Shecter).

Via C&L.

___________________

*Mark Twain.

Share

Establishmentarians 0

Thom looks at recent Establishmentarian antics in Texas (and a few other states).

Share