Politics of Hate category archive
Republican Thought Police 0
At AL.com, John Archibald looks at a bill recently introduced in the Alabama legislature that would for all practical purposes abolish academic tenure; he suggests that
It’s about controlling what you can say or hear or ultimately think or learn. And of course teach.
Follow the link for the rest.
Afterthought:
Why are Republicans afraid of freedom of thought and speech? Could be that they know they are in the wrong?
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Per northjersey.com, veterans of the civil rights mevement are hearing lots of rhymes from those times from the tramps of the American Stasi. Here’s a tiny bit:
“The government is not just repressing Black people,” he said. “Now, they are repressing a broader swath of the population that includes anybody that opposes them. . . .”
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*Mark Twain.
The Pursuit of Knowledge 0
That’s what the Republican thought police are all about.
And, once they catch it, they will lock it up and make sure it never roams free again.
“There Is No Plan” 0
Mary Trump offers her take on why Trump mongered a war.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes,”* Rule of Lawless Dept. 0
Via The Seattle Times, Amanda Cats-Baril hears a rhyme from colonial times. Here’s how her article begins (emphasis added):
That struggle over arbitrary warrants is no longer a historical footnote, now that the federal government is reviving the very practice Otis condemned. An internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo dated May 12, 2025, authorizes agents to enter homes solely on the basis of an “administrative warrant,” without prior judicial approval.
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*Mark Twain.
Courting Disaster 0
The saying is that any prosecutor can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich.
Except it seems for Trump’s prosecutors. Via Above the Law, TechDirt takes a deep dive into why the Trump maladministration’s DOJ keeps losing in court. A snippet:
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Via the Charlotte Observer, Bloomberg’s Andreas Kluth reminds us to watch what they do, not what they say. Here’s a tiny bit from the article:
Aside:
I would have put the word, “Christian,” in quotes. The only part of Christ’s words that these “white Christian nationalists” seem to have read is “Do unto others.”
American Stasi, Reprise 0
Speaking of the surveillance state . . . .
American Stasi and the Rule of Lawless 0
And it’s the right-wingers who keep harping on the “surveillance state,” except, natch, when they’re doing the surveilling.
(snip)
The ruling found that DHS did not follow the federal law requiring the agency requesting taypayer address from the IRS to have specifically identified the individual in question. The requesting agency must provide the IRS with the name and address of the person whose information it seeks to obtain. IRS failed to verify that this information had been provided in the majority of the 47,300 DHS requests.
