Politics of Hate category archive
Iced by ICE 0
Sam and the crew find themselves–er–somewhat taken aback by the brutality of Donald Trump’s secret police ICE agents.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Mike Littwin hears a rhyme–a rhyme he did not expect.
What I didn’t know was that JD Vance, Stephen Miller and the rest of the Trump team would go full McCarthy on us.
Follow the link for his parsing of the poesy.
And, in related news . . . .
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*Mark Twain.
Still Rising Again after All These Years, Notion of Immigrants Dept. 0
At SFGate, Paula Mejía writes of Angie ‘the ICE Chaser’ Vargas, a health care professional who has made an avocation of documenting the antics of Donald Trump’s secret police ICE agents in the Los Angeles area on her TikTok account.
In the course of the interview, she gets to the crux of what’s going on (emphasis added).
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Rick Strom discusses ICE’s detention of legal workers at a Hyundai plant in Georgia. (Warning: The first couple of minutes are a chilling vision of what this nation is becoming under the Trump maladministration.)
From the Youtube page (emphasis added):
By her own admission, MAGA supporter and Congressional candidate Tori Branum was supposedly responsible for calling ICE on the Hyundai plant in Georgia that saw hundreds of workers, including South Korean nationals there for business purposes, rounded up and held in ICE custody, effectively costing the country billions of dollars in investments in the process.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
- I know this you don’t want to hear,
But realize, please, it can happen here.
Indeed, some would even say
It’s already well under way.
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*Mark Twain.
Republican Thought Police 0
Writing at Psychology Today Blogs, neuroscientist James Hyman points out that
(t)he current (Trump–ed.) administration is clearly hostile to academia.
Follow the link for his discussion of his reasons for saying that and the implications of said hostility.
Aside:
Methinks the reason for said hostility is quite simple.
Facts, knowledge, and truth are inimical to Stephen Miller’s the Trump maladministration’s agenda.
Republican Thought Police, One More Time 0
Rick Strom tries to make sense of the senselessness.
Republican Thought Police 0
They are patrolling dis coarse discourse with truncheons raised and gags at the ready
Unjust Retribution 0
“Vengeance is mine,” saith the Lard.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Farron reports on a voter who got what he voted for.
And now regrets it.
Today’s Republican Party is a vile and loathsome thing.
Republican Family Values 0
Brian Kilmeade apologizes for letting the mask slip saying homeless persons should be executed.
Dis Coarse Discourse, Disinformation Superhighway Dept. (Updated) 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, sociologist Robert Bartholomew notes that
(s)ocial media is playing an increasingly influential role in the formation and spread of rumors.
In the light of the flood of mis- and disinformation following the killing of Charlie Kirk, I think this is a timely and worthwhile read.
And, remember, “social” media isn’t.
Addendum:
For example.
Both Sides Don’t 0
Thom discusses the “both sides” scam and how false balance fuels extremism. (Warning: Commercial at about the five minute mark.)