Politics of Hate category archive
A Bumble 0
He made an unexpected match on Bumble.
“I did storm the capitol,” he said, according to court documents. “I made it all the way to Statuary Hall.”
His potential date wrote back: “We are not a match.” Then, the Bumble user contacted the police.
Then the police contacted him . . . .
“The Armed Encampment on a Hill” 0
Thom marvels at what Republicans have done to America.
Phoning It In 0
Disunited States 0
Werner Herzog’s Bear mulls over Republicans’ “culture war” strategy, first wielded with effectiveness by Richard Nixon, and the implications of said strategy. Here’s a bit; the entire article is well-worth the three or four minutes it will take for you to read it (emphasis added).
“Nor Any Drop To Drink . . . .” 0
Methinks Noz has a point.
“Turn a Blind Eye” 0
The Des Moines Register’s Rekha Basu excoriates a proposed bill in the Iowa state legislature designed to protect bigots and racists from having their sensitive ‘ittle fee-fees hurt.
No excerpt or summary–just read her article.
Tales of the Trumpling, a Notion of Immigrants Dept. 0
The Rude One explains how and why the situation at the southwestern border is a direct result of the incompetence and venality of the previous federal executive. (Warning: Language.)
The Courage of Their Conniptions, Reprise 0
Warning: Short commercial at the end. (Also, I haven’t worn a watch in years. I have cellphone with a clock.)
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
A Notion of Immigrants, Reprise 0
In a larger piece discussing what is wrong with press coverage of the immigrant situation at the southwestern border, Will Bunch provides a partial answer to one of the questions I raised earlier today:
Here’s another bit of Bunch’s article (linked above), regarding what is wrong with the coverage of the current situation; I commend the rest to your attention.
The border situation is neither the first crisis facing the new administration nor close to the biggest — not with a pandemic that has killed more than 500,000 Americans and the related economic crisis leaving 10 million out of work — but it is the nation’s most visible problem that can be so easily demagogued by Republicans looking to score cheap political points against a popular president, or get lapped up by Beltway journalists eager to go back to the brunch of lazy punditry.
Aside:
It is worth remembering that much of the chaos in those countries is the direct result of Ronald Reagan’s policies.