Politics of Hate category archive
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Better 0
Thom discusses out how the reasoning the Supreme Court used in allowing a baker to discriminate against gay couples directly contradicts the reasoning it used to uphold Donald Trump’s travel ban.
“The Face of the Nation” 0
Shorter Frank Harris, III: It’s not a pretty face.
Trumpling Reagan’s “Shining City on a Hill” 0
Amy Fried explains how that city no longer shines nor sits on a hill, but has plunged into the valley of darkness.
Borderline Disorder 0
Seth talks to Chris Hayes about conditions at the border and how they differ from what Donald Trump says they are. He also offers his thoughts about what motivates the anti-immigration crowd.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Elie Wystal comments on Donald Trump’s desire to abandon “due process” at the border (and, likely, everywhere else).
Just read it.
The Court Is in Sessions 0
Thom and Frank Schaeffer discuss Jeff Sessions’s laughable attempt to invoke Godwin’s Law to end criticism of Donald Trump’s venality and brutality.
Despotately Seeking Suzerainty, Reprise 0
In the Hartford Courant, Nathaniel Zelinsky shares his concern and unease with Donald Trump’s dalliances with despots.
Few statements could be more perverse: Kim certainly does not “do right” by the hundreds of thousands of North Koreans in prison camps. He does not “do right” by the 10.5 million North Koreans who are undernourished as a direct result of the regime’s actions. Nor does he “do right” when he restricts North Koreans’ freedom to speak or to travel (to name just two freedoms) in his desperate quest to retain control of the Hermit Kingdom.
So read the rest.
Borderline Disorder 0
Alby suggests that there’s a method to the madness.
Recommended Reading for Trumpled Times 0
I’m passing this recommendation on from Ginny Brock, who writes at The Roanoke Times,
Follow the link for her reasons for recommending Shirer’s book (which, by the by, is excellent).
Precedented 0
Paul Krugman sees similarities between Donald Trump’s obsession with immigrants and other phenomena, and they ain’t pretty. Here’s an excerpt; follow the link for the evidence he cites.
And you know what this reminds me of? The history of anti-Semitism, a tale of prejudice fueled by myths and hoaxes that ended in genocide.