Misdirection Play, Red Scare Dept. 0
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Jackie Calmes argues that Donald Trump’s charges that the Democratic Party is somehow communist are a textbook, classic case of project. He points out that
One-party rule through central government election finagling? Now that’s a communist.
I commend the entire piece to your attention.
Emoluments 0
David follows the money.
The Rule of Lawless 0
In the midst of a longer piece regarding a U. S. District Attorney who was lawfully appointed, but whom the Trump maladministration fired 56 minutes after he was sworn in, Above the Law’s Joe Patrice reveals what may be behind said firing:
Trump wants to install prosecutors illegally and indefinitely without Senate approval.
Follow the link for context.
QOTD 0
Quintus Curtius Rufus:
When the truth cannot be clearly made out, what is false is increased through fear.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Honest to Betsy, you can’t make this stuff up.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Republican Thought Police 0
The Trump maladministration seems to believe that, if we don’t talk about America’s originial sin of chattel slavery, then, by jimiminy, it really couldn’t have been all that bad.
Afterthought:
It’s all about whitewashing–you will pardon the expression–the racism.
They claim that they don’t wan’t to discuss things that make America look bad.
What they mean is that they don’t want to discuss things that make white American racists look bad.
The Crypto Con 0
But is it truly a con? At Above the Law, tax attorney Steven Chung applies the eye of a lawyer to Donald Trump’s crypto capers.
The Me Veneration . . . 0
. . . has a poster child.
A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
Larry Lazuli knows that nothing says “trust me” quite like a Republican press release. If the Republicans say that the missing Mitch McConnell is doing great and possibly not only recovering, but preparing for an Iron Man competition, who are we to question that? Larry naturally took the whole kerfuffle and turned it into a swingin’ tune. He hopes you dig it like a gravedigger.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Speaking of rhymes, Michael in Norfolk hears a rhyme from across the big pond.
Details at the link.
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*Mark Twain.
The Blame Gamers 0
Ring of Fire’s Josh Gay sees a method in the maliciousness. Indeed, he posits a pattern in the perfidious proclamations poisoning the polity and debasing the discourse.
The Patriot Gamers 0
Methinks Ron Mitchell makes a valid point.
American Stasi 0
Grung_e_Gene, who happens to work in law enforcement, ain’t buying the Trump maladministration’s attempt to justify lynchings extra-judicial killings by ICE. Here’s a bit from his post: