April, 2025 archive
The Rule of Lawless 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini contrasts Donald Trump’s coddling of convicted rioters with his incarceration of innocent immigrants. A snippet:
That wasn’t the case for the 1,600 individuals charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Michael in Norfolk hears a rhyme. Here’s a bit; follow the link for context.
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*Mark Twain.
Dump the Facts, Ma’am 0
Rebecca Watson reports on a recent study that indicates conservatives dislike, distrust, and disbelieve science. Here’s a bit from her article:
Methinks the findings of this study shed some light on the Trump madladministration’s efforts to gut federal scientific research programs.
The Art of the Con 0
PoliticalProf perceives a pattern.
DOGE Bull in the China Shop 0
El Reg reports that DOGE and the Trump maladministration are gutting the United States’s cyber security efforts. A snippet:
You might think, if you’re outside the US, who cares? Unfortunately, whether you like it or not, the US has long taken the lead in technical security.
Follow the link for the details, and, remember, persons who don’t know how stuff works should not be put in charge of working that stuff.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Thom dissects the disinformation distributed by the Trump maladminstration to justify subjecting persons to lettres de cachet because, well, as near as I can figure it, being mean for the sake of mean is now a Republican family value.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At the Detroit Free Press, John Lindstrom hears a rhyme. Here’s a bit of the cadence:
Clearly Trump is behaving as though he is above the law . . . .
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*Mark Twain.
Bankrolling the Rule of Lawless 0
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Will Bunch follows the money.
Meta: Sidebar 0
The Philadelphia Phillies RSS feed seems to be broken, so I’ve removed it from the sidebar.