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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Brandeis professor Robert Kuttner observes that

Republicans in the former Confederacy seem determined to refight the Civil War.

Follow the link for his reasoning.

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The Quiet Part Out Loud, Reprise 0

Jen Psaki puts Donald Trump’s remarks in full context.

Via C&L, which has the transcript.

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American Taliban 0

A caller shares some stories about the antics of what he I think most aptly refers to as “Talibangelicals.”

Aside:

I was brought up Southern Baptist before the Texans took over the Southern Baptist Convention, or, to put it another way, when the SBC was sane.

I’ve read the Bible multiple times (mostly the Jerusalem translation, because in my opinion it best blends modern English with lyricism). It was a great comfort to me when my first marriage broke up. Nevertheless, I must say I haven’t read it recently, mainly as a visceral reaction to the antics of right-wing they-call-themselves Christian evangelicals merchants of hate.

These “Talibangelicals” worship no Jesus that I know.

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Republican Family Values 0

Woman holding sign reading,

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Republican Family Values 0

Yearning for the good old days.

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Establishmentarians 0

Long-time Baptist pastor Stephen Jones argues that right-wing extremist they-call-themselves Christians get it precisely backwards:

I take exception to white Christian nationalism because it is a complete misrepresentation of Jesus of Nazareth.

Follow the link for context.

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Republican Thought Police 0

At AL.com, Williesha Morris catalogs the crazy. A snippet:

One library in north Alabama even flagged a book for removal because the author’s last name is Gay.

Read the rest.

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Deep Uncovered 0

So much for attorney-client privilege.

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Establishmentarians 0

Peter Montgomery reports on efforts by right-wing they-call-themselves Christians to keep the spotlight off their efforts to piggy-back on Donald Trump and turn the United States into a theocracy. Here’s a tiny bit:

Scholars have documented that people who hold strong Christian nationalist beliefs are more likely than other Americans to support authoritarianism and embrace the idea that political violence may be necessary to move the country in the right direction. Christian nationalism played a significant role in motivating and mobilizing the crowds that attacked the U.S. Capitol to keep Trump in power after his 2020 defeat. Millions of conservative Christians have been told over and over again that God had anointed Trump to lead America back to God, and have been urged to wage “spiritual warfare” against the Trump’s “demonic” opponents.

Much, much more at the link.

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Republican Thought Police 0

In the course of a longer article about the Republican Thought Police in Alabama, Dr. Robert O. White II reminds us something George Orwell once wrote:

In his essay The Freedom of the Press, Orwell says: “If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” Included in this is the right to speak, think and express one’s self without being questioned by the state police.

Follow the link for the rest of White’s article.

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Courting Disaster 0

Arizona Republicans choose to dishonor native daughter Distinguished Extinguished Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

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Show Me the Money, Republican Family Values Dept. 0

Woman says to man doing taxes:  Don't forget to deduct our frozen embryos on the child tax credit.

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Like Alabama would put its money where its mouth is.

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From the Party of Lincoln to the Party of Stinkin’ 0

The editorial board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch tells a tale of devolution.

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Establishmentarians 0

Hal Crowther tries to figure out how, despite the evidence and the testimony of those who have worked closely in his administration, Republicans cling to Donald Trump. The entire piece is worth the few minutes it will take to read, but this bit in particular caught my eye:

But the most appalling, hypocritical, indigestible victims of Trump’s anti-charisma are the ones who call themselves “evangelicals.” “I know that he is picked by God for this hour,” said one woman who voted for him in the Iowa primary. “He is our David and our Goliath” said another. These ghastly fools, including the reactionary movie star Jon Voight, have compared Donald Trump to Jesus Christ Himself. Talk about blasphemy. If the universe were arranged as they profess to believe, the sky would open up and divine lightning would roast every one of them to cinders.

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Republican Family Values 0

Title:  Cryogenc Nursery.  Time:  Not long after the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling that IVF embryos are people . . . .  Image:  Man in medical robes showing new employee around containers of

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No Place To Hide 2

I think it’s safe to say that the internet invasion of privacy has been out of hand for quite a long time. and it certainly has more than its share of nefarious.

Here’s some nefariousness with an establishmentarian twist. Here’s a snippet from a report by the EFF:

In May 2023, the Wall Street Journal reported that Near was selling location data to anti-abortion groups. Specifically, the Journal found that the Veritas Society, a non-profit established by Wisconsin Right to Life, had hired ad agency Recrue Media. That agency purchased location data from Near and used it to target anti-abortion messaging at people who had sought reproductive healthcare.

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Establishmentarians 0

E. J. Montini finds an irony in Arizona Republicans’ desire to post the Ten Commandments in public schools:

The Good Lord must also find it humorous that those same individuals, as well as all of their MAGA brothers and sisters, daily (and nightly, and all times inbetween) break Commandment No. 1, the admonition against worshiping false gods. At least when it comes to you-know-who.

Follow the link for context.

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Republican Family Values 0

“Suffer the children” is a Republican family value.

Aside:

See the comments that Thom mentioned regarding the Heritage Foundation at this link.

As one who trained as an historian specializing in U. S. Southern, it seems to me that the “heritage” that the “Heritage” Foundation claims to represent is little more than unreconstructed white Southerners’ myth of the “Lost Cause” dressed up in Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes.

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Establishmentarians 0

What Jesus is not reported to have said, but what they believe:

Go ye therefore and make disciples of all nations, by force if necessary.

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Republican Thought Police 0

Teacher, writing the word

Via Job’s Anger.

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