Culture Warriors category archive
The Rule of Lawless, Notion of Immigrants Dept. 0
According to an article in The Hill, the Squeaker of the House thinks that Congress can find some way to amend the Constitution all on its ownsome in the face of the Supreme Supremacist Court’s ruling that Donald Trump does not have the power to amend it himself.
The Squeaker points to the scourge of “birth tourism,” which, according to figures in the article, amounts to approximately 0.7% of babies born in the U. S. every year–this from the same people who are claiming that too few babies are born in the U. S. every year.
Left unsaid is what’s truly behind the Republican panic propaganda about this issue. Left unsaid is their actual selling point:
- Far too many these babies may be (gasp!) Not White.
They’re selling hate, and they have far too many eager buyers.
Republican Thought Police 0
North Carolina legislators just pushed through anti-DEI legislation over the governor’s veto. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Executive Director of Intergovernmental Relations Charles Jeter describes it as a “solution in search of a problem” and fears those problems. A snippet (emphasis added):
That gray area, he said, may hamstring educators or school districts.
“They give definitions, but the definitions in and of themselves are interpretable by different people,” Jeter told the Observer. “That’s the concern: it’s the unintended consequences.”
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Survivors of America’s World War II Japanese internment camps look at the Trump maladministration’s concentration camps detention centers and hear a rhyme.
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*Mark Twain.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Jackie Calmes details how Donald Trump is making racism great again.
America Stasi 0
Under the rule of law, adjudicate and retaliate do not rhyme.
Under the rule of flaw, it seems that they may.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice that todays Supreme Supremacist Court has openly exchanged its robes black robes for white (my phrasing, not his).
No summary or excerpt can do his piece justice (just like today’s Supreme Supremacist Court can’t seem to do justic–oh, never mind). Just go read it.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Via The Japan Times, Justin Fox debunks the racist bigots’ bunk. A snippet:
Devolution 0
I reckon it comes as no surprise that, in these Trumpled times, hate can be a viable career path.
American Stasi 0
David tells one family’s story.
Not Neutrality 0
At The Charlotte Observer, Paige Masten explains that, in some circumstances, “(r)efusing to ‘take a side’ is still taking a side . . . .”
Follow the link for context.
American Stasi 0
We are again reminded that “suffer the children” is not scripture.
Rather, it’s a Republican family value.
Establishmentarians . . . 0
. . . are joining up with the Republican thought police.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom explains how the Trump maladministration and its American Stasi are routinely violating the U. S. Constitution in pursuit of their racist agenda. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
The Past as Prologue 0
Phenix S Halley steps into the Wayback Machine and offers a glimpse of the America that the Trump maladministration would make great again.
Afterthought:
It’s the America I grew up in.
I don’t want to go back.
Republican Thought Police 0
Via SFgate, a federal judge has ruled in favor of a coalition of groups suing to stop the Trump maladministration’s attempt to erase those portions of American history that it doesn’t like. Here’s a bit from the ruling:
The story goes on the report that (no surprises here) the Trump maladministration is consdiering an appeal.
Stray Thought 0
Nethinks one clear warning sign of a rule of lawless is “a secretive police.”
American Stasi, Republican Family Values Dept. 0
Thom discusses the Trump maladministration’s “concentration camps for children.”