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Michael in Norfolk is not sanguine.

Here’s a bit from his post:

As for much of the public, they remain oblivious of the historical antecedents Trump draws on that ought to be setting off alarm bells and sirens.

Follow the link for context.

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Twits Own Twitter X Offenders 0

Elon Musk exercises his freedom of screech.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Sheep’s Clothing . . . 0

. . . But Richard Barsanti sees through the disguise.

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An Exercise in Etymology 0

Title:  This Week in Authoritarian Newspeak:  Woke.  Frame One, captioned

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Facebook Frolics 0

Meta decides to permit prevaricating phrolickers to poison the polity.

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Gene Collier, writing at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, says that the behavior of Donald Trump and his dupes, symps, and fellow travelers remind him of a book he recently read.

What’s the book? you might ask?

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

I tried a couple of titles for this post, but I eventually realized that what we are seeing is the New Secesh still rising again, so I recycled a recurring title, because it reflects a recurring theme.

If you are brave enough look behind the rhetoric of Trump and his dupes, symps, and fellow travelers, what you will see is racism, bigotry, and hate.

And hate sells, because hate allows persons to avoid responsibility, to avoid caring, to avoid thought.

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The Deadly Duet 0

Death conducting a duet between two genies let out of their bottles by the Israel-Hamas conflict.  One genie is labeled

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The Chaos Gambit 0

Dick Polman takes a look at Donald Trump’s behavior in court. A snippet:

Former federal prosecutor Dennis Aftergut observed yesterday, “Blowing smoke is simply in the nature of a narcissist. (Trump) seems to be without any sound legal strategy, but rather only a political one: Keep sending the base a message of defiance, win the 2024 election, and let his incoming Justice Department end any prosecution.”

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Republican Thought Police 0

Hemingway? Really?

Not that I’m a Hemingway fan or anything like that, but, really, Hemingway?

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Merchant of Hate 0

In a brilliant article at the Des Moines Register, Kathy Kiely, veteran reporter and Lee Hills Chair in Free Press Studies at the Missouri School of Journalism, calls out the hate-full remarks of Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen.

Just go read it for yourself.

(Broken link fixed.)

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Establishmentarians 0

Thom wonders why so many they-call-themselves Christians seem to miss the point of what the Bible reports to be Jesus Christ’s own words.

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Cujo Goes to Congress 0

Television shows Mike Johnson wearing

Via Job’s Anger.

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Establishmentarians 0

Michael in Norfolk is less than sanguine about the new Speaker of the House. A snippet:

Mike Johnson would erase the separation of church and state and make his dangerous and bigoted form of Christianity the de facto established religion in America,

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Tricky Treating, Republican Thought Police Dept. 0

At the Tampa Bay Times, Stephanie Hayes has some ideas as to what Halloween costumes will be acceptable to Floria Man’s Republican Thought Police.

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The Coronation 0

House GOP crowning the new Speaker of the House with the hat of the QAnon Shaman.

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Dick Polman is less that taken with the Republicans’ choice for Speaker of the House. Here’s a bit of what he has to say:

Just what we need running the House: A evangelical fanatic who touts the blessing of a felonious criminal defendant who yesterday was fined 10 grand for contempt of court. A guy who formerly ranked 213th in House seniority is now second in line to the presidency. Every time we think we’ve hit bottom in this benighted nation, another cellar trap door creaks open.

Follow the link to find out what he really thinks.

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Dis Coarse Discourse 0

Title:  Intimi-Nation.  Frame One:  Party leaders and followers show how it's done!  Forst. try to overturn election results through violent intimidatioon (Image of January 6 insurrecction).  Frame Two:  After that, bully state officials into not certifying that vote (Image of state legislator pressing

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Aside:

You can listen to the threatening phone call for the Congressman’s wife.

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Republican Thought Police 0

Florida Man plans to enforce Newspeak, Florida style.

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Who Is Picking Up the Tab for Hate? 0

Once again, the Southern Poverty Law Center follows the money. A snippet:

Many sponsors (of anti-LGBTQ+ groups–ed.) claim to be rooted in a local, grassroots movement to save children from grooming and sexualization. However, a deeper look shows that well-known right-wing big money groups like the Heritage Foundation and the Bradley Foundation are financially backing these groups’?attacks on the LGBTQ+ community.

Follow the link for the evidence.

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