Republican Lies category archive
Mongers of Hate 0
Thom discusses how today’s Republican Party has weaponized hate and faction over the last four decades.
Aside:
I think that Thom is quite correct about the legacy of Ronald Reagan, but I think he should also have included as a contributing factor Richard Nixon’s Southern Strategy, which has turned the party of Lincoln into the party of Jefferson Davis.
Honest to Pete, if Ev Dirksen or Nelson Rockefeller came back from their graves, they would be ashamed of what their party has become.
A Litany of Lies 0
The Washington Post’s slogan was once “Democracy dies in darkness” (at least until Jeff Bezos decided that he liked darkness). Thom argues that democracy also dies in lies, then goes on to list lies that Republicans tell and have told for years without the press’s calling out their lying.
Spin City 0
At SFgate, Erin Rode explores how the right-wing media machine turned a nothing-burger into the conservative* cause celebre.
The topic of the piece is a bridge designed to allow wild animals, including endangered species, to safely cross a busy highway, a project which is slightly behind schedule and slightly over-budget, something that never ever happens with big, years-long projects except when it does.
Rode traces how the events, all of which had been reported as they happened, were repackaged, tied with a bow, and turned into fodder for the wing-nut rage machine.
Here’s a tiny bit, describing one of the outcomes of this process:
It is an inside look into the workings of the right-wing hate factory.
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*And, yes, I know they are not “conservative” in any traditional sense. They are somewhere between reactionary (as in back to 1859) and anarchistic.
The Art of the Dealbreak 0
David explains why it’s Trump, not Democrats, who bears the responsibility for TSA’s not being funded because of his inability (refusal? ego-driven hostility? maniacal narcissistic aversion to?) to compromise.
Republican Thought Police 0
Apparently, they want to turn (what’s left of) the Voice of America into the Voice of Trump.
Republican Thought Police 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice reflects on the a federal court’s ruling that Pete Hegseth decision to bar members of the press who did not print his bidding from the Pentagon. In discussing what led up to the case, Patrice notes that (emphasis added)
That policy has now been overturned, though the Trump maladministration has promised to appeal.
Read the whole article. It is a gem.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
David listens to Markwayne Mullin’s confirmation testimony and hears a rhyme.
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*Mark Twain.
The Gaslighting 0
Farron debunks de bunk.
Suffer the Children 0
As we all know by now, that’s a Republican family value.
The Gaslighting 0
Seth takes a closer look at Donald Trump’s claims that he will bring down gas prices as gas prices rise.
The Irrationalization, Reprise 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Leonard Hitchcock tries to figure out why the Trump maladministration wanted war with Iran.
No summary or excerpt will do his piece justice. Just go read it.
“There Is No Plan” 0
Mary Trump offers her take on why Trump mongered a war.