Republican Lies category archive
The Medicine Show 0
Thom debunks Trump’s bunk about bringing drug prices down.
Republican Thought Police, Reprise 0
Via the Charlotte Observer, L. A. Times columnist Gustavo Arellano has a theory as to why the Trump maladministration is so interented in policing thought. Here’s a tiny bit from his article (emphasis added):
Follow the link for the context of his conclusion.
Lemon Squash and the Power of Repress 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice dissects the Trump maladministration’s vendetta against news report Don Lemon. It’s a blistering send of duplicity and dissimulation on the part of Pam Bondi’s Department of you-can-no-longer-call-it Jusstice.
A snippet:
This should have marked the end of a troubling campaign to punish a journalist for journalisming, but what this DOJ lacks in professionalism and legal acumen they more than make up for in creativity. Unable to secure a warrant, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that she directed federal agents to arrest the journalists.
Afterthought:
On his podcast, Bob Cesca has often advanced the theory that the point of such legal actions isn’t necessarily to win in court, but rather to cause the targets financial and spiritual pain. Trump, after all, has a long history of using protracted court actions to wear down those he perceives as opponents.
Methinks Cesca makes sense.
American Stasi 0
Farron discusses a federal judge’s asking the Trump maladministration why the heck are you doing this to justify why ICE has invaded Minnesota.
Photoslop 0
The EFF reports that the Trump maladministration is making stuff up. And this surprises you how?
Here’s a bit from their article.
A short while later, the White House posted the same photo – except that version had been digitally altered to darken Armstrong’s skin and rearrange her facial features to make it appear she was sobbing or distraught. The Guardian, one of many media outlets to report on this image manipulation, created a handy slider graphic to help viewers see clearly how the photo had been changed.
This isn’t about “owning the libs” — this is the highest office in the nation using technology to lie to the entire world. . . .
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes’* 0
Thom recalls an experience from his past that rhymes with “Minneapolis.”
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*Mark Twain.
Freedom of Repress 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye reports on some–er–Trumped up charges.
American Stasi 0
Grung_e_Gene, who has law enforcement training, shares his thoughts on ICE’s icing an ICU nurse in Ninneapolis.
Warning: He minces no words.
Still Rising Again after All These Years . . . 0
. . . and still trying to white-wash (you will pardon the expression) America’s original sin of chattel slavery.
Vaccine Nation 0
Mary Trump looks at RFK Jr.’s disregard of history so as to make epidemics great again.
The Blame Gamer 0
David dissects the Squeaker of the House’s misdirection play of blaming Biden for everything that the Trump maladministration has done.
“The Rent Is Too Damn High”
And Republicans Are Lying about Why
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Davud debunks de bunk and, in the process, explains how lies work.
American Stasi 0
Rebecca Watson unpacks the Trump maladministration’s lies about the murder of Renee Nicole Good.
Or you can read the transcript.
On the same topic, SFGate’s Drew Magary minces no words.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At AL.com, John Archibald takes issue with Donald Trump’s recent claims that white persons were badly treated after the passage of the Civil Rights Act. A snippet:
Or to believe it.
Because the Civil Rights Act – the Movement itself – didn’t just make life better for Black people. It made life better for poor white people too, no matter what the anger mongers might say. It gave them voice in elections and the tools to compete in the marketplace. It broke down walls and made America better. Particularly in places like my home.
His entire article is worth the few moments it will take you to read it.
Aside:
Trump’s remark provides another bit of evidence that Richard Nixon’s southern strategy has come full circle and consumed the Republican Party.
Speaking of Gaslighting . . . . 0
Trudy Rubin notes that
I commend her entire piece to your attention.