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A Legend in His Own Mind 0

Brahma Chellaney takes a look at Donald Trump’s claim that he has ended seven wars and reminds us that

Trump’s claim to have ended seven “unendable” wars is best understood as a case study in self-delusion. Branding is not leadership. Real peace depends on leaders who know the difference. But in Trump’s world, peace is not the absence of war, but the presence of applause.

I commend the entire article to your attention.

And, while we’re on the subject of leadership . . . .

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The Rule of Flaw 0

Donald Trump carrying his enemies list and a bucket of paint walking past the Department of Justice, now renamed the Department of Just Me.

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The Medicine Show 0

David discusses the junk science behind the claim that there is a relationship between Tylenol and autism and offers a theory as to why the Trump maladministration is weaponizimg autism.

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Rx 0

Picture of a bottle of Tylenol captioned,

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Trumponomics in Action 0

Dissatisfied-looking man sitting in front of open can of something on his dining table.  Woman reads to him,

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The Medicine Show 0

Whitney Coulson debunks de bunk from the quacks in the Trump maladministration. The gist:

Autism is not caused by parenting, vaccines, or medications like Tylenol.

Follow the link for context.

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“Facts Are What People Think” 0

At Psychology Today Blogs, Mary Ann Little writes

Although it may be hard to wrap your mind around it, some people really do have trouble seeing, and coming to terms with, the truth. We see this in the microcosm of relationships, but also in the macrocosm of business and politics. But what are the underlying dynamics at play when someone seems to be living in a reality contrary to easily proven fact?

(My first thought is, these days, it’s all too easy to “wrap your mind around it.” Just watch the antics of the Trump maladministration.)

Anyway, you might what to read her article, where she explores why some folks believe stuff that lacks verifiable veracity.

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Republican Thought Police, One More Time 0

Rick Strom tries to make sense of the senselessness.

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Dis Coarse Discourse 0

Steve M. looks back at the long history of Foxy shady.

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Vaccine Nation 0

Via the Hartford Courant, physicians Daniel Tobin and Anthony Yoder express their concern that the Trump maladministration is hazardous to our health A snippet:

With the CDC and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) essentially sidelined, we now find ourselves in a leadership vacuum and faced with misinformation that frequently contradicts itself and is void of scientific basis. We have witnessed seasoned subject experts forced to leave or resign key positions and panels rather than promote false information or misguided recommendations, only to be replaced with known opponents of vaccination that cite “facts” not rooted in data and research which have appeared in official CDC documents alongside those borne from rigorous scientific investigation. This only sows the seeds of confusion and without the ongoing guidance of true experts, the problem is only going to worsen, to the detriment of everyone.

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Trumpling History 0

Family in the Smithsonian in an exhibit room adorned with stocks, whips, shackles, nooses, and the like.  Man reads from legend,

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The Fifth Horseman, One More Time 0

Afterthought:

The sign in front of RFK Jr. as he testifies reads “The Honorable Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.”

I submit that said statement is an oxymoron.

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A Report from the Front 0

Eric Chastain, a retired army veteran, writes of what it’s like to live in under military occupation–in this case, in Washinton, D. C. He is not sanguine. Here’s a tiny bit of his article.

The sight of troops with weapons patrolling sidewalks, boarding trains and standing post outside coffee shops has now spread from the nation’s second-largest city to the nation’s capital. What was once extraordinary is quietly being treated as routine.

That should alarm us all.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Michael in Norfolk hears a rhyme. Here’s a couplet:

Throughout history would be dictators have used claimed emergencies to enhance their power and to suspend the rule of law. A famous example is how Hitler used the Reichstag fire – which historians believe was set by Hitler’s goons – to claim emergency powers that allowed him to attack opponents and adversaries. The Felon has seized on this playbook . . . .

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Undue Process, Notion of Immigrants Dept. 0

Sam and the crew point out that the Trump maladministration’s campaign against immigrants is little more than ethnic cleansing under a different name.

A quote:

The whole point of due process is not that you are granted some type of special privilege. It is to establish whether the government is accurate or telling the truth in justifying the actions that it takes.

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Vaccine Nation 0

Title:  RFK Jr. Convenes His Vaccine Panel.  Image:  Wizards, witches, and soothsayvers gathered around a crystal ball.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Via The Charlotte Observer, University of Kansas professor Robert C. Schwaller points out that today’s Confederate sympathizers are redoubling their efforts to whitewash–I use that term advisedly–the legacy of chattel slavery.

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Occupied Territory 0

David runs the numbers that show that Trump’s military occupation of Washington, D. C., is backfiring, even as Trump continues to lie about it.

Afterthought:

I wonder. Does Trump even know when he’s lying, or does he just believe what he believes because he believes it?

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Republican Thought Police 0

At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Gene Collier makes a strong case that the Republican thought police are coming for the U. S. Military. A snippet (emphasis added):

The president doesn’t want to hear the best military advice; he wants to hear what he wants to hear, and that sends a chilling effect,” Retired Army Major General Randy Manner was saying this week on one cable news program. “Before the election I was very vocal about how the president could actually change the military into his personal army within two years. … It’s actually happening much more rapidly than I thought was possible.”

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The Rule of Lawless 0

It seems that D. C. grand juries aren’t buying the–er–Trumped up charges against the sandwich slinger.

(Syntax error fixed.)

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