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“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.

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Republican Thought Police, All the News that Fits Dept. 0

Brendan Carr stand before an easel bearing a sign reading,

Click for the original image.

The back story.

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The Gaslighting 0

Farron debunks de bunk.

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Suffer the Children 0

As we all know by now, that’s a Republican family value.

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The Gaslighting 0

Seth takes a closer look at Donald Trump’s claims that he will bring down gas prices as gas prices rise.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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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.

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Promises, Promises 0

Frame One:  Donald Trump in 2016 says,

Via Job’s Anger.

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“There Is No Plan” 0

Mary Trump offers her take on why Trump mongered a war.

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

Farron debunks de bunk.

Via Mediaite, learn more about the news report that Farron discusses.

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Courting Disaster 0

The saying is that any prosecutor can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich.

Except it seems for Trump’s prosecutors. Via Above the Law, TechDirt takes a deep dive into why the Trump maladministration’s DOJ keeps losing in court. A snippet:

This DOJ fails at every single level. It can’t secure indictments. It can’t convince grand juries that vindictive prosecutions are legitimate prosecutions. And its prosecutors are constantly undermined by (1) prejudicial, fact-free social media posts and public statements by administration officials, (2) the illegal actions of federal officers, (3) their own ineptitude, (4) the lies told by federal officers, and (5) any or all of the above.

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Presidential Impunity 0

Via the Sacramento Bee, Nathan L. Gonzales wonders how the heck Donald Trump keeps getting away with his lies.

Here’s his wonder:

Trump consistently says things that are easily disprovable, and yet there appear to be no consequences for him. He just plows ahead after saying things that would have derailed or discredited anyone else.

Follow the link for context.

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Republican Thought Police 0

Farron points out that the Trump maladministration can’t handle the truth, so it wants to make it to go away.

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Republican Thought Police 0

The Rude One skewers the attempts by today’s Republican Party to white-wash (I use that term advisedly) America’s history and argues that lying about the country’s history is not a virtue, but that

Telling the truth about the country is patriotism.

Follow the link for his reasoning, but, remember, the Rude One sometimes uses langauge which some would characterize as rude.

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Vaccine Nation 0

Thom discusses RFK Jr.’s latest action to endanger the public health and enable epidemics.

Read the article that Thom references.

Aside:

I’m old enough to remember when the polio vaccine was developed. Heck, when the Salk vaccine became available, my parents rushed me to our doctor’s office as soon as they could. Ditto for the Sabin vaccine.

And polio disappeared.

Now I fear that I will again see pictures of children in iron lungs on my telly vision, thanks to RFK Jr. and Donald Trump.

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The Voter Fraud Fraudster 0

At AL.com, Kyle Whitmire unpacks Senator Tommy Tuberville’s claims of massive voter fraud and finds there’s no there there.

Just go read it.

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The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0

. . . and the Trump maladministration is all for the day when Richmond, Virginia, will once more be a beachfront.

I fear for my grandchildren.

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The Medicine Show 0

Thom debunks Trump’s bunk about bringing drug prices down.

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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):

. . . history is one of Trumpworld’s most important battlefronts. Like the pharaohs and emperors of antiquity, the president weaponizes the past to justify his present actions and future plans, omitting and embellishing events of yesteryear to fit a bellicose agenda.

Follow the link for the context of his conclusion.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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