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It’s Bubblelicious 0

Michael-in-Norfolk has a memory:

During my years as a Republican City Committee member and activist . . . I was exposed to a number of what I now call Christofascist. Two things were striking about these individuals: (i) they were far right religious fanatics who wanted to inflict their beliefs on all Americans, and (ii) they lived in a bubble and did not grasp that a majority of Americans did not want to embrace their extreme religious beliefs.

More memories and a straw at which to grasp at the link.

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Tunes for the (New) Times 0

Mangy test drives some songs.

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Republican Family Values 0

“Mean for the sake of mean” is a Republican Family Value.

Frames One to Three:  Woman with small child says,

Via Job’s Anger.

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A Choice, Not an Echo 0

Yard sign reading

Via PoliticalProf.

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See Point. Miss Point. 0

Historian Allan Lichtman argues forcefully that the media coverage of the recent presidential debate is missing the point.

Via C&L, which has commentary.

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The Royal Court 0

Images of the Capitol, Supreme Court Building, and the White House, labeled

Click to view the original image.

(Broken link fixed.)

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Sometimes, Life Imitates Art 0

Jim Wright fears we are in such a time and warns against it.

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Dis Coarse Discourse 0

Contestants at the game show,

Via Juanita Jean.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Next Year 0

John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, and Amy Coney Barret playing the fife and drums leading Alito, Kavanaugh, and Gorsuch, all marching under a banner reading

Via Balloon Juice.

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A Celebration . . . 0

. . . or a wake?

Title:  July 4, 2024.  Happy Independence Day!

Click for the original image.

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Republican Family Values 0

Rebecca Watson cites statistics showing that state that recently enacted strict anti-abortion laws are experiencing significant increases in infant and maternal mortality.

Of you can read the transcript.

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The Bell Tolls . . . . 0

Jim Wright is, let’s see here, somewhat pessimistic.

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Donald Trump Meets Mr. Wizard 0

(Warning: Mild language.)

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

This time, it is John J. Farmer, Jr., who hears a rhyme.

___________________-

*Mark Twain.

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The Rule of Lawless, Reprise 0

Chief Justice Roberts stands next to a chainsawiwielding killer with a

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The Rule of Lawless 0

At Above the Law, Joe Patrice dissects the Supreme Supremacist Court’s duplicitous doubletalk crowning Donald Trump (or, for that matter, any President, including Joe Biden, though methinks he would decline the privilege, as he believes in the rule of law) as Get out of Jail free carda king somehow above the rule of law.

The Founding Fathers, who, granted, had many flaws, not the least of which was tolerance of chattel slavery, wished to escape the rule of a sovereign,

Today’s Republican Party wishes to crown one.

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Disinformation Nation 0

In an absolutely wrenching article, Jessica Piper describes how her now late father went down the rabbit hole of Trumpism.

No summary or excerpt will do it justice.

Just go read it.

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Borderline Disorder 0

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Documented Devolution? 0

Does evolution work backward?

Exhibit One:

At Psychology Today Blogs, Bence Nanay discusses a study that found that macaque monkeys’ social ties and level of social tolerance increased with the scarcity of resources.

I rest my case.

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