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When the Truth Hurts, Hurt the Truth, Reprise 0

Michael in Norfolk suspects that the Trump maladministration’s attempt to repress the press may be a misdirection play.

Me, I think hissy-fit is a more appropriate term.

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Republican Thought Police 0

The White House, fronted by a sign reading 'DJT,

Via Job’s Anger.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Yet more evidence that Richard Nixon’s southern strategy has come full circle and that today’s Republican Party is the party of the New Secesh.

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Patriot Gamers 0

Speaking of the last resort of a scoundrel . . . .

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“Show Us Your Papers Please” 0

Thom talks with Greg Palast about strategies Republicans may be intending to use to gut out the vote.

(There seemed to be some audio gliches when I watched the video, so I recommend turning on the closed captions.)

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If the Truth Hurts, Hurt the Truth 0

The Trump maladministration once again exercises its freedom of repress.

President Donald Trump said Friday that he was banning CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House due to what he called unfavorable coverage, and threatened that more such media prohibitions could be coming — offering his administration’s latest test of constitutional First Amendment protections guaranteeing the freedom of the press.

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Stray Thought 0

One of the distressing things about dis coarse discourse is that one our political parties, even members of it that have sworn an oath of office to protect and defend the United States Constitution, seems to have forsaken loyalty to the country for loyalty to the Clown Prince of Hot Air.

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Republican Thought Police 0

A U. S. District Court Judge has ruled that (gasp!) that it’s within the bounds of the Constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech to criticize the American Stasi. Here’s a bit from the report; much more at the link.

“Streever has a right to express his political views through non-threatening speech, however degrading the speech might be,” (Judge Rudolph–ed.) Contreras said.

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If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0

At the Las Vegas Sun, Tom Harper argues that, “If Trump can use a mail-in ballot, we all can.”

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Ruining America Like One of His Businesses 0

Thom talks with Sabrina Haake about how the Trump maladministration’s fiscal incompetence will tank the economy. Haake minces no words, but she does mince Trump’s you-can-hardly-call-them policies.

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Republican Thought Police 0

Sam and the crew discusses the Trump maladministration’s censorship of Jimmy Kimmel’s television show.

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

The Newer Colossus

A New and Improved Poem.

In Fact, the Greatest Poes of All Time.

As Revised by President DJT et. al.

    Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breather free,
    And I will deport them to some place where they don’t even speak the language becauase that are not white like me.
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Oxymorons 0

Title:  Firing up the base.  Image:  Donald Trump says to an audience of MAGA-hatted persons,

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Hoist on His Own Petard 0

Donald Trump chose to start a was–I guess because that’s what despots do–and now he finds himself dire straits, in particular, in particular, the Straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb.

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

Jackie Calmes hears a rhyme. A snippet; go read the rest.

. . . the United States again — still — is mired in a Mideast war of choice costing American blood, treasure, weaponry and standing in the world. Just when we Americans thought we were out, “they” pulled us back in, to paraphrase Michael Corleone — “they” being President Donald Trump, the very person who repeatedly ran for election lambasting predecessor George W. Bush and vowing he’d end forever wars.

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*Mark Twain.

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The Rule of Lawless, Republican Thought Police Dept. 0

Thom discusses how the Trump maladministration is intentionally misinterpreting the equal time rule so as to exercise its freedom of repress (before moving on to a couple of other equally vile items).

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The Art of the Steal 0

Donald Trump as Uncle Sam holding out a bag labeled

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Afterthought:

I reckon it really should suprise noone that Donald Trump thinks it’s okay for him to bribe persons for their votes.

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The Patriot Gamer 0

Soldiers removing coffins of dead soldiers from air transport at Dover AFB.  Donald Trump stand by a golf cart saluting while thinking,

Via Job’s Anger.

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The Art of the Steal 0

Donald Trump points at a building labeled

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The Rule of Lawless, Reprise 0

Jacob Sullum argues that, when it comes to disregard of law and precedent, Donald Trump is the belle of the ballroom.

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