Republican Hypocrisy category archive
The Rule of Lawless 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye and Andrew Torrez tell a tale of strange bedfellow united to fight the rule of lawless.
Suffer the Children 0
As has been well demonstrated, that’s a Republican family value.
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Layla Sayed looks at the effects of the Trump maladministration’s actions on SNAP benefits. Here’s a tiny bit from her article (emphasis added):
These statistics are not just numbers — they’re people not being fed.
Before the new law, SNAP helped feed 41.7 million low-income Americans per month, 62% of whom were families with children.
Red Scare Redux 0
PoliticalProf dissects how the Trump maladministration defines “communism.”
Parsing the Playbook 0
From the Youtube page:
Thom talks with Democratic Senator of Oregon, Jeff Merkley, about his FREE article, Ring the Alarm Bells: The Ten Rules of Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook, and his experience at the U.S. Senate chamber outlining these corrupt and destructive tactics.
You can download Senator Merkley’s Ring the Alarm Bells.
Republican Family Values 0
Know them by the company they keep.
Republican Thought Police 0
When you cut through the Trumpian gobbledygook quoted in this report, it becomes clear that the Trump maladministration wants the Smithsonian Institution to promote partisan propaganda, rather than nurture knowledge.
Republican Family Values 0
Methinks that, when you read this article from the Des Moines Register about the struggles faced by Iowa residents since the Trump maladministration slasched SNAP benefits, you will understand why I hold that mean for the sake of mean is a Republican family value.
Stray Question 0
When an executive unilaterally imposes taxes without consent of the legislature, is that not a text-book case of taxation without representation?
Unbalanced and Unchecked 0
At the Des Moines Register, veteran attorney and long-time civil servant Dean Lerner argues that America’s system of checks and balances is broken and offers a theory as to who broke it.
Methinks he makes a strong argument. Read it and see what you think.
Emoluments 0
David follows the money.
The Rule of Lawless 0
In the midst of a longer piece regarding a U. S. District Attorney who was lawfully appointed, but whom the Trump maladministration fired 56 minutes after he was sworn in, Above the Law’s Joe Patrice reveals what may be behind said firing:
Trump wants to install prosecutors illegally and indefinitely without Senate approval.
Follow the link for context.
Republican Thought Police 0
The Trump maladministration seems to believe that, if we don’t talk about America’s originial sin of chattel slavery, then, by jimiminy, it really couldn’t have been all that bad.
Afterthought:
It’s all about whitewashing–you will pardon the expression–the racism.
They claim that they don’t wan’t to discuss things that make America look bad.
What they mean is that they don’t want to discuss things that make white American racists look bad.
Hoist on His Own Petard, Rule of Lawless Dept. 0
Above the Law reports on a federal judge’s ruling that Donald Trump can’t have his cake and eat it too. A snippet:
Follow the link for context.
The Rule of Lawless 0
In The Seattle Times, federal judges from the Western District of Washington state warn us the rule of law is in danger. They begin with a bit of history:
Read the whole article to learn why they believe this to be relevant to today.
Republican Thought Police 0
The Trump maladministration seems intent on exercising the freedom of repress.
Originalist Sin 0
Harvard law professor Noah Feldman argues that, even as they pretend to be “originalists,” the current majority on the Supreme Supremacist Court abandons “originalism” whenever it suits their purpose.
I commend his article to your attention.
