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Republican Hypocrisy category archive

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“Republican family values” is an oxymoron.

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The Rule of Flaw 0

Kimball Shinkoskey, writing at the Las Vegas Sun, is somewhat less than optimistic about the potential effects of the Supreme Supremacist Court’s decision to fabricate from thin air without any precedent whatsoever the doctrine of “presidential impunity immunity.”

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Republican Thought Police 0

Farron points out that, if it looks like a book ban, walks like book ban, and talks like a book ban, well, it’s a book ban.

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A Tune for the Times, Republican Family Values Dept. 0

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The Leerer of the Land 0

Title:  Make America Gaetz Again.  Image:  Mike Gaetz and a female staffer walk past a statue of Lady Justice.  Gaetz says,

Click to view the original image.

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Republican Family Values 0

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Immunity Impunity 0

At the Idaho State Journal, Michael Corrigan marvels at the teflon Don.

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The Party of Tax and Spin 0

Michael in Norfolk finds it somewhat–er–disquieting that many persons cited prices as their reason for voting for Donald Trump, while ignoring his plans to impose tariffs, which will lead to even higher prices. In a longer article detailing the likely consequences of Trump’s “policy,” sums up its likely effects quite succinctly:

Stated another way, the Trump plan is for everyday Americans to pay higher prices so that the very rich can enjoy further tax cuts while regular taxpayers see little benefit.

Aside:

Methinks “little benefit” an understatement.

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“A Republic, If You Can Keep It” 0

At AL.com, Kyle Whitmire looks at events over the past few years in his home state of Alabama and concludes:

When voters don’t punish crooked politicians, politicians just do more crooked things.

For some fool reason, he seems to suspect that we are about to see this play out on a larger stage . . . .

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The Law and Order Party 0

Yeah.

Right.

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Pay Attention to the Man behind the Curtain 0

Title:  Three Misguided Reasons that Americans Are Voting for Trump.  Image:  Frame One:  Man says,

Click for the original image and the artist’s commentary.

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Republican Family Values 0

Donald Trump in a tree spying on a woman who's getting undressed.  Trump says,

Via Job’s Anger.

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The Rule of Lawless 0

TYT Sports spotlights the hypocrisy of Trump’s sycophants.

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How Stuff Works: Thom Explains the “Recession Racket” 0

Thom explains how the morbidly rich can benefit from recessions. A quote:

Recessions help billionaires. They hurt you and me, but they become buying opportunities for billionaires.

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Macho, Macho Man 0

Afterthought:

Donald Trump has a long hsitory of doing things to women whether they like it or not.

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The Back-Up Plan 0

At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Gene Collier offers his take on Donald Trump’s campaign–er–strategy. A nugget; follow the link for his reasoning.

. . . Trump is not try­ing to win. He’s try­ing to en­rage his loy­al­ists to fight for him when he doesn’t.

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Projection Is a Very Real Psychological Phenomenon 0

Meet an actual welfare queen.

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Republican Thought Police 0

A Trump-appointed judge wants law schools to commit originalist sin.

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The Graham Cracker 0

At The Charlotte Observer, Isaac Bailey argues that that cookie crumbled long ago. A snippet:

Because of (S. C. Senatory Lindsey–ed.) Graham’s demeanor, if you haven’t followed him as long as I have, you can be fooled into believing he’s a principled-straight shooter with whom you might have disagreements but know his views come from a principled place.

He’s not.

Read the full article for Bailey’s evidence.

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Republican Family Values 0

Republican Elephant dressed as Rhett Butler labeled

Via Job’s Anger.

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