Republican Hypocrisy category archive
Courting Disaster 0
At Above the Law, Kathryn Rubino reports that the American public is getting wise to the Supreme Supremacist Court.
Not that it matters so long as the party of the New Secesh today’s Republican Party controls all three branches of government . . . .
A Matter of Priorities 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Lauren Necochea looks at Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and follows the money. A snippet:
The Ruler of Lawless 0
David analyzes the aspiring authoritarian’s actions. I cannot take issue with his analysis. (Warning: Short promo at the end.)
At AK,com, Roy S. Johnson has more.
The Rule of Lawless 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Kim Shinkoskey states that Donald Trump is
and goes on to offer a bill of particulars.
Responsible Fiscals 0
The Congressional Budget Office runs the numbers on Donald Trump’s tax cut billionaire giveaway bill.
As far as I can tell, no matter how you do the math, they do not add up to “responsible.”
Establishmentarians 0
Sitting in for David Pakman, Brittany Page focuses on a discussion from the Texas legislature to highlight the hypocrisy of today’s establishmentarians.
Afterthought:
The dirty little truth that establishmentarians don’t want anyone to know is that establishmentarianism is not about piety.
It’s about power.
Republican Thought Police 0
Our wannabe dictator has sicced the Republican thought police on NPR and PBS. At Above the Law, Liz Dye points out that
Follw the link for the other stuff she points out.
Emoluments, Reprise 0
At the Bangor Daily News, Linda Wilcox follows the money.
Health Care Deform 0
At the Washington Monthly, Thom Walsh explains why the Republican plan to increase “work requirements” for Medicaid is little more than a ploy to deny health care to persons who need it, all the while masquerading as guardians of the public purse, Here’s a tiny bit of his article:
Republican Family Values 0
At the Bangor Daily News, Stephen McKay suggests that Donald Trump provides a somewhat less than stellar modeling of behavior to be emulated by our nation’s youth.
Methinks he makes several points worthy of consideration.
The Rule of Lawless 0
In a longer column discussing the Trump maladministration’s attempt to punish Harvard University for daring to stand up to it, Noah Feldman makes this observation, which methinks is quite en point (emphasis added):
As has become typical of the Trump administration, Noem’s action blatantly violates the law, not even paying lip service to it. Her letter didn’t even deign to claim that Harvard had broken any rules or regulations.
Instead, the letter embraced the “we can do anything we want” reasoning behind so many of Trump’s executive actions.