Republican Hypocrisy category archive
The ICE Men Cometh, and Bring with Them the Rule of Lawless 0
Via The Kansas City Star, Llewellyn King explains the implications. Here’s a bit from his article:
ICE agents are also the affair of the whole world, for while they are symbols of local terror, they are also symbols of America’s withdrawal from the one critical underpinning of civilization: the rule of law.
Without it, society isn’t much. No one is secure, even those in charge.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom decodes de code.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Historians Yohuru Williams and Michael Lansing look at what’s happening in Minnesota and remind us that
This is how police states are built – not by a single law or single leader, but through precedents set in moments of crisis. Through declarations made before facts are gathered. Through the steady retreat from the assumption that power flows from – and must answer to – the people. History offers us lessons here. When immunity becomes absolute, accountability collapses.
Follow the link for their reasoning.
A Tune for the Times 0
Warning: Mild language.
From the Youtube page:
This is a hasty cover of Erma Franklin’s 1967 belter, written by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns, that is one of our favourite soul tracks, and only lost out to a Grammy to her younger sister Aretha in 1969 (“Chain of Fools”). It had a resurgence in Europe in the early 90s after the end of the Cold War thanks to a Levi jeans advert, and its highest chart position for the re-release was number 5 … in Denmark.
Our treatment pays tribute to the Danes (who suffered proportionally among the highest casualties in wars supporting the USA after its triggering the collective security clauses of NATO in places like Iraq and Afghanistan), and who are being shaken down at the moment by the likes of Trump, Vance, and Miller in their bid to bully Europe to agree to the annexation of autonomous Greenlanders.
Establishmentarians 0
At AL.com, John Archibald looks at the behavior of those politicians who would mandate that the Ten Commandments be posted in public schools and suggests that they could use some commandments of their own. Here’s two that he suggests.
- You shall make no graven idols. Except football coaches and *Confederate Generals.
- You shall not take the lord’s name in vain. Unless you’re talking to a referee or a GD libtard.
Follow the link for the rest and for the footnote about Confederate Generals.
The Underlying Theme 0
At the Las Vegas Sun, Richard French postulates that
Lack of shame is a primary feature of Donald Trump’s presidency.
I think he has a point. Why else are they so comfortable doing things that would make the Founders hand their heads in shame?
Follow the link and see what you think.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Via The Sacramento Bee, Jackie Calmes says, “By George the Third, it surely does.”
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*Mark Twain.
The Rule of Lawless, Republican Thought Police Dept. 0
Via The Charlotte Observer, Robin Abcarian notices a pattern. Here’s a tiny bit from her article.
I think you can draw a line between Wednesday’s killing in Minneapolis and the Jan. 6 riot: People who do Trump’s bidding know they have nothing to fear from the justice system, and may even be rewarded for their behavior.
Republican Thought Police 0
In a longer article in which he details Republican efforts to squelch disssenting voices and curtain freedom of speech, Brit “Red” Schulte reminds us that
Afterthought:
I didn’t realize it until now, but I my father must have been antifa. After all, he fought Nazi Germany in WWII.
I wonder if Trump would jail him now, were he still with ut.
American Stasi 0
Farron demolishes J. D. Vance’s claim that ICE has “absolute immunity” to kill whomever they want.
Republican Thought Police 0
If you don’t talk about it, then, natch, it never happened.
Speaking of Rhymes . . . . 0
Jim Jones writes of hearing one in an article at the Idaho State Journal. Here’s a couplet:
The Greenland New Deal 0
Thom discusses “Mad King Donald” Trump’s obsession with Greenland.