Republican Hypocrisy category archive
Just Deserts, Reprise 0
Warning: Mild language.
Republican Thought Police 0
At AL.com, John Archibald looks at a bill recently introduced in the Alabama legislature that would for all practical purposes abolish academic tenure; he suggests that
It’s about controlling what you can say or hear or ultimately think or learn. And of course teach.
Follow the link for the rest.
Afterthought:
Why are Republicans afraid of freedom of thought and speech? Could be that they know they are in the wrong?
The Lake Effect, the Rule of Lawless Dept. 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye notes that
But we don’t because Arizona’s perennial loser Kari Lake pulled the plug last year on most of Radio Farda, which previously broadcast news in Farsi into Iran, along with much of Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and the multiple outlets that fall under the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM).
She goes on to discuss a federal judge’s ruling that Lake’s doing so was illegal and unconstitutional. Follow the link to find out why.
(Broken link fixed.)
Mullen It Over 0
Seth takes a closer look at Trump’s replacing Kristi Noem with Markwayne Mullen and the chaotic incompetence associated therewith.
Emoluments 0
Robert Reich follows the money from the box office to the coffers.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Pam Bondi: La loi, c’est moi.
The Pursuit of Knowledge 0
That’s what the Republican thought police are all about.
And, once they catch it, they will lock it up and make sure it never roams free again.
“But Mommy, He Would Have Hit Me Back” 0
That seems to be the story the Trump maladministration has settled on to justify rationalize attacking Iran.
A Distinction without a Difference 0
Yes, Republicans, one thing is like the other thing.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes,”* Rule of Lawless Dept. 0
Via The Seattle Times, Amanda Cats-Baril hears a rhyme from colonial times. Here’s how her article begins (emphasis added):
That struggle over arbitrary warrants is no longer a historical footnote, now that the federal government is reviving the very practice Otis condemned. An internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo dated May 12, 2025, authorizes agents to enter homes solely on the basis of an “administrative warrant,” without prior judicial approval.
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*Mark Twain.