Republican Hypocrisy category archive
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.
__________________________
*Mark Twain.
American Stasi and the Rule of Lawless 0
And it’s the right-wingers who keep harping on the “surveillance state,” except, natch, when they’re doing the surveilling.
(snip)
The ruling found that DHS did not follow the federal law requiring the agency requesting taypayer address from the IRS to have specifically identified the individual in question. The requesting agency must provide the IRS with the name and address of the person whose information it seeks to obtain. IRS failed to verify that this information had been provided in the majority of the 47,300 DHS requests.