Republican Hypocrisy category archive
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.
That Was the Week that Was Very Very Weird 0
Seth takes a closer look at some of the events of the past week.
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.
Sabotage as a Strategy 0
David sees a pattern. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
Aside:
Yes, I was turned off by what little I saw of the commercial, but I think the David’s commentary is still worth a listen.
The Rule of Lawless 0
At The Denver Post, Krista Kafer details the undoing of due process.
Aside:
The most disturbing thing, of course, is that some members of Congress, persons who have sworn to support and defend the Constitution, seem quite willing to violate their oaths of office so as to undermine the very rights guaranteed therein.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts wonders why the Trump maladministration is punishing persons for playing by the rules. A snippet:
Now, Trump is going after people who made appointments to come into the country legally to seek asylum — people who were issued court dates and showed up for those hearings.
The Grift of Graft 0
At the Detroit Free Press, Devin Scillian follows the money all the way to Qatar.