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Russian Impulses, Reprise 0

The Rude One is not sanguine. Here’s a tiny bit from his article; follow the link for the rest (warning: rudeness):

The Oval Office meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky . . . . It was victim-blaming on a scale that would have given pause to even the most craven propagandist, with the fat, slurring, demented president of the United States, egged on by his sociopath VP, berating the genuinely heroic leader of a country that had been holding up under attack from a far larger and better-equipped military. Zelensky was patient beyond any reasonable standard as he attempted to bring some facts to pierce the thick, empty skull of a harrumphing Trump. If Zelensky had said, “Get this little bitch JD Vance out of my face,” no one would have blamed him. Well, no one with a brain and a soul.

The effect of this meeting was to take the United States out of its place as a leader in the world. We are now on our way to becoming like Russia . . . .

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Suffer the Children 0

Again, that’s not scripture. That’s Republican policy (emphasis added).

. . . on Wednesday, Rubio and Marocco completely ended nearly 10,000 aid programs in one fell swoop — including those they had granted waivers just days earlier — saying the programs did not align with Trump’s agenda. The move consigns untold numbers of the world’s poorest children, refugees and other vulnerable people to death, according to several senior federal officials. Local authorities have already begun estimating a death toll in the hundreds of thousands.

Follow the link for details.

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Republican Family Values 0

Title:  Protecting the Children.  Woman:  Aren't you worried about today's kids being filled with microplastics?  Red-hatted man:  We had lead paint and I turned out smart.  Woman:  What about measles and polio being reintroduced?  Man:  Makes 'em tough.  Woman:  School shootings?  Inevitable.  Woman:  Climate change?  Man:  Hoax.  Woman:  Extreme wildfires?  Man:  They'll adapt.  Woman:  Eliminationg the Department of Education?  Man:  Don't need it.  Woman:  A tiny number of minors who are prescribed puberty blockers?  Man:  We must overthrough democracy to stop it!

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Afterthought:

I wonder what Dr. Freud would have to say about Republicans’ obsession with other persons’ sex lives.

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Russian Impulses 0

PoliticalProf.

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The Rule of Lawless 0

At the Portland Press Herald, Roger Smith thinks he may have caught a tell.

Whether or not he’s right about that (I just can’t bring myself to check it out for reasons that should be obvious), methinks he still makes a valid point

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The Fifth Columnist 0

In World War II, my father was in the Ardennes during the winter of 1944-45. He almost never spoke of his experiences there, but I am confident that he would agree with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Adriana E. Ramírez, who writes

I never thought I would ever have to imagine a world in which the United States advocated for Russian interests.

Go read the rest.

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The Agent of Chaos 0

At the Idaho State Journal, Kim Shinkoskey asks a question, then he answers it:

Have you ever heard of the phrase “domestic tranquility” in the writings of our nation’s founders? Today, Trump is aiming for domestic chaos . . . .

Follow the reasons for his answer.

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Sauce for the Gander 0

Caption:  If Elon answered his own email.  Image:  Elon Musd faces a computer screen displaying the words,

Via Job’s Anger.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Frame One:  Donald Trump says,

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This New Gilded Age 0

Robert Reich fears that the existence of independent regulatory agencies may be in the crosshairs of today’s Robber Barons, aided and abetted by the Trump (mal)administration and the Supreme Supremacist Court.

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DOGE Bulls in the China Shop 0

Trump voter is hoist on her own petard.

But wait! There’s more.

Video via C&L, which has commentary.

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The Wage Slave 0

PoliticalProf thinks he has a handle on the division of labor in our current federal (mal)administration.

Along those lines, the Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini imagines that Elon Musk emailed Donald Trump demanding that Trump justify his being on the federal payroll. Then he goes on to imagine just what Trump might write in reply. A nugget:

Monday: Played golf in Florida.

Tuesday: Played golf in Florida.

Now, he’s even more troubled, thinking that he needs to dress things up a little because he is the president, after all, and he actually did do a lot more than just play golf. So, moving on to the next day, he writes:

Wednesday: Played golf in Florida. But, BUT, I also spoke to a group where I slammed federal employees for not working in their offices and said, “All federal workers must once again show up to work. Show up to work in person like the rest of us. It doesn’t work when you don’t show up … They’re not working. They’re playing tennis, they’re playing golf …”

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A Tune for the Times 0

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The Rule of Lawless 0

GOP Elephant says to Donald Trump,

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Immunity Impunity 0

If it’s not in a database, then it must have never happened.

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The Establishmentarian Privatization Scam 0

At the Idaho State Journal, Jim Jones deciphers the double-talk.

His article focuses on a proposed law in Idaho, but his arguments can be extrapolated to the larger polity. No excerpt or summary will do it justice. Just go read it.

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Demolition Derby 0

The Trump administration has fired the only locksmith at Yosemite National Park, the person responsible for keeping track of hundreds of keys and locks for everything from bathrooms to gun safes. You can read the full story at the link, but I think this bit encapsulates how Trump and Musk and the rest of Trump’s are approaching their jobs:

“The people that fired me don’t know who I am, or what I do,” Vince wrote on Instagram. “They simply don’t understand this park and how big and complex it is.”

Substitute “government” for “park” in the quotation above; the statement will still hold true.

The bulls are well and truly loose in the china shop and are intent on destroying it.

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The (Actual) Deep State 0

Caption:  Somewhere in the

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Disparate Treatment, Reprise 0

Under Donald Trump, who you know trumps what you did. Here’s the lede; follow the link for more.

Get out of Jail free card

Justice Department veterans are noticing a pattern a month after President Trump took office: They say the department seems to be cutting breaks to people who seem loyal to the president.

Afterthought:

No surprises here.

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The Rule of Lawless 0

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