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Tracking the Record 0

Reacting to Donald Trump’s tantrum at the National Association of Black Journalists, the editorial board of the Las Vegas Sun takes a long, detailed look at his track record on race.

No surprises, but, when it’s all collected in one place, it’s–er–rather disquieting.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years . . . 0

. . . and, per Nikki Merritt at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Republican Thought Police are providing tactical support.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but If Often Rhymes”* 0

Now it is Dick Polman who hears a rhyme.

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*Mark Twain.

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The Enemy Below 0

Title:  JAWS, 50th Anniversary.  Image:  Uncle Sam swimming in the sea as a great white shark labeled

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Waiting for Old Number 2025 0

Title:  The Republican Platform.  Image:  Uncle Sam stands on train station labeled

Via Job’s Anger.

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Stray Thought, Still Rising Again after All These Years Dept. 0

I think I’ve finally figured out just what heritage the “Heritage” Foundation is determined to preserve.

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“When People Show You Who They Are, Believe Them the First Time,”* Reprise 0

A woman and a black man stocks.  Woman says,

Via Job’s Anger.

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*Maya Angelou.

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“When People Show You Who They Are, Believe Them the First Time”* 0

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier takes a close look at the implications of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025. He finds it–er–less than attractive.

Indeed, he characterizes it as a “MAGA Manifesto.”

Follow the first link for 900 pages of secessionist propaganda said project.

Follow the second to learn why Collier sees it as a “MAGA Manifesto.”

Aside:

I not exactly sure what heritage the “Heritage” Foundation is celebrating, but it sounds not unlike the legacy of one of my late relatives.
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*Maya Angelou.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years, Reprise 0

And they’re not even trying to hide it any longer.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Thom points out that, under the policies of today’s Republican Party, a rising tide lifts only those who own the boats.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

I commend to your attention Bob Nightengale’s article on Reggie Jackson’s recent remarks on what it was like being a black man playing minor league baseball in the South in the 1960s.

Remember that there are many who not only wish those days were still, but are working to bring them back.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Thom hears a rhyme.

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*Mark Twain.

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True Colors 0

Sam Alito's wife on the phone to her husband as she hangs a Confederater flag from the balcony of their house:  Yes, Sam, I put up another flag, but, don't worry, no one can tell if this one's upside down.

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Kathryne Rubino has more.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Also, still revising after all these years.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Robert Reich argues that the America’s second Civil War has already begun.

Follow the link for his reasoning.

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Licensed To Kill 0

PoliticalProf.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

The New Secesh have launched a counterattack.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

If this is not de facto secession, I don’t know what is.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

AL.com’s Roy Johnson wonders why one thing is not like the other thing.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

The myth of the Lost Cause rides again!

In the world of the New Secesh, power is ignorance.

Aside:

Yeah, I know that history is not exactly repeating itself, but, to borrow a thought from Mark Twain, it sure as heck is echoing, and quite loudly at that.

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