Politics of Hate category archive
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
- Thom hears a rhyme from the American right wing
That sounds just like “make America white again.”
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*Mark Twain.
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice argues that the Trump maladministration’s legal attach on Southern Poverty Law Center makes gossamer look like corduroy and offers a theory as to why the SPLC is under attack. Here’s a bit from his article (emphasis added); follow the link for context.
Why does such a flimsy a case get brought?
Well, from the president on down, the administration has clearly and, frankly, loudly proclaimed that it brought these charges for the purpose of punishing the SPLC for shining a spotlight on hate groups that Donald Trump considers valued supporters.
Real Big Men 0
At the Psychology Today website, Barbara J. Risman takes a look at Pete Hegseth’s wierd fixation with testerone. She makes three main points; follow the link for her article.
- There is no good scientific reason for testing troops’ testosterone levels.
- Hormones affect us, but not in linear fashion; high levels of testosterone don’t trigger killer instincts.
- Screening for low testosterone provides a seemingly objective way to push women out of the military.
Catch-22 0
As Joe Patrice reminds us at Above the Law, it’s the best catch there is.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Gustavo Arellano decodes de code.
Republican Thought Police . . . 0
. . . always fighting for your right not to know.
Suffer the Children 0
As has been amply proven, that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At my local rag, Ronald G. Shafer hears a rhyme from John Adam’s time. In point of fact, it reminds him of 1798’s Sedition Act.
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*Mark Twain.
Ignorance Is Bliss 0
At least, that appears to be a tenet of the Trump maladministration. Via the Las Vegas Sun, Michael Hiltzik catalogs the casualties in Donald Trump’s war on science. A snippet:
Referring to a list of grant terminations announced in October 2025, the agency admitted that it terminated or canceled 283 grants “solely” based on whether their recipients were in states that had cast its electoral college votes for Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election and had two Democratic senators. Meanwhile, 340 other grants from states that voted for Trump were left in place.
Republican Newspeak 0
Clarence Page decodes de code.
American Stasi 0
ICE detains another law-abiding legal resident for being.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom explains how Doanld Trump’s campaign against Haitian immigrants is rooted in racism and how the Republican-controlled Supreme Supremacist Court chose not to see the truth when it was right there in front of their faces.
America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the myth of racial superiority manufactured to legitimize it continue to exact their toll.
American Stasi, Republican Thought Police Dept. 0
Deport them if they dare to disagree.
In these Trumpled times, it seems that’s the new American way.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Apparently, the Trump maladministration plans to inensify its ethnic cleansing war against immigrants who are not from white people from South Africa.
(Broken tag fixed.)
Still Rising Again after All These Years,
American Stasi Dept.
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Personally, I can’t argue with her, because she is quite correct:
More at the link.