Politics of Hate category archive
The Unifying Factor 0
Michael in Norfolk looks at how Trump and the Trumpettes are reacting to the Supreme Supremacist Court’s decision to uphold the U. S. Constitution–specifically birthright citizenship–and points out what should be obvious to anyone who has been paying attention:
Follow the link for the evidence.
Red Scare Redux 0
Thom decodes de code.
Establishmentarians 0
Michael in Norfolk calls out the goal of the unholy alliance between Trump and right-wing Christians:
The Rule of Lawless, Republican Family Values Dept. 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye reports on how the Trump maladministration has unleashed its Department of (in)Justice on E. Jean Carroll for daring to win her suit against Donald Trump.
The Rule of Lawless, Notion of Immigrants Dept. 0
According to an article in The Hill, the Squeaker of the House thinks that Congress can find some way to amend the Constitution all on its ownsome in the face of the Supreme Supremacist Court’s ruling that Donald Trump does not have the power to amend it himself.
The Squeaker points to the scourge of “birth tourism,” which, according to figures in the article, amounts to approximately 0.7% of babies born in the U. S. every year–this from the same people who are claiming that too few babies are born in the U. S. every year.
Left unsaid is what’s truly behind the Republican panic propaganda about this issue. Left unsaid is their actual selling point:
- Far too many these babies may be (gasp!) Not White.
They’re selling hate, and they have far too many eager buyers.
A Divider, Not a Uniter, Reprise 0
Steve M. points out that both sides don’t. A snippet; follow the link for the rest.
And I think we can thank Newt Gingrich for embracing this strategy and making it the Republican modus operandi over three decades ago.
The Me Veneration 0
The Rude One looks at Donald Trump’s conduct and concludes
Follow the link for his reasoning.
A Divider, Not a Uniter 0
In the Las Vegas Sun, Tom Harper points out that that has been the long-standing strategy of today’s Republican Party.
American Stasi 0
Starting with a video of an American WWII veteran, who says that he fought against concentration camps 80 years ago only to see them being established now in his own country, Rick Strom reviews a litany of abuses by the Trump maladministration’s hooded KKK secretive police.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
As my old professor of the early fedeeral period was fond of pointing out, “History is irony.”
Republican Family Values . . . 0
. . . meet a notion of immigrants.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Survivors of America’s World War II Japanese internment camps look at the Trump maladministration’s concentration camps detention centers and hear a rhyme.
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*Mark Twain.
America Stasi 0
Under the rule of law, adjudicate and retaliate do not rhyme.
Under the rule of flaw, it seems that they may.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice that todays Supreme Supremacist Court has openly exchanged its robes black robes for white (my phrasing, not his).
No summary or excerpt can do his piece justice (just like today’s Supreme Supremacist Court can’t seem to do justic–oh, never mind). Just go read it.
American Stasi, Privatization Scam Dept. 0
Scripps News’s Patrick Terpstra follows the money. A snippet:
ICE was bringing them to Camp East Montana, the nation’s largest immigration detention center. An obscure company called Acquisition Logistics LLC won a $1.2 billion no-bid contract to stand up the soft-sided facilities designed to house thousands of migrants.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Via The Japan Times, Justin Fox debunks the racist bigots’ bunk. A snippet: