Politics of Hate category archive
Undone Process, the Rule of Lawless Dept. 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice explains how the Trump maladministration is punishing lawyers for representing clients that it dislikes.
Republican Thought Police 0
Mary Trump discusses the Trump maladministration’s attempt to you-will-pardon-the-expression whitewash America’s history. She argues that
Donald Trump wants to make history class white again. His regime continues to attack our education system and limit discussions on race, gender, colonialism, AND the Constitution. Especially the limits it outlines on executive power.
Stray Question 0
Am I the only persons who sees not a little irony–if that’s a strong enough term–in Donald Trump’s sudden embrace of establishmentariarism?
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At AL.com, Kyle Whitmire looks at Donald Trump’s decision to demolish of the East Wing of the White House (without, natch, getting permission, although he does not own the White House) and hears a rhyme.
Follow the link for his citation of the evidence.
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*Mark Twain.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Ronald Brownstein hears a rhyme from the past in the actions of today’s Supreme Supremacist Court. Here’s a snippet from his article:
But, starting in the 1870s, the conservative Supreme Court of that era unraveled those protections in rulings that culminated in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision that upheld “separate but equal” Jim Crow segregation for nearly the next 70 years.
Today’s Supreme Court majority has not matched that nadir. But the conservative majority on the modern court has steadily retrenched the landmark civil rights protections enacted during the 1960s — a period that historians often describe as the nation’s Second Reconstruction.
Going Rogue State 0
“The U.S. has now murdered 57 civilians in attacks on 14 civilian boats,” said Saul in a post on social media on Wednesday. “A systematic attack on civilians is a crime against humanity under international law. When will other governments speak out?” A crime against humanity is considered one of the most serious violations of international human rights law.
Much more at the link.
Aside:
It appears that we no longer have a society,
We seem instead to have a sociopathy,
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Via the Sacramento Bee, Stephen Mihm hears a rhyme from another time when America closed the golden door to huddled masses yearning to breathe free because they just weren’t white enough.
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*Mark Twain.
Foxy Shady 0
Steve M. belies Fox News’s lies. Here’s a tiny bit from his article:
(snip)
Opinions can vary widely, but the news is the truth, or it’s supposed to be. What Maria Bartiromo says in this Fox Business clip isn’t opinion based on reality. What she says is based on lies. That’s worse than plain demagoguery. Viewers turn to Fox News and Fox Business to learn what’s happening in their world, and they’re told lies and implicit lies.
Follow the link for context.
If the Truth Hurts, Try Threats 0
Afterthought:
In one way, I get the right-wing’s fascination with Hitler. After all, hate sells, and hate is what they sell.
Hate blinds people, for it’s easier to hate than to think.
But they don’t seem to remember that Hitler’s “thousand year Reich” latest less than a decade and a half and ended with his dying by his own hand while it collapsed around him.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
The editorial board of the Bangor Daily News is not amused that the Donald Trump appears to believe that “privy council” refers to counseling those who disagree with him with the contents of the privy.
The ICEmen Cometh 0
At ProPublica, J. David McSwane and Hannah Allam make a case that the Trump maladministration is attempting to turn ICE into their own secret police. Here’s a tiny bit from their article:
Going Rogue State, Reprise 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Jim Jones, who served as Idaho Attorney-General and then on the state Supreme Court, looks at the Trump maladministration’s practice of blowing up boats because (to cut through the crapola) their crews are brown. Here’s a tiny bit from his article:
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Mary Trump discusses how Donald Trump’s behavior has given permission to racists, bigots, and haters to act out in public.
The ICEman Cometh, Tales of the Trumping Dept. 0
TYT Sports reports on civilians who are masquerading as ICE agents so as to harass brown people.
I do not think it’s a stretch to suggest that Donald Trump and today’s Republican Party have given haters permission to hate or to suggest that haters are taking full advantage of said permission.
Republican Thought Police 0
Via Above the Law, a law professor responds to Republicans’ efforts to turn the United States into an indoctrination nation.