Trolls and Polls 0
Thom and Joe Madison discuss Republicans’ trollish behavior.
Cult Cargo 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Jeremy Sherman explores the fascination of cults, focusing on the Cult of Trump. A snippet (emphasis added):
Cults come in all ideological flavors – left, right, religious, spiritual, philosophical. What they have in common is that deck of fake trump cards, cheap-trick ploys for feigning infallibility, invincibility, and unassailability so members can make everyone else wrong for not agreeing with them.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
The Trumpling meets “An Armed Society Is a Polite Society.”
Police confirmed the shooter made the racist comments at the black man, Jerrell Douglas, who Chad Merrill was defending and possibly knew as a regular in the bar.
Disgusting details at the link.
Trending 0
Thom and Thomas Frank theorize that Donald Trump is not an aberration, but a culmination.
“Pay No Attention to the Man behind the Curtain” 0
Will Bunch theorizes that, for the Trumpers, it’s all about appearances.
I can’t do it justice with a summary. Just read it.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
When life gives you lemonade, make a lemon.
Viktor Stevenson, a black man who is the owner of Gourmonade, told AJ+ in an interview that he was checking to see if the security system for his lemonade stand was working when four cops approached him. He said one of the officers had his hand on his gun.
Russian Impulses 0
Aside:
Benjamin Franklin’s statement, “A republic, if you can keep it,” has never been more prescient.
To Detect and Server 0
Farron skewers the “where is the server” myth.