Republican Thought Police 0
It looks as if things didn’t go so well for the Republican thought police in the recent school board elections in Texas.
The Dolly Parting 0
Seth takes a closer look at Donald Trump’s becoming obsessed with the idea that children only need one or two dolls as a response to his tariffs leading to higher costs and shortages.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” exposes his portable phallus to children.
Thus passeth another day in NRA Paradise.
QOTD 0
Maureen O’Hara:
There is nothing worse than having your personal problems become somebody else’s entertainment.
I wonder what she would say about “social” media.
A Tune for the Times 0
(Warning: Short commercial at about the one minute mark.)
The Rule of Lawless 0
The Pittsburgh-Post Gazette’s Gene Collier warns of some arresting developments.
This New Gilded Age 0
Thom argues that Donald Trump’s it’s-absurd-to-call-them “policies” will bring back sweatshops.
Suffer the Children 0
That’s not scriptture. That’s a Republican family value.
Ad-Speak 0
Apparently, a portable drinking cup is now a “leak-proof hydration solution.”
(No, I can’t remember the specific product in that commercial. I wish I could, so I could make sure never to give them my money.)
Tit for Tat 0
At Above the Law, Mark Hermann imagines what a left-leaning “Project 2025” (he calls it “Project 2029”) might look like. A snippet:
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
At the Bangor Daily News, Matthew Diana highlights the hypocrisy.
The Photo Slop 0
The Rude One recaps Donald Trump’s “Mess with the Press” interview for those of us who have given up on television news. (Warning: Language, and lots of it.)
The Rule of Scofflaw 0
Farron points out that Donald Trump has admitted that he’s not complying with the Supreme Court’s order to repatriate Kilmar Abgrego Garcia because he doesn’t want to.
The New Isolationism 0
By imposing his tariffs, Trump is, for all practical purposes, putting the United States behind a self-imposed isolationist blockade.
Michael in Norfolk runs the numbers. A snippet:
Because isolationism worked so well the last time . . . .