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“Get Me Dewrite!” 0

It would appear that the Trump maladministration believes that what we don’t know can’t hurt it.

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The Art of the Deal-Maker 0

Donald Trump holding a paper that reads

Click for the original image.

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The Storms This Time 0

Thom wonders why the Trump maladministration is gutting the federal agencies that exist to keep Americans safe, such as NOAA. From the Youtube page:

Trump, Elon Musk & DOGE are gutting the programs scientists use to predict the weather, now Americans are in danger of dangerous storms, fossil fuel companies and oligarchs can hide information from the public and the billionaires will be able to buy property cheap after hurricanes wipe communities off the map.

PoliticalProf has more relevant to this topic.

Afterthought:

I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that today’s Republican Party is no longer committed to promoting the general welfare.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Another child is sacrificed at the feet of the NRA’s leaden idol.

And, in more news of the polite.

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The Entitlement Society 0

F. Scott Fitzgerald is often quoted as having said, “The rich are different than you and me.”

At Psychology Today Blogs, Ronald E. Riggio argues that this is indeed the case labels it “Affluency Syndrome.” He goes on to argue that

Rich and powerful people are prone to affluency and can believe that they are above the law.

Follow the link for his reasoning. Then just look around.

Methinks he makes a pretty strong case.

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QOTD 0

John Eldredge, in the voice of Harry Archer:

What in the world is going on here? There must be some logical explanation.

Correction.

There must be some explanation.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Functionally illiterate? Judge for yourself.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Cruel and Unusual 0

At NJ.com, Daysi Calavia-Robertson describes what life is like for an Uber driver who’s now in an ICE concentration camp detention center.

Just go read it.

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Robbing Hood 0

Republican Elephant dressed as Robin Hood points arrow at woman wearing,

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Hoist on His Own Petard? 0

Is turnabout fair play? Farron delights in the possibility.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Another “responsible gun owner.”

Another improperly stored gun.

Another child in a hospital.

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His Finger Is Pointing in the Wrong Direction 0

Methinks my old Philly DL friend Noz makes a valid point.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Hacked into telling lies? It’s just a computer program, folks. Of course it’s hackable.

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Q)TD 0

Nora Ephron:

I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Vaccine Nation 0

It’s a shame that there is no vaccine against our spreading epidemic of stupid.

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The Art of the Deal 0

Donald Trump 1 says,

Via Job’s Anger.

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

At AL.com, Roy S. Johnson notes that Donald Trump, who has been busily slamming the “golden door” in the faces of immigrants, threw said door wide open for 59 South Africans.

Johnson thinks the reason is quite simple:

. . . they’re white.

Follow the link for his reasoning.

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The Plane Truth 0

Farron is less than sympathetic to Donald Trump’s hurt fee-fees about being called out for criticized for accepting a bribe an emolument.

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