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A Notion of Immigrants 0

At The Colorado Sun, Mike Littwin debunks de bunk. A snippet; follow the link for context.

And you can probably say the same about the slightly more complicated situation in Aurora (Colorado–ed.). If you watched the debate, or just saw the clips, you already know that Trump, citing Aurora by name, says migrants “are taking over the towns, they are taking over buildings, they are going in violently. These are the people (Kamala Harris) and Biden have been letting into our country. And they’re destroying our country.”

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Whether the apartment buildings in question — housing mostly Central American migrants — are dilapidated and run down and have been cited over the years for a long list of code violations is not up for debate. It’s true. Rep. Jason Crow, who represents Aurora in Congress, called the conditions “squalid” in a tweet while saying the gang issues are “grossly exaggerated.”

And also not up for debate is whether Aurora is a war zone or a migrant wasteland. That’s simply false.

Aside:

Methinks the reason Republicans lie so much about so many things is that truth is not on their side.

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Gutting Out the Vote 0

Sue Jarrett, writing at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, outs house speaker Mike Johnson’s misdirection play.

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The Quandary 0

Man:  As a freethinking political independent, I simply can't decide who to vote for.  Sparky:  Really.  Well, let's think this through.  Donald Trump is an elderly rage-filled narcissist in obvious decline.  He's apparently unable to string together a single coherent sentence without going off on bizarre tangents.  He's a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist who incited a literal insurrection.  He's surrounded by extremist freaks, like the deranged 9/11 conspiracy theorist he took to the 9/11 memorial.  He and his vile running mate are currently whipping up another round of anti-immigrant hysteria based on debunked internet rumors.  It's already inspired bomb threats and will probably get someone killed.  His role models are authoritarians and dictators.  He name-checked Viktor Orban during the debate.  He's made it clear that if he gets back into office, democracy as wwe know it is this country is pretty much over.  Man:  Sure--but I hear that Kamala Harris flip-flopped on some issues and stuff.  Sparky:  How reassuring to know that this election may ultimately hinge on thoughtful, deliberative voters such as yourself.

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The Disinformation Superhighway 0

Dion Lefler looks at the flood of mis- and disinformation flooding primarily “social” but also other media following last week’s presidential debate and concludes (emphasis added0:

We don’t need less fact-checking in our political system. We need exponentially more of it. An ill-informed democracy is not a democracy at all, it’s just mob rule.

Follow the link for his reasoning.

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

Farron comments on J. D. Vance’s doubling down on his racist lies about Haitian immigrants..

PoliticalProf adds an observation.

As I have noted before, Richard Nixon’s southern strategy has come full circle and consumed the Republican Party.

It is now the party of the New Secesh.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

And, again, politeness becomes child’s play . . . .

On Saturday night, 8-year-old Phillip’e Woodward accidentally shot and killed himself with a loaded shotgun he was playing with in his grandmother’s house.

One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.

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The Policy Statement 0

PoliticalProf.

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Facebook Frolics 0

AI frolics.

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QOTD 0

Clarence Darrow:

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I’m beginning to believe it.

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Goose Stepping 0

The Trumpettes are telling the lie that Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are stealing geese. In a story about that lie and those lying liars, C&L’s John Amato, almost in passing, decodes de code:

By the way, their are approximately 11 million Haitians. Even if we imported their entire country into 330 million Americans, it would do nothing to turn us, as you say, into a third world country.

“Third world country” is also another code word for White Replacement Theory.

Follow the link for the larger story.

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The Presidential Debase 0

The Portland Press-Herald’s Victoria Hugo-Vidal makes a compelling case that it is not possible to have a meaningful presidential debate when one of the participants persons on the stage is Donald Trump.

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Fly the Fiendly Skies 0

They explore new frontiers of fiendliness every day.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Rebecca Watson hears a rhyme:

Or you can read the transcript.

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*Mark Twain.

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Know Them by the Company They Keep 0

Along those lines, AL.com’s John Archibald points out that today’s self-styled “conservaatives” are keeping somewhat questionable company.

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Microplastics People You’re Such a Drag 0

Cartoon showing man eveolving from Australopithecus to Homo habilus to Homo eerectus to Home neandertalensis to Homo sapiens to Microplasticansis.

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The Privatization Scam 0

And it is indeed a scam.

You can voucher on it.

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QOTD 0

Jean de la Bruyere:

It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.

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The Misdirection Player 0

Pete Buttigieg thinks that there may be a method in the madness.

Via C&L, which has commentary.

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Gutting Out the Vote 0

Lemont:  What's wrong with you?  Bus Stop Guy, wearning a MAGA-hat:  People are already voting by mail.  Voting isn't supposed to be easy and convenient.  That invites fraud.  The only way to ensure a fair vote is to vote only during one single weekday where the minorities who manage to get time off work stand in line for hour in crucial states because my party closed so may of ther polling places . . . .  Lemong:  I'm sorry for your loss.  Bus Stop Guy:  Don't interrupt.  I was about to say,

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

A little politeness, just in passing, don’t you know . . . .

Too many guns. Too much stupid.

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