Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Republican Family Values, Reprise 0
Keith Raffel comments on the mean for the sake of mean. A snippet:
I’m not certain why the senator would be shocked. When it comes to Trump’s political tactics, heartlessness is not a bug — it’s a feature.
Follow the link for context.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
David debunks de bunk and decodes de code.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once more, politeness goes to the dogs the dogs go to politeness.
“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation . . . .” 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Rafa Euba takes a look at who is likely to believe in conspiracy theories, even when the conspiracy theories are more far-fetched than reality.
I think he may be onto something. Follow the link and see what you think.
Republican Thought Police 0
If you don’t like history, well, just apply a little white out.
Outing the Quackery 0
Farron discusses a study that–er–casts doubt on RFK Jr.’s claim that Tylenol is somehow magically linked to autism.
The Conflicted 0
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Anita Chabria argues that MAGA Republicans are facing a quandary.
They are having trouble agreeing about who to hate.
Here’s a brief excerpt (emphasis added); follow the link for context.
It comes amid the first real rebellion about rampant and increasingly open antisemitism within the MAGAverse, creating a massive rift between traditional conservatives and a younger, rabidly anti-Jewish contingent called groypers whose leader, Nick Fuentes, recently posted that he is “team Hitler.”
Turns out, when you cultivate a political movement based on hate, at some point the hate is uncontrollable. In fact, that hate needs to be fed to maintain power — even if it means feasting on its own.
The Trumpled Enemies List 0
Michael in Norfolk explains how to make the cut:
Follow the link for more.
The Rule of Lawless 0
David dissects the implications of Trump’s preemptive pardons of persons who tried to undermine the 2020 election on his behalf.