All the News that Fits 0
At The Philadelphia Inquirer, Will Bunch covers Donald Trump’s efforts to curtail freedom of the press, from banning the AP from Air Force One for not using the Trumpian term, “Gulf of America,” to threatening local news outlets with reprisals if they dare to (gasp!) report breaking news. In his article, Bunch points that this assault on the Constitution has been brewing for some time.
I commend the entire article to your attention.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner.”
Yet another improperly stored gun.
Yet another child in the hospital.
Yet another day in NRA Paradise.
Left Unsaid 0
Atrios has the rest of the story.
DOGE Bull 0
Evidence mounts that Elon Musk’s DOGE has no idea how government works, it also doesn’t know what it’s doing.
The Lake Effect 0
Kari Lake serves as a megaphone to multiply the mendacity.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom explains why today’s Republican Party hates DEI.
Immunity Impunity
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If it’s not in a database, then it must have never happened.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Tom Moran finds a straw at which to grab.
The Establishmentarian Privatization Scam 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Jim Jones deciphers the double-talk.
His article focuses on a proposed law in Idaho, but his arguments can be extrapolated to the larger polity. No excerpt or summary will do it justice. Just go read it.
Demolition Derby 0
The Trump administration has fired the only locksmith at Yosemite National Park, the person responsible for keeping track of hundreds of keys and locks for everything from bathrooms to gun safes. You can read the full story at the link, but I think this bit encapsulates how Trump and Musk and the rest of Trump’s are approaching their jobs:
Substitute “government” for “park” in the quotation above; the statement will still hold true.
The bulls are well and truly loose in the china shop and are intent on destroying it.
Penny Dreadful 0
Mike and Farron argue that Trump’s edict that the Mint stop minting pennies is a misdirection play. Methinks they may be onto something. Trump is skillled at creating destruction distraction.
Afterthought:
“Smart” and “cunning” are not synonyms.
Trump is most certainly cunning.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
. . . and another “responsible gun owner” feels compelled to bare his portable phallus whilst traversing the pavement.
We are a broken society.
