Tuesday, April 21, 2020

IF TRUMP IS REELECTED AND THE VIRUS IS TAMED, WILL ANY OF THIS BE REVERSED?

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Belatedly, President Trump (and Stephen Miller) decide that they shouldn't let a crisis go to waste. President Trump announced in a twe...
Monday, April 20, 2020

THERE'S STILL NO POLITICAL LEADER IN AMERICA WHO REGULARLY DENOUNCES THE REPUBLICAN RIGHT

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Every day, the Republican right presents us with a new set of outrages. Today, for instance, there's this menace to society: #BREAKIN...

ANTI-SHUTDOWN AGITATORS HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN SEEN AS SCAMMERS, EVEN BY REPUBLICANS

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The Washington Post reports: A trio of far-right, pro-gun provocateurs is behind some of the largest Facebook groups calling for anti-quar...
Sunday, April 19, 2020

THE PRESS CONTINUES TO BELIEVE THAT "REPUBLICAN" = "AMERICAN"

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Politico's Anita Kumar does what too many mainstream journalists do: Under the influence of GOP spin doctors, she treats what Republica...
Saturday, April 18, 2020

LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS -- TOWARD CONSERVATIVES

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Just wanna suggest that it doesn't have to be national news every time a hundred idiots decide to gather outside a state house. — Brenda...
Friday, April 17, 2020

THE CONSERVATIVE BELIEF THAT BAD FORTUNE STRIKES THE DESERVING WILL KILL PEOPLE IN A PANDEMIC

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The coronavirus is reaching the heartland. The bump in coronavirus cases is most pronounced in states without stay at home orders . Oklahom...

TREATMENTS COULD RE-ELECT TRUMP (BUT I'LL TAKE THEM ANYWAY)

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If this is true, it's the first good news we've had in a while: A Chicago hospital treating severe Covid-19 patients with Gilead S...
Thursday, April 16, 2020

SOME SIMPLE MATH (updated)

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We've heard right-wingers say many times that the current projections for covid-19 deaths in the U.S. make the disease seem no more leth...

WHO WAS BEHIND THE OTHER PROTESTS? BECAUSE WE KNOW THE ONE IN MICHIGAN IS LINKED TO THE DeVOS FAMILY

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Wow, that looked ... spontaneous. On Wednesday, opponents of Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home order in Michigan held a car-bound pr...
Wednesday, April 15, 2020

NO COMPETENCE, PLEASE, WE'RE THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE

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The lede of this CNN story suggests that President Trump's new advisers are attempting the impossible. In the first phone call convene...

CRAZIES, UNKNOWN AND OTHERWISE

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Here's a random conspiracy-monger at Free Republic . This is a rumor, coming from someone pretty plugged in to things. She said that th...
Tuesday, April 14, 2020

SPOILED RICH BOY WHO BOUGHT A CONGRESSIONAL SEAT WANTS US TO DIE ON THE JOB

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I see we're being lectured by our Randian betters again. Rep. Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN) said Tuesday that Americans need to get back t...

WOULD LIBERALS CHEER A HIGHER DEATH TOLL?

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Yesterday I posted this on Twitter: I suspect that many Republican voters would be fine with 2 million U.S. coronavirus deaths, just becau...
Monday, April 13, 2020

TRUMP WANTS REVENGE (updated)

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The president is going to regard this as a dominance challenge: States on the country's East and West coasts are forming their own re...

ON ANTHONY FAUCI, REPUBLICAN VOTERS WILL DO AS THEY'RE TOLD

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It's safe to predict that Dr. Anthony Fauci will be out of a job soon. President Trump publicly signaled his frustration on Sunday with...
Sunday, April 12, 2020

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WON'T DO ITS JOB AND WON'T LET THE STATES DO IT

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The Washington Post reports that the Trump administration won't centralize the acquisition of needed medical and protective equipment, ...

ANGRY RIGHT-WINGERS: MATH IS HARD!

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UPDATE: Embarrassing math error corrected below. Math is hard! My Right-Wing Dad has been collecting conservative email forwards and soc...
Saturday, April 11, 2020

SO WE HAVE A NEW MODEL -- AND THE RIGHT DOESN'T LIKE IT

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Yesterday I said that we need a new model projecting what will happen if there's a campaign to reopen the country soon. Via The New Yor...