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5 days ago

The “Lock Her Up” Crowd Is Fine With Compromised National Security*

George Will seems to be ok with that too. In his Washington Post column of August 11, 2022, George Will attacks the Attorney General’s decision to seek and execute a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago for Trump’s potential violation “of laws pertaining to presidential documents.” George Will believes Merrick Garland is…

National Security

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The “Lock Her Up” Crowd Is Fine With Compromised National Security*
The “Lock Her Up” Crowd Is Fine With Compromised National Security*

Aug 12

How Trump Gave — Or Tried To Give — Saudi Arabia The Bomb*

The crown jewels and their princes Jared Kushner and Mohamed Bin Salman (Given the revelation that the recently executed search warrant at Trump’s Florida property referenced highly classified documents relating to nuclear weapons, I am reposting a version of this from its original on March 3, 2019.) Two reports this…

Trump

11 min read

How Trump Gave — Or Tried To Give — Saudi Arabia The Bomb*
How Trump Gave — Or Tried To Give — Saudi Arabia The Bomb*

Published in AfroSapiophile

·Aug 8

White Christian Nationalism Is Moving Toward The Center Of The GOP Platform

During his speech on July 23, 2022, at the 31st Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp, Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orbán argued that Europeans should not “become peoples of mixed race.” “In the same speech, Orbán also appeared to joke about Nazi gas chambers, saying in the context of…

White Supremacy

8 min read

White Christian Nationalism Is Moving Toward The Center Of The GOP Platform
White Christian Nationalism Is Moving Toward The Center Of The GOP Platform

Jul 31

In A Field Of Worthy Competitors, GOP Operative Roger Stone May Be The Stupidest Trump Insider Of All*

I don’t discount that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is clamoring for top spot. Shortly after Roger Stone’s January 2019 Indictment, I posted a version of this essay, portions of which are included below. …

Politics

8 min read

In A Field Of Worthy Competitors, GOP Operative Roger Stone May Be The Stupidest Trump Insider Of…
In A Field Of Worthy Competitors, GOP Operative Roger Stone May Be The Stupidest Trump Insider Of…

Jul 24

Crawling Out Of The Trump Cesspool*

Given Trump’s success in finding people who subordinated every virtue to him, people who pledged personal loyalty to him above all else, and culling out those who refused, what character of persons remained within the lame duck administration at its end? Did those loyalists who resigned in disgust in the…

January 6 2021

9 min read

Crawling Out Of The Trump Cesspool*
Crawling Out Of The Trump Cesspool*

Jul 18

Will SCOTUS Uphold Compulsory Pelvic Exams Of Interstate Travelers?*

Antiabortionists have worked tirelessly, and unscrupulously, since 1973 to reverse Roe. They aren’t finished with Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which vacated Roe and eliminated 49 years of constitutionally protected bodily, reproductive, and healthcare autonomy. Their goal is a nationwide unconditional ban on abortion through one of three means: …

Abortion

9 min read

Will SCOTUS Uphold Compulsory Pelvic Exams Of Interstate Travelers?*
Will SCOTUS Uphold Compulsory Pelvic Exams Of Interstate Travelers?*

Jul 10

The Supermajority On The Court Is Poised To Euthanize Democracy*

If “fundamentally change” means “destroy,” the Washington Post’s Editorial Board said it correctly: “The Supreme Court’s next move could fundamentally change our democracy.” It’s Hard to Overstate the Danger of the Voting Case the Supreme Court Just Agreed to Hear. The Republican supermajority on the Supreme Court signaled it is…

Supreme Court

10 min read

The Supermajority On The Court Is Poised To Euthanize Democracy*
The Supermajority On The Court Is Poised To Euthanize Democracy*

Published in AfroSapiophile

·Jul 3

Happy Independence Day To White, Male, Heterosexual, Fire-Breathing, Gun-Slinging, Christian Zealots. To Everyone Else, Not So Fast

I live in Utah where a disproportionate majority of elected officials are conservative Mormons, where the Mormon Church is consulted on policy and its leadership must approve all significant legislation. That symbiotic church-state relationship has existed here since Utah joined the Union. The only thing blue about Utah is Mormon…

Supreme Court

8 min read

Happy Independence Day To White, Male, Heterosexual, Fire-Breathing, Gun-Slinging, Christian…
Happy Independence Day To White, Male, Heterosexual, Fire-Breathing, Gun-Slinging, Christian…

Jun 19

If Donald Trump Shot Someone On Fifth Avenue Or Had Mike Pence Hanged At The Capitol . . . .*

I have been a harsh critic of the GOP and its steep descent into an abyss from a party with a platform of conservative values that placed the constitutional order foremost. Still, I may have underestimated the depth and consequences of the GOP’s moral and intellectual collapse. At the Jan…

Insurrection

11 min read

If Donald Trump Shot Someone On Fifth Avenue Or Had Mike Pence Hanged At The Capitol . . . .*
If Donald Trump Shot Someone On Fifth Avenue Or Had Mike Pence Hanged At The Capitol . . . .*

Jun 12

Senator Mike Lee: “We Have To Kill The Narrative That My Words And Actions To Keep Trump In Power Meant Something Other Than What They Obviously Mean”*

(If it is not obvious, the quote in the title attributed to Lee is parody.) The Jan. 6 Select Committee’s first public hearing places in higher-definition Utah Senator Mike Lee’s secretive efforts to overturn the election and keep Trump in power. The Select Committee’s presentation this week outlined in stark…

Lies

12 min read

Senator Mike Lee: “We Have To Kill The Narrative That My Words And Actions To Keep Trump In Power…
Senator Mike Lee: “We Have To Kill The Narrative That My Words And Actions To Keep Trump In Power…
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