Tag: Republicans

• Meet the Hidden Architect Behind America’s Racist Economics | Institute for New Economic Thinking

  October 6, 2023

  Republican Party, Republicans

  Nobel laureate James Buchanan is the intellectual linchpin of the Koch-funded attack on democratic institutions, argues Duke historian Nancy MacLean — Read on www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/meet-the-economist-behind-the-one-percents-stealth-takeover-of-america Read.

• Bending to far right, Kevin McCarthy pushes stark cuts to safety net – The Washington Post

  September 26, 2023

  Republicans

  The House speaker embraced major spending reductions to win conservative support for a government funding bill. — Read on www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/26/mccarthy-conservatives-cut-spending/ Read.

• Carl Schmitt’s legal theory legitimises the rule of the strongman | Aeon Essays

  September 20, 2023

  Authoritarianism, CNN, Democracy

  Demagogues do not rise on popular feeling alone but on the constitutional ideas of Weimar and Nazi legal theorist Carl Schmitt — Read on aeon.co/essays/carl-schmitts-legal-theory-legitimises-the-rule-of-the-strongman Excerpt: Donald Trump’s presidency has made the dominance of strongmen elsewhere only more vivid: in Russia, Thailand, Hungary, Brazil, Nicaragua, the Philippines and many other countries. Since around 2016, the… Read.

• Conservative groups draw up plan to dismantle the US government and replace it with Trump’s vision | AP News

  August 30, 2023

  Christo-Fascist authoritarian state, Democracy, Republican Party, Republicans, Trump

  With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of conservative organizations is preparing for a possible second White House term for Donald Trump. — Read on apnews.com/article/election-2024-conservatives-trump-heritage-857eb794e505f1c6710eb03fd5b58981 Excerpts: WASHINGTON (AP) — With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of conservative organizations is preparing for a possible… Read.

• Republicans DO NOT WANT YOU TO VOTE.

  June 25, 2023

  Voting rights

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• REPUBLICANS INTEND TO SUPPRESS VOTES

  June 25, 2023

  Voting rights

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• Bill (the f..k) barr

  June 18, 2023

  Bill Barr, Ukraine

  twitter.com/markjacob16/status/1670500204397703175 Read.

• After ‘wannabe dictator’ incident, Fox News apparently parts ways with producer

  June 16, 2023

  media, Ukraine

  Former Tucker Carlson Tonight managing editor Alexander McCaskill, who features prominently in a toxic work environment lawsuit by a former colleague, is no longer with the network. — Read on www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/wannabe-dictator-incident-fox-news-parts-ways-producer-rcna89747 Read.

• Jeff Sharlet’s New Book “The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War”

  April 10, 2023

  Republicans

  I first encountered Jeff Sharlet watching a series on Netflix, “The Family.”  Sharlet, out of interest in religious groups (and the request from a friend’s family to find out what the hell their son was doing in what they thought was a cult) agreed to spend some time with a Family of men living in… Read.

• Ukraine the Latest Notes

  March 20, 2023

  Ukraine

  Monday 20 March 2023 The Telegraph Podcast: The Latest 3/17/23 Notes Ukraine: Stewart Stevens Interview Read.

• Professional liars and cheaters: Florida ghost candidates

  September 13, 2022

  Capitalism, Republican Party

  The Republicans are Professional Cheaters Sources: Miami Herald (9/9/22) As Elie Mystal recently wrote, Karl Rove is a “professional liar” and he is good at it.  It would be fair to say that the entire Republican Party is made up of professional liars and cheaters and they are for the most part good at it. … Read.

• We are Afraid to Hold Power Accountable

  March 15, 2022

  Russia, Ukraine

  TUESDAY 15 MARCY 2022 It’s another day in which Americans sit in front of their televisions and watch Ukraine destroyed.  As much as I know, as cynical as I am, I felt somewhere deep inside me that America would stand up and defend people in this situation.  I suppose it’s because I am part of… Read.

• UKRAINE: Brutal partisanship, which side are you on?

  March 11, 2022

  Russia, Ukraine

  FRIDAY 11 MARCH 2022 UKRAINE WORLD (@ukraine_world) Ukraine World has a new podcast available. Ukraine intelligence says that the Russians are planning an attack on Chernobyl. Russian aircraft have made an airstrike from Ukraine into Belarus on the Ukraine-Belarus border. Ukraine asks the West to close the sky over Ukraine. Ukraine may be attacked from… Read.

• UKRAINE UPDATE: To the Anti-war Left – PLEASE.

  March 1, 2022

  Capitalism, Republican Party, Russia, Ukraine

  12 Noon: Ukraine FOX NEWS “When tyrants say they are going to do something” you should listen.  This is Nikki Haley talking about Putin.  Biden is not doing enough, according to the Russian collaborators on Fox News. Haley advocating harsher sanctions while the leader of her party, Trump, praises Putin. Note: These Republicans know that… Read.

• DEMOCRACY OR AUTHORITARIANISM, YOU CHOOSE

  February 1, 2021

  American exceptionalism, Authoritarianism, Biden, Brian Kemp, Capitalism, Democracy, Democratic Party, media

  147 Republican members of Congress voted against seating Joe Biden’s electors.  They moved against accepting the votes of the people in this country based on no evidence that there was a significant problem with the voting system.  These 147 Republican members of Congress did not win, but they tried to.  There are not 147 Trumps. … Read.