Showing posts with label Republican party. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Republican party. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 7, 2022

In News: No Joy in Trumpville, Warnock Victory, Why Right Needs Hunter Biden, and Hate Speech on Twitter

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Photo of stack of newspapers by Daniel R. Blume, Wikimedia Commons Jay Kuo, " There Is No Joy in Trumpville ":  This has been a di...
Monday, December 5, 2022

So the Former US President and Current GOP Candidate for the Presidency Calls for a Coup and the End of US Democracy — And?

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President Donald J. Trump 2 March 2019, at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention...
Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Conviction of Oath Keepers Militia Leader Stewart Rhodes for Seditious Conspiracy: Commentary

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Merriam-Webster dictionary Significant news in the U.S. yesterday as a federal jury yesterday convicted Oath Keepers militia leader Stewart ...
Tuesday, November 29, 2022

As a former U.S. president and now candidate for re-election dines with a white supremacist anti-Semite Holocaust denier: commentary

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Right Wing Watch , 25 November 2022 As a former president and now candidate for re-election dines with a white supremacist anti-Semite Holoc...
Saturday, November 26, 2022

Good Commentary on Youth Vote and Its Significance for Future U.S. Elections

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Good commentary I've just read on the youth vote in the recent U.S. elections and what it may signify for the future:
Monday, November 21, 2022

Another Mass Shooting in an LGBTQ Club: Stochastic Terrorism and Eliminationist Rhetoric

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Detail from Rogier van der Weyden's "Descent from the Cross," 15th century, Prado Museum, Madrid, at Wikimedia Commons Daniel ...
Sunday, November 20, 2022

Salient Warnings Against Celebrating Results of Recent U.S. Elections Prematurely

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Gabriela Ruellan, Nine different shades of red to illustrate the look and scope of the color red, at Wikimedia Commons Two sobering assessme...
Saturday, November 19, 2022

Same-Sex Marriage, Abortion, Contraception: The Political Conundrum for Authoritarian Movements (and the Republican Party)

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Gallup Values and Belief poll, May 2021, in Record-High 70% in Justin McCarthy, " U.S. Support Same-Sex Marriage " Some noteworthy...
Friday, November 18, 2022

Journalist Michael Gerson, Who Died Yesterday, Writing About One of the "Worst Errors of Moral Judgment" He Made as a Columnist

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Michael Gerson, 18 January 2014, photo by AvianMaid, at Wikimedia Journalist Michael Gerson died yesterday. He was 58 years old and died of ...
Thursday, November 17, 2022

Lucian K. Truscott on Political Effects of Covid Death Rates: "Difficult lesson to learn for Republicans that dead people don’t vote"

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National Bureau of Economic Research study graphic showing excess deaths by political party throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, in Marty Schla...

More Recent Commentary on White Christian Nationalism: "What is different now, is that the country is no longer majority white and Christian"

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More recent commentary on white Christian nationalism and its strong (political) appeal to many U.S. Christians: in the BBC documentary ...
Wednesday, November 16, 2022

In News: Win for Democracy; Role of Media; Kari Lake's Election Denialists; Abortion; Herschel Walker; Russian Genocide in Ukraine

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Tim Miller, " Democracy was on the ballot. And attempts to end it were met with universal scorn ," insists, pace  pundits who want...

Jemar Tisby and Wendell Griffen on White Christian Nationalism: "Uses Christian symbolism to create a permission structure for the acquisition of political power and social control"

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Photo by Tyler Merbler from January 6 attempted insurrection Several days ago, I told readers  about a new a new series of videotaped/podca...

Commentary on Trump's Announcement: "Trump, who as president fomented an insurrection, says he is running again"

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Washington Post headline , 15 November 2022 NPR headline , 15 November 2022 Guardian headline , 15 November 2022  Commentary on yesterday e...
Monday, November 14, 2022

In the News: Significance of Dems Holding Senate Majority (It's About the Judges); MAGA White Christian Cruelty; Youth Vote; Musk and Twitter

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Photo of stack of newspapers by Daniel R. Blume, Wikimedia Commons Joyce Vance, " Democrats Hold the Senate—and the Ability to Appoint ...
Sunday, November 13, 2022

In News: Democrats Retain Senate Control, Twitter's Apocalypse, Supremes' Savage Credibility Problem, Trump's Racist Attack on Youngkin

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Photo of stack of newspapers by Daniel R. Blume, Wikimedia Commons Kristin Kobes du Mez's tribute to Twitter  as the band keeps playing ...
Saturday, November 12, 2022

Robert P. Jones on Recent Elections and Abortion Issue, and My Question Again: Whither U.S. Catholic Leaders Now?

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I headed the posting I just made about two valuable upcoming discussions of white Christian nationalism in the U.S. with a video from Joy A...
Friday, November 11, 2022

More on Abortion Rights as Motivating Force for Voters and on Trump's Toxicity for GOP

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Photo of stack of newspapers by Daniel R. Blume,  Wikimedia Commons More dissection of the results of this week's U.S. elections, with c...
Thursday, November 10, 2022

More Post-Election Commentary: "If they win, I should get all the credit. If they lose, I should not be blamed at all"

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Photo of stack of newspapers by Daniel R. Blume, Wikimedia Commons Post-election commentary continues. Here are some pieces I've read th...
Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Yesterday's Vote and What It Tells Us About Americans and Abortion: Whither U.S. Catholic Leaders Now?

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PRRI, 2022 American Values  Survey As Oriana Gonzalez reports , not only did voters in Michigan, California, and Vermont just vote  for cons...