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Jeff Flake doesn't understand the Republican Party

“The former senator, who was a frequent critic of Trump, called on his former colleagues to put themselves through a “simple test.” And that involves asking, “What if President Barack Obama had engaged in precisely the same behavior?”  From: slate.com https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/12/jeff-flake-urges-senate-republicans-put-country-over-party-impeachment-trial.html Jeff, they would reverse themselves. You should know, you were there. You watched your… Continue reading Jeff Flake doesn't understand the Republican Party

How Ken Starr’s Associate Brett Kavanaugh Would Question Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh

The Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have engaged Rachel Mitchell, an experienced sex crimes prosecutor from Arizona, to question Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford on Thursday about Ford’s allegations of sexual assault. via How Ken Starr’s Associate Brett Kavanaugh Would Question Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh

Republicans Finally Got to See Why the Internet Finds Right-Wing Trolls So Insufferable

Oh, the irony of Alex Jones and Laura Loomer disrupting GOP hearings partly focused on censoring conservatives. Republicans Finally Got to See Why the Internet Finds Right-Wing Trolls So Insufferable The gap between Democrats and National Review conservatives is dwarfed by the chasm between National Review conservatives and Infowars conservatism.

Donald Trump Is Fulfilling All of Those Obama Conspiracy Theories

For the better part of his presidency, conservative commentators and provocateurs dogged Barack Obama with accusations of disloyalty and subversion, questioning his commitment to American exceptionalism and accusing him of being a secret agent for foreign powers. But Obama never did anything remotely as damning as Trump’s inexplicable defense of Vladimir Putin on Monday, when… Continue reading Donald Trump Is Fulfilling All of Those Obama Conspiracy Theories

Why Are Conservatives More Susceptible to Believing Lies?

Why Are Conservatives More Susceptible to Believing Lies?

Forty-six percent of Trump voters polled just after the 2016 election either thought that Hillary Clinton was connected to a child sex trafficking ring run out of the basement of a pizzeria in Washington, D.C., or weren’t sure if it was true.

Motivated ignorance is scary. How many of them will vote for Roy Moore?

Do Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s Private Email Accounts Violate the Presidential Records Act?

Do Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s Private Email Accounts Violate the Presidential Records Act?

Take a moment to think of all those who were oh so very concerned about Hillary’s emails that are now totally unconcerned about Jared and Ivanka and Mike and Scott and Don Jr. and Eric and John and the eight others who did what Hillary did except worse and after making it a major campaign theme. Think about them answering every issue of Trump’s fitness for office with Buttermails!

Now, can you think of a single reason why you should take those Trump supporters seriously?

I can’t.

Racism Doesn’t Need a Devil’s Advocate

Racism Doesn’t Need a Devil’s Advocate

As a concept, the devil’s advocate is incoherent. If a position is really as unpopular as the name indicates, there is no need to argue for it. Debating isn’t an ideology; it’s a methodology. We debate to get to a truth, not for its own sake. Most often, the devil’s advocate is really saying there is something at the core of the argument that they are (perhaps ashamedly) compelled by, and so they employ a rhetorical trick allowing themselves to argue a position without ever having to hold it. This allows exploration of deep-seated racism under the guise of putting forth someone else’s argument. The irony is that it could invite a deeper discussion of race than may otherwise happen, since it inherently reveals what white people really think and struggle with around race.