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Category Archives: Republican Corruption

Remember when you couldn’t make this stuff up?

Friday, October 1, 2021

Just read this article from the New York Times on line and followed the link therein to the report from the actual auditors who audited the sham audit in Arizona. From the Times article: The circuslike review of the 2020 vote commissioned by Arizona Republicans took another wild turn on Friday when veteran election experts […]

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How to win elections if you’re a Republican

Monday, August 9, 2021

By all accounts, Ron DeSantis is committed to killing as many Floridians as necessary to advance his own political fortunes. The only conclusion one can draw from his behavior is that he firmly believes that those fortunes will be enhanced if he is a national leader in openly and devoutly doing all the wrong things […]

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Home Grown Grifter avoids the spotlight

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

A few days ago I mentioned to my wife that Linda McMahon, who failed to buy a Senate seat here in Connecticut despite two tries-much to the credit of Connecticut voters- had managed to avoid being openly corrupt in her administration of the Small Business Administration. But that doesn’t mean that the agency hasn’t been […]

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A delicious irony

Monday, December 7, 2020

I haven’t seen this noted elsewhere, though no doubt it has. It is a somewhat delicious irony that Brian Kemp, who most assuredly stole his own election, has been rather up-front about leaking the fact that he told Trump to shove it when Trump asked for similar treatment.Trump, after all, must be aware of Kemp’s […]

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More voter fraud uncovered!

Thursday, December 3, 2020

If you made this stuff up the media would accuse you of outrageous partisanship, but here we go again, with Republicans encouraging voter fraud while accusing the Democrats of…, what else: voter fraud: Guys – we FOUND voter fraud! And it is ON VIDEO! And it is SHOCKING! WSBTV in Atlanta is reporting that a […]

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But of course

Thursday, November 12, 2020

It is practically a law of nature. If Republicans accuse Democrats of some heinous activity, they are surely doing it themselves. This is funny, but also entirely what you would expect: As ballots across the country continue to be counted, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said he’s offering a $1 million reward for evidence of […]

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I miss the good old days

Saturday, August 15, 2020

I am now in the midst of my 71st summer, which would be a depressing thought even if there were no pandemic and/or the White House was not occupied by a blithering idiot. But there are advantages to everything, and in this case my march toward senility gives me the right to pontificate about how […]

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A valuable resource

Friday, August 7, 2020

I should probably tweet this, inasmuch as I am really only passing along a link. McSweeney’s has provided a valuable service. A day by day accounting of the atrocities, since Trump became president, with some preliminary atrocities included for good measure. My guess is that it’s not exhaustive; that would be impossible, and there’s lots […]

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Evil is the only word for it

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

When does political corruption become malevolent evil? We’ve likely seen many instances, but in this time when politicians of all stripes are falling all over themselves to “thank” the people who are on the frontlines during this plague, this must surely take the cake: More than 40,000 National Guard members currently helping states test residents […]

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It’s bullshit. You know it and I know it.

Friday, February 14, 2020

All three of our morning newspapers this morning headlined Barr’s comments about Trump’s tweets. The New London Day, as per usual, was the worse offender, proclaiming: Barr Angry Over Trump Tweets.  If I might quote the philosopher Randy Newman, in his incarnation as the Devil, talking to God, in his own version of Faust: If I might […]

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