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May 11th, 2023 - 8:22 pm § in Hypocrisy, Politics, Republicans

GOP candidate floats 25 voting age

GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (photo, left) “wants to raise the voting age to 25 or require ‘civic duty’ stipulations for younger voters,” Mediaite reported on May 11, 2023 (read story here). By that he means people between 18-25 either have to serve in the milit[...]

May 8th, 2023 - 12:47 am § in Biden, Hypocrisy, Politics, Republicans

GOP senator calls student debt relief “a handout to the wealthy”

Attention struggling student borrowers, according to a GOP senator who wants to be president, you’re a rich deadbeat. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), who plans to seek the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, called student loan relief a “handout to the wealthy.” (See story here.) When he was[...]

April 14th, 2023 - 12:11 am § in Hypocrisy, Politics, Republicans

Term limits for thee, but not for me

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is sponsoring a bill that would limit U.S. senators to two 6-year terms (read story here). Except him. Under his bill, Cruz, 52, would have to retire in January 2036, when he’s 66. By then, he’ll have served five 6-year terms in the Senate. Term limits are a favorite[...]

March 27th, 2023 - 3:58 pm § in Hypocrisy, Politics, Republicans

GOP tale of disenfranchised veteran is fake news

I’m for fair, accurate, and transparent elections, and protecting the right to vote; and I have nothing against losing candidates pursuing legal remedies in the courts to straighten out election frauds, irregularities, or mistakes. But when the facts aren’t on your side, you lose. A GOP [...]

March 18th, 2023 - 9:10 pm § in Hypocrisy, Politics, Racism, Republicans, Schools & Colleges

Republican wants kids to go hungry

Whether it’s to force them into dirty, dangerous, low-paying jobs (presumably including elderly and disabled people, mothers with young children, and schoolkids, because that’s who government food assistance goes to), or racism (do you see any white faces in the photo of a food bank line[...]

March 11th, 2023 - 10:58 pm § in Hypocrisy, Politics, Republicans

Lauren Boebert, 36, a grandmother

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), 36, got knocked up in high school and dropped out. She wouldn’t get her GED until 16 years later, just months before the voters of western Colorado elected her to Congress. Well, now her son (photo, left) is 17 and a high school senior, too. Following in his mother&[...]

March 5th, 2023 - 5:51 pm § in America, Biden, China, Democrats, Donald Trump, Economics, Europe, Foreign Affairs, Hypocrisy, News Media, Politics, Republicans, Russia

Fact-checking Trump’s CPAC lies

Journalist, pesky creatures they are, like to fact-check political speeches. CNN says Trump delivered a “doozy” at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington D.C. on Saturday, March 4, 2023 (see story here). By now, his M.O. is familiar: Portray America as a post-a[...]

February 26th, 2023 - 12:08 pm § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy, Politics, Republicans

Loyalty pledge

Ronna McDaniel, who chairs the Republican National Committee (RNC), firmly believes 2024 GOP presidential contenders should be required “to sign a pledge to back the party’s ultimate nominee in order to participate in primary debates.” “I think it’s kind of a no-brainer, ri[...]

February 10th, 2023 - 8:24 pm § in Hypocrisy, Politics, Republicans

George Santos has a doppelganger

Anna Paulina Luna (photo, left), was elected to Congress from Florida in 2022. She’s an extremist who claims Trump won the 2020 election, supports total abortion bans, and calls LGBQT rights “radical left-wing gender theory” (details here). She’s a fan of “2000 Mules,&#[...]

February 9th, 2023 - 4:16 pm § in Hypocrisy, Racism, Republicans

Mississippi genocide

You may remember the white Republicans who run Mississippi stole nearly $100 million of federal TANF funds intended for the state’s poor, many of whom are black. Two million dollars was paid to retired NFL player Brett Favre as “speaking fees” for talks he never gave, which he refu[...]