Politicians have always lied, but it’s different now. There’s more lying, it has more serious consequences, and it’s resulting in distrust of our institutions. Republicans lie more than Democrats, because winning is everything to them. Facebook played a major role in the Jan. 6 ins[...]
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Trump lies about Biden’s hurricane response
While touring Hurricane Helene-ravaged areas of Georgia on Monday, Trump “repeatedly spread falsehoods … about the federal response to Hurricane Helene despite claiming not to be politicizing the disaster,” the Associated Press reported on September 30, 2024 (read story here). Of c[...]
September 27th, 2024 - 8:08 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Bachelor GOP candidate borrows friend’s family for campaign photos
Eugene Vindman, who’s running for Congress in Virginia, has an interesting opponent. Derrick Anderson doesn’t have children, and Republicans think that’s weird, so he borrows a friends’ wife and children for photo ops (see, e.g., photo below). He doesn’t lie by saying they&[...]
When politicians go from contentious to vile
In a democracy, politicians reflect the thinking and attitudes of their constituents, or they wouldn’t be elected. And American politics have always been rowdy, often racist, and sometimes borderline violent. But at the end of the day, a congressman can choose to stay within civilized bounds, [...]
True or False: Did Biden “open our borders” to fentanyl smugglers?
There are three basic kinds of facts: Real facts, legal facts, and political facts. “Real facts,” as the term implies, are reality. “Legal facts” are the pictures lawyers paint to juries, which may bear little or no resemblance to reality. “Political facts” are wh[...]
You’d never guess Sen. Rubio has a law degree
If I didn’t tell you, you wouldn’t guess, because he doesn’t think like a lawyer. In fact, he’s never been a lawyer. He went straight from law school into politics. That paid off for him, he’s a senator now. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), bio here, is a politician with a law [...]
GOP senator falls for fake Biden rumor
It’s embarrassing. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), a rightwing firebrand, got careless and fell for a false internet rumor. On Friday evening, July 5, 2024, at 7:41 PM, rightwing nutcase Laura Loomer (profiled here) tweeted that “Joe Biden is reportedly having a medical emergency on Air Force One [...]