This was going to be a far different essay. It was going to be a very top heavy view of the slide towards fascism which is taking place in the GOP primary race
But then I saw a tweet by Matthew J. Dowd.
I will admit this: I had no idea who this person was until yesterday. Then I learned he was a fluffer for the Bush clan. Everything fell into place then.
Continue reading ‘The precious petal apologists for fascism’
As most of you know, I was hoping for a “Yes” vote in the Greek referendum, especially as the proposal which the Tsipras government put forth this week encompassed most of the demands which Greece’s creditors had been making.
The Syriza proposals were approved by the creditors, and sent to the Eurozone finance ministers. And then Germany got in the act.
In an act of suicidal hubris, Germany is demanding nothing short of humiliation for Greece. Even though I had hoped for a Yes vote, this petty revenge is unbelievable from a country which plunged Europe into two World Wars. It is Germany’s gambit to establish the EU as merely a Greater German Co-Prosperity Sphere.
Here is where we stand at the moment.
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Frankfurter Allgemeine
Translation: Trust has been lost; Doubts of Greece’s willingness to reform.
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Le Figaro
Translation: Greece has driven a wedge between France and Germany
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Liberation
Translation: What game is Germany playing?
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Wall Street Journal
Bill O is getting much derision for his "Brian Williams Moment on Speed". As well he should. But here's the thing-Nothing will happen to him
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Liberal Librarian (@Lib_Librarian) February 21, 2025Bill O being a fabulist is a feature, not a bug. That's the trait Fox loves about him, his ability to dupe the rubes.
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Liberal Librarian (@Lib_Librarian) February 21, 2025There could be wall to wall coverage of his "combat experience" lies, and Ailes will just give him a raise.
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Liberal Librarian (@Lib_Librarian) February 21, 2025He'll be a martyr to the librul media, and be even more believed by the idiots who watch Fox.
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Liberal Librarian (@Lib_Librarian) February 21, 2025So if you think this will bring him down, then, I'm sorry to say, you haven't been paying attention.
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Liberal Librarian (@Lib_Librarian) February 21, 2025Fox doesn't care about credibility; it cares about influence. And Bill O brings that.
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Liberal Librarian (@Lib_Librarian) February 21, 2025I'll be gleeful to be proven wrong, but I don't think I will be.
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Liberal Librarian (@Lib_Librarian) February 21, 2025I mean, Fox bears no relation to the "sky is blue" world we inhabit. And yet its WH journo sits in the front row. Bill O will thrive.
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Liberal Librarian (@Lib_Librarian) February 21, 2025So, yes, we can laugh at Bill O. But he'll be on the teevee box every night until the Apocalypse.
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Liberal Librarian (@Lib_Librarian) February 21, 2025
A précis on free speech
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This is how free speech works: You can say any fool thing you want. I can in turn mock you. It doesn't mean a free pass. cc @billmaher
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Liberal Librarian (@Lib_Librarian) January 19, 2025The 1st Amendment protects you from arrest by govt for speech. It doesn't mean your speech can't be criticized.
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Liberal Librarian (@Lib_Librarian) January 19, 2025Free speech means Charlie Hebdo can publish offensive cartoons. It also means those offended can criticize peacefully. Bitch, ain't it?
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Liberal Librarian (@Lib_Librarian) January 19, 2025“When the media treats white suspects & killers better than black victims #Ferguson huff.to/1sXUta5” http://t.co/GAfD2DnJBH
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KHARY PENEBAKER (@kharyp) August 16, 2025Heads of Ferguson PD need to be relieved of their command, effective immediately: washingtonpost.com/politics/fergu… http://t.co/cmiehpcryx
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Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) August 17, 2025***
Feds urged police not to release surveillance video purporting to show Michael Brown robbery nbcnews.to/1mVturQ http://t.co/oCSTsHzXS6
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NBC News (@NBCNews) August 16, 2025Ferguson police officers beat this man - then charged him for getting blood on their uniforms thebea.st/1l8uDRK http://t.co/jpwEQOceLQ
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Scott Bixby (@scottbix) August 15, 2025***
Twitter cofounder and Missouri native Jack Dorsey marches with #Ferguson protesters on.mash.to/1yLvkB1 http://t.co/LwJveMyGgD
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Mashable (@mashable) August 17, 2025#HandsUpDontShoot by Michael D'Antuono. http://t.co/sZ9YtMsb69
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) August 17, 2025That's me in the cloud of tear gas tweeting in #Ferguson. http://t.co/9fMCdRGQYX
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Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 12, 2025Group of roughly one dozen men approached police with hands raised. Lots more tear gas. #Ferguson
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Julie Bosman (@juliebosman) August 12, 2025***
God Lord, what is going on in Ferguson, Mo? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ferguso…
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Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 12, 2025At corner of Canfield and Clarion in #Ferguson, police have blocked off access to a neighborhood, leaving people effectively trapped.
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Julie Bosman (@juliebosman) August 12, 2025UN Secretary-General on attack on #Gaza school: “Moral outrage and a criminal act.” on.mash.to/1qIUmO6 http://t.co/T8IuGURQ56
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Jim Roberts (@nycjim) August 03, 2025Israel withdraws most of its ground troops from #Gaza - cbsn.ws/1s1EcR4 http://t.co/JUlD4NsN9H
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CBS News (@CBSNews) August 03, 2025***
Cliven Bundy: God Told Me To Fight 'Civil War' Against Feds huff.to/1ANuqrM
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Rogelio Lemori (@BilboBagman) August 03, 2025From left to right: Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbest. http://t.co/oCsEnmhc7S
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Clay Adams (@Mooncatadams) August 03, 2025.@GovernorOMalley: "It is contrary 2 everything we stand 4 to summarily send children back to death." @UNITEDWEDREAM http://t.co/G3erqmhYWa
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Lis Smith (@Lis_Smith) July 12, 2025GOP APPROVES $287 BILLION CORP TAX CUT W/ NO OFFSETS, REJECTS $3.7 BILLION #BORDERCRISIS FUNDS m.huffpost.com/us/entry/55779… http://t.co/SvwCpeqRqD
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The Baxter Bean (@TheBaxterBean) July 13, 2025***
For my 100,000th Tweet: The Definition of Conservatism.
#TweetTruth #UniteBlue
Blessings to you all. http://t.co/peJoFfsdhn
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TruthtoConservatives (@ToConservatives) July 12, 2025BBC tells its reporters to stop giving air time to climate deniers thkpr.gs/1pUp9fk
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) July 12, 2025Shooting war in Ukraine.
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Ukraine troops seize airfield from pro-Russian forces usat.ly/1jI7pxi
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USA TODAY (@USATODAY) April 15, 2025JUST IN: Russian media reports at least 4 people have been killed. Heavy gunfire at #Kramatorsk airfield in eastern Ukraine - @SkyNewsBreak
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(@NewsBreaker) April 15, 2025***
Russian media: Pro-Russian leader in eastern Ukraine's Slaviansk says Ukrainian military has surrounded city. cnn.it/1ilUdyy
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(@grasswire) April 15, 2025Hey folks? Shooting war just started in eastern Ukraine. bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-1…
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Zandar (@ZandarVTS) April 15, 2025A roundup of today’s developments in Ukraine.
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Sanctions Today Target Bank Rossiya, the Personal Bank for Officials of the Russian Federation go.usa.gov/KyjC #Ukraine
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Treasury Department (@USTreasury) March 20, 2025Obama: U.S. military not getting involved in Ukraine bit.ly/OAXXky
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Military Times (@MilitaryTimes) March 20, 2025Events in Moldova are happening quickly. Also, Moscow's new favorite dog whistle is "federalism" rferl.org/content/moldov… / @CoalsonR @RFERL
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Jake Turk (@randomdijit) March 20, 2025Putin's annexation of Crimea hands the Pentagon a rationale for new nuclear weapons onforb.es/1geL1wv
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(@Forbes) March 20, 2025Tsar Vladimir I is making his gambit. He’s signed a treaty with the Crimean “government” annexing it to Russia. A Ukrainian soldier has been killed in a clash with Russia troops. And Russian economy officials are saying that the Ukraine adventure is sending the Russian economy into a crisis. These next few weeks may decide what kind of world—if any—we live in.
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SHOTS FIRED - Ukraine: Russians Killed Our Soldier thebea.st/1fFgJwS via @thedailybeast
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Mormon Democrats (@MormonDems) March 18, 2025Russians will now claim these Ukr soldiers are 'foreign occupiers' and treat them as such. Will get uglier v quickly: interpretermag.com/ukraine-livebl…
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(@michaeldweiss) March 18, 2025One #Ukraine soldier dead in clash. Ukraine interim PM calls it a “war crime,” says conflict with Moscow becoming a “military one."
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Steve Herman (@W7VOA) March 18, 2025The idea that Putin's aggression is entirely the fault of the U.S. is "laughably solipsistic" writes @ichotiner: on.tnr.com/1lLcx3P
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The New Republic (@tnr) March 18, 2025If it’s March, it must be time for that annual gathering of general douchebaggery known as CPAC. Mitch McConnell waving around a rifle? Check. Donald Trump’s hair flapping? Check. Rand Paul fulminating against domestic spying which the GOP loved under Dumbya? Check. A minority outreach panel which no one attends? Double check, baby.
And, as always, we liberals are just funnier. A few of us have imagined what the randy CPACker would say to get a fellow Rightie into the sheets. Because what happens at CPAC stays at CPAC. Here are a few of the efforts
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God NEVER said, 'Thou shall not take part in a threesome!" #CPACPickupLines
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Ann T Bush (@AnnTBush) March 07, 2025What do you say we go upstairs and try to earn some of God's wrath? #CPACPickUpLines
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(@Shoq) March 07, 2025Hey, lady, lucky you. Out of about the only woman here, I picked you. #CPACPickUpLines
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Lisa (@thecitizeNY) March 07, 2025Let me show you where I want to lay my Keystone Pipe...line #CPACPickUpLines
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Black Knight (@AngryandBlack) March 07, 2025Invading Ukraine Just Wiped $58 Billion Off The Value Of Russian Companies buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/in…
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BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) March 03, 2025"American superiority.....boots on the ground....regime change in the Ukraine..."
- John McCain, mumbling in his sleep
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kara vallow (@teenagesleuth) March 03, 2025How the G-7, United Nations. NATO and IMF are each responding to the Ukraine crisis thkpr.gs/1kOpXM5
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) March 03, 2025In Odessa, Ukraine MT @BritinUkraine: Pro-Russia protesters. Both sides similarly armed - baseball bats, spades etc. http://t.co/fCbkpoDz0O
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BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) March 03, 2025You Be The Judge: Senator John McCain accuses President Obama of being the "most naive President in history" #Ukraine http://t.co/MNjfismDte
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ElmObamaCarez (@lordxmen2k) March 03, 2025THIS!!! => Don't listen to Obama's Ukraine critics: he's not 'losing' - and it's not his fight | Michael Cohen gu.com/p/3n8ey/tw
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Nancy LeTourneau (@Smartypants60) March 03, 2025.@TikhonDzyadko asked every Kremlin official he could: "Why?" The answer? There is no method to Putin's madness. on.tnr.com/NnChaX
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The New Republic (@tnr) March 03, 2025Keep chatting.
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