Category Archives: conservatives

Unstable Moron, and His Fans

Posted on Friday 4 April 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Heather Cox Richardson on reactions to Trump’s tariffs, including Canada’s reaction and how Republicans hope this will somehow all work out; Jonathan Chait on how Trump has already botched his plan by suggested he might negotiate; Aside about my motivation … Continue reading →

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What Is the Venn Diagram Between Whitewashing and White Supremacy?

Posted on Monday 31 March 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Signalgate and white mediocrity; How we are seeing tribal impulses eroding the high ideals designed to overcome them; How the Trump administration is indifferent to refugees… except for whites from South Africa; Jill Lawrence at The Bulwark about Trump’s bid … Continue reading →

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Of Course We Knew, or Should Have Known, This Was Coming

Posted on Thursday 27 March 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Frank Bruni on the fiasco of Trump’s cabinet; The Guardian’s Emma Brockes calls them “a bunch of pathetic sleazebags”; And the stunning hypocrisy of this scandal compared to Hillary Clinton’s emails; Short items on the new Lavender Scare, how a … Continue reading →

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Pi Day Rationalizations

Posted on Friday 14 March 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

How MAGA rationalizes downturns in the economy; How scam artists prey on gullible old religious people; How the Family Research Council is anxious to replace education with religious indoctrination; How repeating a lie (“tariffs are tax cuts!”) often enough will … Continue reading →

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MAGA and “Waste”

Posted on Wednesday 12 March 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Brian Klaas at The Atlantic on Elon Musk’s flawed view of “waste,” i.e. any kind of preventative measures to spend money now to avoid spending much more money later; And simpleton measures about measles from RFK Jr. Paul Krugman on … Continue reading →

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So Much for Free Speech

Posted on Tuesday 11 March 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Now the Trump team is arresting people simply for expressing opinions the administration doesn’t like, from Robert Reich and Adam Serwer; That list of forbidden words; Egg prices are because Easter?!; Fox blames stock market plunge on Biden; Heather Cox … Continue reading →

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Why Are Conservatives Against Education?

Posted on Sunday 9 March 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Two pieces about the Department of Education; Trump’s contradictions are a feature, not a bug? Musk doesn’t understand government (it’s not a business); Trump doesn’t criticize Putin because he’s planning his own invasion? Tom Nichols on the Pentagon’s DEI panic; … Continue reading →

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A MAGA Feed, and DST

Posted on Saturday 8 March 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

A MAGA feed; A solution to the Daylight Saving Time debate. – – – For today, I want to examine this piece closely. The polarization of American society may mean that the two sides disagree, but perhaps also that they … Continue reading →

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Many Lies, No Coherent Plan

Posted on Wednesday 5 March 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Commentaries and fact-checks about Trump’s speech to Congress last night. Dana Milbank on how Trump has set the country back 100 years; Fred Kaplan on Trump’s unhinged plans for the rest of the world; And Heather Digby Parton and David … Continue reading →

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Outdoing Themselves Every Day

Posted on Saturday 22 February 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Musk lays off government workers overseeing his car company; Musk asks federal employees to justify their jobs or be fired; Trump issues an EO stating that only he can interpret the meanings of law; Adam Serwer on how MAGA is … Continue reading →

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