Imho, lying is to confuse people so they don’t believe the truth when they hear it. Fortunately, a majority of Americans are more intelligent than that.
I must admit that there are times when I ask myself if I’m living in a make believe world, or if they are. Then I read a piece such as this and become grounded in reality again.
As a malignant side effect of this administration, I notice the ethics and conduct in day-to-day life has eroded, too. I'm encountering people, both known to me and strangers, that I assumed from past experiences to be polite, kind, understanding to have become unashamedly selfish, harsh, loud, boorish, untrustworthy and indeed false. It's unfathomable to me, but a reality, how many of our fellow citizens are malleable in that way and are willing to move quickly and quietly to the dark side. The photo on top of this article seems to show a nasty characters straight out of a Gogol Farce, making good old Gollum seem benign and honest by comparison.
Time to ask the nominees for judge a follow-up question: If you were grading a law school exam with the True/ False question "Based on the 22nd amendment to the Constitution a President of the United States may be elected to that office for 3 or more terms" would you score a True response as correct?
Agree, and I think of it as the Cheshire Cat grin, wondering if the show he was on just faded out, his smug grin would remain. And as an aside, I read somewhere that he apparently has the most punchable face in this administration to which I also agree!.
I am glad to see an analysis of Trump/MAGA lies. This sort of article helps keep us grounded and prevents the lying from becoming normalized. While no politician or party is immune to lying, the Republicans have made it a key part of their go-kit for generations before Trump slithered into the scene. He just exploits and amplifies their longstanding prediction.
He is a cancer upon the body politic, with a metastatic host of those eager to get in on the power and money grab. The truth about any individual thing is just an obstacle to be pushed aside by whatever lies they feel will serve their purposes. They have seriously degraded and discarded previous political norms.
He also lied about tariff deals. Remember, 90 days, 90 deals, and not a single deal was made. Recently, the PM of Canada, Mark Carney, made a statement on US Trade deals saying that those deals are not even worth the paper they're written on.
Thank you for terrifying me even more about the kinds of scum the rethugs in Congress approve. Lifetime appointments? These people couldn't be trusted to clean toilets.
An insidious, underrated lie that has been told for decades is that Democrats don't love their country while Republican jingoism is patriotism--and it's still spread and believed today.
HANNAH ARENDT: "The outstanding negative quality of the totalitarian elite is that it never stops to think about the world as it really is and never compares the lies with reality. Its most cherished virtue, correspondingly, is loyalty to the Leader, who, like a talisman, assures the ultimate victory of lie and fiction over truth and reality." ― from 'The Origins of Totalitarianism' (1951)
HANNAH ARENDT: “Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it.” ― from 'The Origins of Totalitarianism' (1951)
HANNAH ARENDT: “The result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lie will now be accepted as truth and truth be defamed as a lie, but that the sense by which we take our bearings in the real world – and the category of truth versus falsehood is among the mental means to this end – is being destroyed.” ― from 'Truth and Politics' (1967)
Susie Wiles is undoubtedly as awful as trump. She sees him act unruly and abusive and does nothing as chief of staff. I guess growing up with an alcoholic father taught her to just keep her head down. May she be scorned and shunned for the rest of her life.
As for the judges who refuse to say Biden won, when Dems take back full control, just remove them. Forget impeachment, when have all the proof they flat out lied and don’t understand the constitution so just defund the circuits/offices and if needed, send in capital police and haul their asses out. Let the right whine, we just say, laws what laws, you guys didn’t give a shit during child rapist admin…..so fuck off.
Imho, lying is to confuse people so they don’t believe the truth when they hear it. Fortunately, a majority of Americans are more intelligent than that.
I must admit that there are times when I ask myself if I’m living in a make believe world, or if they are. Then I read a piece such as this and become grounded in reality again.
And he has besmirched America’s very reputation. From “Can Do” to “Whatever?” to “Yeah, sure.”
As a malignant side effect of this administration, I notice the ethics and conduct in day-to-day life has eroded, too. I'm encountering people, both known to me and strangers, that I assumed from past experiences to be polite, kind, understanding to have become unashamedly selfish, harsh, loud, boorish, untrustworthy and indeed false. It's unfathomable to me, but a reality, how many of our fellow citizens are malleable in that way and are willing to move quickly and quietly to the dark side. The photo on top of this article seems to show a nasty characters straight out of a Gogol Farce, making good old Gollum seem benign and honest by comparison.
The grinning face behind the pointy hood.
Time to ask the nominees for judge a follow-up question: If you were grading a law school exam with the True/ False question "Based on the 22nd amendment to the Constitution a President of the United States may be elected to that office for 3 or more terms" would you score a True response as correct?
Hasset gives me the heebie jeebies every time he’s on. Especially with that weird grin
Agree, and I think of it as the Cheshire Cat grin, wondering if the show he was on just faded out, his smug grin would remain. And as an aside, I read somewhere that he apparently has the most punchable face in this administration to which I also agree!.
It’s a toss-up with Scott Bessent.
And that passive aggressive “patriot” pocket square!
That’s exactly my reaction every time I see him in tv. I turn it off fast!
I am glad to see an analysis of Trump/MAGA lies. This sort of article helps keep us grounded and prevents the lying from becoming normalized. While no politician or party is immune to lying, the Republicans have made it a key part of their go-kit for generations before Trump slithered into the scene. He just exploits and amplifies their longstanding prediction.
He is a cancer upon the body politic, with a metastatic host of those eager to get in on the power and money grab. The truth about any individual thing is just an obstacle to be pushed aside by whatever lies they feel will serve their purposes. They have seriously degraded and discarded previous political norms.
One problem I see is that when the Democrats lie a little bit, it provides cover for the Republicans to lie a lot.
He also lied about tariff deals. Remember, 90 days, 90 deals, and not a single deal was made. Recently, the PM of Canada, Mark Carney, made a statement on US Trade deals saying that those deals are not even worth the paper they're written on.
Thank you for terrifying me even more about the kinds of scum the rethugs in Congress approve. Lifetime appointments? These people couldn't be trusted to clean toilets.
An insidious, underrated lie that has been told for decades is that Democrats don't love their country while Republican jingoism is patriotism--and it's still spread and believed today.
HANNAH ARENDT: "The outstanding negative quality of the totalitarian elite is that it never stops to think about the world as it really is and never compares the lies with reality. Its most cherished virtue, correspondingly, is loyalty to the Leader, who, like a talisman, assures the ultimate victory of lie and fiction over truth and reality." ― from 'The Origins of Totalitarianism' (1951)
HANNAH ARENDT: “Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it.” ― from 'The Origins of Totalitarianism' (1951)
HANNAH ARENDT: “The result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lie will now be accepted as truth and truth be defamed as a lie, but that the sense by which we take our bearings in the real world – and the category of truth versus falsehood is among the mental means to this end – is being destroyed.” ― from 'Truth and Politics' (1967)
You are known by the company you keep.
Susie Wiles is undoubtedly as awful as trump. She sees him act unruly and abusive and does nothing as chief of staff. I guess growing up with an alcoholic father taught her to just keep her head down. May she be scorned and shunned for the rest of her life.
As for the judges who refuse to say Biden won, when Dems take back full control, just remove them. Forget impeachment, when have all the proof they flat out lied and don’t understand the constitution so just defund the circuits/offices and if needed, send in capital police and haul their asses out. Let the right whine, we just say, laws what laws, you guys didn’t give a shit during child rapist admin…..so fuck off.
Republicans lie. They know they are lying. We know they are lying. If called on their lies, they lie some more. There is no end to their lies.