Democratic members of Congress are doing the right thing, calling out the lies and confronting Republicans in Committee rooms and in the press. We need this righteous chorus, unrelentingly and directly in the faces of those who spread not just lies, but the fascist rhetoric of Trump and his spawn DeSantis – as dangerous, if not more dang…
Democratic members of Congress are doing the right thing, calling out the lies and confronting Republicans in Committee rooms and in the press.
We need this righteous chorus, unrelentingly and directly in the faces of those who spread not just lies, but the fascist rhetoric of Trump and his spawn DeSantis – as dangerous, if not more dangerous, than Trump himself.
Cracks are showing in the Republican façade – it is time to break it up.
I agree that the Dems should point out the lies but I don't think it matters for a lot of these MAGA folks. They've drunk the kool-aid and are high on their entitlement and anger. It's like they're getting high on it. Addicts, can't wait for the next high with no cares for anything but that high, even if it kills them.
It matters less that it impacts all who might be aware of any particular exchange, but it matters a great deal that more exchanges take place where Republican members are caught in the act of lying.
My comment referenced Congress, in which the Republicans now control House Committees. These hearings are often televised, covered widely by the media, and provide an unusually rich opportunity to confront misinformation.
"High on their entitlement and anger" describes it very well -- in fact, it describes 1/6/21 very well.
I wouldn't call myself optimistic exactly, but I have been encouraged in the last year by the resistance to the right's attempts to ban abortion. The vote in the Kansas referendum blew almost everyone out of the water, and while that victory was pretty spectacular, there have been others. And more and more people are waking up to the real-life, on-the-ground implications of those particular laws.
Democratic members of Congress are doing the right thing, calling out the lies and confronting Republicans in Committee rooms and in the press.
We need this righteous chorus, unrelentingly and directly in the faces of those who spread not just lies, but the fascist rhetoric of Trump and his spawn DeSantis – as dangerous, if not more dangerous, than Trump himself.
Cracks are showing in the Republican façade – it is time to break it up.
Hand me the wedge.
I’ll bring hammers to pound in the wedges.
I agree that the Dems should point out the lies but I don't think it matters for a lot of these MAGA folks. They've drunk the kool-aid and are high on their entitlement and anger. It's like they're getting high on it. Addicts, can't wait for the next high with no cares for anything but that high, even if it kills them.
It matters less that it impacts all who might be aware of any particular exchange, but it matters a great deal that more exchanges take place where Republican members are caught in the act of lying.
My comment referenced Congress, in which the Republicans now control House Committees. These hearings are often televised, covered widely by the media, and provide an unusually rich opportunity to confront misinformation.
Incremental victories are still victories.
"High on their entitlement and anger" describes it very well -- in fact, it describes 1/6/21 very well.
I wouldn't call myself optimistic exactly, but I have been encouraged in the last year by the resistance to the right's attempts to ban abortion. The vote in the Kansas referendum blew almost everyone out of the water, and while that victory was pretty spectacular, there have been others. And more and more people are waking up to the real-life, on-the-ground implications of those particular laws.
Thanks for writing Susanna, and reminding us of those moments that give us hope.
They're not adding water to the kool-aid, they're snorting it dry out of the package.
Chris, what an image on this Wednesday morning in India….
I agree, Kim. Let's not give oxygen to their craziness.
Problem here, Kim, is their “high” is going to kill us too!
Yes, Elisabeth, I am concerned about that too.