Lessons from House Speaker voting?: What seems to be emerging is a split between a minority of Republican arsonists who just want to burn down democracy and a majority voting for Kevin McCarthy that wants to mostly continue with the current Christofascist agenda. The arsonists seem to be willing to wreck the entire system and then try to grab power in the ensuing chaos. If I recall right, one commentator (historian Timothy Snyder) described the situation as a bitter dispute between the mainstream pro-McCarthy gamers, out for power and wealth, and a minority of burners, who are out for total destruction of the current system.
As one can see from this video, the arsonists are unable to articulate a rational way forward. Even Faux News, which is mainstream Republican Christofascist, is unable to even talk with the arsonists. Apparently, they are waiting for the majority of mainstream Republican Christofascists to cave in to all of their demands. That looks to me like a war between mainstream anti-democratic Republican Christofascism and some ill-defined form anti-democratic Republican tyranny-anarchy.
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From the Lying Republican Elite Liar Files: Recall back a week or two or three ago. Back then, I posted about Ginny Thomas who, despite being an Republican activist for decades claimed to be not interested an politics and never speaking with her husband (Clarence Thomas) about politics, elections, Supreme Court cases or anything else for central interest to her and her husband? That darned 1/6 Committee final report. It is just chock full of lies by shamelessly mendacious, morally rotted Republican elites. Above the Law reports:
Ginni Thomas read an opening statement to committee: “I can guarantee that my husband has never spoken with me about pending cases at the Court. It’s an iron clad rule in our home.” (both statements are lies) She said that Clarence Thomas is “uninterested in politics.” (that is a lie)She claimed she did not speak “at all about the details of my volunteer campaign activities” (a lie) and that “I did not speak with him at all about the details of my post election activities, which were minimal” (a lie) she added “he was completely unaware” (a lie) of my texts with Mark Meadows.
But of note is what her husband — a Supreme Court justice who had *repeatedly* refused to recuse himself on matters related to the 2020 election — was up to at that time.
And the public is just supposed to swallow the tale that it is pure coincidence that Clarence has to adjudicate all manner of controversies that intersect with his wife’s interests — even before Ginni’s post-election advocacy made Clarence’s votes on matters related to the January 6th committee super suspect.
But Ginni says she regrets the “tone and content” of her texts — but tellingly testified, “I’m regretting that they became public.” (that is true!) Because it’s not that she tried with increasingly desperate measures to overturn a democratic election, it’s that she got caught.
Wow: Ginni Thomas confirms that she had a conversation with her husband, Justice Clarence Thomas, apparently about the election—while she was trying to overturn it—then texted Mark Meadows that she "needed" it to "try to keep holding on." https://t.co/fnQVOpgYUu pic.twitter.com/jQ2ZyKz33C— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) December 30, 2022
A constant stream of evidence like this indicates that Republican elites have fully normalized lying. This is what one gets when sacred ends justify immoral and illegal means. Apparently, there is not one shred of shame or morality left in most or any Republican Party elites.
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Democrats wake up to the immigration problem at the border: The NYT writes:
President Biden on Thursday announced a far-reaching crackdown on people who seek refuge at the border with Mexico, dramatically expanding restrictions on asylum in the most aggressive effort of his administration to discourage migrants from crossing into the United States.
In remarks at the White House that drew immediate condemnation from human rights organizations, Mr. Biden said his administration would deny people from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti the chance to apply for asylum if they cross the Mexican border without authorization between official ports of entry.
If this is for real and Biden actually gets the border mess mostly under control, that arguably significantly increases his chances of re-election. This could significantly neuter one of the top two or three propaganda points the Christofascist right has been demagoguing for years to get millions of votes.
It is not the case that the radical right is wrong about border immigration being a broken mess. It is a broken mess. Many (most?) of those asylum seekers are not asylum seekers. They are desperate people looking for a better way of life. One can sympathize with that. But this is a key issue that has fueled the rise of American Christofascism and undeniably caused increased overpopulation in the US. In my opinion, getting immigration under control is critically important for defense of American democracy, quality of life and environmental protection.
As time passes, I like and support Biden more and more. I underestimated him. The problem is his age. But even if he runs in 2024, wins and then has to resign due to failing health, that is far better than having to face a president Trump, DeSantis, Scott or whatever other Christofascist liar that Republicans nominate.
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